

Diffusion Science radio
Ian Woolf
If you like a good, broad mix of Science - new science, hard science, pop science, historical science and very silly science, listen to Diffusion.
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Jan 8, 2023 • 0sec
Red dust, smart dogs and twitter
From 2009, the red dust storm hit Sydney, rats on twitter, and how smart are dogs? Fun science with Marc West and Ian Woolf.
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Dec 19, 2022 • 0sec
Sydney Space suits part 2
Join founder Kiriti Rambhalta on a tour of the Metakosmos Space suit facility in Sydney with host Ian Woolf.
Listen to an in-person follow-up to last week's Zoom interview
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Dec 12, 2022 • 0sec
Sydney Space suits part 1
Meet Kiriti Rambhatla, CEO of Sydney startup Metakosmos, making space-suits and related technologies. Part 1.,
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Dec 5, 2022 • 0sec
Dark Matter Astronaut Training
From 2007: Professor Joe Silk explains what Dark Matter is, and why it matters,
From 2008: Dr Pascal Lee talks about NASA's long-term mission to send people to Mars,
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Nov 28, 2022 • 0sec
Dishbrain puppeting drones in VR
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,
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Nov 21, 2022 • 0sec
Tardigrades to the Moon!
A deep dive into the science of tardigrades - the tiny water bears or moss piglets that can withstand extremes of cold, heat, dryness, pressure, and vacuum, by going into suspended animation and then revitalising when its safe again - from whom we can learn ways to improve our own health.
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Nov 14, 2022 • 0sec
Dementia and artificial intelligence
Memory prosthesis for dementia by Ian Woolf,
Tanya Petrovich from Dementia Australia, and Andrew Vouliotis from Deakin University's Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute talks about their AI training system for carers of people with dementia - Talk with Ted!
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Nov 7, 2022 • 0sec
The Talking Dead
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.
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Oct 31, 2022 • 0sec
Spinal Fusion
Dr Ashish Diwan, Professor Ganga Prusty and Dr Xiaopeng Li come together to make spinal fusion surgery work for patients, with new materials, and new techniques in their new company Sentonix.
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Oct 24, 2022 • 0sec
Machines Behaving Badly - part 2
Artificial Intelligence software used to find a 25000 times faster shortcut for quantum physics by Ian Woolf,
Professor Toby Walsh talks about autonomous weapons and rights for machines in Machines Behaving badly part 2,
Ian Woolf plays with Stable Diffusion and Whisper artificial intelligence utilities.
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