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This week, we discuss the new Slate Pickup, Synadia's attempt to reclaim NATS from the CNCF, and the latest DORA AI report. Plus, Google leaves old Nest thermostats out in the cold. 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Send us a textIn this episode of Embedded Insiders, Scott Bibaud, President and CEO of Atomera, explores the rising costs of semiconductor manufacturing and the challenges of scaling to advanced nodes like 3nm and 2nm. He breaks down the diminishing performance gains and the complexity of high-volume semiconductor architectures.Next, Rich and Scot Morrison, Vice President of Shift Left Software Product Management at Siemens EDA, discuss the growing specialization of chip design—and why development tools must evolve to keep up.But first, Rich and I examine Moore's Law and whether the push for ever-smaller chips is truly the best path forward.For more information, visit embeddedcomputing.com

Since it’s the last episode of March, it is definitely time for first quarter recap. Over two hours of tracks from the best albums released over the last three months. There’s plenty of power pop, garage rock, psych, post-punk, punk, and even some straight ahead rock and roll. There are the usual veterans such as Bob Mould, Guided By Voices, Throwing Muses, and The Men, but there are plenty of newer bands such as Dropkick, Private Lives, Transistors, and Dead Bars. (Yes, there is also an inadvertent 2024 record included. My apologies for the mistake.)  For more info, including setlists, head to http://scotthudson.blogspot.com

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Operating at the sub-threshold or near-threshold region? We all want it, but it's so hard to deliver. Why aren't more companies using the sub-threshold region of CMOS transistors? We tell you what's happening behind the scenes.

On today's episode, we talk about the development of one of some of teh most important communication technologies in history, from the telegraph to the transistor, and what the world might be like if we went without them.

