The Democratic People's Republic of Korea has been a closed society for seven decades. Now, as the internet makes information more widely available, activists are using technology to promote political reform in Pyongyang. In this Podcast Special, WIRED Deputy Editor Greg Williams talks with reporter Michael Hodges, who wrote WIRED UK's April cover story, on the struggle to free North Korea.

Hacking North Korea: a WIRED.co.uk Podcast Special

Cathy Hutchinson is a tetraplegic with so-called 'locked in' syndrome. She is one of nine participants in a clinical trial for BrainGate technology – a system that allows her to control a prosthetic arm just with her mind. Developed by Brown University, the technology uses a brain implant to decode the instructions of the motor cortex, and translate it into computer commands. WIRED Deputy Editor Greg Williams talks with associate editor Madhumita Venkataramanan, who wrote WIRED UK's May feature story, on the most advanced effort to help the paralysed move again. http://wired.uk/CsF1an

BrainGate: a WIRED.co.uk podcast special

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