Computers
- Attribution
- Posted9 February 2018
- Attribution
- Posted25 January 2018
CrowdScience. How is Your Brain Better Than a Computer? Audio, 27 minutes
How computers can be faster, but brains are still better
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Big Idea. Super-intelligence. Audio, 9 minutes
Will we be able to control computers of the future?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Magic Door. Inside A Computer. Audio, 3 minutes
Beep Beep! Sing along with Cat with a song all about computers.
- AttributionCBeebies Radio
- Available for over a year
David Baddiel Tries to Understand. Hacking. Audio, 15 minutes
David Baddiel tries to understand computer hacking.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Science In Action. The Quantum Space Age Takes Off. Audio, 27 minutes
A Chinese satellite mission brings us one step closer to unbreakable encryption
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Demis Hassabis. Audio, 36 minutes
Demis Hassabis, AI expert, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Forum. The Silicon Chip: A Tech Revolution. Audio, 41 minutes
The story of the development of the silicon chip
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Controlling the Unaccountable Algorithm. Audio, 38 minutes
Emily Bell asks how we can control the powerful algorithms which shape modern life.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Essential. More or Less: Odd Socks and Algorithms. Audio, 6 minutes
How can the techniques of computer science help us in everyday life?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
David Baddiel Tries to Understand. The Cloud. Audio, 15 minutes
David Baddiel tries to make sense of the computing service called the cloud.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Computing Britain. Computers at Home. Audio, 15 minutes
How 1980s Britain grew to love the home computer. Presented by mathematician Hannah Fry.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Manchester: Alchemical City. Vision of the Future. Audio, 15 minutes
A computer called Baby, Alan Turing, 25 Nobel prize winners and the wonders of graphene.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Hidden Histories of the Information Age. Leo Computer. Audio, 15 minutes
How the teashop and cake company Lyons built the first business computer in the 1950s.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Brainwaves. Series 1, Episode 4. Audio, 28 minutes
Pennie Latin investigates the effects of being surrounded by screens.
- AttributionBBC Radio Scotland
- Available for over a year
The Turing Solution. Audio, 28 minutes
Mathematician and code-breaker Alan Turing, and his role in the invention of the computer.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Unavailable
Go Digital. Is digital equality possible? Audio, 23 minutes
An action plan to help end the digital divide?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Go Digital. One laptop per child - making it a reality. Audio, 23 minutes
One laptop per child, risky or successful?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Go Digital. Creating a virtual brain. Audio, 23 minutes
Scientists attempt to build a supercomputer that simulates a human brain
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Go Digital. Ever more powerful computers. Audio, 23 minutes
The anniversary of Moore's prediction of multi-component computer chips
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Go Digital. The low-cost computer. Audio, 23 minutes
The low-cost laptop and how it could change the lives of children worldwide
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Go Digital. The $100 laptop. Audio, 23 minutes
MIT is working on a US $100 affordable personal computer for children
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
