New technology, including intelligent search engines, a device that translates foreign chat shows into English and a machine that creates 3D models from photographs are to be displayed at an open evening for the local business community.
Winston Churchill was a “closet science-fiction fan” who borrowed the lines for one of his most famous speeches from H. G. Wells, a Cambridge academic has discovered.
Cambridge researchers have the chance to meet representatives from major funding organisations today at a Research Funding Roadshow being held at the University Centre.
The restored and replanted Temperate House at the University of Cambridge Botanic Garden, is to re-open to the public as a work in progress. From 2 December 2006, visitors will be able to view the ’‘Continents Apart’ exhibition showcasing the spectacular plants of South Africa and Australia.
A public lecture exploring some of the issues that allowed Hurricane Katrina to become one of the worst natural disasters of modern times will take place in Cambridge on Thursday.
The literary legacy of one of Austria’s most influential and controversial playwrights is being explored at an international conference in Cambridge this weekend.
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