Your phone might be an essential part of your day-to-day life, but do you know how it actually works? Most people carry around in their pockets a powerful computer, a sophisticated radio transceiver and all sorts of other modern gadgets and gizmos built in to allow you to phone people around the world. We will explore some of the science of mobile phones with Jonathan Hare.

Experiments and demonstrations include measuring the electromagnetic waves and discovering the DTMF*. Bring your own phone and explore some of the science behind it.

Dr Jonathan Hare is a visiting lecturer in science communication in the Physics department at Sussex University. His PhD work with Sir Harry Kroto lead to a method of making the football molecule C60, Buckminsterfullerene. He has worked as a ‘Time Lord’ at the National Physical laboratory working with atomic clocks as well as with British Gas developing a gas powered car. He has been on all the BBC / OU Rough Science (6 series) and Hollywood Science (2 series) TV programmes. He has also appeared on COAST and Horizon TV programmes. He loves making things, juggling, hill walking, amateur radio and painting.

Tuesday 21 February
8pm
Latest Music Bar, 14-17 Manchester Street, Brighton, BN2 1TF
Age 18+
FREE

(*DTMF = dual-tone multi-frequency signal)