Cognitive Engineering

Trump and Hindsight Bias 06.01.2017 24:30 ↓

Fraser, Nick and Peter experiment with their own biases, by comparing their pre-US election forecasts with their post-event beliefs.

Automation, AI & Work 31.12.2016 24:25 ↓

What will automation and artificial intelligence mean for the future world of work?

Elections: What do they tell you? 16.12.2016 24:34 ↓

Nick, Peter and Fraser disucss how much you can read into an election result.

Star Wars and Technology 09.12.2016 27:53 ↓

Chris, Fraser, Nick and Peter talk about the technology of the Star Wars galaxy. Can you really have all that hardware but so little software? Why didn't R2D2 just commit the Death Star plans to Github? And what's the point of science fiction?

Currency Denominations 02.12.2016 27:37 ↓

Nick, Peter and Fraser discuss why you never see £50 notes but get lots of €50 notes.

Pseudo Science 26.11.2016 24:13 ↓

Chris, Nick and Fraser discuss why pseudo science crops up in some areas of life but others.

No Man's Sky - Death of Marketing? 18.11.2016 26:22 ↓

Nick, Peter and Fraser look at the controversy surrounding 'No Man's Sky', and ask if the information revolution has killed marketing.

Why don't the trains run on time? 11.11.2016 22:26 ↓

Chris, Peter and Fraser discuss the decisions that create problems in public services.

Entertainment And Data 04.11.2016 23:49 ↓

Fraser, Peter and Chris discuss how data is making entertainment even more entertaining

Great British Bake off and Intellectual Property 28.10.2016 21:33 ↓

Nick, Peter and Fraser discuss what the Great British Bake off tells us about intellectual property.

Remember your passport: Why are things hard to remember? 21.10.2016 18:56 ↓

Nick, Peter and Fraser discuss why it is hard to remember some important things, but easy to remember others.

Changing lanes 14.10.2016 18:43 ↓

Nick, Peter and Fraser discuss whether lane changing gets you anywhere.

Shop front signalling 08.10.2016 21:35 ↓

Nick, Peter and Fraser talk about what the presentation of shop fronts tells up about signalling and quality.

Fraud Detection and Machine Learning 30.09.2016 29:29 ↓

Fraser, Peter, and Nick discuss how machine learning can be used to fight online fraudsters, with special guest Mairtin O'Riada, CIO of Ravelin.

The value of games 23.09.2016 22:17 ↓

Nick, Peter and Fraser discuss the value of playing games and whether they can help you learn.

Investing in Yahoo: Spotting Potential 16.09.2016 22:00 ↓

Nick, Peter and Fraser discuss why it is so hard to spot future potential in ideas.

How long should a podcast be? 09.09.2016 25:42 ↓

Nick, Peter and Fraser ponder the length of podcasts and what that tells us about the size of an idea.

Sunspring 02.09.2016 20:15 ↓

Peter, Nick and Fraser discuss the film Sunspring, written by an artificial intelligence. Is it a novelty or a sign of things to come?

Olympics and Marginal Gains 26.08.2016 21:13 ↓

Nick, Peter and Fraser discuss what the Olympics show us about the the human pursuit to reach for the limits of performance.

The Chilcot Inquiry 19.08.2016 24:56 ↓

Nick, Peter and Fraser discuss mechanisms of government decision making in the wake of the Chilcot Report. http://www.iraqinquiry.org.uk

Ad Blocking 13.08.2016 17:20 ↓

Nick, Peter and Fraser discuss ad blocking and what it can tell us about messaging.

Summer Classification 05.08.2016 19:11 ↓

Peter, Nick and Fraser discuss what summer is, and how we know when it's started.

Terrorism Prediction with Big Data 29.07.2016 21:55 ↓

Fraser, Nick and Peter consider the use of Big Data for prediction of terrorist attacks. New online ecology of adversarial aggregates: ISIS and beyond: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/352/6292/1459

Referendum Part 2 24.07.2016 18:48 ↓

Fraser, Nick and Peter wonder if they have had enough of experts.

Referendum Part 1 15.07.2016 19:49 ↓

In the wake of the Brexit vote, Peter, Nick and Fraser discuss what referendums can tell us, and what technology means for democracy.