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  1. Aliens: The Big Think (2016)

    Subject
    Natural history; Space science

    Astronomer Royal Martin Rees and scientists take up the search for extra-terrestrials, exploring the theory that we should be searching for machines, not organic life, beyond the solar system. [59 minutes]

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  2. Emergence of E-Textiles (2016)

    Subject
    Technology

    Can we imagine a piece of fabric that can be tapped or swiped just like you would a touch screen? Or if sensors woven into the cover of your chair told you when you were slouching? Electronic textiles are...

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  3. Being Human in a Digital Age (2015)

    Subject
    Technology

    Video webcast. What can humans do that machines will not soon be doing too? In this event, author Tom Chatfield explains why he believes this is the wrong question to ask - and we should look instead at what...

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  4. Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (2015)

    Director
    Alex Gibney
    Subject
    Business studies; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 128 minutes), £4.37

    Documentary about American businessman and co-founder of multinational tech company Apple Inc. The film details how Steve Jobs jeopardised his personal life and relationships while transforming Apple from a...

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  5. Africa’s Information Revolution: Rhetoric and Reality (2015)

    Subject
    Development studies; Information technology

    Video podcast from the Oxford Internet Institute. Padrig Carmody analyses the phenomenal recent growth in mobile phone and internet usage in Africa. Based on over two hundred firm level interviews in...

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  6. Lebanese Rocket Society, The (2014)

    Subject
    Arabic studies; Space science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 96 minutes), £17.99

    This film traces the little-known story of Lebanon’s space programme and tells how in the 1960s, scientists and students at the Armenian University in Beirut, led by Manoug Manougian, began developing and...

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  7. New Technologies: 3d Printing (2014)

    Subject
    Design; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 28 minutes), £82.80

    NEW TECHNOLOGIES: 3D PRINTING is an informative look at the emerging manufacturing revolution occurring around tthe technology of 3D printing. 3D printing business owner Scott Phillips demonstrates how the...

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  8. 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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  9. Gardener, Dentist and the Long-Jumper: Ethics in the Age of Information, The (2014)

    Subject
    Information technology

    Video podcast from the Oxford Internet Institute. Luciano Floridi discusses his new book, ‘The Ethics of Information’. With the help of three metaphors, Professor Floridi outlines the nature and scope of...

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  10. Koyaanisqatsi and Powaqqatsi (2014)

    Subject
    Development studies; Environmental science; Media studies; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 179 minutes), £29.99 (inclusive)

    Two of the three films from the Qatsi trilogy. They are cinematic essays on the impact of technological progress on the earth and its peoples, set to scores by Philip Glass. The photographic effects,...

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