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In This Episode, Chris Bell of Super Page 58 dot com needs our help. The main feature today is a real treat and is a recording of a panel from teletext 50 form September 2024 at the centre for computing history in Cambridge. The two Gentlemen you are going to hear from were guests and kindly agreed to provide us with an impromptu panel on the Sunday morning. The panel was somewhat of an exclusive and luckily for all of us Jason Robertson was on hand to record the majority of the panel for prosperity by leaving his phone on voice record and placing it next to a speaker! The first 30 seconds or so is David Rayer's speaking to Jason just before the panel started in in foyer of the centre, I included it because it provided some context to Davis role.  David was the Principal R and D engineer at BBC research, Kingsford Warren-  his remit included Ceefax, telesoftware and data broadcasting. The next gentleman we are introduced to is Charles Hope, who worked for BBC R and D at Television centre, Lyme Grove and Henry Wood House, working in the field of Standard Conversion in Ceefax as well as marketing the technology to other broadcasters, more of this you will hear. Charles also worked on many newsworthy events, the 1966 World Cup, the Olympics in Mexico, the Winter Olympics in Grenoble and also the Assignation of John F Kennedy. The accounts from David and Charles provides a  great compliment to the recollections of John Adams, who I recently interviewed, it is available already just look for John Adams in my podcast feeds. If you want to see other panels that were hosted that weekend, you should visit Jamie Nemeth's YouTube page where he has provided recordings. I would urge anyone who has not as yet to visit there as there are many contributors who have never shared the experiences of Teletext and Ceefax before in that context and probably will not have the opportunity again for some time. So thanks again for Jason's quick thinking, we join the panel and apologies in advance for the varying sound quality but on this the episode!..

Tunnetun sanonnan mukaan pilvi on vain jonkun toisen tietokone, mutta ääneen lausumatta jää se, että yleensä kyseinen tietokone on Yhdysvalloissa (tai toisinaan Kiinassa). Entä jos tahtoisin tietokoneen sijaitsevan vähän lähempänä, vaikkapa… Euroopassa? EuroStack on kunnianhimoinen konsepti, joka kattaa enemmänkin kuin pelkät AWS:n korvikkeet. Vikasietotilan kunnianarvoisa troikka löytää 300 miljardin euron suunnitelmasta monia puolia, joista kaikki eivät ole vain negatiivisia. Olemmehan positiiviisia veikkoja!Mikäli haluat kuulla Vikasietotilaa joka viikko, meillä on sinulle hyviä uutisia! Joka toinen viikko ilmestyvien ilmaisjaksojen lisäksi teemme väliviikkoina Pikasietotila-jaksoja, jotka ovat maksavien asiakkaiden lisäetu. Lisätietoja ja tilausohjeet löydät Supporting Cast -sivuiltamme. Maksulliset jaksot voi kuunnella millä tahansa soittimella – siis myös esimerkiksi Spotifystä –, mutta vaihtoehtoisesti voit tilata Vikasietotilan lisäjaksot myös suoraan Applen podcast-palvelusta.VinkitPanun vinkki on OllamaKarin lukuvinkki on Prepper DiskMateriaalitEuroStack (pdf)BBC R&D EXPLAINS: A public service internetIntroducing the EuroStack initiative: Could this turn the tide on hyperscale cloud in Europe?European tech industry coalition calls for ‘radical action' on digital sovereignty — starting with buying localEurope aims for digital independence with EuroStackThe New York Times and the Infrastructure of MeaningThe Public Service Media and Public Service Internet Manifesto

How do we know where a sound is coming from? Another chance to hear this ear-opening episode, exploring a question from CrowdScience listener Chiletso. One day, he heard his son bounce a ball and instantly knew the direction it was travelling. How? Anand Jagatia sets out to discover what makes left, right, up and down sound so different. First, he gets blindfolded, so Alan Archer-Boyd, former auditory scientist and lead engineer at BBC R&D, can put his sound localisation skills to the test. It turns out that having two ears and pinnae, those flappy bits of cartilage on the side of your head, help a lot. Professor Eric Knudsen shares how the barn owl's asymmetrical ears allow it to hunt mice, even in complete darkness. And Anand uncovers how far he can push his own spatial hearing. Blind activist and researcher Thomas Tajo teaches him how to echolocate like a bat, and Dr Lore Thaler explains what is going on in the brain of experienced echolocators. This programme was originally broadcast in March 2023. Presented by Anand Jagatia Produced by Florian Bohr for the BBC World Service Image: Boy with hands at his ears Credit: Silke Woweries/Getty Images

Ewan Spence sits down with BBC R&D's Dave Marston to talk about using the Song Contest as a platform to trial new broadcast techniques, immersive audio, live metadata, and more, in the latest Chat Over Coffee interview podcast. The post Eurovision Chat Over Coffee, BBC R&D’s Dave Martson And Eurovision’s Next Generation Audio appeared first on ESC Insight - Home of the Unofficial Eurovision Song Contest Podcast.

