Portals, Mazes & Music: The Creative Tech Behind BarrowlandsVR
Join us for a fascinating look inside BarrowlandsVR, a virtual-reality experience created by Macclesfield College’s Chris Godber and inspired by Scottish music producers Copperknob and their album Barrowlands. Originally developed for an art exhibition in Macclesfield in November 2023, this project blends creative coding, procedural design, and music-driven world-building to create a truly immersive digital …
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It’s Snot Just Slime!
“The word mucus usually makes us think of stuffy noses during a cold, but it’s a whole lot more. Since evolving hundreds of millions of years ago, mucus has been an exceptional defence mechanism deciding what comes in and what stays out. Dr Erin Pallott recently completed her PhD at the University of Manchester, researching mucus responses to …
Counting Salmon: The Science Behind Species Survival
Salmon are one of the UK’s most iconic species — and one of the most closely watched. But how do we actually know whether their numbers are rising, falling, or holding steady? In this engaging talk, Claire Risley formerly from the Environment Agency explains the intricate world of salmon stock assessment: how fish populations are …
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The power to heal ourselves
Back by request from attendees in March this year, May is coming back to talk in some more detail about elements of her talk: Traditional East Asian Medicine Through the Lens of Modern Science: Theories, Mechanisms, and Innovation. This Time May is going to talk about “Busting myths about ageing and that limiting beliefs is the …
Brain-Machine Interfaces.
Brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) are groundbreaking technologies designed to help people who have lost the ability to move or communicate — due, for example, to spinal cord injuries or strokes. These systems work by recording signals from the brain and translating them into commands that can control external devices, such as robotic arms or communication tools. …
Semiconductors: A deep dive into the building blocks of our modern world
Semiconductors now underpin many aspects of modern life, be it the mobile phones in our pockets, to the LED lighting in our homes. It is difficult to overstate the prevelance of these types of materials in our lives, yet few of us actually know what they actually are, and why they are so important. This …
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What’s Eating You? Getting to Know the Parasites
Life is give and take, unless you’re a parasite. Biological processes are expensive, and parasites know how to cut the costs by claiming a warm, wet home inside someone else. Let me be your tour guide around the world of wriggly worms and pesky protozoa. What exactly are they? Why do we still research them? …
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Your House (Number 5) is alive
Mark Crunden-White from People Powered Retrofit will be coming along to explain to us why our hosue is living, breathing and alive. DON’T FORGET WE’VE MOVED TO THE 4TH WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH 7:30 PM START FROM NOW. THIS MEANS TALKS CAN BE 45 – 60 LONG AND WE WON’T HAVE TO RUSH THE Q …
Decaying Bones
After her fascinating talks both at Macclesfield and Bolington SciBar Dr Noemi Procopio is back to give us more insight and knowledge. DON’T FORGET WE’VE MOVED TO THE 4TH WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH 7:30 PM START FROM NOW. THIS MEANS TALKS CAN BE 45 – 60 LONG AND WE WON’T HAVE TO RUSH THE Q …