BVG radio: Season 5 Issues in Technology

Welcome to this week's tech talk. Today we had a very jam-packed discussion on piracy and the role of the government. We also talked about streaming services and how they affected piracy. Hope you enjoy the episode.

“Intellectual Property Theft/Piracy.” FBI, FBI, 3 May 2016, https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/white-collar-crime/piracy-ip-theft. Crosby, Paul, and Jordi McKenzie . “The More Video Streaming Services We Get, the More We'll Turn to Piracy.” The Conversation, 17 Aug. 2021, https://theconversation.com/the-more-video-streaming-services-we-get-the-more-well-turn-to-piracy-166090. Feldman, Brian. “Piracy Is Back.” New York Magazine, 26 June 2019, https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/06/piracy-is-back.html. Hern, Alex. “Streaming Was Supposed to Stop Piracy. Now It Is Easier than Ever.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 2 Oct. 2021, https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/oct/02/streaming-was-supposed-to-stop-piracy-now-it-is-easier-than-ever. Martin, Jon, director. Why Piracy Will Never Die., Youtube, 13 Aug. 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJqyxmhDWTM. Accessed 3 Nov. 2021. Harris, Sophia. “Millions of Piracy Notices Coming to Canadians Can No Longer Demand Cash | CBC News.” CBCnews, CBC/Radio Canada, 27 Jan. 2019, https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/piracy-copyright-government-settlement-fees-1.4993062. Spajić, Damjan Jugović, et al. “Piracy Is Back: Piracy Statistics for 2021.” DataProt, 29 June 2021, https://dataprot.net/statistics/piracy-statistics/.

Is Piracy Of Media Better Or Worse In The Age Of Streaming By MAC and DG

What exactly is machine translation? How does it involve artificial intelligence? Will machine translation pass humans in terms of accuracy? Is there any hope for humanity left!? All of this and more in episode 1 of the Hello World podcast.

Sources

Butler, Friderike. "Machine versus Human: Will Google Translate Replace Professional Translators." George Mason University (20 February 2011) http://mason.gmu.edu/~fbutler2/IT%20103-005%20Research%20Paper%20Butler.pdf Zong, Zhaorong. "Research on the relations between machine translation and human translation." Journal of Physics: Conference Series. Vol. 1087. No. 6. IOP Publishing, 2018. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/1087/6/062046/meta Zhou, Sharon. "Has AI surpassed humans at translation? Not even close!" Skynet Today (25 July 2018) https://www.skynettoday.com/editorials/state_of_nmt

Hello - World - Machine Translation and the future of Human Communication by MG

VAR stands for Video Assisted Referees and it is now part of most professional soccer leagues and tournaments around the world. 

On this podcast we will discuss if it is making the beautiful game better? Imagine your favorite team is about to score the game winning goal but VAR calls offside. Todays episode will be about how technology is changing and affecting football/soccer. If you want to hear more about this topic make sure to listen to the podcast because me and my guest will be doing so.

Is VAR  in Soccer working? by; AA and SA

Swaroop, Shanth. “The Evolution of Headphones.” Headphone Zone, Headphone Zone, 19 Mar. 2020, https://www.headphonezone.in/blogs/audiophile-guide/evolution-of-headphones.

“How Headphones Changed the World.” For The Sound, 26 Dec. 2020, https://forthesound.com/how-headphones-changed-the-world/#:~:text=Science%20tells%20us%20that%20headphones,people%20have%20headphones%20at%20work%3F.

Melbourne, Vic. “ANCA-Associated Renal Vasculitis Is Associated - Proquest.” Headphones Can Hurt You, 18 Jan. 2012, https://www.proquest.com/docview/2515520626.

Have Headphones changed the way we live? by: MG and RB

Can we learn to drive using VR? Can AR be used for navigation? These are some of the questions that I will be answering in today's podcast. In this podcast, I will explore the ways that both AR and VR are being implemented into the driving industry. I will also discuss the future impact these technologies will have on this industry. Along with us, we have a guest speaker, Matthew, who is going to give us his perspective on this through the lens of a current young driver. 

Resources: “VR Tech to Revolutionize Commercial Driver Training.” Electronic Products & Technology, 11 June 2021, https://www.ept.ca/features/vr-tech-to-revolutionize-commercial-driver-training/. “Using Virtual Reality to Create Safer Drivers.” Smart Cities Dive, https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/ex/sustainablecitiescollective/friday-fun-using-virtual-reality-create-safer-drivers/1090332/. “What Is Augmented Reality?” The Franklin Institute, 18 Dec. 2019, https://www.fi.edu/what-is-augmented-reality. “The Premium S-Class Sedan.” Mercedes, https://www.mercedes-benz.ca/en/vehicles/class/s-class/sedan. “What Is Augmented Reality?” The Franklin Institute, 18 Dec. 2019, https://www.fi.edu/what-is-augmented-reality.

Can VR and AR help us be better drivers? by: DG and MC

How Beats by Dre influenced the Rap genre.

Special Guest Jack B.

How Hip Hop Changed the World - LIVE on CHOP FM 102.7 by: Max G + Ray B

All these podcasts were written produced and broadcast by Grade 11 and 12 Communication  Technology students as part of our BVG:radio initiative. The opinions, research and viewpoints are solely representative of the writers. Efforts made to create unique content as a platform for learning and expression. BVG:radio was established in 2019