Category Archives: Design

YANSS 225 – How a better understanding of neuromarketing can make you a smarter consumer — You Are Not So Smart

In this episode, neuromarketing experts Prince Ghuman and Matt Johnson discuss the many strange examples from their book, Blindsight, in an effort to make us all smarter consumers, empowered to make better decisions after touring a showcase of all the less-obvious ways … Continue reading →

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Beauty of physics

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Neuromarketing: You’re Being Manipulated

Neuromarketing: You’re Being Manipulated – https://aperture.gg/neuromarketing […]

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Why Is It So Hard to Fix Traffic?

Fixing traffic seems easy—just add more roads, right? Turns out that this is a problem studied by physicists and psychologists alike, with no easy answers. Hosted by: Hank Green […]

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The Fascinating World Inside of a Piano

[…] Recently I was lucky enough to get a top notch piano technician — Damon Groves on camera to explain all kinds of things related to how pianos work from the inside, how pianos are made, the different parts of … Continue reading →

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What do the pedals on a piano do? | Cunningham Piano Company, Philadelphia, King of Prussia, PA

[…] Pianos, keyboards and digital pianos can have one to three foot pedals that perform various musical functions. The most important pedal is the Damper or Sustain pedal, usually found on the furthest right on acoustic instruments, and the only … Continue reading →

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9GAG: Go Fun The World (@9gag) • Instagram video

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Elements of Webb: Salt, Ep10

The Webb Telescope is full of precise optical components, some of which include lenses made out of salt. Why? Find out why our infrared telescope requires this unexpected lens in this episode of Elements of Webb. Credits: NASA’s Goddard Space … Continue reading →

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Why There Are No Parachutes on Passenger Planes

Hey guys! Do you know that there are special, super-big parachutes… for airplanes? But even an airplane can have a parachute of its own, why don’t they supply each passenger on the flight with a personal parachute?! Wouldn’t it save … Continue reading →

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Computer Scientist Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty | WIRED

Computer scientist Amit Sahai, PhD, is asked to explain the concept of zero-knowledge proofs to 5 different people; a child, a teen, a college student, a grad student, and an expert. Using a variety of techniques, Amit breaks down what … Continue reading →

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