Broward County Library Creation Station

Episode number 136 – July 6th 2023 - The deep sea is safe, what does the past look like in the future, out of body is in your mind, and should everything be available all the time? This week's guest: Olundae Byrd from Main Library   Links to this week’s stories: Deep sea is safe?: https://slate.com/technology/2023/07/deep-sea-research-alvin-submersible-oceangate-titan-implosion.html   What wil...

Episode number 135 – June 29th 2023   This week's guest: Amoli Kulkarni from Community Engagement   Links to this week’s stories: Factories in space: https://www.designboom.com/technology/first-space-factory-orbit-varda-space-industries-rocket-lab-06-26-2023/   Cyber attacks - War? Terrorism? Espionage?: https://restofworld.org/2023/3-minutes-with-bilva-chandra/ https://digitalpeacenow.org/  ...

This month on Creation Station Monthly we feature two activists to talk about what makes them creative. Guests on this episode: Nancy Metayer Bowen : https://www.instagram.com/nancymetayerbowen/ Karen Smith: https://www.facebook.com/sicklefreebroward/ https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR

Episode number 134 – June 22nd 2023   This week's guest: Autumn Dec from Main Library Administration   Links to this week’s stories: Oceans of stories: It is sad about the submersible disaster but that is what adventures are about Visiting an old boat wreck: https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/44281/20230613/3-000-year-old-well-preserved-hand-sewn-zambratija-boat.htm   Orcas teaching others:...

Episode number 133 - June 15 2023 – New emerging dialect of English in South Florida, a critical ingredient for life found on Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, and a Postcard from Mars.   This week's guest: Sheena Sewell from the African American Research Library & Cultural Center   Links to this week’s stories:   "Linguists have identified a new English dialect that's emerging in South F...

Links to this week’s stories:   ‘A real material for the future’: Could homes made of fungi slash emissions from construction?  https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/06/06/a-real-material-for-the-future-could-homes-made-of-fungi-slash-emissions-from-construction   Giant Seaweed ‘Blob’ Could Carry Dangerous Bacteria  https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/giant-seaweed-blob-could-carry-dangerous-...

Episode number 131 – June 1st 2023 - Space is still exciting, power from space, erasing strangers, is AR worth it This week's guest: Kimberly White from Community Engagement   Links to this week’s stories: Space is still exciting:   https://www.space.com/spacex-dragon-ax-2-reentry-splashdown-photos-videos https://www.axiomspace.com/news/ax2-allcrew-pressonference   Going to space to see the su...

This month on Creation Station Monthly we feature two painters to talk about what makes them creative. Guests on this episode: Kristen: https://www.instagram.com/tincanart_25/ Bonnie Zhou: https://bonniezhou.com/pages/about https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR

Episode number 130 – May 25th 2023 - Accessibility matters, finding asteroids, how important is AM, and how hot do you like your food?   This week's guest: Lisa Jackson from AARLCC   Links to this week’s stories: Accessibility Matters:   https://www.engadget.com/the-tech-industrys-accessibility-related-products-and-launches-this-week-130022115.html   Help find asteroids: https://scitechdaily.c...

Episode number 129 – May 18th 2023 - What will you pay for free TV, how do you feel, sharks need to breathe, and AI music creation   This week's guest: Matt Kelly from Creation Station Music   Links to this week’s stories: It won’t cost much, just your information: https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/15/23721674/telly-free-tv-streaming-ilya-pozin-ads   Don’t believe what you feel: https://neurosci...

Episode Number 128 This week's guest: Autumn Dec from MN Links to this week’s stories:   Low pay for basic human work: https://www.wired.com/story/should-you-get-paid-for-teaching-a-chatbot-to-do-your-job/ How much to be a human? https://gizmodo.com/chatgpt-openai-ai-contractors-15-dollars-per-hour-1850415474 Lying about Lying: https://www.npr.org/2023/05/08/1174132413/people-are-trying-to-cla...

Episode number 127 – May 4th 2023 – Be aware but not paranoid, Bubbles in a straight line, and the AI doctor will see you now   This week's guest: David Katz from TA Links to this week’s stories:   Be aware do not get paranoid: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/05/fearmongering-over-public-charging-stations-needs-to-stop-heres-why/   Some bubbles go in a straight line: https:...

Episode number 126 – April 27th 2023 – Business on the moon, Economy in space, and lots of Car Talk   This week's guest: Salena Coller from IP & GO Links to this week’s stories:   Business on the Moon: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01045-6     The space economy: https://www.marketplace.org/shows/make-me-smart/the-new-in-space-economy/     Driverless cars everywhere: https://ww...

