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Computer technology: robotic milking and interactive mirrors
Science, Maths & Technology

Computer technology: robotic milking and interactive mirrors

...family. Mirrors as interactive art Daniel Rozin’s wooden mirror and how it works. Behind the mirror The technology that drives the mirror. Creating the prototype Creating the mirror's building blocks. From image to display How information from the camera is turned into a ‘reflection’ on the mirror. Why milking and mirrors? Open University lecturer Bernie Clark,...
Darwin's world-wide web
Science, Maths & Technology

Darwin's world-wide web

...it has vastly expanded, hoping to draw in a wide range of audiences, both young and old. Darwin the collaborator The letters show that Darwin was a very generous correspondent, and in particular how positive he was to women scientists. Darwin the mentor and family man Darwin was very open minded and supportive, both of students whom he didn't know and of his own children....
The Philosophy of Love
History & The Arts

The Philosophy of Love

...family member, or a pet – but these are all very different kinds of love. So how do we define love when it encompasses such a variety of emotions? Carolyn Price, senior lecturer in Philosophy, and Timothy Chappell, director of the Ethics Centre, at The Open University, discuss the nature of love, from love as a function, to ‘the Doppelganger problem’ – should we...
Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners
History & The Arts

Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners

...family, let alone provide money for anything more. We were a generation without advanced education or training, anxious about our future. Some of us had shown great promise at school, but now we were stuck, most of our parents could not pay for our further education and there were no national projects to employ us. And here we were, hating the place we loved, because it...
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The Good Friday Agreement - 20 Year Anniversary
OpenLearn Ireland

The Good Friday Agreement - 20 Year Anniversary

...history was the successful negotiation by Bertie Ahern and Tony Blair of the Good Friday Agreement between the British and Irish Governments and the political parties in Northern Ireland in April 1998.He was re-elected Taoiseach (Prime Minister) in June 2002. These years were a period of unprecedented economic growth and social change in Ireland. It was also a period of...
From Pakistan to Britain: Identity and Belonging
Society, Politics & Law

From Pakistan to Britain: Identity and Belonging

...history, art, music.I was fortunate to work in a place where I was exposed to various cultures. I started to experience the richness of the South Asian culture differently. By meeting with colleagues from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka, I realised that we all share history, art, music. We have similar experiences, interests and challenges. I felt I...
Beginners’ Tamil: a taster course
Languages

Beginners’ Tamil: a taster course

...families, with the elderly often living with their adult children. [A tamil family] Figure 3 Three generations of a Tamil family – the women are wearing saris (saylay, in Tamil), while the patriarch is wearing a vertti, and the young girl in the front is wearing a pavaadai. Activity 1 Select the answer for Question 1a here True or false. Tamil is an official language...
David Lucey
Education & Development

David Lucey

...family, so I thought I might get a better understanding of what it was like for him by researching the subject, while someone else – a support worker I used to know – also suffered with anxiety, and I thought I might be able to get a better understanding of her too through some research.’ Following his discovery of what OpenLearn has to offer, happily for us, David...
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