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Viddy well, little brother. Viddy well

Advertising on the tube is about to get more distracting/annoying: Like a scene from science fiction movie Blade Runner set in Victorian England, giant advertisement films are to be beamed on to London Underground platform walls. Before we get to the meat of this let’s …

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Cogito Ergo Summary: Your Weekly Science Listings

These listings appear every Wednesday. If you want to let us know about any upcoming science or technology events, you can contact us on LondonistSciTech@Gmail.com Event of the Week Taking chances at the Royal Statistical Society tonight. We cannot guarantee correct decisions at every turn…but …

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Cogito Ergo Summary: Your Weekly Science Listings

These listings appear every Wednesday. If you want to let us know about any upcoming science or technology events, you can contact us on LondonistSciTech@Gmail.com Event of the Week Carnal Knowledge at the Dana Centre, tonight We’ve seen innumerable attempts to make science sexy, but …

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Cyber-Opera

Here’s one of those things that we never thought we’d see: a virtual reality Royal Opera House. Ok, so we haven’t actually seen it yet, but we’ve read about it and it sounds cool: Lighting and design managers at the London-based opera house have spent …

Anti Gravitation Under Clothing and More!

We saw this on Boing Boing yesterday and immediately dispatched Matt to investigate. Alas, many hours later he has yet to emerge from Victorian London dot org. We don’t want to worry his family, but he could have been marked as a plant by some …

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Cogito Ergo Summary: Your Weekly Science Listings

These listings appear every Wednesday. If you want to let us know about any upcoming science or technology events, you can contact us on LondonistSciTech@Gmail.com Event of the Week Isambard Kingdom Brunel: fame and fate, Science Museum It took 1000 men, four years, and 19 …

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TV Troll: Beware The God Squad

And you thought the God Squad was a mere turn of phrase. If the previews for God’s Next Army (Mon 8pm C4) are right, then the Grand Old Party should be on its guard as a Trojan horse of bright young things – bright, utterly …

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Cogito Ergo Summary: Your Weekly Science Listings

These listings appear every Wednesday. If you want to let us know about any upcoming science or technology events, you can contact us on LondonistSciTech@Gmail.com Event of the Week Hearing Colours, Seeing Sounds at the Dana Centre, tonight What flavour is Londonist? Salt and vinegar …

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Cogito Ergo Summary: Your Weekly Science Listings

These listings appear every Wednesday. If you want to let us know about any upcoming science or technology events, you can contact us on LondonistSciTech@Gmail.com Event of the Week Football Fever, Dana Centre, Thursday It’s shameless World Cup tie-in time as the Dana Centre put …

Wax On Wax Off

Let’s face it; waxworks are a load of old bollocks unless they’re run by Vincent Price. It’s the 21st Century… who in their right mind thinks that looking at a mannequin is interesting? At least the Japanese have moved the technology forward so you can …

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Cogito Ergo Summary: Your Weekly Science Listings

These listings appear every Wednesday. If you want to let us know about any upcoming science or technology events, you can contact us on LondonistSciTech@Gmail.com Event of the Week So you want to be a brain surgeon?, Thursday at the Dana Centre Sometimes it’s hard …