Episodes
Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
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20050427 | 20050430 | The Triumph of Technology. 4/5. Nanotechnology and Nanoscience: Lord Broers, President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, delivers the Reith Lectures. [Rpt of Wed 8.00pm] The Triumph of Technology. 4/5. Nanotechnology and Nanoscience: Lord Broers, President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, delivers the Reith Lectures. [Rpt of Wed 8.00pm] | ||
20050427 | 20050501 | The Triumph of Technology. 4/5. Nanotechnology and Nanoscience: Lord Broers, President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, delivers the Reith Lectures. The Triumph of Technology. 4/5. Nanotechnology and Nanoscience: Lord Broers, President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, delivers the Reith Lectures. [Rptd Sun 10.15pm] | ||
20050504 | 20050507 | The Triumph of Technology 5/5. Risk and Responsibility Lord Broers, President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, delivers the Reith Lectures. What are the responsibilities of the technologist? Is it acceptable to develop weapons of mass destruction, genetically modified food or transport systems that lead to decadent lifestyles? And should government or the market control the production of such technologies? In his concluding lecture, Alec Broers addresses the ethics of technology and speculates on what Britain should do to stay in the technological race. 5/5. Risk and Responsibility The Triumph of Technology. 5/5. Risk and Responsibility What are the responsibilities of the technologist? Is it acceptable to develop weapons of mass destruction, genetically modified food or transport systems that lead to decadent lifestyles? And should government or the market control the production of such technologies? In his concluding lecture, Alec Broers addresses the ethics of technology and speculates on what Britain should do to stay in the technological race. | ||
The Triumph Of Technology | 20050420 | 20050423 | Innovation and Management How companies can recapture leadership to bring new technology to the global marketplace. Lord Broers, president of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and former vice-chancellor of Cambridge University, calls for a renaissance in technology and engineering as the way to advance the welfare of the world. From the Business School, Manchester University. Presented by Sue Lawley 3/5. The Triumph of Technology From the Business School, Manchester University. Presented by Sue Lawley. Innovation and management: How companies can recapture leadership to bring new technology to the global marketplace. | |
02 | The Triumph Of Technology: Collaboration | 20050413 | 20050416 | Lord Broers, President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and former vice-chancellor of Cambridge University, calls for a renaissance in technology and engineering as the way to advance the welfare of the world. Lord Broers argues that the days of the individual or even national teams of inventors are over. From the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge. Presented by Sue Lawley. The Triumph of Technology: Collaboration 2/5. Lord Broers, President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and former vice-chancellor of Cambridge University, calls for a renaissance in technology and engineering as the way to advance the welfare of the world. |