Making sparks fly
16 Dec 2014
Professor Danielle George is to deliver the 2014 CHRISTMAS LECTURES at the Royal Institution of Great Britain
Danielle will present a demonstration packed, three-part series called 'Sparks will fly: How to hack your home', which will air on BBC FOUR this Christmas at 8pm on the evenings of 29-31 December.
The Professor of Radio Frequency Engineering, who specialises in radio frequency and microwave communications, will reveal how viewers can change the world from their very own home by taking control of the devices we use every day. She will take three great British inventions - a light bulb, a telephone and a motor - and demonstrate how viewers can adapt, transform and 'hack' them to do extraordinary things.
Danielle said: "I want young people to realise that they have the power to change the world right from their bedroom, kitchen table or garden shed."
Filmed in front of a live audience in the iconic theatre at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, the original science events for children were started by Michael Faraday in 1825 and have long been seen as a favourite British Christmas tradition.