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Sound Systems: Listening to music together
History & The Arts

Sound Systems: Listening to music together

...has always determined how we listen to music, from instrument design to recording and amplification. This article and video explores how some of these elements shape our musical experiences and communities, with a focus on one individual's story and sound systems...The technology we use to make and especially to listen to music has been constantly evolving ever since...
Stories from Vienna: 6 key figures
Languages

Stories from Vienna: 6 key figures

...education. He was picked out during the Nazi regime as one of the “socially undesirable children” and entered into the Nazi euthanasia programme. He was confined to a psychiatric institution in Vienna where Nazi doctors conducted cruel experiments with the children. He managed to survive the atrocities but the horror did not end there for him. When he later recognised...
The Science Behind the Bike
Science, Maths & Technology

The Science Behind the Bike

...technology have transformed the sport of cycling. We talk to Olympic gold-medallists Chris Boardman and Rebecca Romero, and Paralympian gold-medallist Sarah Storey, take a trip to a wind tunnel, consult with Team GB physiologists and hear from design experts and cycling legends such as Graeme Obree and Francesco Moser. In this series you will find out about the legendary...
Astrobiology from the ground up
Science, Maths & Technology

Astrobiology from the ground up

...Education, interviews Shonil Bhagwat, Professor of Environment and Development, on the intersections between his work on environment and international development and astrobiology...[A sacred site in the semi-arid desert of Rajasthan, India] A sacred site in the semi-arid desert of Rajasthan, India Shonil’s research engages with several key environmental concerns:...
Am I Normal? - an inaugural lecture by Professor Blaine Price
Miscellaneous

Am I Normal? - an inaugural lecture by Professor Blaine Price

...technologies that automatically gather data about you and your lifestyle. Date: Tuesday 28 November Time: 6:00pm–7:00pm Venue: The Open University, the Berrill Theatre Blaine Price is Professor of Computing in the Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics at The Open University (OU). His research interests focus on improving people’s engagement with...
Signposts for Work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Signposts for Work

...technology multi-generational workforce. [VUCA diagram] What could this mean for you? Rather than viewing VUCA as negative, different terms can be fitted to the acronym: vision, understanding, clarity and agility, i.e., positive qualities which answer the challenges of VUCA. By focusing knowledge and skill development on these four positive aspects, learning can be...
Design Behind the Bike
Science, Maths & Technology

Design Behind the Bike

...technology on cycling and explores how the development in technology has changed bike design and build over the last 100 years. The series of five films explores the development of technology, components, materials and innovation used to build and design new bicycles for the current market. The series includes the history of the bicycle, Materials explores the products...
What does the anatomy of World records reveal?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What does the anatomy of World records reveal?

...technology than initially meets the eye...British World record holders When you think of World records everyone’s interpretation differs. For me, it is often athletics that springs to mind. Starting close to home what can we learn from two longstanding British World record holders: Jonathan Edwards (Triple Jump WR, from 1995) and Paula Radcliffe (Marathon WR, 2003)....