Digital Planet

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• Black Lives Matter: How digital activism is changing protest

  How algorithmic activism and online video are shaping #BlackLivesMatter

  

  Duration: 5:24

• How can drones make childbirth safer in Sierra Leone?

  A new drone corridor in Njala, West Africa, could transform Sierra Leone's healthcare

  

  Duration: 2:27

• The world's 'first 3D, holographic, international video call'

  The BBC and Voxon teamed up to deliver an Adelaide to London, world-first hologram call

  

  Duration: 1:18

• Computers and coding for children in rural Kenya

  Computer labs for schoolchildren in rural Kenya

  Duration: 4:08

• Electricity from human waste

  Making electricity from human waste in Kenya

  Duration: 2:58

• Online shoppers say unauthorised Shopee transactions have left them out of pocket

  E-commerce platform Shopee under scrutiny over security issues

  Duration: 5:49

• Iran: Controlling protesters via their phones

  A new report shows how Iranian authorities can track and control protester phones.

  Duration: 5:53
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• About Gareth Mitchell

  Before Gareth Mitchell joined the BBC World Service he was a broadcast engineer. "The people who seemed to be having all the good fun were the creative types in the studios." So he swapped engineering for presenting. He also lectures in broadcast and written journalism at Imperial College London.

  

• About Bill Thompson

  Technology writer Bill was born in Jarrow, grew up in Corby and went to Cambridge University. He still lives and works in Cambridge. Bill worked for the Guardian from 1990 and in 1994 set up the paper's website. Two years later he became a freelance writer and broadcaster.

  

• About Ghislaine Boddington

  Ghislaine's focus is how digital technology can integrate with the human body. Her work explores technology's ability to create the best outcomes for people. She's a Digital Immersion reader at the University of Greenwich, creative director of body>data>space.net, and gives talks worldwide on digital tech.

  

• About Angelica Mari

  São Paulo-based journalist Angelica Mari is focused on what organizations from the public, private and third sector do with technology and how those initiatives can impact society. Her work can be found in publications including Forbes, The Guardian, ZDNet, ComputerWeekly, Quartz and others.