Creation Station Monthly - April 2023 - Architecture   This month on Creation Station Monthly we feature a Landscape Architect and a Architecture student to talk about what makes them creative.  Guests on this episode:  Stephanie Dunn: https://www.instagram.com/steffleigh/ https://cadence-living.com/ Jesus Espenosa: https://www.canva.com/design/DAE0msbVWVo/Cs-g1kTI3-pieek77dGldA/edit https://www.s...

Episode number 125 – April 20th 2023 – Better voices on video, hotter weather, worse air, small good things   This week's guest: Angela Jenkins from HO Links to this week’s stories:   Enhancing your hearing: https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/18/23686792/amazon-prime-video-dialogue-boost-speech-ai   It will only get hotter: https://www.axios.com/2023/04/19/el-nino-watch-global-warming And the air...

Episode number 124 – April 13th 2023 – How fast is your internet? Ambient computing for shopkeepers, and Octopus brains are different, really different.   This week's guest: Autumn Dec from Main Library Links to this week’s stories: Do you know how fast your internet is? https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/your-internet-might-not-be-as-fast-as-you-think-how-to-find-out/ Let the FCC know your sp...

Episode number 123 – April 6th 2023 – Artemis II Crew, Do Magic Tricks Work on Monkeys, Regulating AI, Stable Diffusion Copyright Lawsuit NASA announces astronauts who will fly by the moon next year https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/nasa-announces-astronauts-will-orbit-moon-year-rcna77896 Do magic tricks work on monkeys? Only if they have opposable thumbs like us. https://www.popsci.com/enviro...

Episode number 122 – March 30th 2023 – Amazon’s sidewalk is open and delivers the metaverse, and the battle for your brain   This week's guest: Francie Devine from NOR Creation Station Links to this week’s stories: Amazon’s sidewalk is open https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/28/23659191/amazon-sidewalk-network-coverage   https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/28/amazon-opens-its-low-bandwidth-long-range-...

This month on Creation Station Monthly we feature being creative with Citizen Science. Guests on this episode: Emma Giles: https://scistarter.org/citizensciencemonth https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2M3VXCR

Episode number 121 – March 23rd 2023 – Dungeons and Dragons and AI, Cowless Dairy, Junking New EV Cars This week's guest: Miriam Kowarski from South Regional Library Links to this week’s stories: Dungeons and Dragons Could Prevent the AI Apocalypse or Kick it Off                   https://www.thedailybeast.com/dungeons-and-dragons-could-stop-the-ai-apocalypseor-kick-it-off Cowless Dairy       ...

Episode number 120 – March 16th 2023 – Do you really need that new device? Or is it just marketing? Lots of space junk, should we clean it up before we move there? And how do you find out about a mistake in that scientific paper? This week's guest: Bryan Simpson from Creation Station Science Links to this week’s stories: Do you really need that new gadget? https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology...

Episode number 119 – March 9th 2023 – Radioactive Dogs, AI on your mind, Election season will be interesting, lying by text This week's guest: Patrick Fleurimond from The Studio Links to this week’s stories: Dogs left behind in Chernobyl https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/chernobyl-nuclear-disaster-altered-genetics-dogs-left-scientists/story?id=97493621 AI shows what you are thinking https://www.ha...

Episode number 118 – March 2nd 2023 – DART, robot washers, practice practice practice, take a break, and does it matter who gets credit This week's guest: No guest Links to this week’s stories: DART: https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-slammed-a-spacecraft-into-an-asteroid-and-it-didnt-go-quite-as-expected Robot window washers: https://www.axios.com/2023/02/24/robotic-window-washers Practice prevent...

This month on Creation Station Monthly we feature two people who work with Wine to talk about what makes them creative. {note there are audio difficulties from Tim during the episode however the gist of his comments comes through} Guests on this episode: Kinya Christian: https://www.instagram.com/theartfulsomm/?hl=en Timothy Graham: https://smallwineshop.com/about-us-the-low-down/ https://www.surv...

Episode number 117 - February 23rd 2023 – Citizen Science, Reuse & Recycle, Balloons Everywhere This week's guest: Kenneth Aizic from CC Links to this week’s stories: Citizen Science: https://www.npr.org/2023/02/21/1158580555/a-citizen-science-project-asks-the-public-to-identify-the-birds-in-your-backyard Reuse & recycle: https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/02/the-big-reuse-25-mwh-of-ex-c...