On this edition of IEEE Spectrum Radio listen to Google's Chief Internet Evangelist Vinton Cerf speak about his favorite work of fiction. Also, hear about Spectrum's Senior Editor Tekla Perry's cell phone shopping experience , and why an old shoe box might be better storage than your hard drive. Finally, Spectrum interviews the Swedish mobile technology engineer Stig Nordqvist on his vision of future news reading.

One of the biggest issues in the world today, that of energy consumption, is becoming impossible to avoid. On this edition of IEEE Spectrum Radio, learn how Ontario, Canada is hoping to avert a crisis by overhauling their energy industry. Fuel cells can also help, and Spectrum looks at how they're adapted for emergency personnel, the military, and the future impact they may have on consumer electronics. Finally, Spectrum visits a store in New York City which is the first of its kind: Robot Village.

On this first edition of Cooking with IEEE Spectrum, Suzan Hassler speaks with Kevin Weeks, the programmer, magazine editor turned chef. They talk about Week's path to becoming a chef, his inspiration, and of course his cooking tips for those with an analytical mind.

On this edition of IEEE Spectrum Radio enjoy stories of scientists in the Amazon jungle who are making use of high tech gadgets to track endangered species. Next, if humans could communicate with animals, what would they tell us? Assistant Professor Dale Joachim of Tulane University is chasing owls with cellphones to find out. And finally learn how many Caribbean islands are exploiting their potential renewable energy sources, like geothermal power.

Most start-ups aim to make a profit. Not Benetech. On this edition of IEEE Spectrum Radio, find out what makes Benetech, and its CEO so special. Also, consider the immense technological challenge posed by plug-in hybrid vehicles. Do batteries exist that can handle their demands? For those looking to buy a television and those having difficulty choosing between LCD, Plasma, DLP or a dozen other technology buzzwords, Spectrum has put together a guide to choosing not just a bigger, but better and longer lasting television.

Sometimes a dead battery can be a matter of life or death. On this edition of IEEE Spectrum Radio, learn about the US Army's efforts to revolutionize portable power. But that's not the only military technology coming to consumers; how about night vision in your car? Also hear about what British scientists discover during their study of Norwegian glaciers and the impact of global warming. Finally, far removed from glaciers, in Utah, Spectrum has a look at the soon to be largest municipal broadband network: Utopia.

There has to be a better way to plug in gadgets and attach peripherals without having to reach blindly behind computer cases. On this IEEE Spectrum Radio feature about wireless technologies, learn how computer users' favorite standard, USB, is going wireless; the potential of wireless power; connecting remote rural communities using wireless networks; and the importance of wireless broadband when regular coverage goes down.

On this edition of IEEE Spectrum Radio, discover the care and effort that is put into lighting the great outdoors; what our compulsive e-mail habits say about us; how biometric authentication is being applied to secure transactions; and the Help America Vote Act's goal of modernizing the voter lists.

What if the car of the future arrives and we hardly notice? On this edition of IEEE Spectrum Radio, shift into the hybrid mindset as Spectrum looks at how companies are making hybrid cars practical for every day use. The answer is not just changes in cost and fuel source, it's a whole new attitude towards driving.

On this edition of IEEE Spectrum Radio, learn about the ten percent of goods which are being sold on today's market: counterfeit; how complex analytics software circumvents privacy laws using digital data shredders; why we only learn from failure; and how the lack of diagnostic testing of security protocols is leaving the U.S. a wide open target.