Simulation tools aim to bridge exclusion gap

26 June 2013

Simulation gloves and glasses which recreate the effects of moderate impairments have been released by researchers, who say that the designers of many everyday products are frustrating millions of customers by failing to take such limitations into account.

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Humanity's last invention and our uncertain future

25 November 2012

A philosopher, a scientist and a software engineer have come together to propose a new centre at Cambridge to address developments in human technologies that might pose 鈥渆xtinction-level鈥 risks to our species, from biotechnology to artificial intelligence.

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Image taken in stratosphere using Android phone, from previous CUSF project 鈥楽quirrel 3鈥 which used smartphone to pilot high-altitude balloon

Your chance to 鈥榮cream in space鈥 using smartphone technology

25 October 2012

Cambridge students will be loading human screams onto a smartphone that will be blasted into outer space later this year. 探花直播public are invited to submit their screams, which will be emitted while in orbit at the same time as the phone records - to test if it鈥檚 possible to capture the sound of screaming in space.

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Yoghurt pot under the spotlight.

Nanotechnology and your views

23 March 2012

What are the implications of nanotechnology for the general public? What use is it to them? What are the risks and benefits? These are the types of questions that an online Knowledge Debate hopes to provoke.

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How to Engineer Intelligence takes place at Cambridge Science Festival on March 20, 2012

How to engineer intelligence

19 March 2012

鈥淒o we actually want machines to interact with humans in an emotional way? Will it be possible for them to interact with us?鈥

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Silicon mashup as Valley hits Fen

15 November 2011

Interested in what our digital future will look like? This week Cambridge plays host to pioneers of some of the most exciting and disruptive Silicon Valley companies - including Google, Apple and LinkedIn - in series of free public events on the 17 and 18 November, where insights into world-changing ideas will be shared by the people who made them happen.

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