World's first virtual reality surgery and how does your phone find the person you're calling?
Fun Kids Science Quest
Fun Kids
4.5 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 9 December 2017
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Dr Shafi Ahmed is the world's first surgeon to perform and broadcast surgery in virtual reality (VR). Dr Shafi tells us more about his achievement and how VR is providing doctors with new ways to treat their patients. We also learn about some of the cool technological developments that could transform our hospitals in the next few years!
And happy birthday... texting! We learn about the very first text that was sent and how your mobile phone finds the person you're calling. Plus, we discover how chemistry influenced the way the Ancient Eygptians created art.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a podcast from the children's radio station Fun Kids. Listen on DAB Digital Radio across the UK or online at funkidslive.com. |
| 0:10.1 | Welcome to the Fun Kids Science Weekly then. Hello. My name is Dan. And this is the show where only the most amazing, wanderous and deadly things in the universe are invited along. |
| 0:22.6 | Today we chat to a doctor who is using virtual reality technology to show people exactly what it's like, |
| 0:30.7 | cutting open and operating on a dead body. |
| 0:33.7 | Also, we find out what antimatter is and what it's got to do with the busiest night of Father Christmas's year. |
| 0:39.1 | And in Deadly Dan today, we'll learn about a creature who can be so deadly and terrifying. |
| 0:44.5 | Its nickname is the Black Death. |
| 0:47.9 | And in a sec, actually, stay right there, don't go anywhere. |
| 0:49.9 | I've got a really important question that I need you to answer. |
| 0:52.3 | In just two ticks, first we're getting all posh, smart and sophisticated, having a look at art in the British |
| 0:57.7 | Museum with K Mystery, and we're talking all about ancient Egypt. |
| 1:02.4 | Chemistry and Art with the Royal Society of Chemistry. |
| 1:08.8 | Hi, I'm at the British Museum with school |
| 1:11.6 | We're looking at art through the ages, you see |
| 1:14.0 | Today we're learning about the ancient Egyptians |
| 1:16.8 | You know, pyramids and mummies |
| 1:19.2 | Weird things have been dead for like forever |
| 1:22.0 | I know how they feel |
| 1:24.5 | Chemistry superhero to the rescue. |
| 1:28.9 | Come on, Karina. |
| 1:30.3 | This is brilliant. |
| 1:31.7 | Yeah, I know chemistry is exciting. |
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