How The MIT Ideas Factory Revolutionised the Future

[@CuriousDroid]

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[@66556086]

Love how your advertising how people can break the law.

[@bradwooldidge6979]

You mean Harvard?

[@kennethlilliehook7839]

Your are a f..cking socialist Are you helping Pelosi , Byden , Clinton , Obamas launder money?

[@CloseToTheEdge89]

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[@DragonKingGaav]

This guy is an imposter! Everyone knows the real Curious Droid only wears the loudest shirts in existence!

[@darringreen8630]

I love these "where would the world be right now without this" type of topic. Paul, now please take it 1 step further. Bell Labs, MIT, DARPA, and other institutions have spawned technologies for verious industries, BUT, there is one industry they all have supported. The same industry the USSR helped to support. Space Exploration! Not just NASA, but all the space agencies around the world, have, a lot of times with the help of those previously mentioned institutions, developed technologies to be able to communicate with astronauts in space and on the Moon, to navigate to distant locations (to include asteroids), and even to just keep electronics and humans alive in the harsh environment of space. PLEASE do an indepth video of all the spinoffs from technologies developed/matured for space exploration, that enable our way of life today and have made our lives better physically, tangibly.

[@gaius_enceladus]

Great video! One huge thing you didn't mention - MIT was the birthplace of the "open-source software" movement as it was the place that Richard Stallman attended (who later set up the GNU Project - still going today). The GNU project are responsible for gcc and a lot of other software too.

[@CloseToTheEdge89]

FUCKING SHIT!!!!!!!!

[@kjyu4539]

Richard Stallman, the great he founded/created the Free Software Movement, the GNU project and the GNU GPL copyleft license the term Open source or Open source movement came later by others, and probably those who preferred to not to hint to the 'Free' (free as in freedom not as free beer) and didn't want to have or reveal a philosophical/political standpoint... anyway Free software and Open source software are in practice technically almost always the same... they have the same or compatible licenses nowadays we have an ocean of free/open-source software in almost every area thanks to guys like Richard Stallman... he really changed the path of the history for better... of course many others and even some commercial companies contributed and helped to these movements, otherwise the humanity could not achieve what is achieved now, but Richard Stallman was the person who started and founded it all. he was a founder and, for a long time, a great leader

[@dilipdas5777]

Gcc means

[@nilsrp]

Actually, no, this is not a great video. It is a mediocre video, with content that even a 12 year old could put together as a school project. No, the videos that Curious Droid makes now compared to before is just sad to watch. It seems to me that this guy is content in making videos that are quite effortless to make. No actual research and no effort. Just wiki stuff and pics from the web. Easy to do. So, like I said, no, this is not a great video... at best it is an example of what level NOT to stoop to when you have over 1 million subscribers.

[@CloseToTheEdge89]

@@nilsrp EXACTLY!!!!!!! MIT is now FULL of Diversity, Inclusion and Equity now so we shall see their standards hit the FLOOR whilst Russia and China EXCELL!!!! But that's the point with Marxism. I doubt Mr Fat Bald Head understands this or will deal with it lol!!!!!!

[@skipper50634]

Gordon Freeman is my favorite scientist who graduated from MIT

[@michaelmoorrees3585]

11:15 - "Core" didn't need power to preserve its content, but reading a core "word" erased that word upon reading, known as a "destructive read", the content of that "read", had to be rewritten to that same address. Not a problem for the Seeburg jukebox models that also used core memory. Because in a jukebox, the "erase" (aka clear), was usually the next operation, in the older mechanical mechanisms. The Apollo guidance computers used core for RAM, an "Rope" a near core equivalent, for its ROM, where the program was stored. FYI, for those not familiar with broader computer use. Most common users, think the program (or app) has to be read from the "drive" (serial FLASH, in cellphones and Firesticks) to RAM, to execute. But that's just in the "general computing" world, that uses an OS (operating system). In the "embedded" world, where more computing actually sits, the program is stored in ROM, and executes directly from the ROM, with RAM only used for storing variables, so a lot less RAM (multiple orders of magnitude less) is needed. These types of devices boot up instantly, without the delay associated with turning on your computer or cellphone. Even those have "boot ROMs", to initiate their start up.

[@bondisteve3617]

Thanks. Happy New Year.

[@marktyler3381]

Great video as always. Tiny pedant point it's al - um - ni.

[@frankgulla2335]

Paul, Thank you for reviewing MIT's involvement in "Revolutionising the Future." I am an alumnus (ChE'74) and was on campus as "email" was developing. It seemed cute that you could leave an electronic note on someone else's computer, but I did not see the worldwide value back then. Thank you for all the kind words. It does pay to be in the right place at the right time,, and MOT and Vannever Bush. it helps to know the right people.

[@rayoflight62]

Happy New Year, Mr. Shiilito. Greetings, Anthony

[@InvestmentJoy]

Hope your 2024 is great Paul! Looking forward to many videos in the next year!

[@CloseToTheEdge89]

Yeah i'm a SHILL promoting BULLSHIT!!!!!!!!

[@billant2]

Paul is like Schrodinger's cat , both dead and alive depending if you're watching his videos or not. ;D

[@sebione3576]

No mention of Gordon Freeman? He was the MIT graduate most of us are familiar with.

[@craighalpin896]

You don't open up a dimensional rift that destroys the world as we know it and expect MIT to take credit for you. 🤕 🧐

[@bogdanspineanu]

Great video as always !

[@jmanj3917]

6:36 That's pretty cool...pretty good life lesson in there, I think... "It just seemed like a neat idea"... That's freaking awesome. Happy New Year!

[@DexterBachman]

The PDP-10 for which Ray Tomlinson worked on the TENEX operating system was a Mainframe Computer developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in 1966. The DEC Mini-Computer of the same time frame was the PDP-11 introduced in 1969.

[@SaturnCanuck]

That was a great video Paul and I always enjoy then, But that was more than a couple, as that is just two. Happy New Year.

[@yt.personal.identification]

Now, please do Australia's CSIRO inventions. You won't know the people, but you use the tech every day.

[@jake9705]

10:50 -- The similarities between this black-and-white schematic of analog ram with the "upspin/downspin" qualities of quarks in quantum physics is incredible.

[@bullettube9863]

George Eastman the founder of Kodak, donated millions of dollars to MIT and RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology) as well as Tuskegee Institute and University Of Rochester. These large donations enabled these schools to expand and become the universities they are today!

[@louwrentius]

The book Palo Alto by Malcolm Harris addresses topics like the history of Stanford University and the darker side (which may also apply to MIT) is the rampant racism, eugenics support, sexism and anti-democratic tendencies of those involved. I work in IT and I think a lot of people don’t know about this history, and I think people should.

[@Kyzyl_Tuva]

Great video! At MIT, us grads call ourselves a-lum-ni, not a-lum-in-i. Other than that mispronunciation, I love this video.

[@sigbauer9782]

A "D" from MIT is worth 1000x more than an "A" from the "ivy league".

[@lancethrustworthy]

Curious Droid has been in existence for quite some time. Why hasn't it gotten its act together with merchandising? I don't know what the percentage of viewers are that want the T-shirt Paul's wearing, but it's worthy of note. Wake up, Curious Droid. Please set it up so we can get a T-shirt like yours without having to hunt it down.

[@adwareman8349]

THIS!

[@andrewpinner3181]

Thanks Curious & wishing you a Happy New Year !

[@counterfit5]

You forgot to mention Human Measuring Stick Oliver Smoot

[@Splucked]

A wicked important point! ♥

[@billguernsey6419]

Omg the tee shirt is to die for, my sister earned her doctorate at mit. No regrets about reading “ surely you’re joking Dr Feynman”

[@fasvi1285]

I love your videos and watch them all. I think that it is a bit odd to talk about Feynman without mentioning Quantum Electro Dynamics. It is what he won the noble prize for, but more significantly, it is one of the most fundamental and important theories in all of physics. Keep up your great work!

[@adam872]

I had the good fortune to get a tour of the MIT Media Lab about 15 years ago. It was singularly one of the coolest experiences I've had in my life. It's a truly amazing place.