Merry holidays and happy Christmas, dear listeners! Welcome to Cinebabble's Christmas episode, featuring The Boy and the Heron, lotsa plugs for The Muppets Christmas Carol, John Woo's Silent Night, and reviews of The Holdovers (37:20), Gremlins (54:45) and the super R-rated Christmas Carol from the BBC (1:06:35).

Danijela Horak explains how the BBC is making use of AI and its plans for the future, including detecting deepfakes as well as using deepfake technology as part of its production process.Danijela and Helen discuss the Corporation's use of open source models and its view on closed source technologies such as the GPT family of models from OpenAI.We find out how the BBC uses AI for recommendation, while taking cautious approach to user data, and Helen and Danjela reflect on why there needs to be more rigour in AI research so that the field doesn't end up on a par with 'social sciences'!Watch the video of our conversation with Danijela at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOwecs8KRLg

This episode is sponsored by Innovate Audio. Innovate Audio offers a range of software-based spatial audio processing tools. Their latest product, panLab Console, is a macOS application that adds 3D spatial audio rendering capabilities to live audio mixing consoles, including popular models from Yamaha, Midas and Behringer. This means you can achieve an object-based audio workflow, utilising the hardware you already own. Immersive Audio Podcast listeners can get an exclusive 20% discount on all panLab licences, use code Immersive20 at checkout. Find out more at innovateaudio.co.uk *Offer available until June 2024.* In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel and Monica Bolles are joined by the members of the BBC R&D Audio team Dave Marston and Matt Firth from the United Kingdom. We talk about the Next Generation Audio for Live Event Broadcasting, covering aspects such as immersion, interactivity, personalisation and workflows featuring cutting-edge codecs and metadata for Audio Definition Model (ADM), Serial ADM (S-ADM), and OSC-ADM. This episode was produced by Oliver Kadel and Emma Rees and included music by Rhythm Scott. For extended show notes and more information on this episode go to https://immersiveaudiopodcast.com/episode-88-dave-marston-matt-firth-bbc-rd/ If you enjoy the podcast and would like to show your support, please consider becoming a Patreon. Not only are you supporting us, but you will also get special access to bonus content and much more. Find out more on our official Patreon page - www.patreon.com/immersiveaudiopodcast We thank you kindly in advance! We want to hear from you! We value our community and would appreciate it if you would take our very quick survey and help us make the Immersive Audio Podcast even better: surveymonkey.co.uk/r/3Y9B2MJ Thank you! You can follow the podcast on Twitter @IAudioPodcast for regular updates and content or get in touch via podcast@1618digital.com immersiveaudiopodcast.com

How do we hear a sound and immediately know where it's coming from? That's the question that CrowdScience listener Chiletso asked himself one day as he heard his son bounce a ball and instantly knew its direction. In this ear-opening episode, presenter Anand Jagatia sets out to discover what makes left, right, up and down, sound so different. First, Anand gets blindfolded, so that Alan Archer-Boyd, former auditory scientist and lead engineer at BBC R&D, can put his sound localisation skills to the test. It turns out that having two ears and pinnae, those flappy bits of cartilage on the side of your head, help a lot. Professor Eric Knudsen shares how the barn owl's asymmetrical ears allow it to hunt mice, even in complete darkness. And Anand uncovers how far he can push his own spatial hearing. Blind activist and researcher Thomas Tajo teaches him how to echolocate like a bat, and Dr Lore Thaler explains what is going on in the brain of experienced echolocators. If you can, listen on headphones! Presented by Anand Jagatia Produced by Florian Bohr for the BBC World Service Image: Boy with hands at his ears Credit: Silke Woweries/Getty Images

Said Dániel 90%-ban magyar, 20%-ban szíriai. Magyarul és angolul egyaránt fellép, a budapesti angol stand-up-szcéna rendszeres résztvevője. Kipróbálta magát számos magyarországi településen, továbbá Berlinben, és turnézott Svédország és Dánia több városában, Márciusban Bécsben is fellépett, ezért tudtam egy podcast adásra elcsípni. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p016tmg0 https://www.facebook.com/danielsaidcomic/ https://www.tiktok.com/@danielsaidcomic https://www.instagram.com/danielsaidcomic/ https://linktr.ee/danielsaidcomic https://twitter.com/danielsaidcomic https://www.youtube.com/@UCgK2S7rxc9Q8XAX47roT8iw #humor #humorista #vicces Bécsi fellépés: https://fb.me/e/Q7F8eXGr Témák: 0:00 Mindjárt kezdünk 0:40 Beköszönés 1:30 gyerekkori szereplés 3:00 Első stand up fellépés 5:00 Amerikai stand up 7:00 2. fellépés, Dumaszínház 8:05 open mic 10:00 Magyar, angol stand up Magyarországon 16:00 Flow a nyelvekben 20:00 A lehetőség 2020-ban 20:00 Fiatal Félőrültek Fesztiválja 24:00 Dumaszínház 27:00 Fellépések 28:20 Tv fellépések 31:00 Hot paprika 31:30 Külföld 33:00 Bécs 38:00 BBC Rádió műsor 40:00 Sziget stand up 42:00 Streaptase bár 43:00 ceremónia mester 45:30 Erdély 50:15 Hasznos tulajdonságok 55:00 bécsi élmények 1:00:00 Fellépések Budapesten, Specialis karakterek 1:02:00 Elköszönés

