#radiolab — Public Fediverse posts

Interesting #Radiolab on #electricity + cattle, a follow up on a #Zetland piece.

I remain a bit sceptical about the idea of stray voltage affecting cows. It seems very implausible and there are surely other factors to consider. But a quick web search gives lots of hits.

It may be a thing and it may also be a case of mass hysteria among farmers (the mobile phone towers and cancer scare also sprang to mind). And it might be a third effect. Or all three?

But I think it's going to be something we hear more of as the #GreenTransition gets going...

Radiolab: The Resistance of a Cow

Episode webpage: https://radiolab.org/podcast/the-resistance-of-a-cow

The Nizhny Novgorod Radio Laboratory (NNRL).

Imagine it is June 1918. The young Soviet Republic, surrounded by enemies on all sides and struggling to find food for its cities, establishes a radio laboratory at the Tver radio station. The development of technology was necessary from both an economic and a political point of view.

But a small workshop with outdated equipment did not allow them to work at the required level. Therefore, it was decided to move the laboratory to Nizhny Novgorod.

The scientists at the radio laboratory worked on establishing vacuum tube production and developing radiotelephony.

Today, a museum dedicated to the history of the NNRL operates here. The museum’s exhibition contains many original devices and samples of radio equipment.

For me, this museum is a place where I feel inspired by human genius. I look at these tube assemblies, at the microchips, and remember the saying: “If aviation had developed at the same pace, today an airplane would be the size of a matchbox and could fly around the globe in one hour.”
#radiolab #NizhnyNovgorod #retrocomputing #microelectronics #radioelectronics #vacuumtubes

Time is Honey - how an algorithm developed by observing honey bees led to a breakthrough in routing Internet traffic.

#Bees #Biology #entomology #Internet #InternetHistory #LoadBalancing #RadioLab

http://www.wnycstudios.org/story/time-is-honey/

Speaking of #ClosedCaptioning, #Radiolab looks at the history of Closed Captioning, including the protests at #Gallaudet University, and the technologies that have led to its near ubiquity today, including the role of #ai.

The Echo in the Machine

https://radiolab.org/podcast/the-echo-in-the-machine

Wonderful podcast to accompany an evening walk in the snowy park under clear starry skies.

#Radiolab on the wonders of birds. And #QuantumEntanglement

Radiolab: Quantum Birds

Episode webpage: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/projects/podcasts

Media file: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/14/prfx.byspotify.com/e/dts.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/waaa.wnyc.org/758af4c0-a2c3-47ec-a2d8-05f41bfbde51/episodes/80d11377-9a86-4215-884a-4c95c34c4f2f/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=758af4c0-a2c3-47ec-a2d8-05f41bfbde51&awEpisodeId=80d11377-9a86-4215-884a-4c95c34c4f2f&feed=EmVW7VGp

On #Radiolab I heard this #RamDass quote, “We are all just walking each other home,” and it stuck deeply inside me all day.

https://bookmarks.tmp.directory/?FjEEYg: Glomar response - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glomar_response #gloamar #ncnd #radiolab