[@shaun906]

its so sad the uk government lacked foresight and ambition. The talent we have either moves to America or is sold off for a quick buck to China. I wrote to Johnson complaining about hs2 costs and that we should invest that money in our universities, challenging students to think outside the box and create the future.

[@briancavanagh7048]

Really interesting in realising what a profound impact MIT alumni has had in the world. But the question we should be asking is why? What sets MIT as being so successful?

[@Dogman262]

Theyre "successful" because they all made connections and then went on to take positions of influence while maintianing their shared interests obv, it doesnt even require a genius level intellect or some kind of back breaking work ethic just shake the right hands and stick to the program and you'll get all the wealth and power you want

[@gigakoresh]

@@Dogman262That too of course, but MIT is different because they actually require practical academic achievements, unlike some other similar places like Harvard, which only require money and connections. That's why Harvard graduates usually become rich, but hardly celebrated, while MIT people are quite a bit more valued in society.

[@bzuidgeest]

Its a self-fulfilling prophecy. A few are successful, that brings attention and money, both of which in turn attract more scientists etc etc. In short your answer is happy accident. Also MIT is hardly alone in this world in having successful alumni

[@peerpede-p.]

"What sets MIT as being so successful?" Maybe it is because the teachers doesn't all have short blue hair.😇

[@shaun906]

@@Dogman262 it because of the unique place America is in. coast to coast with almost every environment on earth, cheap labour to the south and 350 million customers.

[@PoliticalCineaste]

As great as MIT is, SRI, at Stanford University was likely more involved with the Internet and GUI than MIT. Englebart is probably as big or bigger than some of the people listed in the video, for making computers common and the technologies for intercommunication. Still, Englebart got his ideas from a 1945 Vannevar Bush article, "As We Might Think" for a Memex machine (what we'd call an iPhone today). Engelbart made his life mission to make Memex a reality, and he did.

[@88njtrigg88]

Nice t-shirt, of the best scientific conundrum. I wish this t-shirt was in polo design

[@ElectricPhantasmagoria]

You left out a name of a notable person from MIT - Dr. Gordon Freeman. His work at Black Mesa and in City 17 saved earth from the combine

[@carlsoll]

This was incredible. I’m the guy who watched this 200% through

[@chdarwin05]

...another awesome video! Thank you! Also, really cool Tshirt. Do. you have a merchandise store?

[@adamholt09]

That magnetic core is beautiful the cable management on that thing is amazing. What a cool relic of the late analogue/ early digital age

[@billant2]

Imagine it was actually used on the 1986 Challenger shuttle's computer and survived.

[@walterpleyer261]

Re; Whirlwind An Austrian tech professor, Heinz Zemanek, designed the countries first computer. It was also one of the first transistor only computers in Europe. Because this neede a lot less cooling than Whirlwind, he called it "Mailuefterl" (May breeze)

[@craigw.scribner6490]

Thanks, Paul!

[@kiptelgat]

man we take the number of bytes our devices use for granted and often underplay what people have been able to accomplish with just a few KBs or MBs

[@isalmankhan1]

Thanks for sharing Sir & Happy New Year🎆🎆🎆

[@geneballay9590]

well done. thank you for all the work and then sharing.

[@toughenupfluffy7294]

I know it's going to be a good new year when I see Curious Droid in my feed again.

[@seaskimmer]

Fantastic upload, really enjoyed this.🙂

[@johndemeritt3460]

Generally, this was a good video, highlighting technology as A driver of OUR futureS. However, this didn't go into the truly important questions: how did technology developers and entrepreneurs try to sell their new technologies; and why did people buy them? The latter is crucial, because as Rogers noted in Diffusion of Innovations (5th ed, 2003, Free Press), people often adopt technologies to solve very different reasons than technologists and entrepreneurs offered them. Those technologies often have to be adapted, both to different uses AND to fit better with the mutually constructed social realities of the people adopting the technologies. The reason I mention all this is that I took a Master of Science degree in Studies of the Future from University of Houston, Clear Lake. I went into the program thinking that technology drives society. I came out understanding that before technologies change society, society selects the technologies that will drive those changes. And it wasn't until I almost completed a PhD in Sociology that I understood why this is the case. Rogers' Diffusion of Technology is an essential read if you want to understand why.