Người dẫn chương trình thể thao nổi tiếng Gary Lineker đã buộc phải rời khỏi chương trình Match of the Day sau một dòng tweet chỉ trích chính sách di cư của chính phủ. Quyết định để Lineker rời vị trí của BBC đài truyền hình công cộng làm dấy lên các cuộc tranh luận xung quanh sự khách quan và công bằng ở Vương quốc Anh đồng thời khiến các chương trình bị đình trệ khi có thêm nhiều xướng ngôn viên và bình luận viên tham gia tẩy chay để thể hiện tình đoàn kết với Lineker.

Guest InterviewsIan Forrester - BBC R&D - Adaptive PodcastingRene Aaron - Alby - New DashboardShow NotesThe BBC Global News Podcast's presenter Jackie Leonard, and producer Karen Martin, spoke at Radiodays Asia in Malaysia. The show, which is also recording a special edition at the event, is one of the top-rated shows in many Asian countries, with 33m downloads a month.In collaboration with the European Broadcasting Union and partners, BBC R&D has developed an open-source platform that allows the production of 'adaptive' podcasts. Is podcast search broken? Justin Jackson took a tweet from Sounds Profitable's Bryan Barletta as inspiration to test the search facilities in podcast apps.Podnews did some research on what podcast search engines actually index.Alby is a micropayment wallet that uses the lightning network.  They are working on a new Dashboard and their new WP plugin. Link: https://saturn.fly.devAugust's platform data for BuzzsproutPodverse, a podcast app, has launched searchable transcripts. Here's an example from the Podland podcast.Wavvy – new web-based audio editor based on AudacityTrebble has launched an online audio editor Podnews podcast pages now support the podcast:person tagPod The North, a Canadian podcast newsletter, launches today. Run by Kattie LaurRadio France podcasts will be available on Amazon MusicAll podcast roads lead to video, suggests Anchor founder Michael MignanoFountain has added its new charts and added a number of additional featuresHow to pretend your podcast is a hit - Nick Hilton

Episode 13 of the IBC Podcast features interviews with Barbara Slater, BBC director of sport and the winner of the International Honour for Excellence and Hannes Ricklefs of BBC Research & Development, one of the authors of the Best Technical Paper. The IBC2021 International Honour for Excellence, IBC's highest accolade, was presented to Barbara Slater, in recognition of her role as a pioneer for women in sports broadcasting worldwide.Barbara was appointed BBC Director of Sport in 2009, and one of her first challenges was to develop the remarkable multi-platform coverage of the 2012 London Olympics. Today, she works closely with other broadcasters and sports bodies, including advising the International Olympics Commission. In 2014 she was made an OBE for her services to sports broadcasting.The IBC2021 Award for Best Technical Paper was presented to a large team from BBC Research & Development, for their contribution Stronger together: cross-service media recommendations.As Hannes Ricklefs describes, the aim of the paper is to present consumers with a single portal to multiple media sites, with intelligent references between services. If a consumer frequently listens to a particular singer on Spotify, for example, the service would also send notifications when that performer is available on BBC radio and television content, available online.LinksIBC Awards Ceremony in fullIBC Digital video interview with Barbara SlaterIBC Digital video interview BBC R&D teamBBC R&D: Personal Data StoresMore on the IBC Awards via IBC365IBC Digital

In each episode Ian introduces the guest before discussing their awareness of the BBC Human Values. We will talk about the human values workshops that BBC R&D has been running in conjunction with DesignSwarm, and in some cases the collaborative work we have done together. We will finish with thoughts about how they will be taking the knowledge forward in their work. We hope you enjoy the conversation. If you would like to know more about our work you can find it on the project website at humanvalues.io Please note that the conversations were recorded during the pandemic when audio equipment was limited, so please expect variable quality from the typical BBC standard and quality. And the views shared by our guests do not reflect the views of the BBC or BBC R&D. Series 2 Episode 5: Dr Adam Galpin Adam Galpin is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Salford, specialising in Cognitive and Media Psychology.

In each episode Ian introduces the guest before discussing their awareness of the BBC Human Values. We will talk about the human values workshops that BBC R&D has been running in conjunction with DesignSwarm, and in some cases the collaborative work we have done together. We will finish with thoughts about how they will be taking the knowledge forward in their work. We hope you enjoy the conversation. If you would like to know more about our work you can find it on the project website at humanvalues.io Please note that the conversations were recorded during the pandemic when audio equipment was limited, so please expect variable quality from the typical BBC standard and quality. And the views shared by our guests do not reflect the views of the BBC or BBC R&D. Series 2 Episode 8: Brian Suda Brian Suda is an informatician currently residing in Reykjavík, Iceland. He has spent a good portion of each day connected to Internet after discovering it back in the mid-1990s

In each episode Ian introduces the guest before discussing their awareness of the BBC Human Values. We will talk about the human values workshops that BBC R&D has been running in conjunction with DesignSwarm, and in some cases the collaborative work we have done together. We will finish with thoughts about how they will be taking the knowledge forward in their work. We hope you enjoy the conversation. If you would like to know more about our work you can find it on the project website at humanvalues.io Please note that the conversations were recorded during the pandemic when audio equipment was limited, so please expect variable quality from the typical BBC standard and quality. And the views shared by our guests do not reflect the views of the BBC or BBC R&D. Series 2 Episode 7: Dr Emeline Brulé Emeline Brulé is a designer, design lecturer at University of Sussex, and a researcher focused on Human-Computer Interactions.

In each episode Ian introduces the guest before discussing their awareness of the BBC Human Values. We will talk about the human values workshops that BBC R&D has been running in conjunction with DesignSwarm, and in some cases the collaborative work we have done together. We will finish with thoughts about how they will be taking the knowledge forward in their work. We hope you enjoy the conversation. If you would like to know more about our work you can find it on the project website at humanvalues.io Please note that the conversations were recorded during the pandemic when audio equipment was limited, so please expect variable quality from the typical BBC standard and quality. And the views shared by our guests do not reflect the views of the BBC or BBC R&D. Series 2 Episode 6: Chris Northwood Chris is a software developer by training and now works as the Head of Development at the tech for good startup Culture Shift, which allows victims of bullying and harassment to report these incidents and access support.

In each episode Ian introduces the guest before discussing their awareness of the BBC Human Values. We will talk about the human values workshops that BBC R&D has been running in conjunction with DesignSwarm, and in some cases the collaborative work we have done together. We will finish with thoughts about how they will be taking the knowledge forward in their work. We hope you enjoy the conversation. If you would like to know more about our work you can find it on the project website at humanvalues.io Please note that the conversations were recorded during the pandemic when audio equipment was limited, so please expect variable quality from the typical BBC standard and quality. And the views shared by our guests do not reflect the views of the BBC or BBC R&D. Series 2 Episode 4: Dr Alison Powell Alison Powell is Associate Professor in Media and Communications at the London School of Economics. She directs the JUST AI Network: Joining Up Society and Technology for AI,

In each episode Ian introduces the guest before discussing their awareness of the BBC Human Values. We will talk about the human values workshops that BBC R&D has been running in conjunction with DesignSwarm, and in some cases the collaborative work we have done together. We will finish with thoughts about how they will be taking the knowledge forward in their work. We hope you enjoy the conversation. If you would like to know more about our work you can find it on the project website at humanvalues.io Please note that the conversations were recorded during the pandemic when audio equipment was limited, so please expect variable quality from the typical BBC standard and quality. And the views shared by our guests do not reflect the views of the BBC or BBC R&D. Series 2 Episode 3: Richard Rutter Richard is a designer living in Brighton, UK. In 2005, he co-founded Clearleft, now one of the world's leading digital design consultancies

In each episode Ian introduces the guest before discussing their awareness of the BBC Human Values. We will talk about the human values workshops that BBC R&D has been running in conjunction with DesignSwarm, and in some cases the collaborative work we have done together. We will finish with thoughts about how they will be taking the knowledge forward in their work. We hope you enjoy the conversation. If you would like to know more about our work you can find it on the project website at humanvalues.io Please note that the conversations were recorded during the pandemic when audio equipment was limited, so please expect variable quality from the typical BBC standard and quality. And the views shared by our guests do not reflect the views of the BBC or BBC R&D. Series 2 Episode 2: Jane Leach An award winning architect, Jane helps eco-conscious homeowners who want more space and a home that makes their heart sing.

In each episode Ian introduces the guest before discussing their awareness of the BBC Human Values. We will talk about the human values workshops that BBC R&D has been running in conjunction with DesignSwarm, and in some cases the collaborative work we have done together. We will finish with thoughts about how they will be taking the knowledge forward in their work. We hope you enjoy the conversation. If you would like to know more about our work you can find it on the project website at humanvalues.io Please note that the conversations were recorded during the pandemic when audio equipment was limited, so please expect variable quality from the typical BBC standard and quality. And the views shared by our guests do not reflect the views of the BBC or BBC R&D. Series 2 Episode 1: Sanjay d'Humières Sanjay d'Humières is the CEO of RTCX (Real-time Community Experience), a start-up born in Paris and London in 2017 specialised in the field of audience and consumer engagement.

