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We might end up being looked after by robots. How do we prepare for that?
Science, Maths & Technology

We might end up being looked after by robots. How do we prepare for that?

...simple, designed for a child and intended to teach users about diet and diabetes. I sit opposite Charlie, my diminutive fellow player. Between us is a touch screen. Our task is to identify which of a dozen various foodstuffs are high or low in carbohydrate. By dragging their images we can sort them into the appropriate groups. Charlie is polite, rising to greet me when I...
The meaning of crime
Society, Politics & Law

The meaning of crime

...code – the normative definition of crime. So, the two meanings of crime cannot be reconciled because a great deal of legally-defined crime is not considered to be normatively-defined crime. However, norms come in different forms. Potentially criminal acts can be judged against formal moral systems, like religious beliefs. Quakers and pacifists, for example, would not...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Why maps are made
Society, Politics & Law

Why maps are made

...codes and conventions that lie behind its production and, also, to understand both the obvious messages and the underlying, often hidden, meanings. Fundamental to producing a map is the relationship between data (the information you wish to display and convey) and space, both the geographic space being represented and the space available on the sheet of paper. Data is...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
IT in everyday life
Science, Maths & Technology

IT in everyday life

...technologies'? This can be very difficult to define and explain, but here is a simple definition. Information technology (IT) is the technologies used in the conveying, manipulation and storage of data by electronic means. Let us give you some examples. In a landline telephone system, messages are conveyed as signals on wires. The message is conveyed electronically. Manipulation of data takes place when you speak ......
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Beginners’ Tamil: a taster course
Languages

Beginners’ Tamil: a taster course

...simple conversations in the language. You will also have plenty of opportunities to practise Tamil throughout the course with activities and quizzes...Beginners’ Tamil: a taster course: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate an awareness of the Tamil alphabet and sound, and a basic understanding of the Tamil language count up...
The power of infographics in research dissemination
Education & Development

The power of infographics in research dissemination

...simple question with a really simple answer. Who has the biggest military budget? It's got to be America, right? Massive. 609 billion in 2008 - 607, rather. So massive, in fact, that it can contain all the other military budgets in the world inside itself. Gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble. Now you can see, Africa's total debt there and the UK budget deficit for reference....
Forensic science and fingerprints
Health, Sports & Psychology

Forensic science and fingerprints

...simple and informal classification of the fingerprints, rather like a signature. But it is perhaps the first sign of recognition that a person's fingerprints are unique to that person - something that is still considered to be true today and forms one of the foundations of individual identification. The process of 'matching' individuals and things to a crime scene that...
Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Past-Time Lover: Amelia Earhart
History & The Arts

Past-Time Lover: Amelia Earhart

...want you to understand I shall not hold you to any midaevil [sic] code of faithfulness to more nor shall I consider myself bound to you similarly’. I believe in equal responsibility and will be known by my own name, as I always have done. My life is my own and I intend to make the most of it. Does Amelia make your heart soar? Cast your vote! Illustrator: Neil Arnold...