Radio

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! Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! 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 https://www.labmanager.com/research-specific-labs/2017/11/home-of-the-world-s-brightest-laser-looks-to-bring-high-quality-x-rays-to-research-medical-applications#.Xe_nrZNKhnN [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/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .