Zone 7
Fiber Reef
Nine lessons of about three minutes each, every one with a live demo and a quick test.
- How Data Travels×2
- Inside the Computer
- Images, Screens & Games
- Algorithms & Emergence
- Engineering & Machines
- Data & Probability
- Sound, Radio & Information
- Computing History & Legendary Bugs
- 55Programming ConceptsThe Peanut Butter RobotProgramming is giving instructions with zero common sense
- 56Digital ImagingWhy Your Selfie Is FlippedYour front camera shows a mirror, then saves the truth
- 57AlgorithmsSorting RaceThe right method beats a faster computer
- 58Fiber OpticsLight That Bends Around CornersLight can be trapped inside a glass thread
- 59Internet InfrastructureThe Undersea InternetAlmost all intercontinental data travels through cables on the ocean floor
- 60Automotive SafetyCrumple ZonesCars protect people by crushing slowly
- 61ProbabilityThe Gambler's FallacyAfter five heads, the coin still has no memory
- 62Data EncodingBarcodesBlack and white stripes are just numbers in disguise
- 63Web HistoryThe First Website Is Still OnlineYou can still visit the page Tim Berners-Lee published in 1991