AUTOMATE: The World of Robots

AUTOMATE: The World of Robots

Robots are under examination this week. Engineer Blaise Thomson, from Vocal IQ, designs speech systems for smartphones, Neil Bargh builds robots for science labs, and Airbus systems engineer Paul Meacham, who is building the next rover that will explore Mars, join Chris Smith, Dave Ansell and Ginny Smith to pit their wits against the assembled Cambridge public, answering questions like how would the Mars rover fare in Robot Wars? Plus, we make a motor from scratch and find out what happens when we dunk electronic devices in liquid nitrogen... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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Bacteria, Viruses and Fungi

Bacteria, Viruses and Fungi

This week we focus on the science of the very small - the microbial world of bacteria, viruses and fungi with Nottingham Universitys Liz Sockett and Cambridge Universitys Stacey Efstathiou and Ali Ash...

10 Jun 200655min

Oil, Fuel Cells and Alternative Energy

Oil, Fuel Cells and Alternative Energy

Powering the generators for the show this week is Nicky White who describes how oil is formed, how we find and extract oil and how long oil supplies will last, Lynne Macaskie discusses how fuel cells ...

3 Jun 200656min

Naked Science Question and Answer and the Science of Happiness - Naked Scientists 06.05.28

Naked Science Question and Answer and the Science of Happiness - Naked Scientists 06.05.28

Answering all your science questions this week are Chris, Kat and Dave, including why some people are so prone to static electric shocks, whether humans will exceed the speed of light, how pain killer...

27 Mai 200655min

Music Technology and the Science of Sound

Music Technology and the Science of Sound

Bringing music to our ears this week is Hugh Hunt who discusses the science of sound, how harmonics work and how to play music in a tea cup, Jez Wells describes the frontiers of music technology inclu...

20 Mai 200657min

BSE, Cervical Cancer and Toxoplasmosis

BSE, Cervical Cancer and Toxoplasmosis

As the ten-year ban on British beef is lifted, Tony Minson joins us to discuss what causes BSE, how it is spread and why it is such a problem, and with another example of how animal diseases pass to h...

13 Mai 200656min

Dinosaurs and Fossils - Jurassic Science set in Stone

Dinosaurs and Fossils - Jurassic Science set in Stone

This week we return to the lost world of the dinosaurs. Cambridge University palaeontologists Leslie Noe and Matt Wilkinson discuss the origins, life and demise of the dinosaurs including how they mas...

6 Mai 200655min

Naked Science Question and Answer

Naked Science Question and Answer

Brightening up the darker corners of your science knowledge this week are Chris, Phil and Kat, who look at colour-blindness in dogs, harnessing heat energy from the centre of the Earth, how glow in th...

29 Apr 200658min

Coral Reefs and Creatures of the Deep Sea

Coral Reefs and Creatures of the Deep Sea

Delving into the dark depths of science this week is Ron Douglas who describes the fascinating world of deep sea fish, bioluminescence and the sights from a deep sea sub, Jason Hall-Spencer talks abou...

22 Apr 20061h 4min

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