Crash Course
The Dawn of Video Games: Crash Course Games
Over the next few episodes we're going to talk about the history of video games. Today, we're going to start with the first re-programmable computers in the 1940's. Now, these computers were serious tools. They were for codebreaking and...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: A brief history of video games (Part I) - Safwat Saleem
Video games are everywhere these days, but where did they actually come from? The history of video games is a complicated story that involves giant computers in science labs, the founder of Chuck E. Cheese and billions of dollars in...
Curated Video
History of Computer Science for Kids | Bedtime History
Learn about the history of computer technology, from the abacus of the ancient world to smartphones of the modern age.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: A brief history of chess - Alex Gendler
Trace the storied history of the game of chess, from its origins in 7th century India to the computer software we use today. -- The attacking infantry advances, their elephants already having broken the defensive line. The king tries to...
Crash Course
Atari and the Business of Video Games: Crash Course Games
Today, Andre is going to talk about the rise of Atari and with it the rise of the video game industry. So if you remember from last episode, we mentioned that the first arcade machine, Galaxy Game, happened to have a coin slot, but this...
Zach Star
The History of Mathematics and Its Applications
The History of Mathematics and Its Applications
One Minute History
Elon Musk - One Minute History
Born on June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa, Elon Musk becomes an entrepreneur at twelve years old after selling the code for a video game he created called Blastar. Bullied as a child, Musk escapes into the world of computers and...
One Minute History
102 Elon Musk -One Minute History
Born on June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa, Elon Musk becomes an entrepreneur at twelve years old after selling the code for a video game he created called Blastar. Bullied as a child, Musk escapes into the world of computers and...
Bedtime History
The History of Minecraft
Markus Persson learned how to program his father’s computer by the age of seven and then created his first computer game by the age of eight. As an adult, Persson designed his own game, called Minecraft, which allowed players to use...
Curated Video
History of Minecraft for Kids | Bedtime History
Learn about the history of the creation of Minecraft, from its original version by Markus Persson to the many mods and newer versions now built by Microsoft.
One Minute History
023 Street Fighter - One Minute History
August 30, 1987 - Street Fighter hits the arcade, where players battle computer opponents as Ryu or Ken. Street Fighter 2 introduces player vs. player, and adds six new playable characters creating an entirely new genre. ‘M. Bison’ is...
World Science Festival
Walter Isaacson and John Hockenberry Settle Their Pong Rivalry At 'The History Of The Future'
They might not have played this video game since the 1980s, but "The Innovators" author Walter Isaacson and journalist John Hockenberry got a chance to prove their Pong skills at the recent World Science Festival event Science and Story:...
Crash Course
Keyboards & Command Line Interfaces: Crash Course Computer Science
Today, we are going to start our discussion on user experience. We've talked a lot in this series about how computers move data around within the computer, but not so much about our role in the process. So today, we're going to look at...
SciShow
Alan Turing and The Imitation Game
The Imitation Game comes out tonight, but before its release, Hank got to talk with the film's director Morten Tyldum and screenwriter Graham Moore about bringing one of the world's most brilliant mathematicians to film.
Curated Video
The Timeline: Computer Chess | SciTech Now
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TED Talks
TED: How AI is unlocking the secrets of nature and the universe | Demis Hassabis
Can AI help us answer life's biggest questions? In this visionary conversation, Google DeepMind cofounder and CEO Demis Hassabis delves into the history and incredible capabilities of AI with head of TED Chris Anderson. Hassabis explains...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Kurt Squire - Game-Based Learning
Kurt Squire is a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the Educational Communications and Technology division of Curriculum and Instruction and a research scientist a the Academic Advanced Distributed Learning Co-Lab....
SWPictures
BATTLE FOR THE GULF - A Different Kind of War
The air war by the Allies begins. The Allies started jamming Baghdad's radar defences. The jamming gave the game away. Iraqi radars were blinded, but 3,000 anti-aircraft guns and 60 missile batteries began firing wildly into the sky....
Curated Video
Black History Month - Jerry Lawson
Learn about Gerald "Jerry" Lawson...the Father of the Video Game Cartridge!
Curated Video
The Art of Doing - Python Network Applications with Sockets - Advanced GUI Chat Room Part 11 - Final Testing
In this eleventh part, we are going to work on the final test. This clip is from the chapter "Creating an Advanced GUI Chat Room with the Json Module" of the series "The Art of Doing - Python Network Applications with Sockets".In this...
Curated Video
The History of Mathematics and Its Applications
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SciShow
Awesome Inventions by African Americans
Who invented microphones, PCs, and video game consoles? In honor of Black History Month, Hank talks about some African Americans scientist/inventors who've helped make all our lives more awesome.
TED Talks
Brenda Laurel: Why not make video games for girls?
At TED in 1998, Brenda Laurel asks: Why are all the top-selling videogames aimed at little boys? She spent two years researching the world of girls (and shares amazing interviews and photos) to create a game that girls would love.
Great Big Story
The Intern Behind Microsoft’s Iconic Solitaire
Meet the Microsoft intern who created Solitaire, the game that became a staple on millions of computers worldwide.