Tuesday, March 24, 2020

From Sand to Silicon: The Making of a Microchip | Intel





Ever wonder what’s under the hood of your favorite electronic device? The transistor is the engine that powers every Intel processor. To build a modern computer chip, our engineers place billions of these tiny switches into an area no larger than a fingernail. It’s one of mankind’s most complex feats, and it’s happening every day across Intel’s global network of chip manufacturing facilities. Check out this video to learn more about how we turn sand into the silicon chips that power the world.

Saturday, March 14, 2020

Doctor Gives 6 Reasons To Be Optimistic About Coronavirus







COVID-19 has begun. How it ends is up to all of us. We can and will beat this but we need to take action. This is a balanced look at what we face without resorting to scare tactics nor ignoring the facts. Here are six real reasons to take action, but to remain positive.

#1: You can make a difference
00:02:32
#2: This virus is pussy-ass weak as shit
00:07:09
#3: The stats are better than you think
00:08:09
#4: Results from other countries
00:09:45
#5: Sciencing the shit out of this
00:10:15
#6: The kids are all right
00:12:22

Useful resources:

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronav...
https://www.who.int/health-topics/cor...
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html

Thanks to numerous people on twitter that I've learnt a huge amount about SARS-CoV-2 from.

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Wednesday, January 1, 2020

Orbital Material Science Labs





In labs on earth we can create a variety of environments for testing and creating various materials and processes. There are environments however that's impractical or just impossible to create on earth. For these environments we'll simply have to take the lab itself to space. In this episode of Celestial Sphere we take a look at a few labs that operate in these environments and how they benefit from it.