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Haptic Technology Demonstration - with Danielle George
Haptic technology recreates the sensation of touch through forces and vibrations. In this clip from the 2014 CHRISTMAS LECTURES "Sparks will fly: How to hack your home", Danielle George and a young audience member experiment with haptic...
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Optical Fiber Cables - Christmas Lectures with David Pye
In 1985, fiber optic cables were just starting to get widely adopted. David Pye shows the principles behind them and how old telephone cables were swapped out for new ones. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe...
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How Fusion Reactors Control Plasma - 2016 CHRISTMAS LECTURES
Professor Ian Chapman joins Saiful Islam to explain how fusion reactors create plasma, and control it with magnetic fields. Watch Ian Chapman's lecture on cutting edge fusion technology here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn1SJOPgewo...
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What's a Laserdisc? - Christmas Lectures with RV Jones
Laserdisc was the very first optical disk, able to hold recordings of images, audio and video. RV Jones explains the mechanism of how it works. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full lecture:...
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Seeing in the Dark - Christmas Lectures with RV Jones
How to keep an eye on intruders in total darkness? RV Jones gets a helping hand from an infrared camera. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full lecture:...
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The Doppler Effect - Christmas Lectures with RV Jones
Police sirens change pitch when going past us due to the Doppler effect. This phenomenon can also be used to measure speeds, even of faraway objects, like stars. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the...
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Velocity of a Bullet - Christmas Lectures with RV Jones
RV Jones demonstrates a way to measure the speed of an air rifle pellet with a method similar to one that has been used to measure the speed of molecules – and even the speed of light. Subscribe for regular science videos:...
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The Laser Eavesdropper - Christmas Lectures with RV Jones
RV Jones demonstrates the hottest spy gadget in espionage stories at the time - a laser eavesdropper. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full lecture:...
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Properties of Resistors - Christmas Lectures with Philip Morrison
What's the relationship of a resistors size to its electrical resistance? And how does resistance change when resistors are set in a series or in parallel? Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full...
IT'S HISTORY
Christmas Traditions I INTO CONTEXT
Every year, it's the same: people rush from store to store to get gifts for their beloved ones. Christmas develops even more into a consume driven celebration. Today, we ask ourselves: where does Christmas have its roots - why do we even...
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Checking the Weather Report in 1985 - Christmas Lectures with David Pye
Computers had come a long way by the 1980s. With only a few gadgets you could even get the weather report right to your computer screen without having to wait for the evening news. Subscribe for regular science videos:...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Why do we kiss under mistletoe? - Carlos Reif
The sight of mistletoe may either send you scurrying or, if you have your eye on someone, awaiting an opportunity beneath its snow-white berries. But how did the festive tradition of kissing under mistletoe come about? Carlos Reif...
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How to make a LED Christmas card
Connecting LEDs together with wire can be very fiddly - especially for primary aged pupils. This project uses strips of aluminium cooking foil to connect them together. I've made these with Yr4+. Not all LEDs will work with 3V - check...
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Simulating Tastes and Smells Using a Digital Lollipop - with Danielle George
We can use technology to send sounds and images to people far away – but what about our other senses? In this clip from the 2014 CHRISTMAS LECTURES "'Sparks will fly: How to hack your home", Danielle George demonstrates a device for...
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Trying Out Battery Powered Welding - with Saiful Islam
Batteries are everywhere in modern life, but these amazing pieces of technology can often seem all too familiar. In this clip from the 2016 CHRISTMAS LECTURES "Supercharged: Fuelling the Future", Saiful Islam makes sparks fly, and writes...
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Using a Cell Phone in 1985 - with David Pye
The first commercially available mobile phone went on sale in 1984 – and cost around $4000. In this clip from the 1985 CHRISTMAS LECTURES 'Communicating', David Pye demonstrates the power of this (then) brand new technology on an...
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Why Thermodynamics Matter to Particle Physicists - with Suzie Sheehy
Why do we need the first law of thermodynamics? What use is it? Dr Suzie Sheehy explains what it means to a particle physicist. Day 9 of our advent calendar. Watch all the videos here:...
Seeker
This Fluoride Battery Could Mean Phone Batteries That Last a Week
Scientists have been working on this alternative battery design since the 1970s, and now they’ve made a breakthrough. Is this the end of the lithium-ion battery? Batteries! -...
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Genetics as Revolution - 2015 JBS Haldane Lecture with Alison Woollard
The ideas of genetics are revolutionary. Today, technology is galvanising disruptive change in our understanding and ability to intervene with nature itself. What can we change, and should we? Professor Alison Woollard presents the 2015...