Mi-Fi – Your body as a wireless network

Mi-Fi – Your body as a wireless network

30 January, 2012 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
The Tobacco Factory, Raleigh Rd, Bristol BS3, UK

  "Wireless communications are everywhere nowadays, in your pocket, at the pub, in your home, workplace and your car - you've probably already forgotten what it was like to not be continually connected to everything else. Now that we've embedded this technology into our everyday lives, why not embed it into our own bodies? With an ageing population what could be better than networks of wireless sensors...

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Satellites and Maps in African Agricultural Development

Satellites and Maps in African Agricultural Development

1 February, 2012 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
St Mary Redcliffe Church, 12 Colston Parade, Bristol,BS1 6RA, UK

Christopher Legg, "Independent Remote Sensing and GIS Consultant, will be describing the use of GPS technology, satellite-derived public domain data sets and geographic information systems in planning and managing agricultural development projects in Sub-Saharan Africa. Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa has evolved over centuries to provide food and income for mainly rural populations in a very wide range of environments, from desert to rain forest and...

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The Battle for your Body

The Battle for your Body

27 February, 2012 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
The Tobacco Factory, Raleigh Rd, Bristol BS3, UK

Does inflammation help or hinder wound healing and cancer? Wound Healing For a wound to heal without becoming infected by invading bugs, the body must raise an inflammatory response. This involves the mobilisation and relocation of an army of millions of white blood cells from vessels to the wound site. This emergency action prevents us from dying of septicaemia every time we receive even the tiniest cut....

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The Environmental Legacy of Silver-Lead Mining and Metallurgy at Priddy Mineries Reserve

9 February, 2012 @ 7:15 pm - 9:15 pm
The BAWA Pavilion, Southmead Rd, Bristol,City of Bristol BS10 5, UK

Speaker: Dr Sally Griffin, Bath Spa University Joint RSC/SCI/BSciA Lecture 1 hour CPD Free buffet after the lecture. Contact Hilary Kitchen to book your buffet place by e-mail

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