Interviews about Technology

Interviews about robotics, artificial intelligence, computing, communications, sensors and gadgets...

22 February 2009

After Dave had built a rudimentary telescope from a pair of magnifying lenses, we asked Dr Carolin Crawford for her...

15 February 2009

Symmetry is sexy, but just how sensitive to symmetry are we? Using 3D scanning, Dr William brown finds out how Meera...

08 February 2009

Meera joins Chris Vallance and Mark Ward to discuss the Consumer Electronics Show, and what to expect in home...

02 February 2009

Plants make it, bees collect it, and now Propolis could be protecting farmed fish from fungi. Meera spoke to Kelvin...

01 February 2009

A new way of manufacturing LEDs could see household bills slashed, and even provide clean drinking water wherever it...

01 February 2009

A sheet of carbon one atom thick could read the entire human genome in just a few hours. Dr Henk Postma explains more...

01 February 2009

Porous Nanospheres could deliver drugs to exactly where they're needed - but we must make sure that the body can...

01 February 2009

Building flexible electronics could enable us to make artificial limbs with feelings, or even implant electronics under...

25 January 2009

Metal-Organic Frameworks, or MOFs, are a promising species of molecules which have enormous internal surface areas....

25 January 2009

A car which silently repairs scratched paintwork, chipped windscreens or engine faults sounds fantastic, and may not be...

25 January 2009

Window cleaners may be forced to join the unemployment line, as new technology lets the windows clean themselves...

25 January 2009

Having a material which can tell you when it's cracked is one thing, but integrating it into existing systems is...

07 December 2008

Optical Lens Replacement surgery can be used to treat cataracts, which affect millions of people worldwide. We find...

07 December 2008

Firing lasers into your eyes sounds like a bad idea, but Laser Eye Surgery is a safe and effective option that could...

30 November 2008

In a box hidden in a corner of the lab belonging to the late Stanley Miller was an experiment which could explain the...

30 November 2008

Sensing our environment is vital - from chemical leaks to terrorist attacks, an ability to accurately and quickly...

30 November 2008

As part of a trip to the Naked Cafe on Solana Beach, we met Hans Paar to discuss the birth of the universe...

30 November 2008

The best way to monitor and understand the sea is to go with the flow! Jules Jaffe and colleagues at Scripps Institute...

23 November 2008

We hear about a recent government competition to help us make better use of the web.

02 November 2008

For air traffic control, telling the difference between wind turbines and planes using traditional radar has presented...

26 October 2008

Cambridge's annual Teslathon brings enthusiastic amateurs get together to show off their home made tesla coils –...

19 October 2008

The Joint European Torus, or JET, is the biggest fusion experiment in the world right now - but how does it keep fusion...

19 October 2008

So what's the next step towards making fusion power a reality? Steve Cowley explains the plans for the...

05 October 2008

A new initiative funding research into cancer imaging could find new ways to spot cancer early, and better ways to...