I mentioned in a previously  that Chris Bishop ( chief research scientist at Microsoft Cambridge)  from will be presenting the Christmas lectures  at the royal  Institution , this year. You can find more details regarding the lectures below, the theme is the building of the ultimate computer.

http://www.rigb.org/christmaslectures08/

Although the Christmas lectures are aimed at a young audiences  they are extremely well put together and they will be available on line from channel 5 – here.