Why Climbers Trust Rubber With Their Lives
AdultsEducationLifeScienceEngineeringWhy is rubber so “sticky”? Why does rubber consistently have one of the highest coefficients of friction?
Did The Future Already Happen? - The Paradox of Time
AdultsCreativityEducationSciencePhilosophyFutureIs your future already written? Do your past, present, and future all exist right now? Surprisingly, the answer could be yes.
6 Tips on Being a Successful Entrepreneur | John Mullins | TED
AdultsEducationHumanLifeBusinessStartupsLeadershipSometimes, you need to break the rules to innovate — but which ones? Entrepreneurship professor John Mullins shares six counter-conventional mindsets for entrepreneurs looking to think strategically, navigate challenges and change the world.
Primitive Technology: Crab and Fish Trap
AdultsConstructionCreativityEducationDIYExperimentsSurvivalI made a fish trap from cane and tested it over the course of a year catching various aquatic animals.
Can a Simple Brick Be the Next Great Battery?
AdultsEducationScienceTechnologyEnvironmentBiologyThe world relies on manufacturing, and manufacturing relies on heat — a massive contributor to global carbon emissions, responsible for a quarter of the world's fossil fuel use.
What The Prisoner's Dilemma Reveals About Life, The Universe, and Everything
AdultsEducationPsychologyScienceGamesPhilosophyThis is a video about the most famous problem in Game Theory, the Prisoner’s Dilemma.
Primitive Technology: Volute Shaped Blower
AdultsConstructionCreativityEducationDIYScienceTechnologyI made a volute shaped blower where the housing for the fan is volute shaped, that is to say a widening spiral to test the effectiveness of a one way spinning impeller.
Can you solve the secret assassin society riddle?
AdultsBooksCreativityEducationGamesProblem-SolvingYour agent has infiltrated a life or death poker game in a hidden back room of a grand casino.
How to Think Computationally About AI
AdultsEducationTechnologyWorldArtificial IntelligenceDrawing on his decades-long mission to formulate the world in computational terms, Stephen Wolfram delivers a profound vision of computation and its role in the future of AI.