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Lecture Reports

Below you will find reports from our lectures.  Either click the title to view the report online or download a copy by clicking on the file name next to 'Download report'. Use the search box on this page to find a particular report.

The Hands Free Hectare

A talk delivered to Cirencester Science & Technology Society by Kit Franklin in June 2023.

Kit explains the mission and mechanics of his world-leading small-scale farm machinery automation, and talks about the Hands-Free Hectare, which produced a harvest without humans venturing onto the land.

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Category: Lecture Reports
  • Date: Wednesday, 14 Jun 2023
  • Kit Franklin MEng, CEng, MIAgrE
  • Senior Engagement Fellow - Engineering, Harper Adams University

Deep Learning

A talk presented to the Cirencester Science & Technology Society by Professor Chris Budd OBE, on the current state of machine learning and artificial intelligence, weighing up the benefits and risks.

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Category: Lecture Reports
  • Date: Wednesday, 10 May 2023
  • Professor Christopher Budd OBE
  • Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of Bath

The Poisons of Agatha Christie

The talk discussed some of the poisons used in the plots of Agatha Christie, as described in Dr. Harkup's book "A is for Arsenic".

Dr. Harkup explained the details of three well-known poisons, Phosphorus, Strychnine and Arsenic, and showed that Agatha Christie's descriptions are accurate and detailed.   At Dr. Harkup's request, only one of the poisons is included in the video.

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Category: Lecture Reports
  • Date: Wednesday, 8 Mar 2023
  • Dr Kathryn Harkup

Space Debris

The video of this lecture is in progress

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Category: Lecture Reports
  • Date: Wednesday, 8 Feb 2023
  • Al Colebourn
  • Astroscale, Head of Spacecraft Operations
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