Brains Matter

In this episode I talk to Adam Parker, who is currently doing a PhD in robotics. We talk about robots, and their portrayal in current society.
Some of the topics mentioned in the interview:
Karel Capek
Rossum’s Universal Robots
Metropolis IMDB site
Metropolis wikipedia site
Kino Metropolis site
Kismet, the social robot
Al-Jazari and his robot from the 11th century
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
Jacques [...]

Briony Rogers is the president of the Victorian chapter of EWB Australia. Listen to Briony discuss engineering, the purpose of EWB, as well as some EWB experiences.
Engineers Without Borders web site:
http://www.ewb.org.au/
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