[@JackdeDuCoeur]

And let's not forget MIT also gave us Click and Clack the Tappet Brothers!

[@fensoxx]

Man I miss them

[@si-o1274]

Thank you for this

[@kiptelgat]

wonderful video I never understood the principles of analogue computers its good to see the curtain pulled up on them a bt

[@dilipdas5777]

MIT and Bells lab have created this modern world.

[@wipidipipaku]

I always put thumbs up before even watching the video as I already know It will be a good one. Cheers from Argentina.

[@sanitasfitness7070]

Brilliant video as usual! Thanks!

[@shadowred1980]

Great stuff, looking forward to what you have planned this year.

[@someguydino6770]

You say " a lum in i " and I say " a lum ni" You say " po tat toe" and I say "poe ta toe...

[@jamesturner2126]

Happy New Years, Paul! From all the Curious Droids!

[@workingguy-OU812]

Excellent video, chief. Thank you for all that you do.

[@buffplums]

Very interesting. I didn’t know that the early shuttles used magnetic core memory but I suppose it’s obvious considering that the computer systems were originally built to early 70s technology

[@cliffcannon]

Core memory was also very resistant to cosmic radiation, which could affect semiconductor memory and lead to random computational errors - a bad thing to happen in your flight control system!

[@RCAvhstape]

IIRC the IBM AP-101 computer family was used in a lot of applications in the 70s, including the F-15 fighter jet, the B-1 and B-52 bombers, and probably still is used. It's bullet-proof reliable and for the limited number of flight software programs you run on it it doesn't need to be super modern. I think the shuttle used them right until the end of the program, despite all the other avionics upgrades.

[@David-yo5ws]

One of the 'problems' with the Space Shuttle development was the ever changing new technologies. So in order to finish a Shuttle build, they had to hold on to the technical gear they started with for that ship and not change anything till they started the next one. When I was in the Survey part of the Navy, we had an Elliot 905 computer with 8k core memory and used 'ticker tape' to programme it. For a software patch, this specialist would come on board and literally read the tape, mark a spot, cut the tape and stick in the 'patch'. Guess that name stuck.

[@antikoerper256]

What a video to start the year with! Amazing! Thanks so much and respect to all MIT alumni!

[@fallyn2920]

MIT even having a fun spot in the Fallout universe as having survived the nuclear catastrophe and being the creator of Synthetic humans and super mutant breeds. It's fun to destroy them using a rebuilt giant robot that throws nukes.

[@ThePholder30]

Great video thanks Paul - love the T Shirt btw!

[@szabolcs__]

A good video to start 2024

[@szabolcs__]

first yt in 24

[@ejfudd3500]

Great production as usual!

[@CamiloSanchez1979]

Love your channel, nice to see new content. Sir, thank you Sir

[@frankintegrity7996]

Top quality content as per.

[@fburton8]

Love the teashirt… very clever!

[@ralphgriffin2785]

Finally….a nice shirt….well done…love it!

[@02markcal]

Paul, Health and happiness for you and your family for 2024.

[@hamentaschen]

1:56 George Santos? Pioneer in Bone Marrow Transplantation! Man that dude is literally everywhere and has done everything. What an accomplished fella!

[@rjung_ch]

🤣

[@FUNC_DEF]

Got a third through the video and was still waiting for the intro to play

[@jayceekali4317]

Yet another great video, Paul! But, something is missing….. I know! It’s the shirt. The funky shirt is missing!!! 👍

[@Valseil]

Rad shirt and rad videos as usual. Welcome 2024!

[@Bow-to-the-absurd]

Fascinating stuff.

[@stickynorth]

The MIT Technology Review to me is a modern person's MUST READ. I get more pleasure out of every issue of that magazine than any other but National Geographic, Popular Science and maaaaaaybe back in the day? Playboy... ;-)

[@rocketscience4516]

Back in the day? That's not what I've heard.

