Boston Dynamics robotic canine
Tim Boddy
Dear reader,
There are solely three weeks to go till New Scientist Live, our annual extravaganza in London. If you might be round that weekend, do please be a part of us. You also can entry the occasions on-line this 12 months if you’re eager to participate however aren’t ready to attend in individual.
If you haven’t been earlier than, the present is a mix of stay talks by a few of the world’s most attention-grabbing scientists, technologists and environmentalists, and likewise a bustling exhibition flooring with a massively various vary of stalls and actions. Last 12 months, my favorite exhibit was a Boston Dynamics robotic canine (which is returning this 12 months, by the way in which), however my must-do this October is unquestionably the flint-knapping exercise – since, despite the fact that I’m a eager collector of stone instruments, I’ve by no means truly tried to make one earlier than!
The talks are all the time the actual spotlight for me although. I’m in all probability most trying ahead to astrophysicist Richard Ellis on Saturday 7 October, who will replace us on the James Webb Space Telescope and the whole lot we’ve got discovered from it to this point. In reality, early fowl discounted tickets for the Saturday are nonetheless out there, however be fast because the provide ends on 17 September.
All the main points of this 12 months’s present, and tickets, could be discovered at stay.newscientist.com
Source: www.newscientist.com