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  1. Deep Learning: Miracle or Snake Oil? (2018)

    Subject
    Information technology

    Machine Learning has had several excitements over the years with machines that are modelled on the human brain. The invention of the perceptron and artificial neural networks were followed by intense...

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  2. Speech Processing: How to Wreck a Nice Peach (2018)

    Subject
    Information technology

    Alexa, Siri and Cortana are among a number of voice-enabled digital assistants that can not only speak to us but understand us. Sci-fi films had talking computers many years ago. Why has it taken so long to...

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  3. I’m Dyslexic (2018)

    Director
    Thom Davies
    Subject
    Education

    Documentary for school age dyslexics. Being dyslexic himself, this is the documentary filmmaker Thom Davies wishes he could have seen at that age: a positive and upbeat mix of comic sketches, animation and...

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  4. Epidemics, Pandemics and How to Control Them (2018)

    Subject
    Medical sciences

    Some infections come in repeated epidemic waves, others are new to human populations. A known human threat such as influenza may mutate or a new infection jumps the species barrier from animals to humans:...

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  5. Infections and the Brain (2018)

    Subject
    Medical sciences

    The brain is well protected against most infections, but once they get into or around the brain they can cause fatal or serious long-term consequences. Some bacterial, viral and parasitic infections are...

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  6. Infections and the Nerves (2018)

    Subject
    Medical sciences

    Certain infections have a particular impact on the peripheral nerves as part of their normal disease process. Some infectious effects are predominately on the motor nerves such as polio (currently heading...

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  7. Infections of the Lung and Heart (2018)

    Subject
    Medical sciences

    The lung has a large surface area, is open to the outside world and is the site for some of the most common serious infections, in particular pneumonia. Several bacteria, viruses and some less common lung...

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  8. The Impact of Infections As we Go Through Life and Age (2018)

    Subject
    Medical sciences

    The very young and very elderly are particularly susceptible to many infections and for many infections, age will predict how likely someone is to die once infected. The immediate and long-term effects of an...

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  9. Deconstructing the World’s Longest Lego Suspension Bridge (2017)

    Subject
    Engineering

    Short video. The world’s longest LEGO suspension bridge is subject to destruction testing in the library of the Institution of Civil Engineers. [3 minutes]

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  10. Plastic Whale, A (2017)

    aka: A Plastic Whale: The Documentary

    Subject
    Biology; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Film

    This Sky News documentary shows the devastating effects of plastic on ocean life by following the case of a post-mortem examination of a Cuvier’s beaked whale. The procedure confirmed that its intestines...

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