Tag Archives: technology

Film, Information, Science And Technology, All In A Single Vodcast

Posted on January 9, 2013 by

It’s a real pleasure to be able to present the 100th episode of FiST Chat. We went into production at the start of 2011 after Ben recognised that we had the technology capable of putting together a weekly episode even … Continue reading →

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One small step for curiosity, one giant leap for all humanity

Posted on August 8, 2012 by

Watching Curiosity touch down on Mars today almost 40 years after the Viking landers first visited Mars in the 1970s brought back a lot of happy memories for me. Too young to remember the Apollo moon missions, but just old … Continue reading →

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Brave New Olympics

Posted on August 1, 2012 by

Welcome sports fans to London 2012, officially the games of the 30th Olympiad and the last of the modern era. That’s right- the last of the modern era. Due to the explosion of digital technologies, the games of the last … Continue reading →

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A Battery Powered Carbon Tax

Posted on July 25, 2012 by

There seems to be little support for Australia’s recently introduced carbon tax. Hardly surprising really, has any tax ever been popular with the people? Yet this tax is seen by many as a vital stepping stone to transition Australia away … Continue reading →

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Hollywood Stories: Writers are the Lost Art

Posted on July 4, 2012 by

The Golden Age of Hollywood is often thought to be from the 1920s to the start of the 1970s. Big name studios, famous directors, actors and actresses were all a part of this amazing film making era that saw technologies … Continue reading →

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Good News and Bad News

Posted on June 28, 2012 by

Last week there were some major announcements in Australia regarding the future of the print media. Fairfax and News Corp both flagged major restructures to their news businesses, in moves that many feel signify the beginning of the end of … Continue reading →

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Prehistoric Cinema

Posted on June 13, 2012 by

It’s hard to know what to make of claims that pre-historic artists were creating cave drawings of animals that when viewed by firelight turned into animated sequences. It just seems far-fetched to suggest they might have spent their evenings watching … Continue reading →

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Facebook: like or unlike?

Posted on May 24, 2012 by

Last week’s Facebook IPO is a milestone for the social media industry and its meteoric rise over the last decade. It signals the coming of age for social media, recognizes ‘information’ as a commodity and establishes a commercial value for … Continue reading →

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A human put the Z in Antz

Posted on May 16, 2012 by

As the planets self proclaimed most intelligent species, it’s a little unsettling to find our society compared to that of the social insects like ants, bees and wasps. And although there is almost no similarity between our species on an … Continue reading →

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Help The World

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

The most important invention of the 20th Century was without doubt the silicon chip. It ushered in a new era of post-industrial prosperity for the Western world and revolutionised the very nature of communication, through the rise of mobile phones, … Continue reading →

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