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  1. What Really Happened in Y2k? (2017)

    Subject
    Information technology; Technology

    Grehsam College lecture by Professor Martyn Thomas. As the year 2000 approached, many people feared that computer programmes storing year values as two-digit figures (such as 99) would cause problems. There...

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  2. Banking on Bitcoin (2017)

    Director
    Christopher Cannucciari
    Producer
    David Guy Levy
    Subject
    Economics
    Distribution
    Online

    After years of underground development bitcoin has grabbed the attention of not just the public but the banks and regulators too. Is ‘the most disruptive invention since the internet’ a real threat to...

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  3. Althusser: An Intellectual Adventure (2017)

    Director
    Bruno Oliviero
    Subject
    Philosophy
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 55 minutes), $390.00

    This film traces the development of Louis Althusse’s thought and his influence on French philosophers like Lacan, Foucault, Derrida, and Barthes. Featuring footage of the only TV interview he gave (to RAI)...

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  4. Why Planes Vanish (2014)

    Director
    Miles O’Brien; Tristan Quinn
    Subject
    Engineering; Technology

    Television documentary. The disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 in 2014 stunned the world. In an era of smart-phones and GPS, how could a 270-ton passenger jet vanish? The programme tells the...

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  5. Inside the Virtual Anthill: Open Source Means Business (2013)

    Producer
    Mike Hally
    Subject
    Business studies; Information technology

    Gerry Northam goes behind the scenes to investigate ‘open source’ computer software. Much has been said about the likes of free web browser Firefox and the operating system Linux, but little about how...

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  6. Systems (2013)

    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 60 minutes), £17.99

    How are we to understand our ever increasingly complex society? What new ways of thinking and visualisations do artists construct; and why do we find comfort in some systems while rebelling against others?...

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  7. Religion, Conflict and Digital Communication in the Greater Muslim World (2013)

    Subject
    Politics & government; Religious studies; Technology

    As much of the day-to-day work of governance and social change move online, so do religious organisations, using the World Wide Web to build coalitions or ‘manufacture constituencies’ to pursue social...

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  8. Control Systems in Design Technology (2012)

    Subject
    Design; Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 19 minutes), £49.00 (DVD), £20.00 (1 Year Digital Licence), £49.00 (3 Year Digital Licence)

    This film, aimed at design technology, engineering and computer studies students, introduces computer controlled systems, block diagrams and applications of computer controlled systems. Open and closed loop...

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  9. Semiconductors, Diodes and Transmitters (2012)

    Subject
    Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 22 minutes), £49.00 (DVD), £20.00 (1 Year Digital Licence), £49.00 (3 Year Digital Licence)

    This film demonstrates the operation of semiconductors, diodes and transistors, and explains how the invention of the integrated circuit and transistor has revolutionised electronics. Viewers will learn...

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  10. Classical Music and Cold War: Musicians in the Gdr (2012)

    Director
    Thomas Zintl
    Subject
    History; Music; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 5, 52 minutes ), £19.15

    Through case studies of individuals who lived under the system, the documentary explores the fates of both the privileged and the non-privileged, and delivers insight into the influence of the political...

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