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How GPS Works, And How It Got Better Than The Designers Ever Imagined

Scott Manley explains how Civilian GPS was originally supposed to have a precision of 100 meters, but now has reached 1 meter accuracy.

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Apple

Cardiologist’s In-Depth Look at the Apple Watch

Will the Apple Watch save lives? I’m an academic cardiologist & this is an in-depth, unbiased look at the science & implications of the exciting new ECG heart monitor function. Medlife Crisis analyzes the science, the statistics, the medicine and what it may mean for you, if you buy an Apple Watch.

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AI Mathematics

When Computers Write Proofs, What’s the Point of Mathematicians?

Andrew Granville knows that artificial intelligence will profoundly change math. The programming language Lean already plays a role in theorem proving. That’s why the University of Montreal number theorist has started talking to philosophers about the nature of mathematical proof — and how the discipline of mathematics might evolve in the age of AI. Read […]

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AI Science

How a Brain Implant and AI Gave a Woman with Paralysis Her Voice Back

This video is from UC San Francisco (UCSF). Ann is helping researchers develop new brain-computer technology (BCI) that could one day allow stroke survivors like her to communicate more naturally through a digital avatar that resembles a person. The breakthrough technology was developed by researchers from UC San Francisco and UC Berkeley and decodes Ann’s […]

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Interesting Space

How To Get Live Satellite Images Directly From Space

This video is from saveitforparts. By popular request, here’s my attempt at a “simple” how-to starter guide for weather satellite decoding. This was surprisingly difficult to put together, taking me several days and multiple attempts to get it right. It also ended up being over 20 minutes long! According to my recent polls, you the […]

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AI Microsoft

Microsoft & OpenAI CEOs: Dawn of the AI Wars

This video is from Bloomberg Originals. On this episode of The Circuit, Emily Chang sits down with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to hear how AI is shaking up the competition for search. Nadella argues that this new wave of technology is as big as the web browser or the iPhone. Chang also speaks with OpenAI […]

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Space

How We Lost & Found Voyager 2!

Marion Kerr discusses how we briefly lost and re-established contact with Voyager 2, the incredible space probe that’s been traveling…for 46 years!

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Space

Aeolus Crashes Back to Earth!

Marion Kerr  discusses the “assisted crash” of the Aeolus satellite back to Earth and why this crash was never designed to happen.

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Interesting

What Does IQ Actually Measure?

This video is from Veritasium. . IQ is supposed to measure intelligence, but does it? Head to https://brilliant.org/veritasium to start your free 30-day trial, and the first 200 people get 20% off an annual premium subscription. If you’re looking for a molecular modeling kit, try Snatoms – a kit I invented where the atoms snap […]

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