Asianometry

Asianometry

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Asianometry episodes

  • The Plates & Tubes Behind Night Vision
    When people talk about night vision devices, they most often mean those reliant on image intensifier technology. These image intensifiers are tubes that receive and intensify ambient light by a significant factor. And inside those tubes is an extremely special glass plate, produced with a number of semiconductor-ish techniques. In this video, a brief look at the creation and evolution of night vision goggles.

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    18 min
  • Looking Back at 2024
    Can you imagine it? Another year is at an end and it is remarkable to think that time has gone by so quickly. I have done a recap video for the past two years. Let's do it again. In today's video, I want to reflect on 2024 and the state of the channel. I am still actually working, haha. But a few minutes to reflect.

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    11 min
  • Rising Seas. Sinking Islands?
    The world’s sea levels are rising, and it will affect many people's lives. But it is those living on the low-lying atoll island nations of the Pacific and Indian oceans who arguably face the most significant disruption. Occasionally, we hear that the rising seas will overwhelm and drown these islands - forcing people to flee to new lands. Do rising seas really mean sinking islands? The evidence doesn't seem to say so. But that doesn't mean that everything is alright.

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    17 min
  • The LNG Cold Energy Opportunity
    LNG is one of the world's fastest growing sources of energy. In 2023, according to the International Gas Union, the countries of the world imported over 400 million tons of LNG. The industry has been growing rapidly as of late. And this growth presents us with a cold opportunity.

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    15 min
  • What Broke Up AT&T?
    AT&T was once America’s biggest private company. In 1980, they had 1,040,000 employees. Including 7,400 Smiths. 5,880 Johnsons. 3,934 Williamses. Over 70% of American households had a telephone. 80% of those telephones came from the Bell System. 90% of the local calls made on those telephones were facilitated by an AT&T affiliated company. Almost 100% of the long distance calls were handled by AT&T itself, using its majestic nationwide network. How does such a company end? In today's video, we take the mightiest corporation the modern world has ever seen - I don't want to hear any meme comments about the East India Company - and break it up.

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    31 min
  • The End of Dennard Scaling
    You have all heard of Moore’s Law. But have you heard of Dennard’s Law? IBM's Robert Dennard invented the 1 capacitor, 1 transistor concept that makes up DRAM. Such a thing sufficiently establishes a semiconductor legacy. But there is one more thing. The man defined a decade of semiconductor scaling. In this video, we explore a scaling trend that lifted an industry.

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    16 min
  • The Computer Revolutionized Weather Forecasting
    Nice day, isn't it? Talking about the weather in California was always a bit drab, because it never really changes. But I have been spoiled. After moving abroad, I find myself very dependent on weather predictions. Such a mundane thing, and yet so immensely important. Accurate weather predictions are a perfect example of the progress enabled by the computer. I script this while watching the rain outside. In this video, we explore how the computer revolutionized the weather forecast.

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    20 min
  • The Antibiotics in Our Wastewater
    In the 1940s, penicillin was so hard to get, that scientists studied how to recycle it from patients' pee. It demonstrates how the human body does a poor job of metabolizing the antibiotics and other pharmaceuticals we ingest. It depends on the drug, but roughly speaking, 25-75% of the antibiotics we consume are excreted. Mostly as urine, due to the drugs' solubility. The average rate is 70%. So considering the thousands of tons of antibiotics we all consume each year, it makes me wonder. What are all those antibiotics in our wastewater doing? And what can we do about it?

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    15 min
  • The Rise of AT&T’s Monopoly
    The story of how Bell became AT&T has it all. Two fundamental patents filed by Alexander Graham Bell, giving one company an airtight monopoly on the next big thing. A historic, miraculously timed deal, taking out that company's only possible competitor. Then a brilliant, high-risk series of consolidations to put together a nationwide long-distance network. It came together to make the biggest company in modern history. In this video, we look back at how AT&T forged a monopoly.

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    30 min
  • What Once Saved Intel
    There is a Buddhist phrase that goes:
    苦海無邊,回頭是岸
    It means, “The sea of bitterness is boundless; turning back is the shore.” Almost forty years ago in 1985, the folks at Intel found themselves on their own sea of bitterness. Millions of dollars in losses. Horrible manufacturing yields. An entire product category under siege. And then somehow, they turned back and found the shore. How? In this video, we look back at how Intel once saved its

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    31 min

About Asianometry

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Newsletter for the Asianometry channel. Studies on Asia - Financials, semiconductors, history, demography, development and other stuff.

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