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Intel Finds Moore’s Law’s Next Step at 10 Nanometers
These days, forecasts about the future of Moore’s Law tend to look quite gloomy. But Intel’s outlook—at least for the next few years—is decidedly bright. Sometime in 2017, Intel will ship the first processors built using the company’s new, 10-nanometer chip-manufacturing technology. Intel says transistors produced in this...
Royal Institution Christmas Lectures 2008 – Lecture 3 – The Ghost in the Machine(A quest new year week special)
Professor Chris Bishop examines how software affects nearly every aspect of our lives Computers represent one of the most versatile machines ever invented with the same piece of hardware being used for a huge range of different purposes. However it is the software that brings the machine to...
Tuesday with Bill-If Scientific Discoveries Are Dangerous, Should They Be Censored?’
[wpdevart_youtube width=”640″ height=”385″ autoplay=”0″ theme=”dark” loop_video=”0″ enable_fullscreen=”1″ show_related=”0″ show_popup=”0″ thumb_popup_width=”213″ thumb_popup_height=”128″ show_title=”0″ show_youtube_icon=”0″ show_annotations=”1″ show_progress_bar_color=”red” autohide_parameters=”1″ set_initial_volume=”true” initial_volume=”48″ disable_keyboard=”0″]WFqGkaEh7aM[/wpdevart_youtube] Transcript – Taylor Packard: Hey Bill Nye it’s Taylor Packard. I was wondering what you think about the censorship of scientific discoveries if the discovery could be used...
How to Convince Someone When Facts Fail
Why worldview threats undermine evidence By Michael Shermer | Scientific American January 2017 Issue) Have you ever noticed that when you present people with facts that are contrary to their deepest held beliefs they always change their minds? Me neither. In fact, people seem to double down on...
Royal institution Christmas Lecture 2008-Lecture 2 – Chips with Everything(A quest new year week special)
In his second lecture Professor Chris Bishop reveals the state-of-the-art in computer interaction. More computers are manufactured every year than the world’s total population. But fewer than 1% of these take the form of desktop or laptop computers. As microchips get smaller and faster they are being incorporated...
English we speak
[wpdevart_youtube width=”640″ height=”385″ autoplay=”0″ theme=”dark” loop_video=”0″ enable_fullscreen=”1″ show_related=”0″ show_popup=”0″ thumb_popup_width=”213″ thumb_popup_height=”128″ show_title=”0″ show_youtube_icon=”0″ show_annotations=”1″ show_progress_bar_color=”red” autohide_parameters=”1″ set_initial_volume=”true” initial_volume=”50″ disable_keyboard=”0″]Hm5EVobnal4[/wpdevart_youtube] Rob and Li teach you words and phrases used when you work with computers. Listen to the programme to find out more
Why We Think We Can Keep Those New Year’s Resolutions
When we think about taking action sometime in the future, we tend to neglect the constraints we’ll face when the future actually arrives Here we go again. Year after year, with great confidence each time, we choose all the goals we are going to start pursuing next year....
Royal Institution Christmas Lectures-2008 – Lecture 1 – Breaking the Speed Limit(A quest new year week special)
A little history The CHRISTMAS LECTURES were set up to introduce a young audience to a subject through spectacular demonstrations and they have been inspiring children and adults alike since 1825. They have been given every year since they began, stopping only from 1939 to 1942, during the blitz...