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Sphere Fluidics
Duration: 00:04:46
Published Date: 2010/11/08Sphere Fluidics is a spin-out from the Department of Chemistry. The company is developing water droplets that serve as 'miniature test tubes'. -
Social and economic aspects of palm oil production
Duration: 00:02:21
Published Date: 2016/04/14How do social science and economics fit into research on palm oil production? Rosemary Ostfeld, PhD Student in the Department of Land Economy, explains how her understanding of society and consumer behaviour is crucial for her to liaise with stakeholders to determine the effectiveness of initiatives. This film is one of a series of eight that showcases the extent that conservation-related -
Bodhisatta vs the big stick
Duration: 00:16:00
Published Date: 2015/04/01Even in his past lives, the Buddha's wisdom was unmatched. How will he fare against a simple wooden stick that the king sends to test him? Researcher: Charles Li Department: Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Film maker: Eleonora Mignoli -
Economic anthropology and the exchange of wealth
Duration: 00:35:19
Published Date: 2009/10/01An introductory talk describing the exchange of wealth as analysed by social anthropologists -
Research Directions: Networks and their Roles in Economics
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Being an entrepreneur at Cambridge University
Duration: 00:02:32
Published Date: 2024/02/22Did you know some of our undergraduates are entrepreneurs? Follow Chinedum (Faze) as he and fellow Cambridge students test their entrepreneurial skills at a residential at @KingsCollegeCam ! King's Entrepreneurship Lab is for both undergrads and postgrads – and specifically for those studying non-business degrees. #Business #Entrepreneur #Cambridge #CambridgeUni #CambridgeUniversity -
KidzEyez
Duration: 00:03:42
Published Date: 2011/10/11Technology developed at the University of Cambridge to detect peripheral visual field loss in young children will enable the earlier detection of brain tumours, potentially saving sight and lives. Dr Louise Allen, a paediatric ophthalmologist at the University of Cambridge, and Dr Adar Pelah, an electronics engineer at the University of York, have developed a specialised visual field test system -
Podcast: Education’s moment of reckoning: access and inclusion in…
Duration: 00:48:43
Published Date: 2021/09/23In April 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the globe, close to 1.6 billion children and youth were out of school due to temporary closures, representing more than 90% of students around the world, according to the United Nations. Follow the podcast: https://mind-over-chatter.captivate.fm/listen In this episode, we take an international perspective with our guests Arif Naveed, Aya Waller -
Autonomous vision-based over height vehicle detection system
Duration: 00:01:47
Published Date: 2017/09/18This was a joint project with Cambridge and Transport for London to create, test and deploy an overheight system for the prevention of bridge and tunnel strikes using a vision-based approach. The result is a high accuracy system that cost an order of magnitude less than current state of practice. Other partial funding came from Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC) for -
Confronting theory with experimental data and vice versa
Duration: 00:24:22
Published Date: 2014/01/23In combining theory and experiments, we should have two objectives in mind. The first objective is to confront the theory with some data to see whether the theory is at all consistent with the behavior exhibited in the laboratory. Clearly, there is much that can be learned about the theory from the data, quite apart from any notion of "testing" the theory. We hope to learn whether the theory is -
On the origin of (robot) species
Duration: 00:00:33
Published Date: 2015/08/12Researchers have observed the process of evolution by natural selection at work in robots, by constructing a ‘mother’ robot that can design, build and test its own ‘children’, and then use the results to improve the performance of the next generation, without relying on computer simulation or human intervention. -
Living Laboratory for Sustainability: A platform for research and…
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Published Date: 2014/12/15Run by the University’s Environment and Energy Section, the ‘Living Lab’ is a programme that provides Cambridge students with opportunities to improve the University’s sustainability. Students can propose projects and will receive support from the E&E Section. The University’s buildings, grounds and operations act as a real-life test-bed to support participants’ professional skills -
Agritech and the future of farming in the East of England
Duration: 00:01:33
Published Date: 2019/03/25From crop science to robotics, supply chains to economics, Cambridge University researchers are working with farmers and industry to sustainably increase agricultural productivity and profitability. -
What would 'Brexit' mean for free movement?
Duration: 00:15:20
Published Date: 2015/07/24In an interview with the BBC yesterday (23 July 2015), US President Barack Obama argued that having "the United Kingdom in the European Union gives us much greater confidence about the strength of the transatlantic union and is part of the cornerstone of institutions built after World War II that has made the world safer and more prosperous." He continued: "And we want to make sure that United -
Using Networks to Revolutionise Economic Theory and Policy
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Podcast: Creating a future that is not like the past
Duration: 00:45:42
Published Date: 2020/12/15The future is becoming harder to predict thanks to climate change and a global pandemic. But a large part of what the future will look like is in our own hands. The biggest challenge to creating a better future may be political rather than scientific or technological. Subscribe to the podcast here: mind-over-chatter.captivate.fm/listen In this episode, Diane Coyle, professor of public policy, -
Could virtual reality help you overcome anxiety?
Duration: 00:00:47
Published Date: 2022/07/29Could virtual reality help you overcome anxiety? University of Cambridge PhD student Lucie Daniel-Watanabe is working with award-winning gaming company Ninja Theory to test this out. Using virtual reality, you learn a breathing technique to steady your heartbeat… …before being locked in a dungeon with a terrifying monster. The monster can’t see you, but can sense fear. Can you use the -
Making Maps
Duration: 00:01:42
Published Date: 2013/07/08Cambridge University Library and the National Maritime Museum have digitised the Board of Longitude archive. The archive will available online at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/longitude from 18th July 2013. The Board of Longitude sent astronomers on voyages of exploration to test methods of navigation and help make better maps. This is the second film of the series and looks at some of -
Can robots read braille?
Duration: 00:00:59
Published Date: 2024/01/29Researchers have developed a robotic sensor that incorporates artificial intelligence techniques to read braille at speeds roughly double that of most human readers. The research team, from the University of Cambridge, used machine learning algorithms to teach a robotic sensor to quickly slide over lines of braille text. The robot was able to read the braille at *315 words per minute at close to -
Just Add Water
Duration: 00:05:45
Published Date: 2010/03/25Rotifers are tiny animals that survive against all the odds. They are also known for not having had sex for 80 million years. We follow Dr Alan Tunnacliffe, award-winning Cambridge researcher at the Institute of Biotechnology, as he tests their super-powers by draining 90% of the water in their microscopic bodies, heats them to boiling point and freezes them in liquid nitrogen. Still they thrive!
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