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Software beats humans on verbal IQ test by Ian Woolf,
Laura Jade talks about her mind-controlled illuminated brain art,
Sam Gentle explains how he helped make the mind-controlled colour-changing brain come to life.
Production checked by Charles Willock,
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf

Laura Jade

Sam Gentle

Lux Mentis

Solving Verbal Comprehension Questions in IQ Test by
Knowledge-Powered Word Embedding
A Chinese artificial intelligence program just beat humans in an IQ test
Artificially Intelligent Computer Outperforms Humans on IQ Test

Microsoft Verbal Intelligence test
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
IQ test: 'Artificial intelligence system as smart as a four year-old'
Computer smart as a 4-year-old
No, we didn't just create an AI that’s as smart as a 4-year old

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Beware the robots by Ian Woolf,
Jaden Hastings talks about her art and science at the Biofoundry,
Montgomery Guilhaus talks about virtual reality and 360 degree cameras.
Production checked by Charles Willock,
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf.

Jaden Hastings

Montgomery Guilhaus
Triggar

Autonomous Weapons: an Open Letter from AI & Robotics Researchers
Musk, Wozniak and Hawking urge ban on warfare AI and autonomous weapons
Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking Call for Ban on Autonomous Military Robots
Elon Musk: artificial intelligence is our biggest existential threat
Robot Security Guards Cruise Microsoft Campus
Elon Musk donates $10m to keep artificial intelligence good for humanity
Elon Musk says he invested in DeepMind over 'Terminator' fears
Research priorities for robust and beneficial artificial intelligence
Experts including Elon Musk call for research to avoid AI 'pitfalls'
Children Beating Up Robot Inspires New Escape Maneuver System
Samsung Techwin’s SGR-A1 robot
South Korea to field gun-cam robots on DMZ
South Korea deploys robot capable of killing intruders along border with North
Meet Russia's New Killer Robot
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak says humans will be robots' pets

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Dr Paul Willis from RI Aus TV, and Will Berryman from Hostworks talk about bringing Astronaut Chris Hadfield to 10 000 school-children around Australia at once.
Chris Hadfield answers questions and sings for the children.
Production checked by Charles Willock,
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf

Sydney Science Festival
Royal Institution Australia
Paul Willis, Director of RI Aus
Will Berryman at Hostworks

Chris Hadfield's blog: Space Oddity

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Fearless smart mice created by altering a single gene by Ian Woolf,
Futurist Roger Lawrence talks about the future of work at the Augmented Reality meetup,
Tom D'netto builds a farmbot at the Sydney Mini Maker faire,
Nick Potsianos from the Classroom maker Collective, and
James Laird Wah turns old games into new musical instruments.
Production checked by Charles Willock,
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf

Roger Lawrence

James Laird Wah AKA Professor Abrasive

Nick Potsianos is on the far right of the photo
Augmented Reality Sydney meetup
Sydney Mini Maker Faire

Specific Inhibition of Phosphodiesterase-4B Results in Anxiolysis and Facilitates Memory Acquisition.
“Brainy” mice raise hope of better treatments for cognitive disorders
Mice boosted with alteration of a single gene

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MRI can treat cancer as well as diagnose it by Ian Woolf,
Professor Geraint Lewis talks about how Relativity may allow faster than light travel by space warp, and antigravity,
Edric Hong explains how origami is mathematics,
Nicola O'Brien talks about Code Rangers, where kids control technology,
Carmel Morris talks about paper airplanes.
Production checked by Charles Willock,
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf

Geraint Lewis at Sydney Institute of Astronomy

Nicola O'Brien of Code Rangers

Edric Hong from Sydney Origami

Carmel Morris

MRI scanners can steer tumour busting viruses to specific target sites within the body
Directing cell therapy to anatomic target sites in vivo with magnetic resonance targeting
Cancer breakthrough: MRI scanners can rid body of cancerous tumours, scientists claim
MRI scanners help doctors specifically target tumor treatment
MRI scans can deliver cancer therapy