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Six Tech Inventions That Changed The World

Professor Richard Harvey · Gresham College

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About

In 1977 or thereabouts a collection of scientists huddled around a secret radio receiver in the US desert. This was the start of GPS, Glonass, Gallileo and the whole navigation industry. But how does this technology work? And are there situations when it does not work?

Lectures

  1. Inventions That Changed The World: GPS 2021-10-12 · YouTube
  2. Compression 2021-11-23 · YouTube
  3. Error Control Coding 2022-02-01 · YouTube
  4. Cellular Phones 2022-03-08 · YouTube
  5. Integral Transforms 2022-04-12 · YouTube
  6. Operating Systems 2022-05-31 · YouTube

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Institution
Gresham College
Speaker
Professor Richard Harvey
Year
2021
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Computer science, Society and politics
Source
Gresham College
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