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Douglas Engelbart - Inventing the 21st Century

MP3 download Douglas Engelbart invented the 21st Century! In 1968 his Mother of All Demos showed how together work in social networks, using computer screens with graphic user interface, mouse, word processors, hyperlinks, online document sharing and video-conferencing, as part...

Posted by Ian Woolf on June 19, 2023 5:45 PM

Australian Computer Museum Society - part 1

MP3 Listen to Adrian Franulovich talk about the history of Australian computing and the 40th anniversary of the Apple Lisa computer. News of good vibrations reversing aging. Hosted and produced by Ian Woolf Australian Computer Museum Society A blast of...

Posted by Ian Woolf on January 30, 2023 3:19 PM

Dishbrain puppeting drones in VR

MP3 Drones puppetting people in the metaverse, Dishbrain plays Pong by Ian Woolf, From 2007: Retocausality by Tim Baynes, Killer toys by a panel of Ian Woolf, Marc West, Lachlan Whatmore, Catherine Beehag, and Celine Steinfeld, Produced and hosted by...

Posted by Ian Woolf on November 28, 2022 3:28 PM

The Talking Dead

MP3 A deep dive into the Digital Afterlife Industry - companies offering to let you have a conversation with dead people who speak back, and offering you a chance to live on as a digital avatar. Produced and hosted by...

Posted by Ian Woolf on November 7, 2022 11:04 PM

Expressly Human - part 2

MP3 Computing pioneer Kathleen Booth reaches 100 by Ian Woolf, Dr Mark Changizi talks about how emotional expression evolved - part 2. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf Mark Changizi Expressly Human interview part 1 The Vision Revolution book review...

Posted by Ian Woolf on August 22, 2022 7:52 PM

Science communication and Quantum transistors

MP3 News of bacteria engineered with an electronic switch, Naomi Koh Belic and Noushin Nasiri talk about science communication, Michelle Simmonds explores how transistors work at the quantum level in 2002, Sound and facts checked by Charles Willock, Produced and...

Posted by Ian Woolf on March 22, 2018 3:33 PM

Surprizing stories and Quantum computers

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Flashing lights treat Alzheimer's mice by Ian Woolf, Professor Stuart Kauffman reads from The surprizing story of Patrick, Rupert, Sly and Gus - evolutionary niches and complexity. Quantum computing made simple by Ian...

Posted by Ian Woolf on March 20, 2017 10:45 AM

Diamonds and milk

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Devil milk and cockroach milk by Ian Woolf, Igor Aharonovich talks about using diamonds for biosensors, communications, computing and research. Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf Igor Aharaonich...

Posted by Ian Woolf on October 28, 2016 3:21 PM

Dark matter anyon computing

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') A pill to slow ageing by Ian Woolf, Catherine de Burgh-Day hunts for Dark Matter with gravity lenses, Robert Pfeiffer computes with exotic matter, Production checked by Charles Willock, Produced and hosted by...

Posted by Ian Woolf on November 30, 2015 4:13 PM

Healing corneas and building robots

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') News of: DARPA brain implants, Sony smart wigs, and prosthetic hands that feel, by Ian Woolf. Professor Stephanie Watson spoke with Ian Woolf about how she heals corneas with stem cells, From the...

Posted by Ian Woolf on December 9, 2013 3:22 PM

Nuclear power for Australia? part 1

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Wearable computing news by Ian Woolf. Ian Woolf attends the Nuclear Energy For Australia? conference and speaks with: Dr Erica Smyth argues for nuclear power for Australia, Dr Timos Aikas explains how nuclear...

Posted by Ian Woolf on July 29, 2013 2:18 PM

Steve Mann, qBits, and goodbye 2SER

download MP3 (right-click and select 'save as') Ian Woolf showcases the wearable computers of Steve Mann. Ed Pollitt reports on the invention of silicon quantum bits. Ian Woolf delves into the history of Diffusion as told by our theme music...

Posted by Ian Woolf on April 22, 2013 4:41 PM

Trusted computing and ant beauticians

download MP3 Julie-Anne Popple reports on new humans, Dr Frog, and Lego bones. Ian Woolf interviews Kevin Elphinstone and Gerwin Klein from the Validated computing project at NICTA, Julie-Anne Popple speaks with Jerome Buhl of the University of Sydney about...

Posted by Ian Woolf on March 19, 2012 1:05 PM

Peter Watts, Parasitic computers

Presented by Angelique Hutchison. News by Tim Baynes. Ian Woolf speaks with Peter Watts about biologically plausible aliens, First Contact, and alien sex. Parasitic computing explained by Chris Stewart. Produced by Gina Sartore with technical assistance by Lachlan Whatmore....

Posted by Ian Woolf on September 4, 2001 3:45 PM

Diffusion 4th September 2001

Play Now Presented by Angelique Hutchison. News by Tim Baynes. Ian Woolf speaks with Peter Watts about biologically plausible aliens, First Contact, and alien sex. Parasitic computing explained by Chris Stewart. Produced by Gina Sartore with technical assistance by...

Posted by Ian Woolf on September 4, 2001 9:00 AM