Innovation Hub: Taking Matters Into Our Own Hands

Specials | Dec 12, 2014

On this episode of Innovation Hub: sometimes you have to take matters into your own hands.

Airs Saturday, December 13 at 7am on AM 820

For starters, the home pregnancy test was just the beginning. Dr. Eugene Chan and professor Andrew Ellington examine the growth of home diagnostic tests for everything from HIV to cancer. Today, we all take the ability to express ourselves online for granted. But broadcasting our personal lives to the world comes with serious downsides. We hear a reflection on the last 20 years from Justin Hall, one of the world's first bloggers. And professor Roger Martin discusses how much the “talent economy” matters to Americans, and why it is in danger.

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