Curated Video
Afghan security official praises voters for turning out
Afghanistan's National Security Adviser on Saturday praised voters who turned up to cast their ballot in the country's presidential election - despite threats of violence by the Taliban along with worries of potential election fraud and...
Curated Video
High tech for casino gaming on display in Vegas
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National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Science of Innovation: Biometrics
Describes a technique for reading patterns of veins in the white of an eye in order to identify a person. [5:19]
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Science of Innovation
A collection of videos that highlight major innovations in the sciences, such as biofuels, self-driving cars, and 3-D printing. The series was compiled in honor of Thomas Edison's 165th birthday anniversary.
Crash Course
Crash Course Computer Science #31: Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity is a set of techniques to protect the secrecy, integrity, and availability. This episode discusses these three goals and talk through some strategies we use like passwords, biometrics, and access privileges to keep our...
Crash Course
Crash Course Computer Science #35: Computer Vision
This episode talks about how computers see. We've long known that our digital cameras and smartphones can take incredibly detailed images, but taking pictures is not quite the same thing. For the past half-century, computer scientists...
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Science of Innovation: Biometrics
In the field of biometrics, the vein patterns in the eye whites are mapped for human identification purposes. The method could be used for driving licenses, passports, or other applications. [5:19]
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Brain Prints Reveal Children's Reading Difficulties
Cognitive neuroscientist Sarah Laszlo and her team at Binghamton University are developing a test designed to diagnose reading difficulties early on. [4:01]