JONATHAN HANKINS
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A discussion with Marta Milani about sport
Event: interview. Title: A discussion with Marta Milani about sport. Date: 2011 07 20 Time: 12 min. Place: Bergamo, Italy. Language: Italiano. url Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/26683451 Abstract: A discussion with Marta Milani about sport (in English). 5 Topics for conversation: an athlete’s relationship with her body, the nature of sport itself, an acceptable use of technology, ... A discussion with Marta Milani about sport
2011 1mn
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A discussion with Marta Milani about sport
South African athlete Oscar Pistorius was Initially barred from competing in the last Olympic games in Beijing, won his appeal allowing him to compete but was then unable to meet the qualifying times, but has had 4 years to prepare for qualification for the London games and in April of this year acheived the B ... A discussion with Marta Milani about sport
2011 9mn
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Bad ideas? A history of scientific discovery
Robert Winston is one of the UK’s leading scientists and a household face on TV. He currently holds the chair of Science and Society at Imperial College London and was made a life peer in 1995. He has written a series of books mostly related to his work in fertility and genetics, but his latest ... Bad ideas? A history of scientific discovery
2010 5mn
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Drones and other robots of war
Recently the press has been full of articles addressing the legality or illegality of the military use of unmanned drone aircraft in the war against terror. Their use as well as the use of other human controlled robot weaponry presents a series of ethical, moral, technical and legal problems, often more down to the way ... Drones and other robots of war
2010 8mn
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Robotics: a new science
The International Symposium “Robotics: a new science” takes place on Wednesday 20th of February 2008 at Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei in Via Della Lungara 10 in Rome. The conference is not conceived as a technical workshop, but as a seminar whose aim is to discuss the current robotics development in the frame of the general ... Robotics: a new science
2008 5mn
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