Breaking boundaries - University of Cambridge

24 March Science on Saturday 2
Computer Laboratory
1pm – 5pm (unless otherwise stated)
Map: 19, Hands on, Drop in, All ages (unless otherwise stated)
Overtone: Aphex Twin meets Jimi
Hendrix
Learn how expressive programming interfaces
can unleash your capacity for musical
performance over a range of musical styles from
piano sonatas to dubstep. Press buttons, make
music, have fun!
Ages 10+
Robot head
Meet Charles, a realistic robotic head that we
are using to research the expression of
emotions through facial expressions. Watch
Charles act out the facial expressions of more
than 400 different emotions. Sit in front of a
camera to see Charles imitate the expressions
on their own faces in real-time.
Ages 12+
EmotionSense: a mobile phone
application for automatic emotion
detection
EmotionSense is an android application that
infers a user’s emotions and speech patterns. It
also shows the emotions of the user’s friends.
Navigate through the EmotionSense
application and speak into the phone to see the
automatic conversation and emotion detection.
Ages 12+
The compute competition
Learn how to use a 1960s era mechanical
calculator and compete for prizes by using the
machine to calculate the correct answers to
some simple mathematical puzzles.
Ages 12+
2pm – 3pm
Making gold: computer science and
technology at the Olympics
Over a century after they began, the modern
Olympic Games have been transformed by
technology. No longer do we rely on crumpled
measuring tapes or mechanical stopwatches.
Now we detect false starts that the eye can’t
see, split gold and silver by a millisecond, and
measure distances within a millimetre. Dr
Robert Harle explores the wonder of these
systems that will decide who takes gold and
who goes home empty-handed in London this
year.
Talk, Ages 10+
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