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Deep Learning
From speech recognition to computer vision, can Deep Learning transform our world?
The Forum at Space for Thought Festival
Author Will Self, Armand Leroi, Leslie Vinjamuri and Matt Parker on changing foundations
The Future of Management
How is people management in the workplace changing?
Capturing Light
How do you catch something that moves at 300 million meters per second?
D茅j脿 Vu
Is D茅j脿 vu a brain glitch or misplaced 鈥榬eal鈥 memory?
Dependency
An exploration into dependency from fossil fuels to obesity and ageing populations
Shame
Can shame be a force for good?
Magnetism
New insights into why some objects, stars and people attract or repel.
Trade
How well does the idea of free trade really work? Does it improve our economic welfare?
How Long is 鈥楴ow鈥?
New insights into how we perceive time
Cloud Education: The Future of Learning
Is the future of education a massive online classroom?
Plasticity
Shape-shifting in everyday objects, our brains and plastic waste.
Myth
The importance of Myth and Storytelling
Resurrection
Should we bring the woolly mammoth back to life and should ancient languages be revived?
How is Character Created and Shaped?
What does it mean to be good and how do you become a better person?
Re-aligning the Wheel
How manufacturing might look in the future from the BIG M conference in Detroit
Shells
What shells can tell us about our past, present and future
Clay
The joys and perils of porcelain, kaolin and volcanic soils
Adventures in 2D: Graphene and Beyond
What is the future of graphene and other 鈥2D鈥 materials?
Power and Influence
How countries and NGOs exert power
The Power of the Human Voice
Developments in the human voice
Worlds in Miniature
Why tiny things appeal to us.
Design
Design is everywhere- from tables and chairs to physics. Does it have to be beautiful?
Grief
Grief and loss and ritual in different creatures and different cultures.
The Salt Story
Salt: its history and future.
Magic
The art - and science - of magic and its place in the world today.
Steel
How steel gives us music, art and the modern world
Curves
Curves in art, space and life
Upside Down
Subversion and inversion in a topsy-turvy world
Are we Losing the Ability to Focus?
In the age of perpetual distraction, are we losing the ability to focus?