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Podcast: global online MBA and latest wind farm research

by Gail Wilson

Dean of the Business School chats about new online MBA, we try out mobile payment scheme YoYo, and discuss research exploring viability of wind farms.

The podcast is presented by Gareth Mitchell, a lecturer on Imperial's Science Communication MSc course and the presenter of Click Radio on the BBC World Service, with contributors from the Communications team.

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News: robot research and exploring the links between passive smoking and asthma - we hear about a new robotic centre funded by Dyson to look at how we free robots from the factory floor and discuss how cigarette smoke impacts the effectiveness of asthma treatment in children.

Online MBA – Maxine Myers speaks to the Dean of Imperial College Business School about Imperial’s new flexible, part-time, MBA programme to be offered online.

YoYo AppDeborah Evanson and Gareth Mitchell try out the new mobile payment app YoYo, co-founded by Imperial Innovations.

Blown Away – We hear from Dr Iain Staffell and Professor Richard Green about new research rejecting claims that ageing wind farms are a bad investment, but in fact are much more economically viable than previously thought.