Micro Mind Stretchers
A Schools Television series
A Schools Television series presented by Carol Vorderman.
This encouraged schools to experiment in various specific ways.
1 series, 10 programmesFirst broadcast: 9th May 1988
Category: Ciência e Tecnologia
First broadcast: 9th May 1988
With a Little Help from the Chip
Six programmes on how micro-technology can help disabled people to live more independent lives
Six programmes looking at the way computer based technology helped people with various kinds of disability.
1 series, 6 programmesFirst broadcast: 30th August 1985
1. Christopher’s Magic Cupboard
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The Learning Machine
A personal view of computers in education
A questioning, almost iconoclastic series looking critically at the claims made for computers in education and at how the reality fell short of the hype. Introduced by Tim O’Shea.
1 series, 6 programmesFirst broadcast: 25th April 1985 … Ler mais
Micro Live
A regular look at the world of information technology, broadcast live
Following the two successful Making the Most of the Micro – Live! ‘specials’ in 1983, BBC2 transmitted Micro Live, a regular magazine series to keep people up to date with technological developments. Fronted by Ian McNaught Davis, Lesley Judd and Fred Harris, Micro Live ran for three years.
Instead of a structured approach, Micro Live was reactive, with up to the minute news and many explanations of how things work. Occasional but regular reports came from an … Ler mais
Electronic Office
A six-part examination of the office technology of today and tomorrow
Ian McNaught Davis examines and explains the changing world of the office and shows how new technology is altering how people work.
1 series, 6 programmesFirst broadcast: 12th April 1984
1. Office on the Move
BBC1 Series 1 Episode 1First broadcast 12th April 1984, 23:15
Duration: 24:28
1: Office on the Move : The combination of ever cheaper computers and improved telecommunications has produced a … Ler mais
Computers in Control
An introduction to the world of robotics
This series examined one important aspect of computing – robotics – in other words how the computer can monitor and control things. Again there was a mix of real world examples – many from America, practical demonstrations and a “hands on” approach to coding.
The BBC robot ‘buggy‘ was marketed for d-I-y enthusiasts. Ian McNaught Davis was again the main presenter.
1 series, 5 programmesFirst broadcast: 2nd March 1984 … Ler mais
Making the Most of the Micro LIVE Special
In a live edition of Making the Most of the Micro, Ian McNaught-Davis is joined in the studio by an audience of micro users and a team of experts
The massive interest after the first two series led the production team to produce Making the Most of the Micro – Live! – a two hour BBC1 special where viewers’ questions were answered and demonstrations of new things were shown live on air. During the programme hackers broke into the live demonstration of electronic mail. There was also a demonstration of the BBC’s Telesoftware Service.
Kenneth Baker, minister for Information Technology appeared to promote a national schools software … Ler mais
Managing the Micro
Brian Redhead examines some of the implications of the new technological revolution for people in industry today
This series aimed primarily at small businesses and further education colleges was fronted by the much respected Radio 4 ‘Today’ presenter Brian Redhead. It showed examples of what can be done by looking at companies which had embraced the new technology in manufacturing or services. A typical example was the new use of bar codes in Tesco‘s supermarkets.
1 series, 5 programmesFirst broadcast: 17th May 1981 … Ler mais
The Silicon Factor
A series of three programmes investigating the so-called microelectronics revolution
This series of three peak hour programmes fronted by seasoned Current Affairs reporter Bernard Falk asked what the new microprocessor-based technology was all about, how it threatened British industry’s competitiveness because of its complacency and then looked at the future – at how society might be profoundly changed by computers – chips – the Silicon Factor.
1 series, 3 programmesFirst broadcast: 19th March 1980
1. So What’s
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Making the Most of the Micro
Follow up series to The Computer Programme, looking at microcomputers
This series went into much more practical detail about how to use home computers for a range of purposes. Each programme looked at examples of computing in the wider world as well as at home micro applications. The BBC micro itself was used for demonstrations and to display explanatory graphics as well as producing in-vision name superimpositions and the end credits.
Presenter Ian McNaught Davis (a self confessed ‘mainframer’ – i.e., a professional user of big computers) – was led … Ler mais
Horizon: Dawn of the Driverless Car
Horizon explores the artificial intelligence required to replace human drivers in cars, peers into the future driverless world and discovers that it might not be all good news
The car has shrunk the world, increased personal freedom and in so many ways expanded our horizons, but there is a flipside. Fumes from car exhausts have helped to destroy our environment, poisoned the air we breathe and killed us in far more straightforward ways. But all that is going to change.
This episode enters a world where cars can drive themselves, a world where we are simply passengers, ferried about by wholesome green compassionate technology which will never ever … Ler mais
Horizon: Cyber Attack – The Day the NHS Stopped
A few weeks ago (2017), the National Health Service was hit by a devastating cyber attack - Horizon tells the inside story of one of the most challenging days in the history of the NHS
On the morning of 12 May 2017 the attack started. Appointment systems, pathology labs, x-rays and even CT scanners were infected – putting not just data but patients lives at risk, and on every screen a simple – some may even say polite – message appeared. ‘Ooops, your files have been encrypted!’
But what followed was far from civilised. It was very clear that all the data on an infected machine was now scrambled and only the hackers could unscramble … Ler mais
Horizon: Defeating the Hackers
Horizon explores the murky and fast-paced world of hackers who are out to steal money and identities, and meets the scientists joining forces to help defeat them
Exploring the murky and fast-paced world of the hackers out to steal money and identities and wreak havoc with people’s online lives, and the scientists who are joining forces to help defeat them.
Horizon meets the two men who uncovered the world’s first cyber weapon, the pioneers of what is called ultra paranoid computing, and the computer expert who worked out how to hack into cash machines.
- Fonte: BBC TWO | Horizon: Defeating the Hackers
Horizon: Monitor Me
Horizon explores the boom in health-related apps and gadgets, as well as how technology is helping medical professionals monitor fitness and health in unprecedented ways
Dr Kevin Fong explores a medical revolution that promises to help us live longer, healthier lives. Inspired by the boom in health-related apps and gadgets, it’s all about novel ways we can monitor ourselves around the clock. How we exercise, how we sleep, even how we sit.
Some doctors are now prescribing apps the way they once prescribed pills. Kevin meets the pioneers of this revolution. From the England Rugby 7s team, whose coach knows more about his players’ … Ler mais
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