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1st February 2016 – Artificial Intelligence

Posted on February 1, 2016 by DaveT

Dr Gavin Brown from Manchester University will talk to us about the development of artificial intelligence. We are not very far away from machines being more intelligent than humans,  so we need to consider the timescales and implications of this.

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4th January 2016 – The Impact of Alcohol on the Elderly

Posted on January 4, 2016 by DaveT

Professor Clare Holdsworth of Keele University will talk to us of the different patterns of alcohol intake as we age and how it is changing in modern times.

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7th December 2015 – Drones

Posted on December 7, 2015 by DaveT

Professor Andy Miah from the University of Salford will discuss with us what we need to resolve if drones are going to be a much larger part of our environment than currently. I suspect that, as happened when I’ve seen … Continue reading →

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2nd November 2015 – Oceanography

Posted on November 2, 2015 by DaveT

Oceanography: from Microbes to Global Climate  Speaker: Professor Jonathan Sharples, University of Liverpool. How do the physics, chemistry and biology of some of the world’s smallest organisms, which live in the ocean, help to maintain our climate?

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5th October 2015 – LEDs and the Future of Lighting

Posted on October 5, 2015 by DaveT

Professor Phillip Dawson from The Alan Turing Building – University of Manchester – will visit Knutsford Scibar to repeat his successful visit to Bollington SciBar to talk to us about LEDs and their significance for the future.

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7th September 2015 – The Square Kilometre Array

Posted on September 7, 2015 by DaveT

Dr Evan Keane will bring us up to date with a revolutionary new radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). Playing a crucial role,  it is possible and affordable for the SKA to be built by 2024. With an unprecedented … Continue reading →

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