Diffusion Science radio
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Building Biosensors to detect disease
January 27, 2014 07:30 - 35.1 MBPlacebos for sleep, exercise and vision by Ian Woolf, Dr Olivier Laczka speaks with Ian Woolf about designing biosensors for marine pathogens, Indigo V open source science, and detecting HIV. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Where is Ciguatera? Ritalin for CFS
January 20, 2014 07:30 - 35.1 MBGenetically engineering green glowing eggs to reduce cruelty to chicks, Trial of Ritalin and nutrients to treat Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Ian Woolf. Associate Professor Shauna Murray and Gurjeet Singh Kohli explain how to track the microalgae that cause Ciguatera, John August gives his views on Intellectual property, and the TPP. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Reshaped eyes and TPP Copyright week
January 13, 2014 07:30 - 35.1 MBTiny turbines, and myco-diesel by Ian Woolf. Professor Helen Swarbrick speaks with Ian Woolf about Orthokeratology for correcting short-sightedness without surgery, glasses or contact lenses, Copyright week and the Trans-Pacific-partnership agreement. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Plasticised brains, tea, and pain
January 06, 2014 07:30 - 35.1 MBNews of Black tea blocks herpes, and fermentable fibre helps asthma, by Ian Woolf. Brains restored to the speed learning of childhood with a pill, by Ian Woolf, Dr Patrick Rubie and Ian Woolf discuss placebo mechanism and pain, and contraceptive news from 2009. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Artificial arguments and alcohol messages
December 30, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBNews of male contraception and LCD contact lenses, by Ian Woolf. Alcoholic text messages from across the room by Ian Woolf, Automated arguments online by Ian Woolf, 3 Second Theses by Ian Woolf, The Demon Duck of Doom by Lou Steer Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Rat Park and Chromatic Composer
December 23, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBNews of mice rejuvenated with B3 extract, by Ian Woolf. From the Sydney Mini MakerFfaire,Susanna Alarcon demonstrated a machine that draws music, The tale of Rat Park - how socially connected rats don't like drugs by Ian Woolf, John August interviews Dr Matthew Rimmer about the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Stem cells fight HIV and Biohacking
December 16, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBNews of Fibromyalgic pain, and Dream images identified by computer, by Ian Woolf. Professor Geoff Symonds talks with Ian Woolf about modifying stem cells to fight HIV, From the Sydney Mini Maker faire, Meow Ludo Meow Meow and Kyo Dempski talk about the projects of Biohack Sydney. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Healing corneas and making robots
December 09, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBNews of: DARPA brain implants, Sony smart wigs, and prosthetic hands that feel by Ian Woolf. Professor Stephanie Watson spoke with Ian Woolf about how she heals corneas with stem cells, From the Sydney Mini Maker Faire: Pete from Robogirls teaches schoolgirls to build robots, Stephen Martin from BotBits talka about building kit combat robots Diarmid Herath from Robological has a platform for you to design your own robots Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Valves, rockets and Doctor Who
December 02, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBFrom the Sydney Mini Maker Faire: Steve Price talks about making Valve amplifiers, Lester talks about popup 3D workshops, George talks about launching your own rockets Ian Woolf revisits the science of Doctor Who - Sonic Screwdrivers and the TARDIS Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Mini Maker Faire and Google You
November 25, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBNBN petition delivered to Australian MPs by Ian Woolf, Google You by Ian Woolf, From the Sydney Mini Maker Faire: Julian talks about 3D modelling, Chris Ferman talks about his 3D printed android, Stuart Bartlett talks about BlueSat, Janelle talks about making 3D printed Jewelery, Gavin talks about Robots and Dinosaurs Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Mechanical stem cells and Original catalysts
November 18, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBThe Trans-Pacific-Partnership, patents and copyrights by Ian Woolf, Professor Melissa Knothe Tate speaks with Ian Woolf about Mechanical stem cells, John August investigates the role of catalysts in the Origin of Life. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
BrainChips and artificial intelligence
November 11, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBAustralia cuts a quarter of CSIRO jobs by Ian Woolf, Peter Van De Made talks with Ian Woolf about his Brainchip and the nature of intelligence. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Stem Cell Revolutions and HIV protein
