SciShow
Extreme Engineering to Create the World's Stillest Rooms
There are labs so silent that most people can't stand being inside them, but that stillness lets us run some of our most sensitive experiments.
SciShow
Extreme Engineering to Create the World's Stillest Rooms
There are labs so silent that most people can't stand being inside them, but that stillness lets us run some of our most sensitive experiments.
Crash Course
Microsoft and Connected Consoles: Crash Course Games
Today, we wrap up our discussion of the console wars by taking a look at Microsoft's Xbox which was announced in 2001. The early 2000s saw a lot of innovation in hardware and games and we'll cover some of that, but one significant change...
TED Talks
Patrick Awuah: How to educate leaders? Liberal arts
A liberal arts education is critical to forming true leaders, says university head Patrick Awuah -- because it builds decision-making skills, an ethical framework and a broad vision. Awuah himself left a career at Microsoft in the US to...
TED Talks
Charles Leadbeater: The era of open innovation
In this deceptively casual talk, Charles Leadbeater weaves a tight argument that innovation isn't just for professionals anymore. Passionate amateurs, using new tools, are creating products and paradigms that companies can't.
TED Talks
David Pogue: Simplicity sells
New York Times columnist David Pogue takes aim at technology’s worst interface-design offenders, and provides encouraging examples of products that get it right. To funny things up, he bursts into song.
TED Talks
Playtime with Pleo, your robotic dinosaur friend - Caleb Chung
* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences. Pleo the robot dinosaur acts like a living pet -- exploring, cuddling, playing, reacting and learning. Inventor and...
TED Talks
TED: A futuristic vision of the age of holograms | Alex Kipman
explore a speculative digital world without screens in this fanciful demo, a mix of near reality and far-future possibility. Wearing the HoloLens headset, Alex Kipman demos his vision for bringing 3D holograms into the real world,...
TED Talks
TED: 6 ways to save the internet | Roger McNamee
The next big shift is now, and it's not what you think: Facebook is the new Windows; Google must be sacrificed. Tech investor Roger McNamee presents 6 bold ways to prepare for the next internet.
TED Talks
Blaise Agüera y Arcas: Augmented-reality maps
In a demo that drew gasps at TED2010, Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos new augmented-reality mapping technology from Microsoft.
TED Talks
TED: How PhotoSynth can connect the world's images | Blaise Agüera y Arcas
Blaise Aguera y Arcas leads a dazzling demo of Photosynth, software that could transform the way we look at digital images. Using still photos culled from the Web, Photosynth builds breathtaking dreamscapes and lets us navigate them.
TED Talks
Roy Gould + Curtis Wong: A preview of the WorldWide Telescope
Educator Roy Gould and researcher Curtis Wong show a sneak preview of Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope, which compiles images from telescopes and satellites to build a comprehensive, interactive view of our universe.
TED Talks
Stephen Lawler: Tour Microsoft's Virtual Earth
Microsoft's Stephen Lawler gives a whirlwind tour of Virtual Earth, moving up, down and through its hyper-real cityscapes with dazzlingly fluidity, a remarkable feat that requires staggering amounts of data to bring into focus.
TED Talks
TED: 5 ways to lead in an era of constant change | Jim Hemerling
Who says change needs to be hard? Organizational change expert Jim Hemerling thinks adapting your business in today's constantly-evolving world can be invigorating instead of exhausting. He outlines five imperatives, centered around...
TED Talks
TED: What farmers need to be modern, climate-friendly and profitable | Beth Ford
TED talks about what farmers need to be modern, climate-friendly and profitable
TED Talks
TED: How to fix the "bugs" in the net-zero code | Lucas Joppa
Lucas Joppa, Microsoft's first chief environmental officer, thinks about climate change through the lens of coding, and he says the world's current net-zero approach simply won't compute. So how do we create a system that actually...
Crash Course
The Personal Computer Revolution: Crash Course Computer Science
Today we're going to talk about the birth of personal computing. Up until the early 1970s components were just too expensive, or underpowered, for making a useful computer for an individual, but this would begin to change with the...
SciShow
How to Make a Hologram
Augmented reality isn’t just science fiction anymore! In this episode, Michael becomes a hologram and Hank explains how one set of new technologies made it happen.
PBS
Has the Microsoft Kinect revolutionized art?
If you haven't had a chance to play with Microsoft's Kinect, you're missing out on some great video games and some amazing art! The Kinect is a crazy awesome piece of XBox 360 hardware that maps your physical movements onto any screen....
Curated Video
Web Shoppers Beware: The SCOB Virus and the Threat to Online Security
This video discusses the SCOB virus, a recent web virus that has infected numerous computers and servers. The virus spreads through banner ads, pictures, and logos on trusted websites like eBay and Yahoo. Unlike traditional viruses, SCOB...
Curated Video
The Future of Home Technology: Microsoft's Integrated Living Space
The Microsoft Home is a revolutionary prototype that aims to fully integrate all of your technology needs into one centralized location. With the ability to control everything from climate to music, this innovative system adapts to the...
Curated Video
Blake Ross and the Firefox Revolution: Challenging Internet Explorer
Blake Ross, a sophomore at Stanford University, is part of the developmental team behind Firefox, a revolutionary Internet browser aiming to challenge Microsoft's Internet Explorer. With customizable features, protection against pop-up...
Curated Video
Cyber Security for Absolute Beginners - 2022 Edition - Part 02 - Windows 10 Privacy - Turning Off Location Tracking
Here, we will look at how location tracking works on our systems and networks and how we can prevent systems from knowing our location to prevent being hacked.
Curated Video
Cyber Security for Absolute Beginners - 2022 Edition - Part 02 - Windows 10 Privacy - Restricting Cortana
In this video, we will understand how Cortana works and how to limit the amount of information it collects, to prevent the data from being shared through trackers.