Professors Graham Whitehead and Kevin Warwick came together to speak to around sixty teenagers at Worcester Rugby Club in the UK on various aspects of Information and Communications Technology.
Graham is a Futurologist who worked for British Telecom for over 34 years has extensive experience of digital and communication technology. He is a visiting professor to Salford University and a number of others and won the Queen's Award for Technology for the trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific submarine
cable system.
Kevin is Professor of Cybernetics at the University of Reading, England, where he carries out research in artificial intelligence, control, robotics and biomedical engineering. On Monday 24th August 1998, Professor Kevin Warwick underwent an operation to surgically implant a silicon chip transponder in his forearm to become the worlds first Cyborg. His research explores the possibilities arising from linking humans with machines. In more recent famous experiments he has controlled a robot hand direct from his nervous system and actually directly wired his nervous system to that of his partner just to see what that might feel like.
Both Kevin and Graham are passionate about what they do and are also passionate about education and how the current system limits or constrains the potential of young people. This podcast is a discussion between Graham, Kevin and myself about their views on education and how the system needs to change to ensure that young people can flourish.
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