Farmer is the Baillie Gifford Professor of Complex Systems at Oxford's Institute for New Economic Thinking. Before joining Oxford in 2012, he worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Santa Fe Institute, where he studied complex systems and economic dynamics. During the 1990s, he took a break from academia to run a successful quantitative trading firm using statistical arbitrage strategies.Farmer has been a pioneer in chaos theory and complexity economics, including the development of agent-based models to understand economic phenomena. His work spans from housing markets to climate change, and he recently authored Making Sense of Chaos exploring complexity science and economic modeling.In This Episode* What is complexity economics? (1:23)* Compliment or replacement for traditional economics (6:55)* Modeling Covid-19 (11:12)* The state of the science (15:06)* How to approach economic growth (20:44)Below is a lightly edited transcript of our conversation. What is complexity economics? (1:23)We really can model the economy as something dynamic that can have its own business cycles that come from within the economy, rather than having the economy just settle down to doing something static unless it's hit by shocks all the time, as is the case in mainstream models.Pethokoukis: What does the sort of economics that people would learn, let's say, in the first year of college, they might learn about labor and capital, supply-demand equilibrium, rational expectations, maybe the importance of ideas. How does that differ from the kind of economics you are talking about? Are you looking at different factors?Farmer: We're really looking at a completely different way of doing economics. Rather than maximizing utility, which is really the central conceptual piece of any standard economic model, and writing down equations, and deducing the decision that does that, we simulate the economy.We assume that we identify who the agents in the and economy are, who's making the decisions, what information do they have available, we give them methods of making the decisions — decision-making rules or learning algorithms — and then they make decisions, those decisions have economic impact, that generates new information, other information may enter from the outside, they make decisions, and we just go around and around that loop in a computer simulation that tries to simulate what the economy does and how it works.You've been writing about this for some time. I would guess — perhaps I'm wrong — that just having more data and more computer power has been super helpful over the past 10 years, 20 years.It's been super helpful for us. We take much more advantage of that than the mainstream does. But yes, computers are a billion times more powerful now than they were when Herb Simon first suggested this way of doing things, and that means the time is ripe now because that's not a limiting factor anymore, as it was in the past.So if you're not looking at capital and labor per se, then what are the factors you're looking at?Well, we do look at capital and labor, we just look at them in a different way. Our models are concerned about how much capital is there to invest, what labor is available. We do have to assign firms production functions that tells, given an amount of capital and labor and all their other inputs, how much can the firms produce? That part of the idea is similar. It's a question of the way the decision about how much to produce is made, or the way consumers decide how much to consume, or laborers decide at what price to provide their labor. All those parts are different.Another difference — if I'm understanding it correctly — is, rather than thinking about economies that tend toward equilibrium and focusing how outside shocks may put an economy in disequilibrium, you're looking a lot more at what happens internally. Am I correct?We don't assume equilibrium. Equilibrium, it has two senses in economics: One is supply equals demand. We might or might not run a model where we assume that. In many models we don't, and if that happens, that's great, but it's an outcome of the model rather than an assumption we put in at the beginning.There's another sense of equilibrium, which is that everybody's strategy is lined up. You've had time to think about what you're doing, I've had time to think about what I'm doing, we've both come to the optimal decision for each of us to make, taking the other one into account. We don't assume that, as standard models typically do. We really can model the economy as something dynamic that can have its own business cycles that come from within the economy, rather than having the economy just settle down to doing something static unless it's hit by shocks all the time, as is the case in mainstream models. We still allow shocks to hit our models, but the economy can generate dynamics even without those shocks.This just popped in my head: To whom would this model make more intuitive sense, Karl Marx or Adam Smith?Adam Smith would like these models because they really allow for emergent behavior. That is, Smith's whole point was that the economy is more than the sum of its parts, that we get far more out of specializing than we do out of each acting like Robinson Crusoes. Our way of thinking about this gets at that very directly.Marx might actually like it too, perhaps for a different reason. Marx was insightful in understanding the economy as being like, what I call in the book, the “metabolism of civilization.” That is, he really did recognize the analogy between the economy and the metabolism, and viewed labor as what we put together with natural resources to make goods and services. So those aspects of the economy are also embodied in the kind of models we're making.I think they both like it, but for different reasons.Compliment or replacement for traditional economics (6:55)There are many problems where we can answer questions traditional methods can't even really ask.The way I may have framed my questions so far is that you are suggesting a replacement or alternative. Is what you're suggesting, is it one of those things, or is it a compliment, or is it just a way of looking at the world that's better at answering certain kinds of questions?I think the jury is out to find the answer to that. I think it is certainly a compliment, and that we're doing things very differently, and there are some problems where this method is particularly well-suited. There are many problems where we can answer questions traditional methods can't even really ask.That said, I think time will tell to what extent this replaces the traditional way of doing economics. I don't think it's going to replace everything that's done in traditional economics. I think it could replace 75 percent of it — but let me put an asterisk by that and say 75 percent of theory. Economists do many different things. One thing economists do is called econometrics, where they take data and they build models just based on the data to infer things that the data is telling them. We're not talking about that here. We're talking about theories where economists attempt to derive the decisions and economic outcomes from first principles based on utility maximization. That's what we're talking about providing an alternative to. The extent to which it replaces that will be seen as time will tell.When a big Wall Street bank wants to make a forecast, they're constantly incorporating the latest jobless claims numbers, industrial production numbers, and as those numbers get updated, they change their forecasts. You're not using any of that stuff?Well, no. We can potentially could ingest any kind of data about what's going on.But they're looking at big, top-down data while you're bottom-up, you're sort of trying to duplicate the actual actors in the economy.That is true, but we can adjust what's at the bottom to make sure we're matching initial conditions. So if somebody tells us, “This is the current value of unemployment,” we want to make sure that we're starting our model out, as we go forward, with the right level of unemployment. So we will unemploy some of the households in our model in order to make sure we're matching the state of unemployment right now and then we start our simulation running forward to see where the economy goes from here.I would think that the advent of these large language models would really take this kind of modeling to another level, because already I'm seeing lots of papers on their ability to . . . where people are trying to run experiments and, rather than using real people, they're just trying to use AI people, and the ability to create AI consumers, and AI in businesses — it would have to be a huge advance.Yes. This is starting to be experimented with for what we do. People are trying to use large language models to model how people actually make decisions, or let's say, to simulate the way people make decisions, as opposed to an idealized person that makes perfect decisions. That's a very promising line of attack to doing this kind of modeling.Large language models also can tell us about other things that allow us to match data. For example, if we want to use patents as an input in our modeling — not something we're doing yet, but we've done a lot of studies with patents — one can use large language models to match patents to firms to understand which firms will benefit from the patents and which firms won't. So there are many different ways that large language models are likely to enter going forward, and we're quite keen to take advantage of those.Modeling Covid-19 (11:12)We predicted a 21.5 percent hit to UK GDP in the second quarter of 2020. When the dust settled a year later, the right answer was 22.1. So we got very close.Tell me, briefly, about your work with the Covid outbreak back in 2020 and what your modeling said back then and how well it worked.When the pandemic broke out, we realized right away that this was a great opportunity to show the power of the kind of economic modeling that we do, because Covid was a very strong and very sudden shock. So it drove the economy far out of equilibrium. We were able to predict what Covid would do to the UK economy using two basic ideas: One is, we predicted the shock. We did that based on things like understanding a lot about occupational labor. The Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles tables about things like, in a given occupation, how close together do people typically work? And so we assumed if they worked closer together than two meters, they weren't going to be able to go to their job. That combined with several other things allowed us to predict how big the shock would be.Our model predicted how that shock would be amplified through time by the action of the economy. So in the model we built, we put a representative firm in every sector of the economy and we assumed that if that firm didn't have the labor it needed, or if it didn't have the demand for its product, or if it didn't have the inputs it needed, it wouldn't be able to produce its product and the output would be reduced proportional to any of those three limiting factors.And so we started the model off on Day One with an inventory of inputs that we read out of a table that government statistical agencies had prepared for each sector of the economy. And we then just looked, “Well, does it have the labor? Does it have demand? Does it have the goods?” If yes, it can produce at its normal level. If it's lacking any of those, it's going to produce at a lower level. And our model knew the map of the economy, so it knew which industries are inputs to which other industries. So as the pandemic evolved day by day, we saw that some industries started to run out of inputs and that would reduce their output, which, in turn, could cause other industries to run out of their inputs, and so on.That produced quite a good prediction. We predicted a 21.5 percent hit to UK GDP in the second quarter of 2020. When the dust settled a year later, the right answer was 22.1. So we got very close. We predicted things pretty well, industry by industry. We didn't get them all exactly right, but the mistakes we made averaged out so that we got the overall output right, and we got it right through time.We ran the model on several different scenarios. At the time, this was in April of 2020, the United Kingdom was in a lockdown and they were trying to decide what to do next, and we tested several different scenarios for what they might do when they emerged from the full lockdown. The one that we thought was the least bad was keeping all the upstream industries like mining, and forestry, and so on open, but closing the downstream, customer-facing industries like retail businesses that have customers coming into their shop, or making them operate remotely. That was the one they picked. Already when they picked it, we predicted what would happen, and things unfolded roughly as we suggested they would.The state of the science (15:06)Mainstream models can only model shocks that come from outside the economy and how the economy responds to those shocks. But if you just let the model sit there and nothing changes, it will just settle down and the economy will never change.I'm old enough to remember the 1990s and remember a lot of talk about chaos and complexity, some of which even made it into the mainstream, and Jurassic Park, which may be the way most people heard a little bit about it. It's been 30 years. To what extent has it made inroads into economic modeling at central banks or Wall Street banks? Where's the state of the science? Though it sounds like you're really taking another step forward here with the book and some of your latest research.Maybe I could first begin just by saying that before Jurassic Park was made, I got a phone call and picked up the phone, and the other end of the line said, “Hi, this is Jeff Goldblum, have you ever heard of me?” I said, “Yeah.” And he said, “Well, we're making this movie about dinosaurs and stuff, and I'm going to play a chaos scientist, and I'm calling up some chaos scientists to see how they talk.” And so I talked to Jeff Goldblum for about a half an hour. A few of my other friends did too. So anyway, I like to think I had a tiny little bit of impact on the way he behaved in the movie. There were some parallels that it seemed like he had lifted.Chaos, it's an important underlying concept in explaining why the weather is hard to predict, it can explain some forms of heart arrhythmias, we use it to explain some of the irregular behavior of ice ages. In economics, it was tossed around in the '90s as something that might be important and rejected. As I described in the book, I think it was rejected for the wrong reasons.I'm proposing chaos, the role it plays in here is that, there's a debate about business cycles. Do they come from outside? The Covid pandemic was clearly a business cycle that came from outside. Or do they come from inside the economy? The 2008 financial crisis, I would say, is clearly one that came from inside the economy. Mainstream models can only model shocks that come from outside the economy and how the economy responds to those shocks. But if you just let the model sit there and nothing changes, it will just settle down and the economy will never change.In contrast, the kinds of models we build often show what we call endogenous business cycles, meaning business cycles that the model generates all on its own. Now then, you can ask, “Well, how could it do that?” Well, basically the only plausible way it can do that is through chaos. Because chaos has two properties: One is called sensitive dependence on initial conditions, meaning tiny changes in the present can cause large changes in the future; but the other is endogenous motion, meaning motion that comes from within the system itself, that happens spontaneously, even in very simple systems of equations.Would something like consumer pessimism, would that be an external shock or would something more internal where everybody, they're worried about the futures, then they stop spending as much money? How would that fit in?If the consumer pessimism is due to the fear of a nuclear war, I would say it's outside the economy, and so that's an external shock. But if it's caused by the fact that the economy just took a big nose dive for an internal reason, then it's part of the endogenous dynamicsI spent many years as a journalist writing about why the market's going up, the market's going down, and by the end of the day, I had to come up with a reason why the market moved, and I could — I wasn't always quite confident, because sometimes it wasn't because of a new piece of data, or an earnings report, they just kind of moved, and I had no real reason why, even though I had to come up . . . and of course it was when I was doing that was when people started talking about chaos, and it made a lot of intuitive sense to me that things seem to happen internally in ways that, at least at the time, were utterly unpredictable.Yeah, and in fact, one of the studies I discuss in the book is by Cutler, Poterba, and Summers — the Summers would be Larry Summers — where they did something very simple, they just got the 100 largest moves of the S&P index, they looked up what the news was the next day about why they occurred in the New York Times, and they subjectively marked the ones that they thought were internally driven, versus the ones that were real news, and they concluded they could only find news causes for about a third of them.There is always an explanation in the paper; actually, there is one day on the top 12 list where the New York Times simply said, “There appears to be no cause.” That was back in the '40s, I don't think journalists ever say that anymore. I don't think their paper allows them to do it, but that's probably the right answer about two-thirds of the time, unless you count things like “investors are worried,” and, as I point out in the book, if the person who invests your money isn't worried all the time, then you should fire them because investors should worry.There are internal dynamics to markets, I actually show some examples in the book of simple models that generate that kind of internal dynamics so that things change spontaneously.How to approach economic growth (20:44)I'm not saying something controversial when I say that technological change is the dominant driver of economic growth, at least for the economy as a whole. You recently founded a company, Macrocosm, trying to put some of these ideas to work to address climate change, which would seem to be a very natural use for this kind of thinking. What do you hope to achieve there?We hope to provide better guidance through the transition. We're trying to take the kind of things we've been doing as academics, but scale them up and reduce them to practice so they can be used day-in and day-out to make the decisions that policymakers and businesspeople need to make as the transition is unfolding. We hope to be able to guide policymakers about how effective their policies will be in reducing emissions, but also in keeping the economy going and in good shape. We hope to be able to advise businesses and investors about what investments to make to make a profit while we reduce emissions. And we think that things have changed so that climate change has really become an opportunity rather than a liability.I write a lot about economic growth and try to figure out how it works, what are the key factors. . . What insights can you give me, either on how you think about growth and, since I work at a think tank, the kind of policies you think policy makers should be thinking about, or how should they think about economic growth, since that seems to be on top-of-mind in every rich country in the world right now?I'm not saying something controversial when I say that technological change is the dominant driver of economic growth, at least for the economy as a whole. And we've spent a lot of time studying technological change by just collecting data and looking for the patterns in that data: What does the technology cost through time and how rapidly is it deployed? We've done this for 50 or 60 technologies where we look at past technological transitions, because typically, as a technology is coming in, it's replacing something else that's going out, and what we've seen are a couple of striking things:One is, many technologies don't really improve very much over time, at least in terms of cost. Fossil fuels cost about the same as they did 140 years ago once you adjust for inflation. In fact, anything we mine out of the ground costs about the same as it did a hundred years ago.In contrast, solar energy from solar photovoltaic panels costs 1/10,000th what it did when it was introduced in the Vanguard satellite in 1958. Transistors have been going down at 40 percent per year, so they cost about a billionth of what they did back in 1960. So some technologies really make rapid progress, and the economy evolves by reorganizing itself around the technologies that are making progress. So for example, photography used to be about chemistry and film. Photography now is about solid-state physics because it just unhitched from one wagon and hitched itself to another wagon, and that's what's happening through the energy transition. We're in the process of hitching our wagon to the technologies that have been making rapid progress, like solar energy, and wind energy, and lithium ion batteries, and hydrogen catalyzers based on green energy.I think we can learn a lot about the past, and I think that when we look at what the ride should be like, based on what we understand, we think the transition is going to happen faster than most people think, and we think it will be a net saving of moneySo then how do you deal with a wild card, which I think if you look at the past, nuclear power seems like it's super expensive, no progress being made, but, theoretically, there could be — at least in the United States — there could be lots of regulatory changes that make it easier to build. You have all these venture capital firms pouring money into these nuclear startups with small reactors, or even nuclear fusion. So a technology that seems like it's a mature technology, it might be easy to chart its future, all of a sudden maybe it's very different.I'm not arguing we should get rid of nuclear reactors until they run their normal lifetime and need to be gotten rid of, but I think we will see that that is not going to be the winning technology in the long run, just because it's going to remain expensive while solar energy is going to become dirt cheap.In the early days, nuclear power had faced a very favorable regulatory environment. The first nuclear reactors were built in the '50s. Until Three Mile Island and Chernobyl happened, it was a very regulatorily friendly environment and they didn't come down in cost. Other countries like France have been very pro-nuclear. They have very expensive electricity and will continue to do so.I think the key thing we need to do is focus on storage technologies like green hydrogen. Long-term storage batteries have already come down to a point where they're beginning to be competitive; they will continue to do so. And in the future, I think we'll get solid-state storage that will make things quite cheap and efficient, but I don't think small modular reactors are going to ever be able to catch up with solar and wind at this point.On sale everywhere The Conservative Futurist: How To Create the Sci-Fi World We Were PromisedMicro Reads▶ Economics* United States Economic Forecast - Deloitte* The Hidden Threat to National Security Is Not Enough Workers - WSJ▶ Business* DOGE Can't Do It All. 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Brian, Blake, and Richard are back for Episode 540 of the Chasing Tone Podcast -  Crazy looper pedals, the Fuzz Bender wars, and triple transistors  There can be no avoiding the recent news from JHS where they announced the re-vamped Ross pedals line is to be no more and the guys attempt to do the subject justice via the medium of mountain dew. Opinions are given. Stupidity occurs. Blake has been posting on threads and appears to break Richard's brain. Didn't take much if truth be told.Richard has a problem with a certain guitar company's branding and cannot keep it to himself. This somehow leads into a conversation about Brian's physical properties and it gets very weird for a hot minute. Richard treats us to some switch based ASMR thanks to our friend Sean from Gunstreet wiring and frustrates Brian with his silly accent.The recent passing of Vic Flick has got the guys looking into fuzz schematics and Brian looks a bit onto the design of the Tone bender and the Maestro FZ-1 which somehow involves Terry and Debra. Meanwhile Matthews Effects have released an awesome looking pedal that Blake has desires on and Brian loves the LED rings. The guys then talk about one of the smallest pedals ever.   Fixed fights, Johnny Guitarfeller, Martinsville never forgets, Depth Charge, Funky dialects...it's all in this week's Chasing Tone!We are on Patreon now too!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/chasingtonepodcast)Awesome Course, Merch and DIY mods:https://www.guitarpedalcourse.com/https://www.wamplerdiy.com/Find us at:https://www.wamplerpedals.com/https://www.instagram.com/WamplerPedals/https://www.facebook.com/groups/wamplerfanpage/Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdVrg4Wl3vjIxonABn6RfWwContact us at: podcast@wamplerpedals.comSupport the show

