HomePage Feature for February 3 2006

  • 02/03/06
From Campus Technology Magazine for February

Podblasting

The last two times pods invaded this planet, they prevailed. Will they (should they?) win again?

"It was 1978 when the remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers hit the big screen," recalls Katherine Grayson in this month's Seen & Heard, "and after shuddering through hours of Hollywood-style horror, I had nightmares about waking up in a pod as a creature with no soul. Some campus podcasting detractors might say not much has changed since then." Read more.

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