Humans have wielded the power of radio waves for more than a century, but what exactly are they and how do we use them to transmit information? It turns out, even geniuses like Hank and Ceri have a hard time explaining that!
Humans have wielded the power of radio waves for more than a century, but what exactly are they and how do we use them to transmit information? It turns out, even geniuses like Hank and Ceri have a hard time explaining that!
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If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:
[Truth or Fail]
EROS
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25788334
MOZE
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-019-0389-0
FReSH
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature10428.html
[Fact Off]
Eidophor
https://www.earlytelevision.org/eidophor.html
https://hackaday.com/2016/03/15/retrotechtacular-eidophor-an-unknown-widely-used-projector/
http://www.film-tech.com/ubb/f1/t004319.html
http://www.earlytelevision.org/yanczer_eidophor.html
Centennial light
http://www.centennialbulb.org/index.htm
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/66009/light-bulb-has-been-burning-1901
https://www.lampsplus.com/ideas-and-advice/how-an-incandescent-light-bulb-works/
https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-history/dawn-of-electronics/the-great-lightbulb-conspiracy
https://www.npr.org/2019/03/27/707188193/the-phoebus-cartel
[Ask the Science Couch]
Brightest artificial light
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/brightest-light-ever-computer-chips
https://www.nature.com/articles/nphoton.2017.100
https://www.unl.edu/diocles/home
[Butt One More Thing]
Firefly butt vs. LED
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0030402619300452?via%3Dihub
https://www.futurity.org/light-bulbs-leds-fireflies-1988062/