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  1. Synthetic Biology in Europe (2014)

    Subject
    Biology; Technology

    Synthetic biology is an emerging field in at the intersection of biotechnology, information technology and biochemistry with the aim to make biology easier to engineer. But what exactly are synthetic...

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  2. Just How Do Macs and Pcs Differ? (2014)

    Director
    Brady Haran
    Subject
    Information technology; Technology

    In this short film Professor Tom Rodden explains just what the difference is between Mac and PC. (By PC the filmmakers are referring to machines running Windows or a variant of Linux). [7 minutes]

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  3. 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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  4. Forever Vigilant? Technology and the Rise of Boundless Warfare (2014)

    Subject
    Politics & government; Social Studies; Technology

    A University of Bath Public Lecture Podcast. Professor David Galbreath’s inaugural lecture asks whether the evolution of technology requires nations to be forever vigilant in the face of a new type of...

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  5. 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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  6. Robot Teaches Itself How to Walk, A (2012)

    Subject
    Electrical & Electronic Engineering; Technology

    Video recording of a presentation given at swissnex San Francisco on 19/1/2012 at which scientists from Switzerland and the US discuss their research on humanoid robots, cognitive robotics, and artificial...

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  7. How New Science is Transforming the Optical Microscope (2012)

    Subject
    Biology; Physics; Technology

    Video recording of the 2012 Leeuwenhoek Lecture given at the Royal Society on 13 February 2012 by Dr Brad Amos. There are two rules for making an optical microscope: the lenses must be small, since defects...

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  8. Can Nanotechnology Help Cure Cancer? (2012)

    Subject
    Medical sciences; Technology

    What makes a cancer cell different from a healthy cell and how can nano-particles recognise them in order to deliver chemotherapy treatments without side effects? Nanotechnology expert Sonia Trigueros...

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  9. Transcendent Man (2011)

    Director
    Barry Ptolemy
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 83 minutes), $29.95

    Technology will accelerate exponentially. Within 25 years, computers will have consciousness. Humans will soon be bionic. These predictions make bestselling author Ray Kurzweil a prophetic genius to some and...

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  10. The BBC - Old Values, New Technologies (2011)

    Subject
    Media studies; Technology

    A video recording of the 2011 Royal Television Society Fleming Memorial Lecture delivered by BBC Trust Chairman, Lord Patten of Barnes. In it he sets out his vision for the BBC and considers the relevance of...

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