Curious Minds Podcast

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2017-10-27

  Deep Learning & Artificial Intelligence, Pt. I | Curious Minds Podcast

AlphaGo's victory on S. Korea's champion Le SeDol was a shock to many in the computer world - but was only a natural development in the story of Artificial Intelligence, as it unfolds in the last few years. What is Deep Learning, and how can computers ...
  P.I. Media author
2017-09-02

  The Awful and Wonderful History of the Mir Space Station | Curious Minds Podcast

The Mir Space Station was a true Soviet engineering wonder, an achievement comparable with the US landing on the Moon. Yet in its later years, Mir survived some horrific & hair-raising accidents... The post The Awful and Wonderful History of the Mi...
  PI Media author
2017-07-27

  The Lost Manuscript of Archimedes | Curious Minds Podcast

Archimedes is famous for being Ancient Greece's greatest engineer. Yet a random discovery - a prayers book found in an old church in Turkish Istanbul, casts this mysterious genius in an even more surprising light. The post The Lost Manuscript of Archim...
  PI Media author
2017-06-29

  The Dark Avenger [From: Malicious.Life] | Curious Minds Podcast

In 1989, a message was found in a virus: "Eddie Lives…Somewhere in Time!". 'Eddie' was a particularly nasty virus, and its discovery led a young Bulgarian security researcher down a rabbit hole, on a hunt for the prolific creator of the Eddie virus: Th...
  Ran Levi author
2017-02-04

  Are Software Bugs Inevitable? Part 2: The Most Expensive Failed Software Project Ever| Curious Minds Podcast

After describing the Software Crisis in the previous episode, we discuss the various methodologies and practices implemented over the years to combat the complexities of software development. We'll tell the sad story of the FBI's VCF project - perhaps ...
  Ran Levi author
2017-01-23

  Are Software Bugs Inevitable? Part 1: FORTRAN and the Denver Airport Baggage Disaster| Curious Minds Podcast

Software errors and random bugs are rather common: We’ve all seen the infamous Windows “blue screen of death”... But is there really nothing we can do about it? Are these errors – from small bugs to catastrophic mistakes – inevitable? In this episode, ...
  Curious Minds author
2016-12-18

  Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense (SDI) Initiative, AKA– “Star Wars”| Curious Minds Podcast

In 1983, president Ronald Reagan shocked the world when he announced that the United States was developing an ultra-modern defense system against intercontinental ballistic missiles. Hundreds of billions of dollars were invested in the system’s develop...
  Ran Levi author
2016-11-16

  The History of File Sharing, Part 2: Grokster& BitTorrent| Curious Minds Podcast

The fall of Napster (see Part I of this series) has left a vacuum in the world of file sharing - and as the saying goes, the Internet abhors vacuum... Various File Sharing programs such as Gnutella, Kazaa and others quickly filled the void. In this epi...
  Ran Levi author
2016-11-02

  The History of File Sharing, Part 1 (of 2): The Rise& Fall of Napster| Curious Minds Podcast

Napster, a revolutionary Peer-to-Peer file sharing software, was launched in 1999 - and forever changed the media world. In this episode, we'll tell the story of Sean Fanning and Sean Parker, its creators, and talk about the legal battle it fought with...
  Curious Minds author
2016-10-04

  Heroes Of Podcasting #5: Aaron Mahnke, Lore Podcast| Curious Minds Podcast

Heroes of Podcasting: An interview with Aaron Mahnke about the role of storytelling in podcasting, his inspirations and how he started Lore.The postHeroes Of Podcasting #5: Aaron Mahnke, Lore Podcast | Curious Minds Podcast appeared first onCurious Min...
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