November 04, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBHearing restored to deaf mice, and Breast milk protects against HIV by Ian Woolf Clare Blackburn speaks to Ian Woolf about the film "Stem Cell Revolutions", Kate Doherty spoke to Ian Woolf about Stem Cell communication and games, John August reports on HIV proteins and West Nile virus. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Shadow profiles and eating babies
October 28, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBWhy you want to eat babies by Ian Woolf, Facebook shadow profiles by Ian Woolf The Singularity by Paul Rhodes, The Placebo effect and faith by Ian Woolf, Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Thorium Trans-Tasman 3MT competition
October 21, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBPoverty uses up more brain power by Ian Woolf Thorium SkeptiCamp presentation by Ian Woolf, Ian Woolf attended the Trans-Tasman 3 minute thesis competition and spoke to: Kelsey Kennedy about winning the Trans-Tasman 3MT competition 2013, 3MT finalist Kimberly Mercuri, who spoke about how heroin users think, 3MT finalist Kanvar Nayer, who is developing Age Mate for people suffering Alzheimer's disease, Cassily Charles and Lisa Mclean - the organisers of an online interactive 3MT compet...
SkeptiCamp, Life and HackerSpace
October 14, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MB3D Printed toothbrushes and nuclear fusion creeps nearer by Ian Woolf. Robin Hilliard talks to Ian Woolf about Conway's Game of Life, Alistair D'Silva explains to Ian Woolf how to make a bike jacket with turn signals at Make Hack Void. Taryn Chalmers presents her 3 Minute Thesis about the connection between heart disease, depression and professional driving in Australia. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
RbutR rebuttals and mosquito fans
October 07, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBFans for mosquitoes! by Ian Woolf Shane Greenup, founder of rbutr.com speaks with Ian Woolf about the online critical thinking tool Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
2013 Ig Nobels and Willpower
September 30, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBBitcoin for the homeless, Tricorders for food, and willpower never runs out, by Ian Woolf, The 2013 Ig Nobel Prizes for science that first makes you laugh, and then makes you think, by Ian Woolf, Jennifer Clarke presents her 3 Minute Thesis - Living on the Edge: Climate Stress in Intertidal Macroalga Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
BitCoin mining and Panspermia
September 23, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBPanspermia and the stratosphere by Ian Woolf James Nichols speaks with Ian Woolf about building BitCoin mining computers at Dorkbot, The hundred dollar 3D printer from Peachy Printers, James Hitchcock presents his 3 Minute Thesis: "Freshwater Inflows to Estuaries: Rivers, carbon and Coastal Food Webs" Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
30 IQ points more, and Bitcoins
September 16, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBThe Bionic Eye is successfully tested, and the new Government closes down the Science Ministry, Feeding and educating people to bring about the Singularity, Bitcoin for beginners by Chard Core and Dee, Joshua Condran presents his 3 Minute Thesis on Real Time Microscopy of Surface Chemical Reactions Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
4D printing and Caring for carers
September 09, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBWorld Suicide Prevention day news by Ian Woolf, Interview with Stuart Grover about the future of 3D printing by Ian Woolf. Ty Lees presents his 3 Minute Thesis: "Who Cares for our Carers?" Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Asteroids, Nanowires and Llamas
September 02, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBLlamas treat diarrhea, and jetpacks take off in New Zealand, by Ian Woolf. Chard Core interviews David Faber of Deep Space Industries about mining in space, Laingchen Zhu presents his 3 Minute Thesis on Nanowires. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
3D Paper and Identity theft
August 26, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBPANDORA archive news by Ian Woolf Connor Moore discusses about printing 3D objects with paper, with Ian Woolf, Joanna Spasojevic presents her 3 Minute Thesis: "Morphometric Face Analysis: A Potential Solution for Identity Theft at Australia's Borders" Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Gambling and big data
August 19, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBForever fertilser news by Ian Woolf Indonesian nuclear power by Ian Woolf Interview with Alex Blaszczynksi, about gambling addiction, Marianne Menictas presents her 3 Minute Thesis: Fast Data Analysis. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Sydney Maker Culture
August 12, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBAustralian National Security Enquiry needs a time machine by Ian Woolf, Daniel Green plans the Sydney Mini Maker Faire. Adam Farrow-palmer describes his electronic shirt, Iain Chalmers talks about MooresCloud networked lights, ManuelBetancort remotely controls cockroaches at Dorkbot. Gwenael Cadiou presents his 3 Minute Thesis: "A Fish Journey: Where, When, and ...Why?" Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Nuclear Power For Australia? part 2
August 05, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBMind controlled rat news by Ian Woolf. Ian Woolf concludes the Nuclear Energy For Australia? conference and speaks with: Howard Eastwood who argues for nuclear power for Glen Innes and the promises of Thorium and Professor Ian Lowe, who explains why Australia doesn't need nuclear power Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Nuclear Power For Australia? part 1
July 29, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBWearable computing news by Ian Woolf. Ian Woolf attends the Nuclear Energy For Australia? conference and speaks with: Dr Erica Smyth argues for nuclear power for Australia, Dr Timos Aikas explains how nuclear waste is handled in Finland, Dr Massimo Salvatores discusses Thorium as an alternative nuclear fuel. Johanna Howes delivers her 3 Minute Thesis: Hungry For Change- maintaining balance on the Great Barrier Reef Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Science Spoken Word Spectacular
July 22, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBUrine power news by Ian Woolf. Highlights from the Science Spoken Word Spectacular from: Ian Bryce, Vanessa Hill. Lou Steer, and Ricky Pannowitz. Organised by Rebecca Rose, Jack Peck and Ariel Pavez. Recording by Merran Winchester. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Trolling science and throat singing
July 15, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBSend your own mini-spaceship to the Moon, and Protect your mobile phone privacy reported by Ian Woolf. Tuvan throat singing by Noel Hanna, Trolling science by Ian Woolf, The Beard Plague by Ian Woolf Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Sexual ecology and Pirate privacy
July 08, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBIn Pitt St Mall, Ian Woolf talks to David W Campbell, Pirate Party Senate candidate about the PRISMbreak privacy protest. At Nerd Nite Sydney, Ian Woolf chats with Dr Peter Jonason about the behavioural ecology of sexual relationships. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Physics Of Music special edition
July 01, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBFirst plants were carnivorous by Ian Woolf. Professor Joe Wolfe from the UNSW speaks to Ian Woolf about the Physics of Music and Voice. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
We Reveal Crimes and squirrels
June 24, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBCrowd-funded SETI, brightness, creativity and aliens, and the final frontier reported by Ian Woolf. Review of the film "We Steal Secrets - the story of WikiLeaks" by Ian Woolf Tim Baynes talks about the wonders of hibernation. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Hypercolour vision and soap
June 17, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBDo GM crops upset pigs? by Ian Woolf Hypercolour vision by Ian Woolf Scurvy by Chris Stewart Soap Science by Ian Woolf Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Magnetic bacteria and chilli
June 10, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBIan Woolf reports on the rapid aging from fish oil, Podcasting threatened by patents, and paper 3D printers. Tim Baynes investigates magnetically sensitive animals, Christine Baker speaks with Lara Farrell about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Adam Mark explores what makes chilli hot. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Chocolate robots
June 03, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBIan Woolf reports on asteroids with moons, and squeezing breast cancer. At CeBIT 2013 Ian Woolf spoke to Fred Paulson about Telepresence robots, to Cindy Huang about ThunderDownUnder's robot trophy, to Dalton Tandulka about digital masks that mirror your facial expressions. At Eat The Collection Ian Woolf spoke with Chris Bamborough about designing for 3D printers that use chocolate ink. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Microfactories and synthetic food
May 27, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBAngus Deveson spoke with Ian Woolf about Microfactories and 3D printing Ian Woolf explores synthetic food, from lab grown hamburgers, to food printers, and replacing eating altogether. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Young blood RoboWars
May 20, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBIan Woolf reports on Wind powered nuclear weapons, Google Glass, and turtle freezing genomes. Angus Deveson spoke with Ian Woolf about RoboWars Sydney, Glowing Mouse draculas return to heal aged hearts - Ian Woolf explains. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Future silkmoth tricycle games
May 13, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBIan Woolf reports how Harvard robot bees hover. Janine Cahill speaks with Ian Woolf about improving the future with games. Silkmoths ride robot tricycles cruising for sexy females in Japan, for science! Ian Woolf explains. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Baby talk, Naughties, and the web
May 06, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBIan Woolf gives a brief history of the world wide web, and reports on faces sculpted from DNA data. Gina Sartore tells us about 19th Century astronomer Maria Mitchell. Dr Uté Vollmer-Conna from the University of New South Wales spoke to Marian Curruthers about why Baby Talk is so strange, Michael Archer from the University of NSW spoke with Ian Woolf and Marian Curruthers about gene sharing between species. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
SpaceApps and Spider silk
April 29, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBLachlan Whatmore explores the spiders web, Ed Pollitt speaks with Sean Herron about the NASA Hack-a-thon. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Goodbye 2SER, Steve Mann and qBits
April 22, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBIan Woolf showcases the wearable computers of Steve Mann. Ed Pollitt reports on the invention of silicon quantum bits. Ian Woolf delves into the history of Diffusion as told by our theme music across time, as we say goodbye to 2SER. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Kid-friendly science and emulsions
April 15, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBThe Lyrid meteor shower report by Ian Woolf Emulsion science interview with Ann Evans by Ian Woolf Time travel by Ian Woolf and Ed Pollitt Interview with Mike Pollitt about building a ridable hovercraft, and taking kids to the Double Helix science club by Ed Pollit Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Sonic Screwdrivers and ingenuity awards
April 08, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBEd Pollitt reports on Dental Anxiety, Heart modelling and the Chinese moon mission. Ian Woolf investigates the Science of Doctor Who, The Rolex Awards for Enterprize by Ed Pollitt, Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Head, heart and galaxy
April 01, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBHeartened Mummies by Therese Chen, Facebook Science by Ed Pollitt, Get Into Your Head Space interviews with Thomas Fath, Christine Froud, and Bridget Murphy by Ian Woolf, Discussion of Galaxy Zoo by Ed Pollitt and Ian Woolf, Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Red Cross Blood Science Special
March 25, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBIan Woolf reports on Vel-negative blood, What are A, B and O, and what is RH negati ve and positive? Ian Woolf speaks with with Joe Patkes, Red Cell Serologist at the Red Cross Blood Services centre in Alexandria about blood types, blood processing and transfusions. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Pond scum and ALS
March 18, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBIn a Brain Awareness week special, Dr Rachel Dunlop explains her research exploring the connection between blue-green algae and motor neurone disease, and how Gulf War veterans are coming down with ALS. Therese Chen reports on glue that works under water, inspired by mussels. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Cognitive Reserve and Solar max
March 11, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBDeanna Coleman reportson Penguins, planetary engineering, and introverted charges. Cognitive Reserve by Ian Woolf, Craniometry by Lachlan Whatmore, Tim Baynes looks into the Sun. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Plutonium credit and IQ
March 04, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBWired rats by Ian Woolf , Eelectric bees by Therese Chen, Publicly available research memo by Ian Woolf . From 1999, Carol Oliver reports on credit and nuclear physics, and Lachlan Whatmore reports on the history of the IQ test. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf
Spooky worms and animal farms
February 25, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MB'Spooky Worms' by Lachlan Whatmore 'Dr Pet and Medicine Farms' by Patrick Rubie News by Patrick Rubie Presented by Lachlan Whatmore Panelled/Produced by Patrick Rubie
Meteors and publishing
February 18, 2013 07:30 - 35.1 MBA meteor explodes over Russia, harming a thousand people, what's next? Science publishing, politics and profit - Aaron Swartz, Richard O'Dwyer, Garry Mackinnon and Julian Assange. Produced and presented by Ian Woolf