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Oliver Vicars-Harris is interviewed about the Tate Insight programme.
Category: Visual Art
The Bottom Line’s Evan Davis looks into the future of language and how technology could transform worldwide business.
Category: Leadership & Management
The relationship between sea and land has always been one of dynamic change. Yet, as rising sea levels threaten habitats for wildlife and humans alike, we are today more vulnerable than ever. The 11 video tracks on this album address the complexities of environmental change, focusing on the Blackwater Water Estuary in Essex where a coastal retreat scheme is in operation, managed biodiversity at Wicken Fen in Cambridgeshire, and the search for sustainable forms of development along the River Severn. This material forms part of the course U216 Environment.
Category: Nature & Environment
The volume of stored information is growing exponentially and an increasing share is audio-visual content. This content drives the demand for new services, making audio-visual search one of the major challenges for organisations and businesses today. The Open University is one of fifteen European partners in The Pharos project which aims to advance audio-visual search using an integrated search platform paradigm.
Category: Science, Maths & Technology
Our planet is at the centre of a cosmic shooting gallery. This album examines the evidence for and effect of asteroid impacts and meteor explosions on Earth. The 6 video tracks assess the environmental effects caused by bolides of different sizes and trajectories. How do scientists detect that a crater on Earth is the result of an asteroid impact? Ian Gilmour visits an unusual circular feature at Nordingen in Southern Germany and Peter Schultz describes the oblique impact at Rio Quarto in Argentina. When comets collide with planets, the consequences can be catastrophic. What kind of impact could cause mass extinction on earth?
This material forms part of The Open University course S283 Planetary science and the search for life.
This material forms part of The Open University course S283 Planetary science and the search for life.
Category: Astronomy
Google's CEO Eric Schmidt explains what he believes drives his company - but he might be being over-modest, suggests The Open University's Fiona Ellis-Chadwick.
Category: Digital & Computing
Tony Hirst comes up with an easy way to find "How to…" videos on the web.
Category: Digital & Computing
You’ve got the data, but how do you make the best use of it? It’s all about managing information
Category: Digital & Computing
You know it’s out there but you can’t find it. Take your searching to the next level: five ways to find things fast online
Category: Digital & Computing