UsefulCharts explores the evolution of writing and the Latin alphabet.
Extra Credits explains why adding qubits is not an easy task.
Extra Credits explains the one part of quantum physics that irked Einstein and how they are crucial to quantum computing.
This video is part of a larger series by Extra Credits. I highly recommend watching the whole series.
Real Engineering gets into the technology behind 5G and why it does not cause cancer or COVID-19.
2020 is a census year and we take fast, actionable data analytics for granted.
It wasn’t always easy or fast until the advent of a punchcards brought about by a competition.
YouTube channel standupmaths explains.
Real Engineering takes a closer look at the SR-71’s amazing engineering.
Real Engineering examines what it takes to build low cost ventilators to deal with the COVID-19 crisis.
Real Engineering examines the material science of 3D printing metal and why this is a big deal.
If you’re not familiar with the Wu Tang Clan, they are a rap group originating in the oft forgotten part of New York City called Staten Island.
My father grew up in the same Stapleton neighborhood as the founding members of the Wu Tang Clan.
There was a “throw-away” line of dialogue in the Hulu series “Wu Tang: An American Saga” that goes something like:
If it hadn’t been for winning that race, the island (Staten Island) would have gone to New Jersey and all those [offensive term for Irish American] would have moved here instead of Bayonne”
Having spent much of my formative years in Bayonne and being of half Irish American descent myself, the phrase piqued my curiosity.
Eerily enough, the YouTube algorithm must have also known as they recommended this video, which details the race.
I still remember the first time I saw JavaScript, although at the time it was known as LiveScript and it was part of a beta release of Netscape Navigator. The language has evolved over the years, but it never really lost the “anarchistic feel” of a language that still feels like it’s in beta some 25 years later.