Join James Cridland and Sam SethiWith Special Interviews: Nick Hilton, CEO Podot with NEW Podcast " The Town That Knew Too Much" Zach Moreno & Rock Felder Co-Founders of  Squadcast.FMJemily Rime, BBC R&D (jir506@york.ac.uk)Podland News1.  Exclusive: Do podcast apps use your podcast's description to help people find new shows? Should you put your guest's name in your episode title? Which apps search which bits of your RSS feed? Three weeks in the making, Mark Steadman from podcast studio Origin has catalogued what every big podcast app indexes, and how to help listeners find your podcast.2.  The winners were announced for the British Podcast Awards 2021. We have a full list: Fearne Cotton won the Podcast Champion award for her efforts to open up the mental health conversation, and the Podcast of the Year was awarded to VENT Documentaries.3. 3. Podnews has implemented the Podchaser API on our podcast pages, bringing back ratings and creators.4. Netflix has hired its first Head of Podcasts, N'Jeri Eaton. She had been Head of Content, Apple Podcasts for a year; and prior to that spent four years at NPR5. The Podcasting 2.0 team this week have been working on cross-platform comments for podcast episodesBuzzsprout Podcast hosting and a whole lot moreRiverside.FM Podcast recording made simple. The easiest way to record podcasts in studio quality from anywhere.

Ethics in AI Seminar - presented by the Institute for Ethics in AI Chair: Peter Millican, Gilbert Ryle Fellow and Professor of Philosophy at Hertford College, Oxford University What role should the technical AI community play in questions of AI ethics and those concerning the broader impacts of AI? Are technical researchers well placed to reason about the potential societal impacts of their work? What does it mean to conduct and publish AI research responsibly? What challenges does the AI community face in reaching consensus about responsibilities, and adopting appropriate norms and governance mechanisms? How can we maximise the benefits while minimizing the risks of increasingly advanced AI research? AI and related technologies are having an increasing impact on the lives of individuals, as well as society as a whole. Alongside many current and potential future benefits, there has been an expanding catalogue of harms arising from deployed systems, raising questions about fairness and equality, privacy, worker exploitation, environmental impact, and more. In addition, there have been increasing incidents of research publications which have caused an outcry over ethical concerns and potential negative societal impacts. In response, many are now asking whether the technical AI research community itself needs to do more to ensure ethical research conduct, and to ensure beneficial outcomes from deployed systems. But how should individual researchers and the research community more broadly respond to the existing and potential impacts from AI research and AI technology? Where should we draw the line between academic freedom and centering societal impact in research, or between openness and caution in publication? Are technical researchers well placed to grapple with issues of ethics and societal impact, or should these be left to other actors and disciplines? What can we learn from other high-stakes, ‘dual-use' fields? In this seminar, Rosie Campbell, Carolyn Ashurst and Helena Webb will discuss these and related issues, drawing on examples such as conference impact statements, release strategies for large language models, and responsible research innovation in practice. Speakers Rosie Campbell leads the Safety-Critical AI program the Partnership on AI . She is currently focused on responsible publication and deployment practices for increasingly advanced AI, and was a co-organizer of the NeurIPS workshop on Navigating the Broader Impacts of AI Research . Previously, Rosie was the Assistant Director of the Center for Human-Compatible AI (CHAI) , a technical AI safety research group at UC Berkeley working towards provably beneficial AI. Before that, Rosie worked as a research engineer at BBC R and D, a multidisciplinary research lab based in the UK. There, she worked on emerging technologies for media and broadcasting, including an award-winning project exploring the use of AI in media production. Rosie holds a Master's in Computer Science and a Bachelor's in Physics, and also has academic experience in Philosophy and Machine Learning. She co-founded a futurist community group in the UK to explore the social implications of emerging tech, and was recently named one of ‘100 Brilliant Women to follow in AI Ethics.' Dr Carolyn Ashurst Carolyn is a Senior Research Scholar at the Future of Humanity Institute and Research Affiliate with the Centre for the Governance of AI . Her research focuses on improving the societal impacts of machine learning and related technologies, including topics in AI governance, responsible machine learning, and algorithmic fairness. Her technical fairness research focuses on using causal models to formalise incentives for fairness related behaviours. On the question of responsible research and publication, Carolyn recently co-authored A Guide to Writing the NeurIPS Impact Statement , Institutionalizing Ethics in AI through Broader Impact requirements , and co-organised the NeurIPS workshop on Navigating the Broader Impacts of AI Research . Previously, she worked as a data and research scientist in various roles within government and finance. She holds an MMath and PhD from the University of Bath. Dr Helena Webb Helena is a Senior Researcher in the Department of Computer Science at Oxford. She is an interdisciplinary researcher and specialises in projects that bridge social science and computational analysis. She is interested in the ways that users interact with technologies in different kinds of settings and how social action both shapes and is shaped by innovation. She works on projects that seek to identify mechanisms for the improved design, responsible development and effective regulation of technology. Whilst at Oxford she has worked on projects relating to, amongst others, harmful content on social media, algorithm bias, resources in STEM education, and responsible robotics. Helena is the Research Lead at the newly formed Responsible Technology Institute in the Department of Computer Science. She also co convenes student modules in the Department on Computers in Society and Ethics and Responsible Innovation. Chair Professor Peter Millican Peter is Gilbert Ryle Fellow and Professor of Philosophy at Hertford College, Oxford. He has researched and published over a wide range, including Early Modern Philosophy, Epistemology, Ethics, Philosophy of Language and of Religion, but has a particular focus on interdisciplinary connections with Computing and AI. He founded and oversees the Oxford undergraduate degree in Computer Science and Philosophy, which has been running since 2012.

