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To date, Project TERMES has been involved with the logistics, planning and production of two TV documentaries and three radio programmes which have been aired, and we have three more TV programmes in progress (two with Sir David Attenborough and one with the Open University), three more radio programmes (involving the World Service and BBC Radio 4) with further newspaper and magazine coverage in preparation. This type of project is termed ‘blue sky’ and the adventurous nature of the work is prominent which accounts for the high level of international media interest to date.

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Media Coverage To Date
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1	UK Broadcasting Company	Aired Sept 2004 - 10 minute preview of the technology. UK Government initiative to highlight UK technology via the international broadcast network.
2	BBC 3 ‘Bionic Buildings’	Aired Feb 2005 – Documentary covering the changing nature of construction in the near future. Research covered under Energy Management solutions for the future.	Click HERE
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3	34 international websites covering the project	Articles supplied by us for a host of websites including German, Italian, French, Spanish.
4	The Guardian	Featured 9^th July 2004
5	The Sunday Observer	Featured 26^th Sept 2004	Click HERE
6	The Financial Times on Sunday	Featured 26^th Sept 2004
7	BBC World Service ‘World Update’	Aired 28^th Sept 2004
8	The Engineer	Featured 14^th October 2004
9	American Scientist online	Project TERMES website www.sandkings.co.uk voted ‘Website of the week’ March 5^th 2005	Click HERE
10	DTI UK watch magazine	Featured 5^th April 2005	Click HERE
11	New York Times and associated news groups	Interview given 5^th April 2005 for feature on research. Article to US publication houses.
12	BBC World Service ‘One Planet’	Aired 21^st April 2005 - feature on the research and its implications for construction industry. Broadcast to over 35 countries.	Click HERE
13	BBC Radio 4 ‘Material World’	Aired 2^nd June 2005 - interview on the research and the geometry of the mounds in a bid to understand termite building principles. Broadcast to over 35 countries.	Click HERE
14	BBC World Service Discovery	Aired 19th October 2005 - feature on 'Animal Engineering' covering the most recent trip to Namibia and the scanning machine and operation	Click HERE

Forthcoming Media Coverage
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1	BBC ‘Life in the Undergrowth’	Sir David Attenborough will cover the termites and the mound structure in Episode 5. Premiering in October 2005	Click HERE
2	BBC 'Wild In Africa'	Ben Fogle and Kate Humble catch up on the latest developments for the TERMES project and witness experiments in the field (going wrong!). Broadcasting February 2006.	Click HERE
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3	BBC Radio 4 ‘The Today Programme’	Planned for recording December 2005 - feature on the research after the scanning procedure to coincide with first discoveries.
4	Online magazines	Interviews are requested for online journal and magazines on a weekly basis. As the first images become available this will increase significantly
5	Public Service Review	Briefing report submitted for government ministers for the long term implications and future technologies for the construction industry
6	Educational Videos	Educational video prepared by Dr Scott Turner called 'What Is Stigmergy?'	Click HERE

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