<p>This week on Tech Life we are looking at the problem of space junk, the man-made debris hurtling around our planet. Could it threaten some of the everyday tech we all rely on?</p><p>Also this week, don't you just hate it when stuff doesn't work? Are internet and social media outages becoming more frequent ? 
A doctor in Argentina has created a video game to help calm the nerves of children facing a hospital operation.
And what weighs three tonnes and is the size of a mini-van ? It's the world's largest digital camera.</p><p>Presenter: Chris Vallance
Producer: Tom Quinn</p><p>(Photo: A NASA illustration of space debris around Earth. Credit: Nasa/Getty)</p>

Tech Life

BBC World Service

Space junk

APR 9, 202426 MIN
Tech Life

Space junk

APR 9, 202426 MIN

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<p>This week on Tech Life we are looking at the problem of space junk, the man-made debris hurtling around our planet. Could it threaten some of the everyday tech we all rely on?</p><p>Also this week, don't you just hate it when stuff doesn't work? Are internet and social media outages becoming more frequent ? A doctor in Argentina has created a video game to help calm the nerves of children facing a hospital operation. And what weighs three tonnes and is the size of a mini-van ? It's the world's largest digital camera.</p><p>Presenter: Chris Vallance Producer: Tom Quinn</p><p>(Photo: A NASA illustration of space debris around Earth. Credit: Nasa/Getty)</p>