Why are computers getting smaller?
How to read a barcode if it is covered?
How do I find out if the wire has electricity without feeling a shock?
How come there are so many spintronic sensors in a car and I didn’t know?
How spintronic chips can help bacteria detection?
Saturday, 23rd January 2021, at 11:00, Susana Cardoso de Freitas, researcher at Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores para os Microsistemas e Nanotecnologias (INESC MN) and Técnico professor (Department of Physics) will explain us spintronics and how it answers all these questions – and others.
Please send us your questions ahead of time to explicame@tecnico.ulisboa.pt or join us live on Facebook.
ABOUT THE TALKS
“Explain it like I’m 5 – talks at Técnico for children and other curious people of all ages” is designed for young people opening a door to get to know Técnico research and the possibility to ask our scientists a question- even at a distance. Older people can come as well, if the children let them.
On Saturdays, every two weeks, live on Facebook. The talks can be watched later.
Next Talk
20th February 2021 | Ep.16
Tânia Ramos, Centre for Management Studies at IST (CEG-IST)
Past talks
- 23rd May, 11:00
What if I want to build a robot? | Video – Ep.1
Isabel Ribeiro, Institute for Systems and Robotics, ISR Lisboa - 6th June, 11:00
Is zero an odd or even number? | Video – Ep.2
Ana Moura Santos, Center for Functional Analysis, Linear Structures and Applications, CEAFEL - 20th June, 11:00
Does the Universe have an end? | Video – Ep.3
Pedro Abreu, Laboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics, LIP - 4th July, 11:00
Does air belong to all of us? | Video – Ep.4
Marta Almeida, Center for Nuclear Sciences and Technologies, C2TN - 18th July, 11:00
Is there life in other planets? | Video – Ep.5
Zita Martins, Centro de Química Estrutural, CQE - 5th September, 11:00
Can machines think? | Video – Ep.6
Arlindo Oliveira, Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, INESC-ID - 19th September, 11:00
Can a cat make a computer run faster? | Video – Ep.7
Yasser Omar, Instituto de Telecomunicações, IT - 3rd October, 11:00
What is space made of? | Video – Ep.8
Ricardo Schiappa, Center for Mathematical Analysis, Geometry and Dynamical Systems, CAMGSD - 17th October, 11:00
What colour was Napoleon’s white horse? | Video – Ep.9
Ana Mourão, Center for Astrophysics and Gravitation, CENTRA - 31st October, 11:00
Why do molecules like to flirt in tight spaces? | Video – Ep.10
Moisés Pinto, Centre for Natural Resources and Enviroment, CERENA - 14th November, 15:00
Why does the earth shake? | Video – Ep. 11
Mónica Amaral Ferreira, Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability, CERIS - 28th November, 15:00
Why do fireflies light up? | Video – Ep.12
Vasco Bonifácio, Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, iBB - 12th December, 15:00
Which things are things made of? | Video – Ep.13
Ivo de Medeiros Varzielas, Centro de Física Teórica de Partículas, CFTP. - What’s the brightest light ever? | Ep. 14
Gonçalo Figueira, Institute for Plasmas and Nuclear Fusion (IPFN)
More information about the programme – explicame.tecnico.ulisboa.pt.
These talks are organised by the Science Communication Group at Técnico -“ComunicaCiencia”. Science Communication Group – Research Units
Centre for Mathematical Analysis, Geometry, and Dynamical Systems (CAMGSD)
Marine, Environment and Technology Center (MARETEC)
Center for Nuclear Sciences and Technologies (C2TN)
Centre for Innovation, Technology and Policy Research (IN+)
Center for Functional Analysis, Linear Structures and Applications (CEAFEL)
Centre for Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering (CENTEC)
Centre for Management Studies (CEG-IST)
Center of Physics and Engineering of Advanced Materials (CeFEMA)
Centre for Theoretical Particle Physics (CFTP)
Center for Computational and Stochastic Mathematics (CEMAT)
Centro de Química Estrutural (CQE)
Centro de Recursos Naturais e Ambiente (CERENA)
INESC Microsystems and Nanotechnologies (INESC-MN)
Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences (iBB)
Mechanical Engineering Institute (IDMEC)
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores – Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa (INESC-ID)
Institute for Plasmas and Nuclear Fusion (IPFN)
Institute for Systems and Robotics (ISR-Lisboa)
Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT)
Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability (CERIS)
Laboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics (LIP).
