Archive for March, 2008

059 – Adam Parker – Robotics and Science Fiction

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

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 […]

Arthur C Clarke

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Vale Arthur C Clarke, author of the 2001, A Space Odyssey series, Rendezvous with Rama, and a host of other science fiction novels and stories, who passed away today at the age of 90 in Sri Lanka. He was a man well before his time, and predicted via his stories the advent of many scientific […]

058 – Geoff Campbell – The genius of Srinivasa Ramanujan

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

In this episode I speak to Dr Geoff Campbell, honorary research fellow from the school of mathematics from La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. Dr Campbell talked to me about Srinivasa Ramanujan, a self-taught mathematical genius from the early part of last century. Download MP3 of Ep 58 Please vote for this podcast this month […]

057 – Lynne Kelly – Critical Thinking Part 2

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

In this episode I talk to Lynne Kelly, author and educator, about critical thinking and how it is taught and applied in education. How are people taught today compared to the past? How should they be taught? This is part two of a two part interview. Lynne’s website is http://www.lynnekelly.com.au Download MP3 of Ep 57 […]

056 – Lynne Kelly – Critical Thinking Part 1

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

In this episode I talk to Lynne Kelly, author and educator, about critical thinking and how it is taught and applied in education. How are people taught today compared to the past? How should they be taught? This is part one of a two part interview. Lynne’s website is http://www.lynnekelly.com.au Download MP3 of Ep 56 […]