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Welcome to Your AI Future! Watch the AI film made using Midjourney

21 April 2023

This dystopian film uses AI image-generation program Midjourney and AI speech to tell the story of a well-meaning artificial intelligence trying to help the last surviving human


Serah Reikka: What's it like to be a virtual influencer?

Serah Reikka: What's it like to be a virtual influencer?

8 June 2022

Serah Reikka is an award-winning actor with more than 79,000 Instagram followers. She is a semi-autonomous artificial intelligence


British Library robots look after old newspapers with new tech

British Library robots look after old newspapers with new tech

28 April 2022

The British Library's National Newspaper Building in Boston Spa holds millions of pages from newspapers spanning centuries


Got To Keep On (2019), installation by The Chemical Brothers and Smith & Lyall 03

Electronic: a trip through the history of music

31 July 2020

With many of the world’s dance floors currently empty, the latest exhibition at the Design Museum, London, which evokes some of the same experiences, is very welcome.


Robert Henke show, CBM 8032 AV

How an artist made a concert from five 40-year-old Commodore computers

9 June 2020

Soaked in the iconography of 1980s computing, the glitchy beats and green, text-based displays of Robert Henke's show, CBM 8032 AV seem an unlikely concert piece for today, but amongst today's hi-resolution graphics and sound, it's surprisingly refreshing.


Could we ever build a robot that thinks like a person?

Could we ever build a robot that thinks like a person?

28 April 2020

Could we ever capture the essence of humanity in a robot? That's for us to find out, says Tony Prescott, as he explains the idea of creating a robot with a sense of self.


How to use big data science to solve the biggest engineering problems

How to use big data science to solve the biggest engineering problems

28 April 2020

Danielle George explains how a world of connected devices is helping to solve some of the grandest challenges in engineering.


The hyperloop: will Elon Musk's technology be the future of transport?

The hyperloop: will Elon Musk's technology be the future of transport?

28 April 2020

Get up to speed on the revolutionary technology that could soon be moving us faster than ever with HYP-ED technical director Daniel Carbonell.


Pete Etchells at New Scientist Live 2019

Video game psychology: Are they addictive and can they harm us?

27 April 2020

Psychologist Pete Etchells explores what the scientific research has to say about game violence and addiction and busts some myths


The next fast jet: a new approach to designing combat aircraft systems

The next fast jet: a new approach to designing combat aircraft systems

12 December 2019

Join Caitlin Percy to hear about a completely new approach to the design and manufacture of combat aircraft systems


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