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Christopher & Jobst im Gespräch mit Friedel. Wir reden über die Haltung von Punk, gern Dilettant sein, Erinnerung spielt keine große Rolle, versuchen Fehler zu vermeiden, 49 Songs in 2 Wochen, ein NDW-Krimi, Gedanken im Flugzeug, eine Turnhalle im Sauerland, ne alte Wanderklampfe mit hoher Saitenlage, eine geklautes Beatles-Album von Udo Jürgens, Handwäsche und kein Kühlschrank, Vater las den Spiegel, eine bessere Welt wollen, die Farben kommen im Alter, mehr Solidarität in den 70ern, Verantwortung für eigenes Handeln übernehmen, "Linke Spießer" von Slime, Fiedel Friedels Feierabendshow, Herbert Grönemeyer baut seine Gesangsanlage auf, der Joghurt-Song, Bochum wurde gemieden, der erste 5-Mark-Schein, ein Demo für den Trikont-Verlag in München, aggressive Ansagen im Vorprogramm von Hans-A-Plast, der Szene-Hit "Jetzt wird wieder in die Hände gespuckt", gefühlte Wahrheiten in Lesebriefen, Erfahrungen auf Facebook, "Hallo, hier ist RTL", niemals im Dschungelcamp, ein großes musikalisches Herz, Graham Parker & Ramones, nach dem Demo gings bergab, ein Cannabis-Informationsgespräch beim Arzt, eine fast shakespearige Tragik ums Kiffen, die kurze Karriere der Transistors, das Bambule in Braunschweig, keine Popstars in Hagen, Kai Hawaiis Bild auf Heiße Zeiten, The Tubes, ein angeblicher Song zur Bundestagswahl, eindeutige Konsumkritik, die Bombendrohung bei Rock am Ring, die Songversionen von Almklausi, versuchen Songs zu machen die missverstanden werden, gern getrunken haben, eine Mark im Getränkeautomat, seit 27 Jahren kein Alkohol, Suchtverlagerung zum Kiffen, ziemlich schlimm Arthrose, partnerschaftliche Arbeitsteilung, Leben in LA, Playback-Auftritte zu zweit, eine Benefiz-CD mit den Abstürzenden Brieftauben, die fünf geplanten Geier Sturzflug-Alben, nicht zum Musik hören kommen, keine Zeit für Netflix, das Gefühl von Stolz gar nicht kennen, uvm. Drei Songs für die Playlist: 1) Ein Lieblings-Punk-Song von Friedel: RAMONES - Sheena is a Punkrocker 2) Ein GEIER STURZFLUG-Song, den mehr Leute kennen sollten: Alles im Eimer 3) Ein Song, der Friedel gute Laune macht: DR FEELGOOD - Milk & Alcohol

Shmuel Bachinsky, CEO and co-founder of Quantum Transistors, a second-generation quantum computing company aiming to build the “8086” of quantum computing, is interviewed by Yuval Boger. Shmuel discusses the company's focus on using diamond-based solid-state spin qubits combined with silicon photonics and CMOS control planes, aiming to build a scalable quantum processor. He contrasts this approach with the challenges of silicon-based qubits, emphasizing higher operating temperatures and the potential for better two-qubit gate fidelity. Shmuel shares insights on scalability, funding, and future growth, and much more

Über den größten Fälschungsskandal in der Physik der letzten 50 JahreEin Standpunkt von Anke Behrend.Jan Hendrik Schön, geboren im August 1970 in Verden an der Aller, entwickelte sich in den späten 1990er-Jahren zu einer der vielversprechendsten Persönlichkeiten in der Nanotechnologie und Festkörperphysik. Nach seinem Studium an der Universität Konstanz promovierte er 1997 zum Thema Solarzellen. Obwohl er nicht die erhofften Ergebnisse erzielen konnte, erhielt er das Prädikat »magna cum laude« (1). Hendrik Schön galt als fleißig, diszipliniert, bescheiden und durchschnittlich begabt. Nichts deutete darauf hin, dass er wenige Jahre später im Zentrum der internationalen Aufmerksamkeit stehen und den gesamten Wissenschaftsbetrieb sowie das Ansehen eines namhaften Forschungsinstituts nachhaltig erschüttern würde.„Schön war der Einzige, der zu diesem Zeitpunkt gerade fertig war, und so habe ich ihn den Bell Labs vorgeschlagen.“ — Ernst Bucher (2)Nach seiner Promotion an der Uni Konstanz trat Schön im Sommer 1998 ein Praktikum in den USA bei den ehrwürdigen Bell Labs an, wo er von seinem Doktorvater, dem Konstanzer Photovoltaik-Experten Ernst Bucher (3), als bester Student und „Nummer eins“ angekündigt worden sein soll. Tatsächlich war er allerdings der Einzige, der gerade zur Verfügung stand. Und so ergriff er die Chance seines Lebens (2).Unter hohem Erwartungsdruck arbeitete Schön bald in New Jersey als Mitarbeiter in einer Forschungsgruppe des Festkörperphysikers Bertram Batlogg (4), einem ehrgeizigen „Hans Dampf in allen Gassen“, der zu diesem Zeitpunkt unter anderem eine Professur an der ETH Zürich innehatte. Batlogg hatte sich zum Ziel gesetzt, die herkömmlichen, auf Silizium basierenden Halbleiter durch kohlenstoffbasierte zu ersetzen und damit den Markt für Nanotechnologie zu revolutionieren – versprachen doch diese organischen Halbleiter viel kleinere Bauweisen, weniger Wärmeentwicklung und würden die Elektronik revolutionieren. Sogar Transistoren auf Molekülebene sollten möglich sein.Die Bell Labs, gegründet 1925 als Forschungs- und Entwicklungsarm der American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) und benannt nach dem Erfinder des Telefons – dies ist strittig, aber eine andere Geschichte –, diese Bell Labs also waren seit vielen Jahrzehnten ein weltweit führendes Zentrum für Hightech und Physik. Als eines der wenigen nicht-universitären Forschungszentren standen sie auf der Liste der meisten Nobelpreisträger recht weit vorn. Sie zeichneten verantwortlich für die Erfindung des Transistors, der 1947 von John Bardeen, Walter Brattain und William Shockley entwickelt worden war. Alle drei Forscher erhielten 1956 den Nobelpreis für Physik. Ebenfalls in den Bell Labs entwickelte Claude Shannon die Informationstheorie. Arno Penzias und Robert Wilson entdeckten die kosmische Hintergrundstrahlung und wurden dafür 1978 mit dem Nobelpreis ausgezeichnet. Auch das legendäre Betriebssystem UNIX stammt aus den Bell Labs. Mittlerweile wurden für die in den Bell Labs durchgeführten Forschungsarbeiten zehn Nobelpreise und mehrere Turing Awards verliehen (5).... hier weiterlesen: https://apolut.net/der-nestbeschmutzer-von-anke-behrend Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, host Jorden Guth is joined by the loudspeaker legend himself, Dr. Floyd Toole, whose research at Canada's National Research Council (NRC), followed by his tenure at Harman International, resulted in arguably more improvements to the fidelity of audio we hear at home than anything attributable to any one person. In this first of our two-part discussion, Dr. Toole discusses his path from university to the NRC and right up to the onset of the Athena project, where we'll pick up in the second part. Sources: “Canada's NRC: A Forthcoming Look at Its Role in the Advancement of Canadian Loudspeaker Design” by Doug Schneider: https://www.soundstagehifi.com/index.php/opinion/1849-canadas-nrc-a-forthcoming-look-at-its-role-in-the-advancement-of-canadian-loudspeaker-design “The Loudspeaker Class of '74: A Canadian Reunion” by Doug Schneider: https://www.soundstagehifi.com/index.php/opinion/1866-the-loudspeaker-class-of-74-a-canadian-reunion “Floyd Toole, NRC, SoundStage!—Filming of Our Upcoming Documentary” by the soundstagenetwork on YouTube: https://youtu.be/k8ykCTEOhZI?si=BfcmIAWg1s6BKyQm Chapters: 00:00:00 Announcement 00:00:28 Introductions 00:04:39 The dawning of the age of the transistor 00:11:05 Two ears and a brain 00:21:28 A fateful interview 00:27:58 Music break: "Turkish March” by T. Bless & the Professionals 00:29:24 Friday afternoon experiments 00:33:54 The differences between musicians and audiophiles 00:38:54 An industry operating without rules 00:49:45 What can we learn from a set of data? 00:54:01 “When I Get Home” by Brian Claxton

