NPR Topics: Digital Life

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Sun, 03 Jan 2016 09:12:00 -0500

Little Spring Hill, Tenn., stands among the country's biggest cities at the new frontier of library services. Available for checkout here are Wi-Fi hot spots, leased to patrons for free. Composers Learn To Make A Living WIth 'Invisible' Music

Sat, 02 Jan 2016 07:54:56 -0500

Berklee College of Music boasts a long list of Grammy Award winners among its alumni. But now, Berklee is filling classes with students making music for podcasts, video games and commercials. World's Largest Meatpacking Company Tests Out Robot Butchers

Fri, 01 Jan 2016 16:26:56 -0500

Slaughterhouses and meatpacking plants throughout the country employ a lot of people. About a quarter of a million Americans prepare the beef, pork and chicken that ends up on dinner tables. But some of those jobs could eventually be replaced by robots. The world's largest meatpacking company is looking at ways to automate the art of butchery.