Scibernia podcast episode 21: stem cells, 1980s ‘portable’ computers and Origin Stories
The 1983 Compaq Portable computer — a model of the same machine can be seen at the National Computer & Communications Museum in Galway
In the latest episode of Scibernia, we look at a new EU ruling on human embryonic stem cells, finish our tour of a new technology museum in Galway and find out what inspired one of Ireland’s leading nanoscientists to enter the field.
In this episode
- Marie talks to Stephen Sullivan of the Irish Stem Cell Foundation about a new ruling that bans the patenting of some procedures that use human embryonic stem cells
- Lenny finishes his tour of the National Computer & Communications Museum in Galway to see some ‘portable’computers and phones from the 1980s
- …and Sylvia talks to nanoscientist John Boland of the CRANN institute at Trinity College about how getting locked out of his dad’s office one day as a teenager inspired his love for science in our new Origin Stories segment
Get in touch with us at podcast@scibernia.ie, follow us on Twitter on @Scibernia, or check us out on Facebook. And if you’ve got a science-y question that’s bugging you, email us and we’ll get a scientist to answer it!
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