On today's episode, The History Guy tells two stories about important inventions that have become part of the foundation of modern life. First he tells the story of celluloid, the material that jumpstarted the plastic revolution. Then he tells the story behind nearly all of our modern electronics: Transistors.

The TOP 5 Jellybean Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJT) 00:00 – What is a Jellybean Component? 01:30 – Low Power BJT: 2N3904 / 3906, SMD Marking 1A 06:49 – 2N2222 08:52 – BC547 fanboys 09:28 – Medium Power BJT: FMMT617-619 / 717-719 12:27 – SS8050 / 8550 15:08 – High Power BJT: 2N3055 / 2955 17:09 …

Are new radios better than old ones? What are the features we really love on our newer radios that the old ones doesn't have? Is the G90 the best radio ever made? This and much more in this episode of TEHRS! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our cell module we're working with now uses a low-voltage IO core, and when we read the datasheet it helpfully lets us know that we should be using transistors to 'level / current shift' the LED driving outputs. BJT's require a lower voltage to turn on, but they need resistors to help bias - which turns a single component into a 3-piece network. To make our board more compact, let's take a look at 'pre biased' transistors - they come in common packages like SOT-23 and a wide range of resistor configurations! See the chosen part on DigiKey https://www.digikey.com/short/zr9d2j2n Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord Subscribe to Adafruit on YouTube: http://adafru.it/subscribe New tutorials on the Adafruit Learning System: http://learn.adafruit.com/ -----------------------------------------

-Next Level BS: https://www.autoevolution.com/news/betavolt-promises-an-atomic-energy-battery-that-works-for-50-years-without-charging-227764.html -B free BS: https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/mits-breakthrough-self-powered-sensor-harvests-energy-from-the-air -More updates on solid state cooling: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/ssd-active-cooling-tech-keeps-getting-better -The Rabbit R1 is an interesting AI gadget from CES: https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/9/24030667/rabbit-r1-ai-action-model-price-release-date -A vaccine for cancer actually sounds real: https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/01/21/2224220/potential-cancer-vaccine-entering-stage-3-trials?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed -Galaxy S24 and S24 Plus announced: https://www.engadget.com/galaxy-s24-and-s24-plus-hands-on-samsungs-ai-phones-are-here-but-with-mixed-results-180008236.html?src=rss -JP Morgan has 45 billion cyber attacks a day: https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/01/17/1423212/jpmorgan-suffers-45-billion-cyber-attacks-a-day?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed -Thermal transistors will be the next big thing: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-finally-invent-heat-controlling-circuitry-that-keeps-electronics-cool1/ -I wish I could quit you TikTok https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/12/tiktok-requires-users-to-forever-waive-rights-to-sue-over-past-harms/ -HP is trying to channel their inner Tim Cook to justify their poopy printer cartridge policy https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/01/22/2015253/hp-ceo-evokes-james-bond-style-hack-via-ink-cartridges -New AI Features in Google Chrome: Google is integrating new artificial intelligence features into its Chrome browser, including an “Organize Similar Tabs” feature for automatic grouping of tabs, AI-created wallpapers, and an AI-powered writing assistant for text fields in the browser. https://bgr.com/tech/google-is-building-even-more-ai-features-into-chrome-heres-whats-new/  

This week we talked to UK music scribe Camilla Aisa (Shindig, Rock Collector) about the 2020 music documentary ‘Sisters With Transitors.'  We discuss how 2 seconds of a Suzanne Ciani composition might be one of the most perfect pieces of music of all time, pop thievery vs. true innovators, music that can transform your life, and Camilla's dissertation on the garage/psych music scenes of the Pacific NW. So, let's pull some wires and turn the dial as we discuss one of the greatest music documentaries of all time.CAMILLA AISA:https://twitter.com/camillaaisahttps://www.instagram.com/camillaaisaTheme by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.comArtwork by Jeff T. Owenshttps://linktr.ee/mymetalhandHost Chris Slusarenko (Eyelids, Guided By Voices, owner of Clinton Street Video rental store) is joined by actors, musicians, comedians, writers & directors who each week pick out their favorite music documentary, musical, music-themed fiction film or music videos to discuss. Fun, weird, and insightful, Revolutions Per Movie is your deep dive into our life-long obsessions where music and film collide.New episodes of Revolutions Per Movies are released every Thursday, and if you like the show, please rank and review it on your favorite podcast app.Thanks! Click here to get EXCLUSIVE BONUS WEEKLY Revolutions Per Movie content on our Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, Sam and Deboki are taking a look back at a handful of their favorite episode moments from the second year of Tiny Matters. And it just so happens to also be episode 50! Asteroid updates, atom-sized transistors, a world without photosynthesis, and more! Have suggestions for topics for 2024? Email us! tinymatters@acs.org. Pick up a Tiny Matters mug here! All Tiny Matters transcripts are available here.

On this episode of Embedded Insiders, Paul Fischer, senior principal engineer in the Components Research Department at Intel, discusses the trends and challenges surrounding transistor scaling and backside power. So, ICYMI, these were some of the the top technical research breakthroughs Intel presented this year at IEDM. Then, Rich and Vin are joined by Lattice Semiconductor's Senior Director, Gordon Hands, to talk FPGAs. Specifically, today's landscape surrounding the mid-range market of FPGAs.But first, Rich and Ken are spilling their 2024 predictions... stay tuned. 

Two adult and one teenage man friends gather around to write Steam bios Discord server - https://discord.gg/X94h4XWKMQ Timestamps 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:15 The new Trinomial Podcast 00:08:40 Rishat's Steam bio 00:15:40 Rishat'er net chole giyesilo 00:17:10 Castlevania Nocturne (Contains spoilers) 00:40:20 Fictional characters we used to like 01:05:40 Amagor genre ki? 01:09:50 Forced haga 01:13:55 Ustad shobshomoy kharao shopno dekhe 01:18:00 Transistors are magic and Rishat's favorite drink 01:33:30 Things we hate corner 01:39:50 Outro Things mentioned Trinomial Podcast - https://youtube.com/@TheTrinomialPodcast?si=Mu64pTjR04JcEcon Castlevania Nocturne (Cartoon) - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castlevania:_Nocturne Tom and Jerry (Cartoon) - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_and_Jerry Dragon Ball (Anime) - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Ball Ben 10 (Cartoon) - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_10 Dhoom 2 (Film) - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhoom_2 Prince (Hindi film) - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_(2010_film) Deltora Quest (Cartoon) - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deltora_Quest_(TV_series) Uncle from Another World (Anime) - https://myanimelist.net/anime/49220/Isekai_Ojisan Listening to the show on iTunes/Spotify/Google Podcasts/YouTube really helps the podcast gain exposure iTunes - http://bit.ly/DUHonApplePodcasts Spotify - http://bit.ly/DUHonSpotify Google Podcasts - http://bit.ly/DUHonGooglePodcasts Saavn - https://bit.ly/DUHonSaavn YouTube - http://bit.ly/DUHonYouTube 2nd channel - http://bit.ly/DUHBoysOnYouTube Support the podcast through Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/duhabp or bKash or Nagad +8801943914563 DUH on social medias: Facebook page - https://bit.ly/DUHonFacebook Instagram - https://bit.ly/DUHonInstagram Twitter - https://bit.ly/DUHonTwitter TikTok - http://bit.ly/DUHonTikTok Apurbo YouTube - http://bit.ly/ApurbosYouTube Instagram - http://bit.ly/ApurbosInstagram Twitter - http://bit.ly/ApurbosTwitter MyAnimeList - https://myanimelist.net/profile/ApurboTheA1 Grouvee - https://www.grouvee.com/user/105735-ApurboTheA1/ Rishat YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFwHfBWsOZEW3cKFh_BWZaw YouTube - https://youtube.com/channel/UCJ2S-k0MBh3Pn5Jhdq_s1OA Ishmum Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCssbWLyz9JYIbGGGxxknnOg Instagram - https://instagram.com/kuddus.mia.42069?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Twitter - https://twitter.com/Beeg_Nontu MyAnimeList - https://myanimelist.net/profile/BeegNontu Grouvee - https://www.grouvee.com/user/123182-Dipjolfan42069/ Bangladesh, Bangladeshi, Bangladeshi podcasts, Podcasts in Bangladesh, Bangla podcast, Bengali podcast, Podcast Bangla, Podcast, Bengal podcast, What is podcast Bangla, DUHABP, Ashrafuzzaman Apurbo, eatabrick, Some retard, duhabp #DUHABP #BengaliPodcast #BangladeshiPodcast #BanglaPodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/duhabp/message

