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  1. Turing’s Test (2009)

    Director
    Mike Heath; Neil Gardner
    Subject
    Drama; Information technology; Social Studies

    A fictionalised account of the final moments in the life of Alan Turing, in the first collaboration of its kind between a national newspaper (The Independent) and an independent production company. The...

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  2. Game over: Kasparov and the Machine (2004)

    Subject
    Information technology; Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £19.99

    Documentary about Garry Kasparov’s chess game in 1997 with Deep Blue, the one-and-a-half ton IBM supercomputer that won the contest. The film delves into Kasparov’s psyche as he comes to terms with a...

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  3. Machines with Minds (2003)

    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    Free streamed access on Vega website Online, 35 min.

    The panel, chaired by Colin Blakemore and consisting of Professor Aaron Sloman (University of Birmingham), Dr Amanda Sharkey (University of Sheffield), and Professor Igor Aleksander (Imperial College)...

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  4. Rise of the Robots, The (Ri Christmas Lectures 2000) (2001)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 5 x 50 minutes), £19.99 each part £79.99 set

    A series of lectures given by Professor Kevin Warwick of Reading University, looking at the history of robots and their future.

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  5. Artificial Life: The Tufts Symposium (1997 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    CD-ROM

    Covers key issues discusses in the Artificial Intelligence and Darwinism Symposium held at Tufts University in March 1995, chaired by Professor Daniel Dennett. Examines how the study of the way in which...

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  6. Artificial Intelligence (1995)

    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    Free (from server), Electronic document.

    Provision of lecture material: notes, overheads, diagrams, video, self-test, etc., on to World Wide Web pages.

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  7. Artificial Life, Virtual Reality and Real Robots (2 Parts) (1995 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS (PAL, SECAM, NTSC). col. 2 x 90 min., 1996 sale: 40 Ecu (inclusive) each part

    Discussions focusing on computer science, mechanical and electrical engineering. 1.1: Concepts - Fractals: relations between chaos and fractals, reaturing Benoit Mandelbrot. Discusses self-similarity with...

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  8. Embodied Mind, The / Basics of Nonlinear Dynamics (1995 Video)

    Subject
    Psychology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS (PAL, SECAM, NTSC) col. 90 min., 1996 sale: 40 Ecu (inclusive)

    Discussions focusing on philosophy, psychology and neurology. 1 (30 min): Professor Francisco Varela on the relationships between mind and body, encompassing the theory of neural networks and the debate...

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  9. Soul (3 Parts) (1992 Video)

    Producer
    James Burge; Nikki Stockley; Angela Tilby
    Subject
    Philosophy; Religious studies; Science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 3 x 50 min., 1998 sale: £29.99 (inclusive) (series)

    Series looking at new thinking in cosmology, evolution and brain sciences, observing that developments in science appear toconverge with religious ideas that are both ancient and new. 1 (producer Angela...

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  10. Teaching Computers to Think (1991 Video)

    Director
    Gary Leach
    Producer
    Geoff Deehan
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 56 min., 1993 price: £20.00

    For the last 40 years computer scientists have been pursuing the dream of making a truly intelligent machine. The new breed of computers can work without programs. They are based on the human brain and can...

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