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Pedi-sedate
1:50 PM.Dr Geoff Hart's developed a clever way to calm kids down before surgery. Audio
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Havana shop
1:30 PM.We visit the world's highest golf course in Bolivia with Rory Carroll and shopping in Cuba could be about to get a lot easier. Audio
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Bits and bytes
1:15 PM.Bill Thompson on some twists and turns after the Pirate Bay verdict, and the race to design a safer mobile phone. Audio
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Kinkajou
12:50 PM.The low-cost classroom projector developed by Timothy Prestero is helping thousands to read and write in Africa. Audio
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Japanese whisky
12:35 PM.Japan's two biggest whisky distillers Nikka and Suntory are beating the Scots at their own game. Justin McCurry reports. Audio
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Tofu-tastic
12:15 PM.We curdle some soy milk and make tofu using a 2000 year old recipe with Ruth McLean. Audio
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Robobusiness
1:45 PM.Tech journo Peter Nowak's just been at one of the big events in the robot industry calendar in Boston. Audio
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Bees 16: Varroa Treatment
1:30 PM.Bee mentor David Carleton sorts out the hive for winter. Audio
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Time-banking
1:15 PM.Founder Edgar Cahn on the cashless community work exchange and New Zealand's first and only time-bank in Lyttleton. Audio
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Bits and bytes
12:45 PM.Peter Griffin's been using the on-line energy retailer Powershop. Plus Telecom's new mobile network launches on 1 June. Audio
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The Viewmaster
12:30 PM.The binocular-style viewer giving us a view of the world for 70 years. Games correspondent Tim Walsh had one! Audio
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Charity collectors
12:15 PM.Jessica Wilson of Consumer.org.nz on the on-street collectors packing clipboards and hoping to sign you up for the long term. Audio
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App chap
1:45 PM.Christchurch software developer Guy Horrocks makes a living designing add-on's and widgets for Apple's iPhone. Audio
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Books by the foot
1:30 PM.Chuck Roberts sells books as wall furnishings to everyone from interior designers and law firms to the seriously rich. Audio
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Bits and bytes
1:15 PM.Technology correspondent Bill Thompson looks at the Australian and NZ government plans to build high-speed internet networks. Audio
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German games
12:50 PM.Andrew Curry on the German board game 'The Settlers of Catan', the most popular board game in the US since Risk. Audio
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Ten-pin bowling
12:15 PM.Higher scores as new technology makes it easier to get a strike. Jason Belmonte is rising to the top by bowling with two hands. Audio
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Pyramid schemes
1:50 PM.Louisa Lim on the Chinese government moves to crack down on pyramid schemes. Audio
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Tent cities
1:45 PM.Paul Thompson on the tent cities springing up in California to house the victims of the credit crunch. Audio
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Smart speed bumps
1:35 PM.British inventor Peter Hughes is using cars, buses and trucks to generate electricity. Audio
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Google secrets
1:15 PM.Writer Jeff Jarvis is trying to get people and businesses asking themselves"What would Google do?". Audio
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Wasabi
12:50 PM.We meet Fenton Wood, an ex-policeman growing real wasabi in the South Island. Audio
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Hair Loss
12:15 PM.Michael Behar on the latest technologies being used to fight hair loss, everything from in vitro hair cloning to hair farms. Audio
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Radio gaga
1:50 PM.Inventions buff David Ellyard on the radio, the electro-magnetic wave that changed the world forever. Audio
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Bees 15: A Taste of Honey
1:30 PM.Pro Maureen Maxwell pro shows me how to tell my mono-florals from my blends. She tastes honey for a living. Audio