Research to Reality on TV

As part of National Science Week is a TV series “From Research to Reality”. The first 3 episodes have gone to air already and have been really well received. (WiT (Women in Technology) is featured in one of the episodes.)

The Challenge

Queensland’s science and innovation sector is at the forefront of discovery: from developing a digital system that allows police investigators in the field and scientists in the police lab to share evidence as it comes to hand (just like in the movies) to QUT researchers implementing new surgical techniques.

Yet few people know about it.

We think the public should know – particularly young people who might be thinking about a future in science and technology.

In an alliance with several Episode Sponsors, National Science Week has invested in this documentary series to promote Queensland’s achievements and promote public interest in science and technology. It’s a way to support the creation of new businesses, new industries and new jobs.

Episodes

Each episode is introduced by Dr Geoff Garret, the new Queensland Chief Scientist and are broadcast at 7.00pm each Thursday from March 3rd on 31Digital (channel 44 on the digital spectrum).

They are:

1. So You Have an Idea – Now What?  (profiling Klein Architectural, based in Slacks Creek) … see now on YouTube
2. So You Have an Idea – Now What? (profiling GroundProbe, based in West End) …. see now on YouTube
3. About National Science Week – interviews with Professor Peter Andrews, former Queensland Chief Scientist and Professor Peter Coaldrake, VC QUT
4. Making the Cut – Training Our Surgeons (profiling the Medical Engineering Research Facility at Prince Charles Hospital)
5. The Real CSI – Queensland Police Forensics – Part 1
6. The Real CSI – Queensland Police Forensics – Part 2
7. Women in Technology (profiling outstanding women in biotech and ICT at the WiT awards)
8. The Science in Parenting (profiling Triple P  International  from the University of Queensland)

Further information and short clips from each episode are available at www.31.com.au/nswk.

The National Science Week website is also featuring this on its front page.