Ancient Remedies

Alain Touwaide from The Institute for the Preservation of Medical Traditions at the Smithsonian hopes their database of ancient remedies will be used by the pharmaceutical industry in developing treatments for the future.

The Small Print
A few hundred years ago you had to climb a small ladder to access your camera, these days many of have one in our pocket, on a phone. Cameras all work in a similar way; you point, focus on something and then push a button or lever to record an image. That was until last week when the Lytro camera was launched, the latest photographic technology that allows you to focus the picture after you've recorded the image!

At 12:20pm 3D printing, we’re off to Victoria University’s school of design to have a play. They've got a few 3D printers going from the smaller personal machines like a Makerbot right through to the big flashy beasts used by the film industry.

Then we speak to one of the founders of Ponoko.com, a web based company where creators, digital fabricators, materials suppliers and buyers meet to make almost anything, in many cases using 3D printers.

Just before 12:50pmDr Chris Smith is here with the latest science news. Links for the study on social class versus manners is here and you are (the colour) of what you eat research here