Listening to TechnoFiles, UMR's radio research program, has just gotten easier. In addition to the mp3 being in iTunes and available as a podcast, we're now happy to offer the program in a streaming format. This Friday, our guests on TechnoFiles will include Jerrod Bourchard and his crew. Tune into 88.5FM at 8:10 a.m. Friday to listen as they discuss Jerrod's plans to break the collegiate human land speed record.

If you can't wait until then to get your TechnoFiles fix, then try out our new streaming version and listen to Dr. Sahra Sedigh, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla, discuss an autonomous structural health monitoring device that can be retrofitted to an existing bridge. The system, which can also detect flooding, uses the cellular phone infrastructure to report data and generate alerts. It costs one to two orders of magnitude less than comparable solutions and eliminates the need for visual inspection or site visits.