There is little association between tech use and mental health problems in teenagers, according to a new study by the Oxford Internet Institute. Lead author Dr Matti Vuorre is on the show to explain how they analysed data from 430,000 UK and US teenagers and found little or no associations between adolescents’ tech use and mental health problems. But he says the data they were using is limited. Ideally, he wants to use the data that big tech companies hold on our tech use. The findings are published in the journal Clinical Psychological Science. Africa Teen Geeks and Africa Tech Week Founder & CEO of Africa Teen Geeks, Lindiwe Matlali, discusses her work in technology education and improving access for African children. During the pandemic she set up online schooling for South Africa, reaching over 600,000 children, and is working with UNICEF to improve access to coding and robotics education across the continent. Alongside this she runs the ‘Knit2Code’ scheme that teaches women python coding through knitting, empowering mothers and grandmothers to support their daughters’ technology education. AI colourisation of historical photos Gwen Katz, a historical novelist and games designer, explains the problems of colourising historical photos. To test the efficacy of colourisation AI she compared the artificial colourisation of black and white photos with their colour originals and found that the bright colours of the original images were lost when colourised by an algorithm. Marta Mrak from BBC R&D discusses how the problem of loss of colours is being solved, by providing the algorithms with reference images, as well as future challenges for designing neural networks to colourise film. (Image: Getty Images) The programme is presented by Gareth Mitchell with expert commentary from Ghislaine Boddington Studio Manager: Nigel Dix Producer: Ania Lichtarowicz

Do you know anyone who's a Firestarter? We do and his name is Ian Forrester. Ian is a Senior Firestarter at BBC R&D where he's working on the future of media and storytelling. During this episode, we talk about the living room of the future, how Ian got such a cool job title, and much, much more. Join us for this episode of Future Insiders with Cathy Hackl.

In this episode of the Immersive Audio Podcast, Oliver Kadel is joined by the lead R&D audio engineer at the BBC Chris Pike via Zoom from London, UK. Chris leads the audio team in BBC R&D and the BBC Audio Research Partnership. He is passionate about using technology innovation to enable new creative possibilities in sound production and storytelling. Chris has led the BBC's work on spatial audio for several years, which has led to productions on major brands such as Doctor Who, Planet Earth II and the BBC Proms. He was director of sound on the BBC's first public VR app, The Turning Forest, and worked with Björk to create an augmented reality audio guide for her exhibition at MoMA in New York. As part of his role at the BBC, Chris is active in standardisation bodies, working to ensure open interoperable technology for spatial audio production. He's also completed a PhD with the Audio Lab at the University of York during his work at BBC R&D, on binaural technology and its perceptual evaluation. His thesis is available online. In this episode, Chris talks about research and development work at the BBC, touching on a number of exciting projects, a collaboration between the industry and academia and his personal journey whilst completing a PhD program. This episode was produced by Oliver Kadel and Michelle Chan with the help of Emma Rees and included music by Knobs Bergamo. For extended show notes and more information on this episode go to https://www.1618digital.com/immersive-audio-podcast-episode-38-chris-pike-bbc-rd/ We want to hear from you! We value our community and would appreciate it if you would take our very quick survey and help us make the Immersive Audio Podcast even better: surveymonkey.co.uk/r/3Y9B2MJ Thank you! You can follow the podcast on Twitter @IAudioPodcast for regular updates and content. You can also follow us on Facebook and Instagram @1618digital. If you have any comments or questions, get in touch via podcast@1618digital.com

For the past 220 years, Ordnance Survey have been mapping Great Britain with extraordinary accuracy. But as Gareth discovers when he visits their HQ in Southampton, GB's master map is not a static printed document. It's a 2 petabyte database which is updated up to 20,000 times a day. This adds up to 360 million updates a year. Since the development of the theodolite and the first detailed map in 1801 of the county of Kent, Ordnance Survey have used cutting edge technology, not only to map our lands, but to manipulate, understand and ask questions of the geography of our natural landscapes and built environment. Voices on the train, public address announcements at the station, automated telephone banking, Alexa and Siri. We are surrounded by electronic voices. But very little research has been done of how we respond to synthetic speech. To investigate the impact of artificially generated voices in our lives, BBC R&D together with our favourite acoustic engineer, Professor Trevor Cox of the University of Salford, has just launched a study. The Synthetic Voices and Personality Test, is an online test we want you to take part in. Please go to https://voicestudy.api.bbc.co.uk and have a listen Presenter Gareth Mitchell Producer - Fiona Roberts

