How Do Computers Work? With Steven Gago [Episode 9]

Steve wears an an electroencephalogram cap to participate as a research subject in a brain lab experiment.

Happy new year 2020!

Steven Gago is the first human guest on Early Bird Science! He is an experienced software and firmware engineer, with a background in electrical and electronic engineering. Oh, yeah, he is also Kristen’s spouse. :-) He joins Kristen for this special, double-length episode to talk about how computers work.

Concepts covered:

1. Steve is NOT a morning person

2. Ancient computers

3. Processors

4. Transistors

5. Logic gates

6. Boolean algebra, 1s and 0s

7. John Von Neumann

8. Fetch-execute cycle

9. RAM

10. Computer “mouses” vs. “mice”

11. Analog vs. digital

12. Quantum computing

References and Resources from Steve

• Documentary on Antikythera Mechanism

  • https://youtu.be/jSQNEPbQOiI

• John Von Neumann

  • https://medium.com/cantors-paradise/the-unparalleled-genius-of-john-von-neumann-791bb9f42a2d

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