Using fingerprints to identify people and criminals has been around for over 150 years. However, new fingerprinting techniques being developed in Dundee are at the forefront of revealing finger and hand marks on fabrics and clothing. This new technique will…
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…
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…
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…
Start of the New Cafe Science Series Our first talk of the Cafe Science Extra series will take place at 6pm on Wednesday 14th September. The talk will be hosted in our regular venue, the delightful Infusions Coffee Shop, inside Dundee…
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…
Frank Sargent’s talk on biohydrogen on Monday 27th June was the last talk for season 4 of Cafe Science Dundee, and Cafe Science Extra. Everyone involved with organising cafe science would like to say a huge thank you to everyone…
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…
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,…
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…