STRANGE MATERIALS – The Lichfield Festival Lecture

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Speaker: Dr Mark Miodownik
Biography: KIngs College London
Date: 15/07/09
Time: 10:00
Venue: Lichfield Garrick
Description: Wallpaper that changes to suit your mood!

 

Animate matter is coming! Concrete that can communicate when it is about to collapse, hip replacements that self-heal and intelligent wallpaper that changes colour if you become angry – such innovations are imminent. Most material scientists, the speaker included, are both excited and apprehensive about the social impact ...

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Dissection and Display in the 18th Century

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Speaker: Simon Chaplin
Biography: Director Of Museums And Special Collections, The Royal College Of Surgeons Of England
Date: 14/05/09
Time: 20:00
Venue: Studio Theatre, LichfeldGarrick
Description: How did 18th century surgeons make dissection acceptable? What are the lessons for today?

 

THIS MEETING WILL BE PRECEDED AT 19:30 BY THE SOCIETY’S AGM
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Ocean Power

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Speaker: Neil Kermode
Biography: Managing Director, The European Marine Energy Centre
Date: 21/04/09
Time: 20:00
Venue: Studio Theatre, LichfeldGarrick
Description: Wave & tidal energy could provide 1/5th of the UK’s electricity
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The Role of Technology in Sport

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Speaker: Dr Martin Strangwood
Biography: University of Birmingham
Date: 17/03/09
Time: 20:00
Venue: Studio Theatre, LichfeldGarrick
Description: The Role of Technology in Sport given by Dr Martin Strangwood School of Engineering, Department of Metallurgy and Materials University of Birmingham.

 

How technology can increase the performance of an athlete
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“Harnessing Science: Was it easier in Darwins time?

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Speaker: Lord Alec Broers
Biography: Member of House of Lords
Date: 18/11/08
Time: 19:30
Venue: Main Theatre, Lichfield Garrick
Description: The 19th Erasmus Darwin Memorial Lecture given by Lord Alec Broers, Professor of Electrical Engineering Emeritus at Cambridge University, Fellow of Churchill College and Mermber of the House of Lords.

 

Is the public better prepared to assess the true value of technological advances than it was in Darwin`s day?
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