[@hololightful]

I really enjoyed this video... Would have liked it to have been longer, covering more things. Thanks!

[@196cupcake]

GPS is a great example of how seemingly unimportant science can end up having a huge practical impact in day-to-day life. This is because GPS needs to reference the position of quasars in order to be as precise as it is. Stars more around too much. So, we had to learn about things that happened billions of years ago, billions of light years away, to be able to make something a lot of people use every day.

[@dannyboyy31]

Love the T-shirt, Paul 😂 Happy New Year!

[@Moonman63]

My favorite Cecil Green story was when a Texas Instrument engineer was being deposed in a patent lawsuit, the lawyers were asking about the chain of command at TI and when they asked who Cecil Green reported to he responded…. “God”. Cecil Green is still one of the most revered names in seismic exploration.

[@gonebamboo4116]

This channel is one of the best of operation mocking bird productions.

[@marinoceccotti9155]

They used magnetic core memory in the Space shuttle ??? Wow.

[@thanksfernuthin]

Corning may be a good subject for a video as well. I was stunned learning the impact they had on the modern world as well.

[@oligoprimer]

James McDonnell founded McDonnell Aircraft Corp. That corporation later bought Douglas Aircraft to become McDonnell Douglas.

[@lewiswestfall2687]

Thanks CD

[@ahmedburrak0]

I try to read your work words this is hipnosis my future reactions.🌍

[@homuraakemi493]

Is this the beginning of a new shirt epoch? 😮

[@yesthatsam]

A t-shirt?! Seriously?! That’s awesome ;)

[@paulhicks3595]

Not ‘ alumini’ but ‘alumni’ or al-um -ni. You’ve added an extra syllable.

[@resiliencewithin]

What's the purpose of focusing on names while you can connect ideas directly?

[@paulpearce172]

Love your videos, I apprciate the time and effort you put into them. A quick observation, on your patreon support page title, 'thier' should be spelt 'their'

[@Johnnycdrums]

My mechanical engineering professor was a commercial fisherman and MIT dropout. It pays to never give up.

[@robertgentile7198]

Yankee enginuity bravo!!

[@generaldvw]

Excellent video. Thanks.

[@JohnGiasi]

Ray Tomlinson was MIT MS, but his BS is from the older american engineering school: Rensselaer Polytechnic in Troy, NY.

[@offdagrid877]

Nice shirt and another great video

[@timaz1066]

Happy new year

[@BostonShovinstuff]

It sounds very humble and a bit idiotic but I did roof maintenence there for 7 years . We were always "looked down upon" yet we were let into odd rooms for roof access . I won't get into it because it was very demeaning when I was simply keeping their heads dry . They aslo TRIED to make a 36 volt dewalt/milwaukee battery for construction tools but they exploded on our roofs in a resting position ... friggin geniuses. Love your channel bud , nothing I vented was geared towards you lol . Happy new year and God bless to you and yours !

[@Jagermonsta]

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[@russchadwell]

Dr. PhD Sheldon Cooper DISAGREES!

[@JohnnyAngel8]

Just going through some of the comments, it is disturbing when people equate advances in technology with only bad outcomes. We know this is not true. Both good and bad can come from science; it is up to societies to determine how it will be used. Concerning the comments about wealth, I agree that the consolidation of it is generally not good, especially when it is an exercise in vainglory. Hard-working people deserve their wealth if earned honestly yet a fair distribution of wealth is essential to keep peace in the world.

[@PJRiter1]

Remember the Radiation Laboratory at MIT!

[@e.scottdaugherty8291]

I had a thought while watching this. I've got a coupla nephew's, one got an academic scholarship to WPI, & the other one? He got an academic scholarship to where you're talking about, 😳.

[@jakedee4117]

You should do a series on this, great scientific institutions that have changed the world. Maybe the Royal Society ?

[@snivla4]

That RAM is amazing and another thing used in the Saturn 5 . They had mainly women weaving the stuff and braiding it .

[@petroelb]

Love that shirt!