Glass is an amazing substance - so ubiquitous that we almost ignore it, yet utterly indispensable to modern life. It requires complex manufacturing, yet humans have been making it since before they had the technological knowledge. How? Such an interesting subject.
Cheers! The lively clink of glass on glass is a must for any festive gathering, whether you’re sipping champagne in a flute or lemonade in a tumbler. We rely on glass in the kitchen—for baking perfect...Show More
Aaron Gross of Austin Art Glass mixes the history of glass, his artistic inspiration, and interesting tidbits about Austin, Texas to bring viewers closer to this interesting profession.
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Look in your kitchen cabinet, theres no doubt a Pyrex dish in there somewhere, whether it be a glass pie plate or the ubiquitous glass measuring cup with the red incremental markings. This year marks...Show More
Sir Sidney McSprocket explores how Pyrex cookware is made.Join Fun Kids Podcasts+: https://funkidslive.com/plusSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Corning makes glass. Pretty boring, right? WRONG!! The history of the company is amazing, with ties to Thomas Edison and the "invention" of the light bulb and the development of one of the first R&D l...Show More
Neil MacGregor's world history as told through objects at the British Museum. This week he is looking at how objects moved around the medieval world in the context of war, trade and faith and the quit...Show More
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In this episode of TechStuff, Jonathan and Chris discuss how fiber optics work.
AstronomyCast 284: Optics, by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay
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A discussion of the nature of light and its interactions with matter, including a journey through the history of our understanding of light from Newton’s corpuscular theory through early wave theory a...Show More
AstronomyCast 380: The Limits of Optics by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay
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Chris Pickett is the CEO of DigiLens, a company on a mission to enable the next generation of waveguide-based AR displays using their proprietary waveguide technology. Chris laid the foundation for ...Show More
Chandra Devam is the co-founder and CEO of Aris MD, a company incorporating conventional scanning technologies and their unique data processing and visualization software to deliver X-Ray vision withi...Show More
The telescope offered a shortcut to stardom for Galileo. We offer some fun cynical twists on the standard story.
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A NASA discovery leads to products that help build the next great space telescope!
As the Invention podcast ends, discussions of techno-history become part of STBYM again. So let's explore some past episodes of Robert and Joe's other series. Since we're already talking about optics,...Show More
Cheers! We're celebrating the 2nd anniversary of The Land of Desire with the world's favorite party drink: champagne! We'll explore the mystery and the myth behind this French classic. Why do we drink...Show More
Over the course of 50 years, a father and son team made exquisite glass botanical models that would transform our understanding of the natural world.
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So interesting. Glass is so cheap and ubiquitous we completely overlook how indispensable it is and how complex it is to make.