We've really gone and done it this time by covering 1997's Face/Off.

We have so many question! How can Nicholas Cage's face fit over John Travolta's chin? Can you transplant a face with gentle massage? Are the women okay? Abi and Freda both thought Face/Off was all all-time favourite but 20 years can do a lot to a movie.

Enough with the face touching!

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The Adjustment Bureau (2011). Episode 4 of 5 from our miniseries, 'Nothing is real, except the sheep!'

This series we’re stepping into a Phildickian frame of mind and exploring our perception of reality, identity, drugs and technology? But before we try to solve matters in the middle of the night, we must agree that the best response to reality... Is for us all to go insane. Now, would you like coffee with your empathy box today?

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Jurassic Park (1993) ... we're so excited!

This week we're finally taking a trip to Isla Nublar to walk with the dinosaurs! We're back to the topic of cloning and genetics with a dash of mathematics and an attempt to understand chaos theory! Freda does a Spielberg turnaround, Abi wants a feathered T-Rex and we have Freda's own dino expert Raph in to explain those Velociraptors!

"Scaly and scary!"

Twitter: @movies_science

Instagram: @scienceatthemovies

References, resources and tidbits:

Articles:

• Could scientists bring dinosaurs back to life? - Natural History Museum
• The Real Scientific History Behind the Jurassic Park Dinosaurs - Time
• Paleontology - National Geographic Resource Library
• The Most Ridiculous Scene in Jurassic Park - Slate

Books/Papers:

• Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton
• Penney D, Wadsworth C, Fox G, Kennedy SL, Preziosi RF, et al. (2013) Absence of Ancient DNA in Sub-Fossil Insect Inclusions Preserved in ‘Anthropocene’ Colombian Copal. PLOS ONE 8(9): e73150. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0073150

YouTube:

• Jurassic Park: Color in Storytelling - Youtube, Cosmavoid
• Jeff Goldblum Is Always Up For Explaining Chaos Theory - Youtube, The Late Late Show with James Corden

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Total Recall (1990). Episode 3 of 5 from our miniseries, 'Nothing is real, except the sheep!'

This series we’re stepping into a Phildickian frame of mind and exploring our perception of reality, identity, drugs and technology? But before we try to solve matters in the middle of the night, we must agree that the best response to reality... Is for us all to go insane. Now, would you like coffee with your empathy box today?

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This week, its all about Baymax, the care-giving robot!

The 2002 animated movie Big Hero 6 gave us a lot to smile about. We talk hyperspectral cameras, neurotransmitters, soft robotics and just about everything in between. Plus, we have a bonus counselling session to help you deal with your difficult feeling. Everyone has them!

Long live the space womb!

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A bit of further reading for you

Healthcare robots:

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/medical-robots/home-robot-control-for-people-with-disabilities

https://interestingengineering.com/15-medical-robots-that-are-changing-the-world

https://medicalfuturist.com/robotics-healthcare/

Zora:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/23/technology/robot-nurse-zora.html

Wearable Chair Exoskeleton:

https://venturebeat.com/2016/01/23/this-wearable-chair-from-japan-helps-surgeons-through-long-hours-of-surgery/

Hyperspectral cameras for brain imaging:

https://www.mdpi.com › pdf

Simulating light for Big Hero 6:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RRP6s7MSJc

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Minority Report (2002). Episode 2 of 5 from our miniseries, 'Nothing is real, except the sheep!'

This series we’re stepping into a Phildickian frame of mind and exploring our perception of reality, identity, drugs and technology? But before we try to solve matters in the middle of the night, we must agree that the best response to reality... Is for us all to go insane. Now, would you like coffee with your empathy box today?

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Happy Death Day 2U (2019) ... Yes this movie has science in it!! No for real!!

This week we're talking scifi slashers, the movie genre you never knew you needed! Jessica Rothe is back and we are so here for it. Abi gets to talk about lasers, Freda spirals into another dimension and nobody can explain time loops! If you haven't watched this movie, do it! Even better, go back and watch the first one and listen to our minisode on it!

"Same day, same day"

Twitter: @movies_science

Instagram: @scienceatthemovies

References, resources and tidbits:

Articles:

• The design inspiration for Sissy? - National Ignition Facility
• Deceleration of atoms - 1997 Nobel Prize
• Is our reality just one part of a multiverse? - New Scientist

Papers/Books:

• C.J. Foot, Atomic Physics, Oxford University Press, 2005 - (This is Abi's academic supervisor so you should definitely read this, well if your a physics student and like textbooks...)
• P. J. Ungar, D. S. Weiss, E. Riis, and Steven Chu, "Optical molasses and multilevel atoms: theory," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 6, 2058-2071 (1989) - ( If you really want to learn about Sisyphus!)

YouTube:

• Laser Cooling - Atoms and Sporks (possibly the best video on youtube that explains the process)

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Blade Runner (1982). Episode 1 of 5 from our miniseries, 'Nothing is real, except the sheep!'

This series we’re stepping into a Phildickian frame of mind and exploring our perception of reality, identity, drugs and electronics? But before we try to solve matters in the middle of the night, we must agree that the best response to reality... Is for us all to go insane. Now, would you like coffee with your empathy box today?

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Will Smith teams up with another grumpy old man in Enemy of the State! We just can't stay away.

We're back from a break and, in this episode, Abi and Freda show off their knowledge. We answer every one of your burning questions: Is a dedicated satellite enough to surveil an on-the-run Will Smith? Can you use a pretzel packet to escape the government? Most importantly: Can you rotate us 75 degrees around the vertical, please????

Btw, Lisa Bonet was in the movie....

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Extra content:

3D construction of 2D images

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1906.06543.pdf

Let's Enhance! Supercut

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxq9yj2pVWk

Making of Enemy of the State

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpHhPaVHhxw

Man ditches work with help of Twisties Faraday Cage

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/11/australian-man-uses-snack-bags-as-faraday-cage-to-block-tracking-by-employer/

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Hey SatMs! We're on a short break but we know we can't leave you high and dry!

We're throwing back to our second ever episode, Spectral, and bringing you this companion piece to extend your listening pleasure!

In this minisode Abi talks with a real life Quantum Physicist, David Garrick. There's a lot of lols in this one and David does an excellent job of accurately explaining both Bose-Einstein condensate and why the science in this movie is just straight bonkers!

Grab your hyperspectral goggles!

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