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Title Catalyst: CAV Lab/Faster Computing/Saving Acid Wetlands/Lashi Bandera
Published Australia : ABC, 2011
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Summary Surgeons operating in virtual worlds; computing a million times faster; restoring acid wetlands; marvellous mangroves; a beautiful mind chalking up a glittering career; and a caterpillar conga line.CAV LABThe Complex Active Visualisation (CAV) lab at Griffith University creates a virtual 3D environment where surgeons can explore patients' organs. Paul Willis dons a sensor glove and 3D glasses to experience how this technology will make surgical planning and teaching much easier.FASTER COMPUTINGRecently IT researchers have questioned how long Moore's Law can stand true. They say that without the development of new technologies, like light or quantum computers, computing speeds cannot continue to double every two years. But, Dr Stuart Parkin, an experimental physicist at IBM in San Jose, California, shows Graham Phillips his solid state chips that are approximately a million times faster than disc drives using conventional electronics!SAVING ACID WETLANDSWhen Mark Horstman lived in Far North Queensland he was part of a campaign to restore a dilapidated mangrove system right on the doorstep of Cairns. The project became a globally unique experiment and Mark returned to the locale to see what difference the locals' initiative has made. LASHI BANDERA - A MATHS TRAGICLashi Bandera is a PhD student and Fulbright Scholar studying to become a pure mathematician specialising in the field of harmonic analysis. A blackboard and piece of chalk are never far from his reach. Catalyst asks why he's so turned on by equations. CATERPILLAR PROCESSIONThe larval stage of the bag shelter moth is a woolly caterpillar and its hirsute appearance plays a role in its unusual behaviour. When they emerge to feed, they form a procession, creeping along nose to tail in a caterpillar conga line. Researchers at La Trobe University managed to get to the bottom of this hairy caravan.MARVELLOUS MANGROVESMangroves to some they are the ugly ducklings of the natural landscape, but there's much about them to admire
Event Broadcast 2011-05-19 at 20:00:00
Notes Classification: G
Subject Harmonic analysis.
Information technology -- Technological innovations.
Mangrove conservation.
Medical technology -- Patents.
Queensland.
Form Streaming video
Author Bandara, Lashi, contributor
Bush, Richard, contributor
He, Changming, contributor
Horstman, Mark, reporter
Keene, Annabelle M, contributor
Mundraby, Vince, contributor
Parkin, Stuart, contributor
Phillips, Graham, host
Puhalla, Harald, contributor
Smith, Doug, contributor
van Heel, Simon, contributor
Willis, Paul, reporter