INTRO: Scotland's Outer Hebrides are rugged and beautiful, but they're a tough place to make a living. Locals have been watching for years as their young people leave to find work on the mainland. The exodus has not just weakened an already struggling economy -- it has also threatened to destroy the islands' unique Gaelic culture. But that may be changing. Vera (VEH-ruh) Frankl went to see how a new technology might keep a very old culture from slipping away.

OUTRO: That report was from Vera Frankl for Homelands Productions. It's part of the Worlds of Difference series on global cultural change.