JULIUS AMEDUME’S film education began with black & white film noirs, comedies and musicals screened on TV each afternoon while he was home schooled due to illnesses as a child. Film became his passion and he made his first short film at the tender age of 16. Years later after graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree (BSC Hons) in communication and technology, his passion which was now a hobby transitioned into a career. His first broadcast credit was on CANAL PLUS in Belgium and France for a short documentary about the Cinefondation award at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. After founding his production company, AMEDUME FILMS, he wrote and directed three short films (THE MEETING ,THE PHONE CALL and THE VIDEOTAPE) and a low budget feature film shot in two continents. These shorts and the feature attracted a number of nominations and won awards including the Festival Vision Award, Best Feature at The 15th Pan African Film Festival 2007 for his feature film A GOAT’S TAIL. Years later he was awarded a Toledo scholarship to study a Masters in Directing Fiction at the National Film & Television School. During his time there, Julius wrote and directed four short films. MARY AND JOHN was nominated for Best Short at the 2009 Rushes Soho Film Festival and a Golden Lion at the 2010 Taipei county film festival in Taiwan. LORRAINE premiered at the 2009 Edinburgh Film Festival and was nominated for Best Short at the 2010 Rushes Soho Film Festival. MR. GRAHAM premiered at The 14th UrbanWorld Film Festival in New York 2010 and his graduation film PRECIPICE Won Best Short at the 19th Pan African Film Festival 2011 and a African Oscar for Best Diaspora Short at the 2011 African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) in Nigeria. Julius was then one of 18 students from the British, French and Polish film schools who were selected by the MEDIA DESK UK to help develop his graduation film into a feature film. He was then selected out of 3,000+ applicants for 1 of the 12 places offered by Channel 4 to work with writers to create an original series or serial for television. Julius has since directed episodes of BBC’S long running series called Doctors, helped create content and develop an application with the BBC R&D department called Perceptive Media, an application which changes its narrative based on your personality in real time. His latest feature, Rattlesnakes won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the 2019 Pan African Film Festival and won an Independent Film Production Spirit Award at the 2019 SCREENNATION film and television Awards in London. It’s lead actor was also nominated for best leading Actor and Julius was also nominated for the Micheal Anyiam Osigwe Award for Best African Director Living Abroad at the 2019 African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) in Nigeria. Among Julius’s most rewarding work is the mentoring young artists and facilitating workshops in school and community centers. He regularly teaches at the National Film and Television School and has been a judge and panelist at a number of different film festivals. In 2019 Julius was invited to become a member of The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. If you liked this podcast, shoot me an e-mail at filmmakingconversations@mail.com Also, you can check out my documentary The People of Brixton, on Kwelitv here: www.kweli.tv/programs/the-peopl…xton?autoplay=true Damien Swaby Social Media Links: Instagram www.instagram.com/damien_swaby_video_producer/ Twitter twitter.com/DamienSwaby?ref_src…erp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Facebook www.facebook.com/Damien-Swaby-213805135363397/

With help from Amazon’s Alexa, Anthony Onumonu, Principal software engineer from BBC R&D, talks about designing and developing interactive experiences on smart speakers. Anthony shared research from BBC’s ”Talking with machines!” project, combining cutting edge technology and storytelling. Skipping to the million dollar question: Have we solved interactive voice technology? No, this is just the beginning. 

This is a special episode in which you'll hear three presentations given at Voice Connected Home 2019 event, which took place in Cologne, Germany on May 7th this year. First you'll hear my quick 15 minute talk on 'The Voice Technology Trends of 2019, What We are Likely to See, and How it Will Affect Customer Interaction'. This is essentially a summary of many of the products and ideas I've discovered over the past year of podcast interviews, and with the voice industry moving as fast as it is, some of these are already fast becoming reality. Then you'll hear Nicky Birch, Executive Producer at BBC R&D, give an informative and entertaining presentation, 'How to Design Your Experiences - A Producers Guide'. This presentation gives you lots of practical advice from the trenches, plus there's an accompanying PDF that contains this advice, the link to which is in the show notes. Finally you'll hear from Marion Sardone, who is the Senior Content & Character Designer of the Intelligent Personal Assistant at BMW, Germany. In her presentation, 'From Speech Output to a Truly Intelligent Assistant', she explains why it's important for a voice assistant to be given a personality, and how they went about creating one for their in-car assistant. I hope you enjoy the presentations, and look forward to meeting you at a future event!This is a time-limited preview. To hear the full episode, and access the full catalogue of episodes and bonus content, become a Voice Tech Pro https://voicetechpodcast.com/proInterview timestamps: 00:03:04 Carl Robinson, Voice Tech Podcast 00:19:54 Nicky Birch, BBC 00:45:38 Marion Sardone, BMW Links from the show: Full show notes: https://voicetechpodcast.comManetch Voice Connected Home 2019 event page: http://bit.ly/2Rt7aNHBBC Voice Design Tips PDF: https://bbc.in/2RufuMWBMW intelligent assistant: http://bit.ly/2Rt5DqMBMW video: http://bit.ly/2Rtkf9xManning books: https://www.manning.com 40% off all books code: podvoicetech19 Subscribe to get future episodes: Apple iTunes: https://apple.co/2LqW4olGoogle Podcasts: http://bit.ly/voicetechpodcast-googleAlexa: https://voicetechpodcast.com/alexaSpotify: https://spoti.fi/2IZr5hmStitcher: http://bit.ly/voicetechpodcast-stitcherWebsite: http://bit.ly/voicetechpodcastJoin the discussion: Weekly Newsletter: https://voicetechpodcast.com/newsletterSponsor the show: https://voicetechpodcast.com/donateMedium blog: https://voicetechpodcast.com/medium Write for the blog: https://voicetechpodcast.com/publishEmail me: carl@voicetechpodcast.comFollow on Twitter: http://bit.ly/voicetechpodcast-twitterReddit:

