"... In 1971, three student teachers in Minneapolis, MN created a little computer game about westward expansion in the United States. Over 50 years later, The Oregon Trail series has sold more than 65... continue reading

posted by ant 1 week 5 days ago • 5 views • 1:26:56

This is a bit of a mind-bender, but entirely worth the watch if you're at all interested in mathematics or computer science. Possibly even if you're not, but I'm uncertain. I had previously learned... continue reading

posted by moonsammy 2 years 11 months 1 week ago • 633 views

Professors John Kemeny and Tom Kurtz along with a band of Dartmouth undergraduates invent the Basic computer language.

posted by bobknight33 3 years 1 month ago • 9 views • 38:13

How the new M1 is the fastest CPU to date, even Intel, with so little power consumed.

posted by bobknight33 3 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 118 views • 26:28

YT: Time to tell a story about idempotency, computer science, and the Night of the Multiple Orders.

posted by Fantomas 4 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 41 views • 8:26

YouTube description: Perhaps the most dramatic moment of Apollo 11's mission to the moon was when the Eagle began its final descent to the lunar surface and the Apollo Guidance Computer became overloaded.... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 9 months 1 week ago • 766 views • 7:18

From Youtube, "Paul demonstrates different things you might use as cover in a home defense situation. Paul's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=5769301 This video was edited and uploaded by: Brad Nelson ... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 4 years 10 months ago • 29 views • 19:11

Using foundational computer science theories, Colin Morris focuses on understanding trends in popular music. Borrowing from the areas of bioinformatics and compression algorithms, he shows that the lyrics... continue reading

posted by notarobot 5 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 140 views • 14:23

Measuring time is a complicated thing. Computers, banks, and stock markets in Denmark all use UTC, the international standard: but according to the law, they shouldn't.

posted by Mordhaus 5 years 2 months ago • 316 views • 6:30

YouTube description: You can tell a lot about an animal from the way it moves, which is why scientists have been recreating the movements of an extinct crocodile-like creature called Orobates pabsti.... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 3 months ago • 441 views • 4:19

YouTube description: Behind the Scenes: https://youtu.be/3HABgm-UUi0 Download Skunkworks! http://www.audible.com/Smarter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GET SMARTER SECTION Check out Derek's video... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 855 views • 11:21

"... an educational video produced by The Computer Museum and hosted by David Neil of PBS's Newton's Apple. Join David Neil and his four young companions on an entertaining and illuminating trek through... continue reading

posted by ant 5 years 5 months 4 weeks ago • 30 views • 26:32

Computer-generated videos are getting more realistic and even harder to detect thanks to deep learning and artificial intelligence. As WSJ’s Jason Bellini finds in this episode of Moving Upstream, these... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 5 years 6 months ago • 33 views

youtube- TEDx Talks Published on Sep 7, 2017 Imagine a global "Hive Mind" that can tap the knowledge, wisdom, insights, and intuitions of millions of people, and produce a super-intelligence that is... continue reading

posted by Buck 6 years 7 months 1 week ago • 119 views • 15:59

Plywood is a simple material made by glueing together thin sheets of wood, known as veneers or plies. These basic elements have remained broadly the same throughout its history. The most significant breakthrough... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 7 months 1 week ago • 1,947 views • 6:44

Computers store text (or, at least, English text) as eight bits per character. There are plenty of more efficient ways that could work: so why don't we use them? And how can we fit more text into less... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 64 views • 6:31

YouTube: We live in an era of self driving cars, autonomous drones, deep learning algorithms, computers that beat humans at chess and go, and so on. So it’s natural to ask, will artificial superintelligence... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 297 views • 4:14