From Sci-Fi to Sci-Fact

From light sabres to death stars, just how much of Star Wars is becoming a reality?  Pete Redmond will be taking us through how the latest technologies are blurring the boundaries of science fiction and science fact.
  
Pete Redmond is an inventor, engineer, scientist and robotics guru.   His career spans the fields of real science and the world of TV and movies.  On one side of this duality, he has created award winning robots, patented avionics aircraft systems and currently lectures 3D vision and Augmented Reality at Trinity College Dublin.  On the other side, Pete has consulted on or created amazing special effects and props for movies and TV such as Reign of Fire, King Arthur, Top Gear, Robot Wars, Scrapheap Challenge and many more.  Pete has been a guest on TV talk shows around the world from America to Japan.