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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Feb 3, 2020 • 0sec
Trauma, pain, and fish
Dump deception - nuclear waste dump sneakiness by Ian Woolf,
Joel Hoffman reduces trauma for refugees,
Lindsay Parker measures chronic pain,
Laura Michie sees dams making fish too cold.
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf
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Jan 27, 2020 • 0sec
Electronic Nose Math Superhero
John Teague builds an electro-mechanical board game,
Wentian Zhang built an electronic nose,
Anne Griebel protects tea tree forests,
David Arnold predicts and prevents forest crimes with mathematics.
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf
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Jan 20, 2020 • 0sec
Neuromorphic social impact
Face recognition through stealing photos used by police, by Ian Woolf,
Yesh Bethi demonstrates neuromorphic cameras on foosball tables,
Nic Ralph uses neuromorphic cameras on satellites,
Hervé Harvard and Sophie Ritchie bridge academic engineering to real world problems at Rapido.
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf
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Jan 13, 2020 • 0sec
Solar race suicide model virtual pain
Over a billion animals dead in the Australian fires by Ian Woolf,
Georgi Georgieff talks about the solar car race,
Mark Heffernan talks about preventing suicide with modelling,
Anton Bogdanovych uses virtual reality to train people in chronic pain management.
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf
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Jan 6, 2020 • 0sec
Little Ice Ages and Future Housing
This show was first broadcast 2019-02-11:
Will the Sun cool the Earth? by Ian Woolf,
Nathan Waters looks to the future of work and housing needs- part 2,
Sound checked by Charles Willock,
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf
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Dec 30, 2019 • 0sec
The Future of Human Needs past
This show was first broadcast 2019-02-04:
3D printed steaks,
One cheap pill to cure most of aging by Ian Woolf,
Nathan Waters examines Human Needs, now and into the future - part 1,
Sound checked by Charles Willock,
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf
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Dec 23, 2019 • 0sec
Ig Nobel Prizes 2019
A special 24 minute edit of the 86 minute Ig Nobel Award ceremonies for science that first makes you laugh and then makes you think, hosted by Marc Abrams.
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf
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Dec 16, 2019 • 0sec
Social effects of algorithmic bias
The News of 2019 in review by Ian Woolf,
From Singularity Australia Summit 2019:
Alix Rübsaam talks about algorithmic bias,
Simon friend describes Soul machines digital brain.
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf
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Dec 9, 2019 • 0sec
TeslaSuit Field Brain Scanner
Invisible man from Canada by Ian Woolf,
From Singularity Australia Summit 2019:
Dimitri Mikhalchuk fits me for a TeslaSuit,
Professor Chris Levi develops a field brain scanner for strokes.
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf
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Dec 2, 2019 • 0sec
Bop Seabin Mycoreality
From Singularity University Australia Summit 2019:
Nonto Nkiwane talks about Bop Industries next generation entrepreneurs,
Alexandra Ridout explains how the Seabin Project cleans up plastic,
Alicia Dudek from Mycoreality explains how fungi will save us all.
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