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The First Mac

via The Wrist Watch Review

"36 years ago, Steve Jobs launched the Macintosh, and changed the course of computers forever

Everyone at a computer uses a mouse (or trackpad) to point an arrow on a screen with icons and windows with applications. It’s easy to forget that the future we got wasn’t the only one, or how much of the paradigm we owe to that first machine."

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Neural network racing cars around a track

Published on Jan 4, 2019 Gigante

"Teaching a neural network to drive a car. It's a simple network with a fixed number of hidden nodes (no NEAT), and no bias. Yet it manages to drive the cars fast and safe after just a few generations. Population is 650. The network evolves through random mutation (no cross-breeding). Fitness evaluation is currently done manually as explained in the video."

Quantum Computing Expert Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty | WIRED

Published on Jun 25, 2018 WIRED

"WIRED has challenged IBM's Dr. Talia Gershon (Senior Manager, Quantum Research) to explain quantum computing to 5 different people; a child, teen, a college student, a grad student and a professional."

VR Fox

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What Happens to an Email After You Click "Send"?

Published on Jan 18, 2017 SciShow

"Email is one of the most essential things to our life. But do you actually know what happens when you click the 'send' button, and how it's sent to your friends?

Hosted by: Hank Green"

Google Earth VR — Bringing the whole wide world to virtual reality

Published on Nov 16, 2016

"Introducing Google Earth VR, our next step to help the world see the world. With Earth VR, you can fly over a city, stand at the edge of a mountain, and even soar into space. Google Earth VR is available now on Steam for the HTC Vive. Learn more at g.co/earthvr"

The World's Most Famous Teapot: The Utah Teapot

Published on Nov 21, 2016 Tom Scott

"At the Computer History Museum, in Mountain View, California, there sits a small teapot. It's the world's most famous teapot, after a computer graphics researcher called Martin Newell digitised it. You've probably seen it: here's its story. And thanks to the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California: you can visit them online here: http://www.computerhistory.org/"

Internet to the Arctic: A Greenlandic Relay Station

Published on Sep 22, 2016 Tom Scott

"Jakob emailed me when I said I was headed to the Arctic, offering to help out with a video. I don't think he knew what he was signing up for! Thank you so much to both Jakob Schytz and John Davidsen: we had only a few minutes to film this before I had to be on the last Zodiac boat out of town, so I'm really happy with the result!"

The Nearsightedness Epidemic

Published on Dec 30, 2015 SciShow

"While not the kind of epidemic you're used to hearing about, nearsightedness is becoming a major health issue in many places. Learn about how scientists are finding out the reasons behind the increase in myopia, and how sunlight might be an important component.

Hosted by: Michael Aranda"

Quantum Computers Explained – Limits of Human Technology

Published on Dec 8, 2015 In a Nutshell – Kurzgesagt

"Where are the limits of human technology? And can we somehow avoid them? This is where quantum computers become very interesting."

Why do CPUs Need Caches? - Computerphile

Published on Nov 20, 2015 Computerphile

"We've all heard of web browser caches, but why does a super fast modern CPU need a cache? Because it's too fast. Dr Steve "Heartbleed" Bagley explains."