Live from the British Science Festival
Adam Walton presents live from the British Science Festival, the annual public showcase for science, engineering and technology, which is being held in Swansea in 2016.
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British Science Festival 2016
Where can you encounter聽adventures in the seventh dimension, insect-inspired hearing aids,聽鈥榝oodscaping鈥� and the therapeutic effects of swearing? The answer is the British Science Festival, one of the biggest showcases for science in the UK 鈥� and certainly the oldest. This year it鈥檚 being held at Swansea University and Science Caf茅 is broadcasting live from the Festival.听
Adam Walton speaks to Dr Rob Malkin from Bristol University, who鈥檚 developing a new generation of hearing aids inspired by insect hearing. He also considers the latest developments in interacting with computers: 鈥榚mergables鈥�, where your phone display 鈥榤orphs鈥� in to a three-dimensional controller.
And if three dimensions isn鈥檛 enough, how about seven? Adam talks to mathematician Dr. Jason Lotay from University College London who鈥檚 taking his Science Festival Audience on 鈥楢dventures in the 7th Dimension鈥�.听
Adam also meets two psychologists. Dr. Laura Wilkinson and Dr. Gabriela Jiga-Boy from Swansea University. Laura鈥檚 theme is 鈥榝oodscapes鈥�, the way our environment is littered with triggers prompting us to eat more. And Gabriela is fascinated by swearing 鈥� why we swear and what effect it has on other people.
Broadcasts
- Tue 6 Sep 2016 18:30麻豆社 Radio Wales
- Sun 11 Sep 2016 06:31麻豆社 Radio Wales
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