Computer Vision – Seeing the World Through Machines' Eyes. Wed 12th October @6pm
Computer vision is the science that studies how computers extract information from an image or video to solve some task by analysing its content. As an example, “Trophy” is a tank defence system that relies on cameras and computers to…
Is Your Computer Smarter Than You? – A Guide to Artificial Intelligence – Monday 26 Sep 2011
In the 1999 film The Matrix, one of the lead characters Morpheus tells us that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is: ‘A singular consciousness that spawned an entire race of machines’. This has lead to many people being terrified of the concept…
Exercise and Training – When Less is More – Wed. 14 Sep 2011
We all know that exercise is good for us but few people do enough exercise to produce health benefits. One of the major reasons for non participation is time. But what if we told you that as little as 6-15 minutes…
Cafe Science Summer Special! – Wed 10 Aug, 6pm
Now that summer is here (although you would be forgiven for not noticing because of all the fog here in Dundee), the Cafe Science Dundee Team is busy working away on the new 2011-2012 programme. But we know you can’t…
Green, Green Gas at Home – Clean Energy From Bacteria – Mon 27 June at 7pm
Our last Cafe Science event of the season is nearly here! Everyone on the Cafe Science Team would like to thank you all for coming along to our talks and making this one of our most successful seasons. In this…
Why Can't People Stop Smoking? – 7pm June 16th – Harbour Cafe, Tayport
Everyone knows that smoking is bad for you and most smokers say they want to quit – but most fail. Indeed, many in the field suggest that tobacco smoking is more addictive than the addictions to most, if not all,…
Mud Glorious Mud – Understanding the Unseen, From Soils to Cities and Beyond…
Our last Cafe Science Extra event of the season is nearly here! Fear not, we still have one final Cafe Science Dundee talk at Chambers on 27th June before we take a break for the summer, but to wrap up…
Facing Up To Beauty – Is It Really Skin Deep? Monday 30th May @ 7pm
Standards of beauty vary over time, across cultures and between individuals. The “ideal” female body shape, for example, has changed considerably over the last 50 years. Despite this, we appear to agree that certain dimensions of facial appearance are attractive….
Foot Care and Diabetic Foot Amputation – Is It Time To Cut Your Losses?
This month Café Science Extra focuses on one of the most important and often overlooked parts of our bodies, our feet. Dr Bharti Rajput will be joining us to discuss how you should best take care of your feet, and…
Why Can't People Stop Smoking? Monday 25th April @ 7pm
Everyone knows that smoking is bad for you and most smokers say they want to quit – but most fail. Indeed, many in the field suggest that tobacco smoking is more addictive than the addictions to most, if not all,…