In 2011, Marc Andreessen said, “software is eating the world.” And in the last year, we've seen a new wave of generative AI, with some apps becoming some of the most swiftly adopted software products of all time.So if software is becoming more important than ever, hardware is following suit. In this episode – the first in our three-part series – we explore the terminology and technology that is now the backbone of the AI models taking the world by storm. We'll explore what GPUs are, how they work, the key players like Nvidia competing for chip dominance, and also… whether Moore's Law is dead?Look out for the rest of our series, where we dive even deeper; covering supply and demand mechanics, including why we can't just “print” our way out of a shortage, how founders get access to inventory, whether they should own or rent, where open source plays a role, and of course… how much all of this truly costs! Topics Covered:00:00 – AI terminology and technology03:44 - Chips, semiconductors, servers, and compute04:48 - CPUs and GPUs06:07 - Future architecture and performance07:01 - The hardware ecosystem09:05 - Software optimizations12:23 - What do we expect for the future?14:35 - Upcoming episodes on market  and cost Resources: Find Guido on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/appenz/Find Guido on Twitter: https://twitter.com/appenz Stay Updated: Find a16z on Twitter: https://twitter.com/a16zFind a16z on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/a16zSubscribe on your favorite podcast app: https://a16z.simplecast.com/Follow our host: https://twitter.com/stephsmithioPlease note that the content here is for informational purposes only; should NOT be taken as legal, business, tax, or investment advice or be used to evaluate any investment or security; and is not directed at any investors or potential investors in any a16z fund. a16z and its affiliates may maintain investments in the companies discussed. For more details please see a16z.com/disclosures.

In this episode, we dive deep into the intersection of AI, altered states of consciousness, and art. We explore how artists are using AI as a new medium for creative expression, and how AI's unique 'state of consciousness' opens up new possibilities for art. We also grapple with the ethical implications of AI in art, questioning notions of authorship and authenticity. Join us on this exciting adventure as we navigate the uncharted waters of AI and altered states of consciousness in art.We also speak about following artists#Mario Klingemann#Refik Anadol#Sougwen Chung#Anna Ridler#Harold CohenApple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/arteetude-west-cork-s-first-art-fashion-design-podcast/id1527081647Spotify Podcasthttps://open.spotify.com/show/3eBv4E5qgW8Vot0oojAr1tArTEEtude is a podcast created and produced by Detlef Schlich that explores the intersection of art, digital culture, and true stories in West Cork. Schlich, a multi-disciplinary artist, operates his podcast with a cross-sectoral approach, believing that a visual artist should think beyond being just an antagonist and instead strive to be a protagonist. Through this podcast, he dives into the unknown depths of the creative mind to uncover new perspectives and ideas.Detlef Schlich is a podcaster, visual artist, filmmaker, ritual designer, and media archaeologist based in West Cork. He is recognized for his seminal work, including a scholarly examination of the intersections between shamanism, art, and digital culture, as well as his acclaimed video installation, Transodin's Tragedy. He primarily works in performance, photography, painting, sound, installations, and film. In his work, he reflects on the human condition and uses the digital shaman's methodology as an alter ego to create artwork. His media archaeology is a conceptual and practical exercise in uncovering the unique aesthetic, cultural and political aspects of media in culture.WEBSITE LINKS Detlef SchlichInstagramDetlef Schlich ArTEEtude I love West Cork Artists FacebookDetlef Schlich I love West Cork Artists Group ArTEEtudeYouTube Channelsvisual PodcastArTEEtudeCute Alien TV official WebsiteArTEEtude Detlef Schlich Det Design Tribal Loop Download here for free Detlef Schlich´s Essay about the Cause and Effect of Shamanism, Art and Digital Culturehttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/303749640_Shamanism_Art_and_Digital_Culture_Cause_and_EffectSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/arteetude-a-podcast-with-artists-by-detlef-schlich/donations

Very large-scale integration technology (VLSI) is the magic that helps us cram a huge amount of electronic components onto a tiny microchip, enabling the creation of smaller and more powerful electronic devices that we use in our daily lives. VLSI technology is a continually evolving field, and new advancements and innovations continue to be made by researchers and engineers worldwide. Carver Mead, the 2022 Kyoto Prize Laureate in Advanced Technology is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of modern microelectronics having made significant contributions to the field of VLSI technology and semiconductor devices. Mead is joined by John Smee and Sanjay Jha for a roundtable discussion hosted by UC San Diego professor Andrew Kahng to demystify the technology and explore future possibilities for VLSI. Series: "Computer Science Channel" [Science] [Show ID: 38823]

Very large-scale integration technology (VLSI) is the magic that helps us cram a huge amount of electronic components onto a tiny microchip, enabling the creation of smaller and more powerful electronic devices that we use in our daily lives. VLSI technology is a continually evolving field, and new advancements and innovations continue to be made by researchers and engineers worldwide. Carver Mead, the 2022 Kyoto Prize Laureate in Advanced Technology is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of modern microelectronics having made significant contributions to the field of VLSI technology and semiconductor devices. Mead is joined by John Smee and Sanjay Jha for a roundtable discussion hosted by UC San Diego professor Andrew Kahng to demystify the technology and explore future possibilities for VLSI. Series: "Computer Science Channel" [Science] [Show ID: 38823]

Very large-scale integration technology (VLSI) is the magic that helps us cram a huge amount of electronic components onto a tiny microchip, enabling the creation of smaller and more powerful electronic devices that we use in our daily lives. VLSI technology is a continually evolving field, and new advancements and innovations continue to be made by researchers and engineers worldwide. Carver Mead, the 2022 Kyoto Prize Laureate in Advanced Technology is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of modern microelectronics having made significant contributions to the field of VLSI technology and semiconductor devices. Mead is joined by John Smee and Sanjay Jha for a roundtable discussion hosted by UC San Diego professor Andrew Kahng to demystify the technology and explore future possibilities for VLSI. Series: "Computer Science Channel" [Science] [Show ID: 38823]

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"Manchester in a poem, from industry, to the destruction and rebirth, where history is washed away. Transistors did clash Through ones and zeros From thermionic heat to Compute through brick Spires and forgotten mills and putrid Whistles and punched faced cards Crash! from the unforgiving Managed trash only to be Sold down that Medlock To emerge Through troubled  Culture to produce that hacienda excess to some striped factory floor Producing that firework for the world to become just a  blue plaque To high rise ideas where Misguided Discarded Manufactured Memories are forged into Living spaces for those who spicerly dissaprove of this and that Noisy past To this now where What? To the next when Where? Manchester has and always will Become" Cathedral Gardens water feature reimagined by Jonathan Ogara.

Carver Mead is a pioneer of modern microelectronics. He proposed a new methodology, very large-scale integration (VLSI), that would make it possible for creating millions or billions of transistors on a single integrated circuit (microchip). His research investigated techniques for VLSI, designing and creating high-complexity microchips. This design process has advanced electronic technologies and transformed the lives of most of the people inhabiting our planet. Mead also paved the way to VLSI design automation and facilitating the revolutionary development of today's VLSI-based electronics and industry. For his work and contributions, Mead was awarded the 2022 Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology. In his talk entitled, "Engineering Concepts Clarify Physical Law" Mead will discuss a simplified theory that might serve as an entry point for further development by generations of young people who feel disenfranchised by the existing establishment. Series: "Computer Science Channel" [Science] [Show ID: 38572]

Carver Mead is a pioneer of modern microelectronics. He proposed a new methodology, very large-scale integration (VLSI), that would make it possible for creating millions or billions of transistors on a single integrated circuit (microchip). His research investigated techniques for VLSI, designing and creating high-complexity microchips. This design process has advanced electronic technologies and transformed the lives of most of the people inhabiting our planet. Mead also paved the way to VLSI design automation and facilitating the revolutionary development of today's VLSI-based electronics and industry. For his work and contributions, Mead was awarded the 2022 Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology. In his talk entitled, "Engineering Concepts Clarify Physical Law" Mead will discuss a simplified theory that might serve as an entry point for further development by generations of young people who feel disenfranchised by the existing establishment. Series: "Computer Science Channel" [Science] [Show ID: 38572]

