Zone 5
Quantum Foam
Nine lessons of about three minutes each, every one with a live demo and a quick test.
- How Data Travels
- Images, Screens & Games
- Algorithms & Emergence
- Engineering & Machines
- Data & Probability
- Sound, Radio & Information
- Computing History & Legendary Bugs
- Quantum & Relativity
- AI & Machine Learning
- 37Data CommunicationThe Packet PuzzleYour message is chopped up and rebuilt at the other end
- 38Digital ImagingRolling ShutterWhy your phone bends propellers into banana shapes
- 39AlgorithmsGuess My Number in 7 TriesBinary search halves the possibilities to find your number fast
- 40Civil EngineeringWhy Concrete Needs SteelConcrete is strong under squeezing and weak under stretching
- 41ProbabilitySpot the Fake Coin FlipsPeople faking random flips almost never write long streaks
- 42Error DetectionYour Card's Last Digit Is a Lie DetectorThe final digit of a card number checks all the others
- 43Computing HistoryThe 1890 Census Ran on Punch CardsHoles in cardboard counted a nation, and IBM grew from it
- 44Quantum MechanicsThe Double-Slit SurpriseSingle particles build a pattern only waves should make
- 45Machine LearningNearest NeighborA new item can be classified by the examples most like it