Tag Archives: History
Kelly Johnson and Lockheed Story
Inspirational documentary about Kelly Johnson. Remarkably, it ends with a music by Russian composer Tchaikovsky commemorating the victory of Russian people over French aggression against Russia in 1812. I say remarkably because technologies created by Johnson were first of all against Russia. Several quotes from the film: Johnson was willing to accept mistakes as long […]
Wonders of the Clockwork World
This is such a remarkable story and the history of people that I wanted to preserve it for posterity. It is once in a blue moon that someone has a chance to create a masterpiece of art and technology combining them together and this is the story about it. There are few stories like this […]
Malleus Maleficarum: Witchcraft through the Ages
Another interesting book presentation by Mütter Museum. What is described in it was only yesterday. And can we be confident that humans are any better today? Do not humans seek manifestation of demons in others to vilify entire groups of people? How many wars and holocausts based on similar prejudices have humans witnessed in the […]
CRISPR: Gene editing and beyond
These are the latest articles and videos I found most interesting. CRISPR: Gene editing and beyond ‘Star Wars’ parody yields insight into the battle among sperm Epigenetics: Why Inheritance Is Weirder Than We Thought Sputnik – 60 years on from the Start of the Space Race Phone Book from 1880 CRISPR: Gene editing and beyond […]
Genius of the Modern World
These are the latest articles and videos I found most interesting. Genius of the Modern World Letters from Einstein Your Guide to Understanding How CRISPR Works Will Batteries Power the World? Project Apollo Guidance and Navigation ~ 1966 NASA Apollo Digest Knowing that you do not know is the best. Not knowing that you do […]
Cognitive Era: AI (Accessible Intelligence) Comes of Age
These are the latest articles and videos I found most interesting. Cognitive Era: AI (Accessible Intelligence) Comes of Age Electric propulsion: the future by Airbus and Siemens Automatic Motorist (1911) Faraday and Electromagnetism Cognitive Era: AI (Accessible Intelligence) Comes of Age ECE Distinguished Lectureby Bernard S. MeyersonConversation with Dr. Bernard Meyerson, Chief Innovation Officer at […]
History of Local Anaesthesia
These are the latest articles and videos I found most interesting. History of Local Anaesthesia Oxytocin – The Love Hormone Lamborghini’s Brilliant Active Aerodynamics – Huracán Performante Failed Inventions Early Television: “Magic in the Air” 1955 General Motors; Golden Age of TV History of Local Anaesthesia Talk at Gresham College by Dr William Harrop-GriffithsThe transcript […]
Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle
Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle Real or Fake? AI Is Making It Very Hard to Know The Loneliest Place in the Universe Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle In quantum mechanics, the uncertainty principle, also known as Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle or Heisenberg’s indeterminacy principle, is any of a variety of mathematical inequalities asserting a fundamental limit to the precision with […]
Divided Brain and the making of the Western World
These are the latest articles and videos I found most interesting. Divided Brain and the making of the Western World Computer Pioneers Visualising Individual Subatomic Particles Tyndall’s Sky in a Box Experiment Repairing the cornea: let there be sight Murphy’s Law Divided Brain and the making of the Western World The intuitive mind is a […]
Noam Chomsky and Marvin Minsky on the History of Artificial Intelligence
These are the latest articles and videos I found most interesting. Noam Chomsky and Marvin Minsky on the History of Artificial Intelligence The Big Sort: An Insider’s Tour of a Recycling Plant Monkeys have used stone tools for hundreds of years Bio-Inspired Design: Tapping the Silent Flight of Owls History of the Car – From […]
Alan Tatourian 