Carver Mead is a pioneer of modern microelectronics. He proposed a new methodology, very large-scale integration (VLSI), that would make it possible for creating millions or billions of transistors on a single integrated circuit (microchip). His research investigated techniques for VLSI, designing and creating high-complexity microchips. This design process has advanced electronic technologies and transformed the lives of most of the people inhabiting our planet. Mead also paved the way to VLSI design automation and facilitating the revolutionary development of today's VLSI-based electronics and industry. For his work and contributions, Mead was awarded the 2022 Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology. In his talk entitled, "Engineering Concepts Clarify Physical Law" Mead will discuss a simplified theory that might serve as an entry point for further development by generations of young people who feel disenfranchised by the existing establishment. Series: "Computer Science Channel" [Science] [Show ID: 38572]

Carver Mead is a pioneer of modern microelectronics. He proposed a new methodology, very large-scale integration (VLSI), that would make it possible for creating millions or billions of transistors on a single integrated circuit (microchip). His research investigated techniques for VLSI, designing and creating high-complexity microchips. This design process has advanced electronic technologies and transformed the lives of most of the people inhabiting our planet. Mead also paved the way to VLSI design automation and facilitating the revolutionary development of today's VLSI-based electronics and industry. For his work and contributions, Mead was awarded the 2022 Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology. In his talk entitled, "Engineering Concepts Clarify Physical Law" Mead will discuss a simplified theory that might serve as an entry point for further development by generations of young people who feel disenfranchised by the existing establishment. Series: "Computer Science Channel" [Science] [Show ID: 38572]

Clayton M. Christensen and Michael B. Horn's “Disrupting Class” is an unsettling title for a book about the schooling process. The title conveys multiple meanings. The principal message is that disruption can usefully frame why schools have struggled to improve and how to solve these problems. We welcome back the author of “Disrupting Class, How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns: Michael B Horn Find Michael here: https://michaelbhorn.com 00:00:00 Intro 00:03:02 Clayton Christensen Relationship 00:05:53 The Why of Disrupting Class 00:08:14 What Does The Theory Have to Say? 00:10:37 Intrinsic v Extrinsic Motivation and Jobs Theory 00:14:47 Interdependence and Modularity 00:22:15 Organisational Design and Authority 00:28:40 Train people how to think not what to think 00:29:37 Model of Disruptive Innovation 00:32:42 Non-Consumption Contexts 00:37:42 Resistance from the Status Quo 00:41:02 Cramming 00:46:06 RCA, Vacuum Tubes, Sony and Transistors 00:49:09 Incubation Outside the Core 00:53:43 Value Network and Ecosystem 00:56:28 The Role of Regulation 01:02:13 Jobs To Be Done Theory 01:06:12 Democratising the theories 01:10:10 Final Thoughts on Disrupting Education 01:10:10 Final Thoughts on Clayton Christensen

The Enterprise happens upon the Botany Bay. Oops, turning on the lights thaws out Khan, a ruthless man of the 90's, genetically engineered supreme, and hell bent on domination. He has a way with historians, hair styles, and speed-reading tech manuals. Kirk might be in over his head. #StarTrek #SpaceSeed #Khan #TOS #Starfleet #Sex #Genetics -Brought to you by Section 31- Episode 160 00:30 Enhancements 01:30 Khan-Ditioned 02:00 Bag of water 02:28 Kill WiFi 03:00 Lights Under Where? 03:05 Toe-Nailed 03:45 Doing Space Seeds 04:00 NO KIDS 04:30 Handling Shit 04:50 Talking Shit 05:25 Getting Shit Done 05:35 Shout-out to Ed! 06:00 TMP like NOMAD? 06:30 Thanks Patreons! 06:54 Correcting Shit 07:10 No Shit 07:20 Annie Wersching RIP 13:15 Screenrant counts number to all of the women Kirk had a relationship with. 14 https://screenrant.com/star-trek-every-captain-kirk-love-interest-romance/ 16:04 Happy Birthday Zephrane Cochrane - AKA James Cromwell (Jan 27) 16:30 Terry Matalas SFX Magazine - https://trekmovie.com/2023/01/24/terry-matalas-says-star-trek-picard-season-3-passes-the-torch-to-the-next-next-generation/ 18:11 Shout Out Shuttlepod Show! 19:48 Gates McFadden joins Star Trek Online as Mirror Dr. Beverly Crusher https://trekmovie.com/2023/01/24/gates-mcfadden-joins-star-trek-online-as-mirror-beverly-crusher-for-refractions/ 21:00 EXO-6 The Motion Picture Admiral Kirk https://trekmovie.com/2023/01/24/review-exo-6-star-trek-the-motion-picture-admiral-kirk-is-ready-to-come-aboard/ 24:20 Swallow My Seed 25:00 Spread Your Seed 25:06 Star Trek TOS: S1E24 Space Seed 26:00 Left your Signal on 26:20 ACTION 27:00 DY-100 27:45 RED ALERT!!! 28:06 Don't Talk To Strangers 28:15 90's Wars 30:22 Transporting Changes 30:52 90's Fashions 32:13 Act I - Atomics, Transistors, and Augments 32:20 McGivers 33:50 Overboard Filters 34:20 Space Seed In Her Eye 35:08 200 Year Old Morning Wood 34:29 How Long? 37:00 Crossroads 37:36 McGiving It To Him 38:50 Act II - Penal Colonies, Infatuation, and Scalpels 41:00 Insufficient Facts Invite Danger 41:30 I'm A Doctor, Not A Snitch 42:30 Wake Up, Do Yoga, Steal Shit 43:00 McCoy: Baddass 44:20 She's A Giver 44:30 Misogyny 46:00 Trauma Bonding 46:45 Khan: Hairdresser 48:30 Dinner 50:00 I Grow Fatigued Again 51:14 Act III - Rulers and Red Shirts 53:11 Life Support Control? 54:19 One Dude Security Team 56:00 What If Klingons? 58:27 Act IV - Decompression Chambers, Knockout Gas, And Ceti Alpha Eels 59:30 Kirk Spreads The Seed! 1:03:20 Shhh! Don't tell them about Chekov! 1:04:00 Cat Version of Space Seed Pg 52-53 https://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Cats-Jenny-Parks-ebook/dp/B01MZC59NJ 1:04:20 Check The Corners 1:06:46 Let Off Light 1:07:47 Second Contact? 1:09:05 Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve, and Talent -Thanks so much for listening! Check out the Hollywood Food Coalition! https://hofoco.org/ Get some MERCH - https://starfleet-underground.creator-spring.com Patreon - https://patreon.com/starfleetunderground Email: thecollective@starfleetunderground.com Website: https://starfleetunderground.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/StarfleetUnderG Instagram: https://instagram.com/starfleetunderground Facebook: https://facebook.com/starfleetunderground YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/Qtsy16 Explicit

