Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa

Show notes for Saturday 21 April 2012

Quick Hits

12:15   The Science of Yoga

12:45   Broadband plans

13:10   Eels

13:30   Eye tracking

13:50   Beijing Bikes

The Small Print
First up this week the science of yoga.  From Bikram to Iyengar, will yoga help you lose weight, get fit and relax?  Yoga's one of the fastest growing health and fitness activities but is there any science behind all the health claims?  We speak to award winning Science Journalist William Broad about his book The Science of Yoga: The risks and rewards.

At 12.45pm Peter Griffin our technology correspondent is here and news that the first offender has been three striked for downloading copyrighted material from the internet.  So how is the copyright act working why are broadband plans getting faster and bigger, what are people using all this broadband for exactly?

LINKS HERE:  Paul Brislen on Public Address and Submissions to MED on the fee that may be charged by IP address providers

After 1pm they're a little bit slimy but delicious smoked and they make an amazing journey from their spawning grounds in the Pacific to the rivers and lakes of NZ - we're eating eels with Rachel Taulelei. 

At 1.30pm tracking eyeballs and other facial gestures gives powerful insights into what you're thinking when you're staring at a screen. With more and more devices having front facing cameras the amount your pupil dilates or the number of times you blink could be recorded and used to sell you stuff!  Next generation eye tracking at 1.30pm

At 1.50pm Beijing and bicycles used to go together like Venice and the gondola, but maybe not for long.  Consumerism and urban sprawl has seen the number of people cycling plummet to record lows. The car is king and we're speaking to the author of a study which looks at the sorry state of cycling in China.

• We'll be playing these tracks too....
• Track: Los pepinillos
• Artist: Tania Velia
• Album: Chicas: Spanish Female Singers 1962-1974
• Label: VAMPI SOUL
• Catalogue #: 862381
• Broadcast at: 12:40
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• Track: Follow Fashion
• Artist: Rocket Juice and the Moon featuring Fatoumata Diawara and Manifest
• Album: Rocket Juice and the Moon
• http://rocketjuiceandthemoon.com/
• Label: Honest Jons
• Broadcast at: 13:10
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• Track: Paradisco (Mannequine Remix)
• http://soundcloud.com/mannequine
• Artist: Charlotte Gainsbourg
• Digital download at: http://soundcloud.com/mannequine/paradisco-mannequine-remix
• Broadcast at: 13:45
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• And our theme is:
• Track: The Green Termite
• Artist: Jefferson Belt
• http://www.myspace.com/jeffersonbelt
• Album: Table Manners
• Label: Round Trip Mars
• Catalogue #: RTM 2009