Computer Science
The Naked Scientists Podcast
Dr Chris Smith
4.6 • 958 Ratings
🗓️ 22 March 2009
⏱️ 60 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Boldly going where no science show has gone before. |
| 0:05.0 | The Naked Scientists. |
| 0:10.0 | Hello, welcome to this week's naked scientists with Ben Valle Hiber and also with me |
| 0:14.8 | Chris Smith. Now coming up a new way to tackle the symptoms of Parkinson's disease. |
| 0:19.1 | Scientists in America have made a breakthrough by electrically stimulating the spinal cord. |
| 0:24.0 | Also, it's good for your health, but bad for the ocean, |
| 0:27.0 | why researchers are now saying that we really can't afford to recommend oily fish more than once a week. |
| 0:32.0 | And also the future suture how an inkjet printer |
| 0:35.0 | could be about to hold the key to healing wounds on the operating tables of tomorrow. |
| 0:39.0 | And we'll be finding it how it works in just a second. Ben. |
| 0:41.0 | Thanks Chris. Also this week we're exploring the world of |
| 0:44.4 | computer science, including hearing what the next generation of computers and |
| 0:48.1 | computer programs will be capable of. We'll also be meeting the man who wrote a |
| 0:51.9 | smash-hit computer game and has now become a neuroscientist. |
| 0:55.5 | He's using his computing skills to solve key questions about the workings of the human brain. |
| 1:00.5 | Plus we'll also be delving into the virtual internet world that is |
| 1:04.1 | second life which people are suggesting could become the arena for business |
| 1:07.9 | meetings in the future or even a trip to the Tate. I was wandering around an |
| 1:12.1 | art exhibition and saw this annoying person |
| 1:14.9 | actually dressed as a witch on a room flying around the room. It turned out to be the artist and |
| 1:19.1 | had a nice conversation about how an inspiration was created and had a much greater insight than I would do just |
| 1:24.8 | by looking at the static art. |
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