Experimental compound shown to block effects of multiple harmful drugs | New Atlas (01:20) Naloxone is a medication used to reverse or reduce the effects of opioids, which is commonly used to counter decreased breathing in an opioid overdose. A new chemical shows promise for serving a similar role, but it also works on non-opioid drugs.Known as Pillar[6]MaxQ (P6AS) It was developed at the University of Maryland, and it was recently tested on lab animals for the first time. Once P6AS is injected into the bloodstream, it binds with the molecules of certain other compounds and sequesters them into its central cavity, where they're surrounded by an outer layer of water.Altering the bound compound's chemical, physical and biological qualities.Resulting in blocking their effects on the body. In the mice model tests, P6AS proved to be highly effective at mitigating the effects of fentanyl – which is an opioid – but also on methamphetamine, which is not.Additionally it showed to do well at neutralizing non-opioid drugs such as PCP, ecstasy and mephedrone. Captured drug molecules were subsequently passed in the urine It should be noted that in the case of methamphetamine dosing, P6AS had to be injected within five minutes in order to be effective. Would likely be too small of a window in the real world The scientists are now working on lengthening those times, for opioids and non-opioids alike. It'll be several years before P6AS is available for general use.   'Mars' interior is not behaving,' active mantle plume reveals | Live Science (06:30) NASA's InSight mission has detected quakes and even evidence of recent volcanism around one Martian region, known as Elysium Planitia. Now, they think they know why this activity is occuring. This study appears to be the first active mantle plume discovered on the Martian surface.Findings suggest that Mars may be cooling significantly more slowly than scientists had anticipated.  Mars lacks separate tectonic plates; instead, its crust is a single continuous sheet sitting atop the mantle.Therefore scientists think the volcanic activity on Mars must be the result of mantle plumes. Mantle plumes are columns of hot, rising material in the Earth's mantle that can cause volcanic activity and create hotspots on the Earth's surface.Mantle lies between the crust and the core. In short this finding suggests that Mars is still cooling, just more gradually than scientists had assumed. The study concludes by stating:“A plume beneath Elysium Planitia indicates that the surface volcanic flows and seismic activity are not isolated events, but part of a long-lived, actively sustained, regional system, with implications for the longevity and astrobiological potential of subsurface habitable environments.” In other words, the presence of this regional system suggests that there may be areas below the surface of Mars that have conditions that could be suitable for life to exist.   Haptic hydrogel "skin" simulates touch in VR and AR | New Atlas (10:36) Engineers at the City University of Hong Kong have developed a thin, wearable electronic "skin" that provides tactile feedback to users in VR and AR.Called WeTac Most haptic feedback devices are big and bulky, and require complex setups and tangles of wires.WeTac system looks like one of the neatest iterations The system is made of a rubbery hydrogel that sticks to the palm and front of the fingers, connected to a small battery and Bluetooth communication system located in a 5-cm2 (0.8-sq-in) patch on the forearm. That battery can be recharged wirelessly. The hydrogel is dotted with 32 electrodes spread across the palm, thumb and fingers, and electrical currents are sent through these to produce tactile sensations.Can simulate a range of experiences: catching a tennis ball, feeling a virtual mouse walk across your hand, or a negative feedback such as touching a digital cactus. Not interested in the video game applications, but this device could even help users remotely control robots, transmitting the tactile sensation of what the robot is grasping to its human operator.   Pill technology releases molecules by exposure to UV light | Brighter Side News (15:37) Researchers from Tel Aviv University developed a new technology that will allow controlled encapsulation and release of molecules by exposure to UV light. The researchers estimate that the technology will lead to further development of delivery systems for controlled release of biomolecules and drugs in the body by external stimuli, using light. Development was inspired by viral compartments formed by the measles virus.The virus forms compartments that host all the reactions involved in the formation of new viral particles called viral factories. Dynamic and liquid-like structures that are formed inside the host cell The researchers designed a peptide (short minimalistic protein) which forms compartments that resemble viral factories for encapsulation of biomolecules.  Additionally, they incorporated a unique element to the peptide sequence that enables a control of the encapsulation and release of molecules by irradiating the compartments using UV light. Dr. Ayala Lampel, who supervised this study stated on the potential of this technology:“This technology opens opportunities for biomedical and biotechnological applications including encapsulation, delivery and release of drugs, protein, antibodies or other therapeutic molecules.”    A new water-based switch is thousands of times faster than current semiconductors | Interesting Engineering (21:04) Researchers have developed a water-based switch that becomes conductive thousands of times faster than current state-of-art semiconductor-based switches. Used in computers, smartphones, and wireless communications. Transistors are a crucial component in electronic devices because they can control the flow of electricity through a circuit, effectively acting as a switch. The building block of modern electronics, allowing for the amplification and switching of electronic signals. The faster a transistor can switch, the faster a computer system can perform tasks. To create this water-based switch:The researchers used a highly concentrated sodium iodide dissolved water and sprayed this salty water from a custom-made nozzle as a thin sheet only a few microns (micrometers) thick. Next, the water jet was excited with a short but powerful laser pulse at 400 nanometers (nm).This bumps electrons out of the dissolved salts, increasing the conductivity of water. Since the laser pulse is so fast, the water becomes conductive and behaves almost like a metal. All of this happens in less than one trillionth of a second, which translates to potential computer speeds in the terahertz (THz) range.Making this water-based switch faster than the fastest semiconductor switching speed currently known. Terahertz devices could someday enable much faster computing, and water-based technology could offer a more environmentally friendly alternative to rare-earth metals.   

The future began 75 years ago with the invention of something small that’s now considered the most manufactured item in human history and the biggest thing since fire. This is a Marketplace special report on the birth of the transistor, which happened in New Jersey on Dec. 16, 1947 at Bell Telephone Laboratories. Bell Labs was at that time the research arm of the telephone monopoly AT&T. But what were the other ingredients needed for this place to become a hotspot for innovation? Why did it take years for the transistor to find a home inside the first commercial pocket radio? How did the transistor contribute to the rise of Silicon Valley? Transistors defined the last half of the 20th century and nearly the first quarter of the century we live in now. We spent some time exploring the ecosystems of innovation that created this world.

The future began 75 years ago with the invention of something small that’s now considered the most manufactured item in human history and the biggest thing since fire. This is a Marketplace special report on the birth of the transistor, which happened in New Jersey on Dec. 16, 1947 at Bell Telephone Laboratories. Bell Labs was at that time the research arm of the telephone monopoly AT&T. But what were the other ingredients needed for this place to become a hotspot for innovation? Why did it take years for the transistor to find a home inside the first commercial pocket radio? How did the transistor contribute to the rise of Silicon Valley? Transistors defined the last half of the 20th century and nearly the first quarter of the century we live in now. We spent some time exploring the ecosystems of innovation that created this world.

December 14, 2022: Amazing Transistors

Del the trouper shows up while still positive with Covid and thanks our loyal listeners for their patience and well wishes.  He's presently overdosing on placebos, hoping something will work. We wonders why water tastes funny. Any clues?Dave stumps Del on an emerald recovered from the Atocha, which sank in 1622.  Four hundred years later, it was auctioned off to support the Ukrainian people. Del quizzes Dave on an event that happened 75 years ago and changed the world-the invention of the semiconductor. Speaking of which...Dave introduces Del to ChatGPT, a software product developed by OpenAI. It can write a story or a poem, or answer just about any question you ask it. This is the future of artificial intelligence. You can, if you're smarter than Dave, download the software and begin using it. Or, you can play with their online demo version, which Dave used to  create poetry and short essays. Play with the demo version yourself; you'll be amazed. It's free to sign up and easy to use the demo.Del followed up with a bicycle riddle, which you can find here. Dave predicts the bike will move forward but you need to be a subscriber to get the answer. Del will report on his live experiment next time.Del muses on the negative effects of bitcoin mining to wildlife while Dave likens soccer matches to watching grass grow or Doing on melatonin. Tell us how you feel about this.Del concludes with a cautionary tale about not protecting the protective cover on your phone.Give us your thoughts: BUCKSTWOOLD@GMAIL.COM Find us on Twitter: @twooldbucks1

Ray Kampmeier is an Electrical Engineering consultant & Product Developer. Ray earned his EE degree from the University of Minnesota in 2013 and in 2015 founded his company The Humble Transistor (or THT for short). There, he and his team provide Electrical Engineering and firmware development services spanning from proof-of-concept prototyping to designs for mass production.Aaron Moncur, hostWe hope you enjoyed this episode of the Being an Engineer Podcast.Help us rank as the #1 engineering podcast on Apple and Spotify by leaving a review for us.You can find us under the category: mechanical engineering podcast on Apple Podcasts.Being an Engineer podcast is a go-to resource and podcast for engineering students on Spotify, too.Aaron Moncur and Rafael Testai love hearing from their listeners, so feel free to email us, connect on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and subscribe on Apple Podcast and Spotify! About Being An EngineerThe Being An Engineer podcast is a repository for industry knowledge and a tool through which engineers learn about and connect with relevant companies, technologies, people resources, and opportunities. We feature successful mechanical engineers and interview engineers who are passionate about their work and who made a great impact on the engineering community.The Being An Engineer podcast is brought to you by Pipeline Design & Engineering. Pipeline partners with medical & other device engineering teams who need turnkey equipment such as cycle test machines, custom test fixtures, automation equipment, assembly jigs, inspection stations and more. You can find us on the web at www.teampipeline.us 

Drew Moss, Ryan Vincent and Jim Johnson discuss mind blowing facts and aspects of the Christian conception of the Trinity that we can and cannot understand.

The transistor; solar panels; the first telecommunications satellite; cell phone networks; UNIX code; information theory. All these and more were invented in one place: Bell Labs.Bell Labs was where the future, which is what we now happen to call the present, was conceived and designed. It was the research and development arm of AT&T, which had monopoly control of the American phone system for much of the 20th century, and had more than ten thousand employees in its heyday.Why is Bell Labs not a household name?How did the transistor chip come to be?Which genius rode a unicycle around the office while smoking a cigar?Our guest today is Jon Gertner, author of The Idea Factory as we explore the secret to Bell Labs' success.With thanks to AT&T Archives and History Center for the archive recordings.The episode was produced by Freddy Chick The senior producer is Charlotte Long For more History Hit content, subscribe to our newsletters here. If you'd like to learn even more, we have hundreds of history documentaries, ad-free podcasts, and audiobooks at History Hit - subscribe today! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dan & Dave | Rudolf Hess, Psychophisiology, Bio-Transistors, Immortality & Tantric Eye Sparks.

There were a handful of occasions to celebrate the first week of May. Cinco de Mayo. Kentucky Derby. The Friday of that week is one of the most important holidays for many people from my homeland. Yes, I am talking about Michigan. And, yes, I am talking about the birth of Rockin' Robert Seger, born 177 years ago on May 6th. It's not an official holiday in the state but let's put it this way. If you are in a crowd of people and something like Katmandu comes on and you don't let out a giant Woo! or Yeah!, the crowd will look at you like you are some sort of malcontent and most likely an apostate of the Mitten State.  What you'll hear: Kim Weston – Soul On Fire Tha Retail Simps – Summertime The Neckbones – Eyeful The Drin – Move To Extinction -words from your host- Mr. and The Mrs. – Fukkkopps Loop – Isochrone Henry Flynt and the Insurrections – Go Down The Pinstripes – Fish On Land -words from your host- The Crawlies – Get On Down Sundog Summit – Whiskey Woman Jeremy Scott – Your Ice Cream's Gonna Melt One Day Ian Hunter – Just Another Night -words from your host- Clinic – Miracles  The Salem Trials – Shutting Down Pylon- Dub Dom and the Wizards – Heavenly Sweet Little Skin Wrapped Skeleton -words from your host-  Jug and the Bugs – Hurrying Shawn David McMillen – Kick Off Your Shoes Waylon Thornton – Amnesiac Amber Boardroom The Saints – This Time -words from your host- We gladly accept tips! Get even more Smashin' Transistors action at    Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Tumblr. 

