It turns out Ravin has an alter ego as a DJ! We walk through how technology has changed the art of music and how we're able to do so much more because of the digitization of music.

Listener Feedback - Mirai Botnet

Jun 15th, 2018 4m 13s

Listener feedback episode! Scott gave us some more information on the Mirai botnet that we talked about in episode 7. We give a quick recap of a DDOS attack and provide this real world example.https://www.wired.com/story/mirai-botnet-minecraf

Tech Debt - Why old technology is broken

May 29th, 2018 19m 26s

Ever wonder why old technology just feels broken? Why do so many products out there feel like they are stuck in 2004? Kiernan and Ravin walk through the dark world of technical debt and why its hard to keep everything updated. This is, truly, w

Mechanical Design - From idea to production

May 22nd, 2018 17m 28s

From idea to production - how the heck does something actually get made? Ravin walks us through the process of mechanical design and the different steps that are taken to create all of the wonderful products that surround us.

Computation and Software

May 13th, 2018 16m 1s

How does software control a computer? How can computers behave differently because of software? Why can't my laptop run phone apps? A splattering of questions answered in this overview of software and computation.

DDOS Attacks - Warfare on the internet

Apr 29th, 2018 25m 12s

DDOS Attacks - those annoying things that can take down a website for a few hours. From botnets to the future of warfare, Kiernan and Ravin discuss the ins and outs of how these attacks work, why people want to do them, and what the future may

57 years of Spaceflight

Apr 15th, 2018 21m 42s

57 years ago Yuri Gagarin became the first human to leave and renter Earth's atmosphere. To celebrate Ravin gives us a brief overview of the history of space travel and the challenges that we still have to overcome. Good news - its getting chea

Blockchain - What bitcoin runs on

Apr 9th, 2018 22m 7s

Bitcoin, its the new digital commodity that everyone is losing money on! But how does it work? How are we are able to have a digital commodity in a world where we can just copy-paste everything? The answer is the technology that bitcoin is buil

Serverless Computing - By serverless, we mean all the servers

Mar 13th, 2018 15m 57s

Have you heard about the new trend in cloud computing, called serverless? Did you also know that this name is terrible because we actually mean that your code runs on all the servers, everywhere, at once? Kiernan and Ravin jump into the topic a

AI (HUH) what is it good for?

Mar 8th, 2018 22m 57s

AI is in everything right now. What makes something Artificially Intelligent, how do you make it so, and how do you use it? Ravin and Kiernan recap the practical history of AI, pull back the nonsense of the buzz word, and discuss where AI is us

Self Driving Cars - Cruise Control 2.0

Mar 6th, 2018 19m 17s

Self driving cars are coming to take all the trucking jobs! Panic! We must stop the future from happening because it means changing the status quo! Hardly. A quick glance at how self driving cars will probably affect our lives and why its nothi

3D Printing - Where is it useful?

Mar 6th, 2018 21m 2s

3D printing can do so much more than making cheap plastic doo-dads, but why is that all the consumer market sees? Here we look into the manufacturing use case and advantages of 3D printing.

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