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Information Marketplace
12:00 pm
Mon December 10, 2012

UW Robot Helps Students Register For Classes, For A Fee

On registration day at the University of Washington, alarms go off all over campus at 5:50 a.m. Thousands of students stumble out of bed, load the UW website, and hit refresh over and over. Then at 6 a.m. there is a flurry of action.

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Arts & Entertainment
10:00 am
Wed December 5, 2012

Canada, Culture And Commerce: BC Coal And Robot-Assisted Shopping

Credit Flickr Photo/Randy Stewart
Geekwire's Todd Bishop speaking at an Ignite Seattle event.

Vancouver Sun political correspondent Vaughn Palmer brings us the latest news from Canada, film critic Robert Horton looks at actors and directors who did well for themselves in 2012, and Geekwire’s Todd Bishop reviews the latest in tech, including a new Seattle men's store that wants to use technology to change the way you shop.

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Marijuana and Marketing
1:29 pm
Thu November 29, 2012

Seattle Web Entrepreneur's Efforts To Re-Brand Marijuana

Credit courtesy/Leafly.com
Leafly.com has several features, including a color-coded chart that links different marijuana strains to specific diseases and symptoms.

Marijuana has been historically cast as a dangerous drug for outcasts and societal dropouts. But with the passage of I-502, marijuana is going mainstream. A Seattle web entrepreneur is building tools for the masses to bring marijuana – and its users – into the 21st century.

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Technology
10:00 am
Wed November 21, 2012

Canada, Culture And Commerce: Tablets, E-Readers And Remaking "Red Dawn"

Credit KUOW Photo/Jason Pagano
Vancouver Sun's Vaughn Palmer at KUOW.

Vancouver Sun political correspondent Vaughn Palmer brings us the latest news from Canada. Film critic Robert Horton surveys the new crop of Thanksgiving movie releases (including a remake of 1984's "Red Dawn"). Geekwire’s Todd Bishop reviews e-readers and tablets with the holiday shopping season in mind.

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