
How Electricity Actually Works
Veritasium conducts an experiment to see how electricity actually flows.
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Will Future Computers Will Be Radically Different?
For decades, digital computers have been dominant, but will that continue to be the case in the future? It wasn’t in the past.
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Is Big Data Getting Too Big?
- Frank
- January 6, 2022
- 1980's
- 80's
- asapscience
- Big Data
- byte
- Computer Science
- Computers
- Data
- Data Center
- data storage
- exabyte
- gigabyte
- information
- information science
- it's ok to be smart
- it's okay to be smart
- its ok to be smart
- its okay to be smart
- itsokaytobesmart
- joe hanson
- PBS
- pbs digital studios
- petabyte
- science
- SciShow
- Smarter Every Day
- Storage
- terabyte
- veritasium
- vsauce
- yottabyte
Exabyte? Petabyte? Yottabyte? What does it all mean? It’s Okay To Be Smart’s Joe Hanson explains in a retro-themed show.
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The Big Misconception About Electricity
Here’s a fascinating riddle of science: do electrons carry energy around a complete conducting loop, transferring their energy to the load or is something else at play?
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How Imaginary Numbers Were Invented
Imaginary numbers come up in the most unlikely places. Quite impressive given that they are “impossible.” But how did math go from reflecting and describing reality to the abstract field we tend to think of it today. Veritasium explains.
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This Robot Walks, Flies, Skateboards, and Slacklines
This is a robot that walks, flies, skateboards, slacklines, and might do much more one day.
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Why You Can’t Drive From Boston To Berlin (Yet)
How do you build an underwater tunnel and could we use one to cross between the continents? In this video, explore Boston to take a look at how engineers create these superstructures.
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Is the Universe is Hostile to Computers?
Can tiny particles from distant galaxies trigger glitches that have caused plane accidents, election interference and game glitches.
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The Surprising Genius of 3D Printed Rockets
3D printing is poised to revolutionize manufacturing. Why not the space industry as well? 3D printed rockets save on up front tooling, enable rapid iteration, decrease part count, and facilitate radically new designs.
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The Longest-Running Evolution Experiment
Veritasium highlights the longest running revolutionary experiment in history. I feel that “Bacteria Fight Club” should be a thing.
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