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Tesla, quacks and violet rays

Imagine a device that can treat everything from baldness to gout. Too good to be true? Yes, and it was banned – but not before hundreds were hoodwinked.

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Hyperfocus and hobbies

Alex Chan talks about the power of ADHD-associated hyperfocus and how they’ve become wary of feeding it too often.

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People against pollution

Alice Bell reflects on what happens when communities help solve environmental problems, and whether citizen science can help fight industrial pollution today.

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The unimprovable white cane

Recent technological additions to the white cane aim to make the world easier for visually impaired people to navigate. Alex Lee explores whether new is really better.

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  • Singapore: officers and men of the Royal Engineers employed in building fortifications. Photograph by J. Taylor, 1878.
  • World War II: engineers of the GHQ Middle East Forces (?) relaxing on the coast of Egypt (?). Photographic postcard, 194-.
  • World War II: engineers of the GHQ Middle East Forces (?) relaxing on the coast of Egypt (?). Photographic postcard, 194-.
  • Power plant and refuse destructor manufactured by the Nottingham based engineers Manlove, Alliott & Co. Ltd.: view of furnaces and boilers. Photograph, ca. 1921.
  • AIDS and the workplace : a critical one-day conference : 26th March 1987 at the Institution of Civil Engineers, Westminster, London / presented by BNA International Inc., London, a subsidary of the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.
  • AIDS and the workplace : a critical one-day conference : 26th March 1987 at the Institution of Civil Engineers, Westminster, London / presented by BNA International Inc., London, a subsidary of the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.
  • AIDS and the workplace : a critical one-day conference : 26th March 1987 at the Institution of Civil Engineers, Westminster, London / presented by BNA International Inc., London, a subsidary of the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.
  • A man is handing out issues of the Mechanic's magazine to engineers, and Archimedes moving the Earth using a plank as a lever. Colour engraving, 1824.
  • Exploration of the Red river of Louisiana, in the year 1852 / by Randolph B. Marcy, captain Fifth infantry U.S. Army ; assisted by George B. McClellan, brevet captain U.S. engineers ; with reports on the natural history of the country and numerous illustrations.
  • Exploration of the Red river of Louisiana, in the year 1852 / by Randolph B. Marcy, captain Fifth infantry U.S. Army ; assisted by George B. McClellan, brevet captain U.S. engineers ; with reports on the natural history of the country and numerous illustrations.
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  • Discussion

Lifesaving 3D Printing

The Forum
Past

Part of Packed Lunch

  • Speech-to-text
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Perspective tour with Dr Michael Berthaume

Online
Past

Part of Perspective Tours

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Performance by Dr Hugo Caffaratti

Gallery 1
Past

Part of Smoke and Mirrors Live Performances

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