Peter Hill Explains

In 2004 I programmed cooperative robots. At the heart of such sophisticated programming came down to reengineering 1+1=2 so the operators had a different spacial input and output. It is a thing of awe (for me) that even with the robots talking and cooperating there are many many people who just say you can't make such a break through. It leaves me with a profound sense of peace and awe. MP4 recording     MP3 recording

14 elements which are rather uninspiringly named. Europium gave us colour telly, but has a distant cousin in the Mn. While Gadolium is knock your socks of amazing MP4 recording     MP3 recording

Looking at the Yankee elements in contrast the low key Swedish elements. The making of huge atmospheric tests happened but I can't get my mind around it still MP4 recording     MP3 recording

The story of the US giving Italian scientist hot metal and the subsequent identification of the hole in the middle of my table is just a Hum-dinger. I at least know what I mean when I talk about the different areas of the Periodic Table having different musical themes resulting in a full spectrum of audiance reactions. MP4 recording     MP3 recording

Wow there is another element named after something in space MP4 recording    MP3 recording

Barely 20 minutes later and I realize that Ceres is also the route word in Cereal and remember that Palladium is also named after an asteroid. Crazy table! MP4 recording   MP3 recording

The naming of elements after "Outer Village" and the mixup that is etched in the Table is a great story. The Russian mine official is another great story MP4 recording    MP3 recording

As the dust settles on the old order of Robotics Education an new Global vision emerges leveraging the technological grunt that has evolved in our finest ABB robots. MP4 recording  MP3 recording

For three days the Ando regiment cuts through the jungle to encircle Kampar, and once again the British lose. There is a feeling that the Japanese army might be going soft on atrocities, this is discussed here. Incredible mind set. MP4 recording    MP3 recording

They drive in to KL and talk up their reserve troops MP4 recording     MP3 recording