Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Technology and engineering Sparks will fly: How to hack your home – A new revolution (2014) Danielle George attempts to use simple motors to construct the world’s greatest robot orchestra. Sparks will fly: How to hack your home – A new revolution (2014) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Technology and engineering Sparks will fly: How to hack your home – Making contact (2014) Danielle George attempts to beam a special guest into the theatre via hologram, using the technology found in a mobile phone. Sparks will fly: How to hack your home – Making contact (2014) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Technology and engineering Sparks will fly: How to hack your home – The light bulb moment (2014) Danielle George attempts to play a computer game on the windows of a skyscraper using hundreds of light bulbs. Sparks will fly: How to hack your home – The light bulb moment (2014) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Life fantastic – Could I live forever? (2013) Every living thing – humans, animals, plants or a single cell – eventually dies, but why? Life fantastic – Could I live forever? (2013) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Life fantastic – Am I a mutant? (2013) As our DNA replicates, mutations arise. Sometimes they can be catastrophic, but sometimes they confer a huge advantage. Life fantastic – Am I a mutant? (2013) Read more
Video Biology and the human body CHRISTMAS LECTURES Life fantastic – Where do I come from? (2013) How does each of your cells know exactly what to do? And when? And where? Life fantastic – Where do I come from? (2013) Read more
Video Brain CHRISTMAS LECTURES Meet your brain – Are you thinking what I'm thinking? (2011) Discover what makes us truly human. Meet your brain – Are you thinking what I'm thinking? (2011) Read more
Video Brain CHRISTMAS LECTURES Meet your brain – Who's in charge here anyway? (2011) Who's in control – you or your brain? Your conscious thoughts are only the tip of the iceberg. Every minute your brain is Meet your brain – Who's in charge here anyway? (2011) Read more
Video Brain CHRISTMAS LECTURES Meet your brain – What's in your head? (2011) Your brain has the ability to create an almost unlimited stream of images, thoughts, memories and dreams. Undoubtedly the most Meet your brain – What's in your head? (2011) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Physics Technology and engineering Size matters – Why mountains are so small (2010) Mark Miodownik explains why the Earth’s gravity, mantle and atmosphere mean our mountains won’t grow any higher and how Size matters – Why mountains are so small (2010) Read more