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1 online resource (streaming video file) (28 min. 27 sec.) ; 170908962 bytes |
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Introduced by Malcolm TurnbullThis week's program is about a man who's become an international pioneer in a significant but unlikely field. A failed medical school student turned journalist, Peter Ford hit the big time in the US as a CNN anchorman. He travelled extensively and covered many big stories around the world. But beneath the telegenic exterior an 'inner nerd' was lurking. Using his self-taught computer code-writing skills, Peter developed software that enables the most severely disabled people to communicate. His invention has even attracted the interest of Professor Stephen Hawking |
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Broadcast 2013-02-25 at 20:00:00 |
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Classification: NC |
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Communication devices for people with disabilities.
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Computer programmers.
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Programmable controllers -- Computer-aided design.
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Robotics -- Human factors.
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Hawking, Stephen, 1942-.
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Streaming video
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Turnbull, Malcolm, host
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Abolfathi, Peter, contributor
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Ford, Patricia, contributor
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Ford, Toby, contributor
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Loane, Sally, contributor
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McLouglin, Naomi, contributor
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Phillips, Lindsay, contributor
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Rowe, Dominic, contributor
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