Syllab

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(00:00) Intro

(00:48) The mechanical watch

(07:56) Quartz chronometry

(12:04) Wearable computers

(14:41) Barometer & altimeter

(19:13) Heart rate monitors

(23:14) Trivia: the atomic clock

(25:21) Further reading

(25:35) Outro

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(00:00) Intro

(00:48) An assembly job

(12:54) Gyroscope & accelerometer

(17:27) The Global Positioning System

(21:54) The rise of online map applications

(24:38) Trivia: Biometric identification

(27:48) Further reading

(28:05) Outro

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You can find the written version of this episode at ⁠https://labattu.com/s4c8-the-television/

(00:00) Intro

(00:48) From source to sofa

(03:35) Encoding audio and video

(10:39) TV signal transmission

(16:19) CRT sets

(20:42) Modern display technologies

(27:50) Trivia: electronic paper

(30:55) Further reading

(31:14) Outro

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You can find the written version of this episode at ⁠https://labattu.com/s4c7-the-camera/

(00:00) Intro

(00:48) Exposure & Lens

(10:08) The photographic film

(13:45) Digital sensors

(19:20) Movie and video cameras

(24:45) Trivia: High dynamic range imaging

(26:56) Further reading

(27:17) Outro

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You can find the written version of this episode at ⁠https://labattu.com/s4c6-the-internet/

(00:00) Intro

(00:48) Concept and infrastructure

(05:29) Internet protocols

(08:54) The Web

(14:48) Internet-based communication

(22:22) Data transfer, streaming and the cloud

(25:20) Trivia: Firewalls

(27:08) Further reading

(27:26) Outro

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(00:00) Intro

(00:48) Radio broadcasting

(09:54) Cellular networks

(19:59) Wi-Fi & Bluetooth

(27:55) Communication satellites

(32:28) Trivia: RFID

(34:23) Further reading

(34:41) Outro

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(00:00) Intro

(00:48) Fundamentals of telecommunication infrastructure

(10:11) Multiplexing and addresses

(14:21) Electrical telegraphy

(18:07) The telephone

(22:08) Optical Fibre

(25:38) Trivia: dial-up Internet access

(27:08) Further reading

(27:26) Outro

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(00:00) Intro

(00:48) What makes a machine language

(04:26) Compilation, interpretation and execution

(08:11) Operating Systems and applications

(11:07) User Interfacing and app architecture'

(20:39) Frontend, API and backend

(23:14) Trivia – Natural Language Processing

(24:49) Further reading

(25:12) Outro

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You can find the written version of this episode at ⁠https://labattu.com/s4c2-digital-data-storage/

(00:00) Intro

(00:48) Computer architecture

(06:17) Processor registers and cache

(11:25) RAM and Flash memory

(15:41) Magnetic data storage

(20:57) Optical data storage

(27:21) Trivia: the vinyl record and the cassette

(31:32) Further reading

(31:53) Outro

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(00:00) Intro

(01:32) Boolean algebra

(06:43) Logic gates and digital computing

(13:18) Semiconductors and transistors

(20:16) Integrated circuits and microchip manufacturing

(24:25) Computing efficiency

(27:21) Trivia: Quantum computing

(30:31) Further reading

(30:50) Outro

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