It's not every day that Apple introduces an entirely new Mac line. But on March 8, that's exactly what happened. Jason, Myke, and special guest Stephen Hackett discuss the new Mac Studio and Studio Display, along with the updated iPad air and iPhone SE.

It's not every day that Apple introduces an entirely new Mac line. But on March 8, that's exactly what happened. Jason, Myke, and special guest Stephen Hackett discuss the new Mac Studio and Studio Display, along with the updated iPad air and iPhone SE.

News Sound Waves Convert Stem Cells Into Bone in Regenerative Breakthrough | Good News Network (01:30) Researchers, from RMIT, have used sound waves to turn stem cells into bone cells through the precision power of high-frequency sound waves.Tissue engineering advance Help patients regrow bone lost to cancer or degenerative disease. A key challenge in regrowing bone is the need for large amounts of bone cells that will thrive and flourish once implanted in the target area.Process right now of converting stem cells is complicated and expensive.  Let's not forget that most of the previous research used stem cells extracted from bone marrow, a highly painful process. The research team showed stem cells treated with high-frequency sound waves turned into bone cells quickly and efficiently.Effective on multiple types of cells including fat-derived stem cells, which are far less painful to extract from a patient. The high-frequency sound waves used in the stem cell treatment were generated on a low-cost microchip device developed by RMIT.Can be used to precisely manipulate cells, fluids or materials. Co-lead researcher Dr Amy Gelmi said the new approach was faster and simpler than other methods:“The sound waves cut the treatment time usually required to get stem cells to begin to turn into bone cells by several days … This method also doesn't require any special ‘bone-inducing' drugs and it's very easy to apply to the stem cells. Our study found this new approach has strong potential to be used for treating the stem cells, before we either coat them onto an implant or inject them directly into the body for tissue engineering.” The next stage in the research is investigating methods to upscale the platform, working towards the development of practical bioreactors to drive efficient stem cell differentiation.   Artificial neurons connect to biological ones to control living plants | New Atlas (06:48) Researchers at Linköping University have created artificial organic neurons and synapses that can integrate with natural biological systems, and demonstrated this by making a Venus flytrap close on demand.They're made out of polymers that can conduct either positive or negative ions. The team optimized these transistors and used them to build artificial neurons and synapses, and connect them to biological systems.Transistors detect concentrations of ions with certain charges, they switch, producing a signal that can then be picked up by other neurons.  Importantly, biological neurons operate on these same ion signals, meaning artificial and natural nerve cells can be connected. To demonstrate the new system, the researchers hooked their artificial neurons up to a live Venus flytrap. And sure enough, electrical pulses from the artificial neurons were strong enough to trigger the flytrap to close its jaws, but at under 0.6 volts, gentle enough to not harm the plant. The researchers believe they could find themselves bridging the gap between artificial and natural neurons for more responsive prosthetic limbs, implants, and robotics.   Meta announces plans to build an AI-powered 'universal speech translator' | The Verge (10:05)  Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has announced an ambitious new AI research project to create translation software that works for “everyone in the world.” Part of an event focusing on the broad range of benefits Meta believes AI can offer The company says that although commonly spoken languages like English, Mandarin, and Spanish are well catered to by current translation tools, roughly 20 percent of the world's population do not speak languages covered by these systems. Meta says it wants to overcome these challenges by deploying new machine learning techniques in two specific areas.  First Focus, dubbed No Language Left BehindConcentrate on building AI models that can learn to translate language using fewer training examples. The second, Universal Speech Translatoraim to build systems that directly translate speech in real-time from one language to another without the need for a written component to serve as an intermediary In a blog post, Meta researchers did not offer a timeframe for completing these projects or even a roadmap for major milestones in reaching their goal. They also wrote, “Eliminating language barriers would be profound, making it possible for billions of people to access information online in their native or preferred language … Advances in [machine translation] won't just help those people who don't speak one of the languages that dominates the internet today; they'll also fundamentally change the way people in the world connect and share ideas.”   Gel-like sieve in blood vessels a new target for repairing damaged hearts  | MedicalXpress (14:02) Drugs that repair damage to a gel-like layer in the tiny blood vessels of the heart could present a much-needed treatment for heart failure in people with diabetes. The gel-like layer—called the glycocalyx—lines the inside of blood vessels and acts like a sieve to regulate how nutrients move from the blood to the heart and other tissues in the body. Researchers saw in this study that mice with type 1 and type 2 diabetes have damaged glycocalyx in the small blood vessels of the heart.Damage was associated with increased fluid movement into the walls of the heart, leading to swelling and increased stiffness of the heart muscle. To see if repairing the glycocalyx improved the function of the heart, diabetic mice were given a substance known to restore the glycocalyx, called angiopoietin 1.At three hours after treatment the researchers found that glycocalyx coverage and thickness had increased in the blood vessels. Ultrasound scans of the heart showed their ability to relax between beats also improved. Scientists are now one step closer to better understanding why some people with diabetes develop heart failure, for which there is no cure.  These findings have far-reaching implications in protecting against other types of organ failure, since the glycocalyx is present in all blood vessels. Further research is needed to determine whether protecting the glycocalyx from breaking down can lessen heart problems seen in diabetics. Elon Musk activates Starlink satellite service in Ukraine after Vice PM calls upon him | Interesting Engineering (18:10) Mykhailo Fedorov, the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine, tweeted at SpaceX founder Elon Musk early on Saturday asking the billionaire to connect his struggling nation to the internet. Within hours (10), Musk replied that the company's Starlink satellite internet service "is now active in Ukraine" with "more terminals en route."

There are a lot of components that make up a computer. It's amazing how the tiniest little chips can make the whole thing work. However, not many of us think about these today. We just expect our devices to work as they should. But did you know that only some decades ago, the innovations we enjoy today were essentially unthinkable? The pursuit of something better brought the tech space to where it is today. In this episode, Renée James and Jon Gertner join us to talk about what silicon is used for in computer hardware. They break down the history of semiconductors and transistors. They also lay down the various experiments and breakthroughs that occurred before the conception of the industrial and consumer products we enjoy today. If you want to know why and how silicon metal runs everything in tech, this episode is for you. Episode Highlights [01:18] A Little Girl's Journey to the Computer IndustryThe CEO of semiconductor company Ampere Computing, Renée James, grew up alongside the computer industry. Her exposure to tech began with her father, who used to work at HP. He built computers and motherboards. Renée went on to a storied career at Intel. Now, she leads her own semiconductor company. The material that has stayed constant throughout Renée's career is silicon metal. [03:10] What Silicon Metal IsSilicon metal is the hard, brittle crystalline semiconductor that makes up transistors. These, in turn, make up chips, which make up computers. In essence, what silicon metal is used for, is computers. Silicon metal production began before the 70s and 80s. It inspired the name Silicon Valley. [03:28] Bell Labs and AT&TSilicon metal started with Bell Labs, a company named after Alexander Graham Bell. Bell Labs produced the American Telephone and Telegraph  (AT&T) Company. The company later monopolized the telephone service in the US. AT&T created an R&D development laboratory in 1925 called the Bell Telephone Laboratories. It started as a means to create a national phone system.  The lab's monopoly was critical to its long-term growth and success. It allowed them to plan for innovations around communications. [05:24] Inventing Innovative TechnologiesBell Labs produced technology not so much because they had great ideas, but because they had problems to solve. They had to create a national communication system from scratch. Switching centers in the 1930s contained enormous banks of switches that connected people to each other. The idea of the transistor was to use a new material without moving parts. The transistor is the building block of all electronic products. It's an amplifier and switch that replaced vacuum tubes and electromechanical relays. Jon Gertner: “It made everything smaller, it made it faster, and it made it better.” The material that would make transistors work is silicon metal.  [07:40] SemiconductorsA material that would become critical for transistors is semiconductors. Semiconductors acted like conductors under certain circumstances. These became valuable for wireless radios. Silicon metal, alongside germanium, was also used as a semiconductor for radar sets. [08:08] Experimentation on Transistors and SemiconductorsSome experts guessed that semiconductors could be useful in the phone system in the late 1930s. William Shockley experimented in turning semiconducting material into amplifiers in the 30s and 40s. It proved to be very difficult. It took years of experimentation to get anywhere with silicon metal and transistors. Bell Labs clearly understood the need to manipulate materials for communication systems. Jon Gertner: “The backbone of electronics and the backbone of these vast interconnected communication systems, it's actually this sort of decades-long or almost century-long pursuit of understanding the kinds of materials we needed to create the system.” [09:36]...