ODI Fridays are free lunchtime lectures for everyone. You bring your lunch, we provide tea and coffee, an interesting talk, and enough time to get back to your desk. We talk about smart homes as if they had already become a reality but for many they are a worrying trend towards data being hoovered up for advertising purposes elsewhere. Based on her book ‘Smarter Homes: how technology will change your home life’ author and designer Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino will speak about the relationships between people and technological advancements that have shaped our home lives and what this latest trend of ‘smart homes’ tells us about the future. About the speaker Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino is an interaction designer, product designer, entrepreneur based in London. She was named 1st in a list of 100 Internet of Things Influencers (Postscapes, 2016), 2nd in Top 100 Internet of Things Thought Leaders (Onalytica, 2014) and in the Top 100 Influencial Tech Women on Twitter (Business Insider, 2014), Smith & Williamson Power 100 (2017). She is the founder of the Good Night Lamp, connected lamps for your global friends and family. She is also the Director of designswarm a strategic consultancy focusing on the internet of things. Some of her clients include BBC R&D, P&G, British Gas, EDF R&D and Nominet, British Telecom and others. She is @iotwatch on Twitter

Libby Miller and Jasmine Cox from BBC R&D review CES 2018.

‘Voice’ is this year’s most hyped technology and a fresh front in the clash of the tech titans. But is the rise of the ‘virtual assistants’ an exciting new dawn for brands or a terminal threat? IN THIS EPISODE ⇩ From 1' 30: Henry Cooke, Head of Voice for BBC R&D - Interaction and interface design for Voice - Use cases and the BBC’s Voice interactive radio drama ‘The Inspection Chamber’ - Feeling out the creative space - What brands can learn about Voice from the BBC - How a brand talks and the sound of a BBC station - Design and branding problems with Voice - Discoverability and attribution on Virtual Assistants - The Voice hype bubble and the narrowing gap between hype and promise - The BBC’s role on Virtual Assistants and flying the flag for audiences - The Cambrian explosion of new tech From 10' 10: Marcel Kornblum, Head of Creative Tech at BBH London - Reaching the human threshold in voice recognition - What the data says about uptake and usage of virtual assistants - The opportunities and dangers for brands from virtual assistants - The problems for brands of consumers shopping by Voice - The existential threat to brands from Amazon/Alexa - Is your virtual assistant listening to you? - The creepy thing about contextual data - Google’s failed experiment in Voice advertising - Telling your virtual assistant you love it - The space for branded content, branded entertainment and branded utility - The PR value of new tech - How brands should develop for Voice From 17' 30: Sarah Watson, BBH Global Chief Strategy Officer - Literally giving brands a voice - What creative agencies can bring to the party - The new era of AI marketing - How brands can filter the hype from the reality around Voice - Changing consumer behaviour through voice control - The pitfalls of Voice for brands - Paring back your creative and avoiding making digital landfill - The skills of the new age marketer From 23' 40: Renowned futurist Brian David Johnson, Professor of Practice at Arizona State University - Effects-based modelling: what it is and how to use it - Science fiction prototyping and how brands can use storytelling to change the future - Being more human with our devices - Defining the AI for your brand - Towards an age of sentient tools and relationship-based interactions with our tech - Why tech disruption will always be with us in marketing - Why we shouldn’t be worried about the rise of tech - How brands can innovate for new technology: if you can imagine it, you can build it - Adam Steltzner and how to land a rover on Mars - Being the hovercraft person - Writing ‘Wizards and Robots’ with Will.i.am - Empowering young minds

Stories have form and structure. Beginnings, middles and endings. People, places and things. Setbacks, climaxes and conflict. And the web has form and structure. Sites, pages & links. Interactivity, personalisation and adaptation. He'll look at how stories and the web can interconnect and overlap in forms and structure, showing examples of some of the new ways that people are telling stories using the web. From choosing your level of detail, varying the length, personalising a story and interacting with explanations, to the latest BBC experiments with voice-controlled stories and atomised news. And he'll explain how the BBC is experimenting with atomising media and deconstructing stories into fundamental, structured building blocks that we can present in new and powerful ways; building responsive stories for the web.