Category: Tomorrow

Episode: 3343  Frank Rosenblatt's perceptron and the quest to design machines that can learn.  Today, the origin of learning in artificial neural networks.

Episode: 3344 That Rare Find, Rachel Ruysch.  Today, we talk diversity in art and nature.

Episode: 1477 A horseless carriage offered to Anne Boleyn.  Today, we offer Anne Boleyn an automobile.

Episode: 1476 In which Josephine Cochrane invents the dishwasher.  Today, the birth of the dishwasher.

Episode: 1475 The tragic tale of Evariste Galois.  Today, let's tell the remarkable tale of Evariste Galois.

Episode: 1474 Alfred Ely Beach builds a secret subway in New York City.  Today, a secret subway.

Episode: 2535 The base of a number system: times tables and memorization.  Today, go forth and multiply.

Episode: 3341 How Warren McCulloch and Walter Pitts laid the foundation for current AI research.  Today, the origin of artificial neural networks.

Episode: 3340 We look at the curious mechanics behind scissors.  Today, let’s look at scissors.

Episode: 1473 Two unsinkable ships: the Titanic and the Great Eastern.  Today, a story of two ships. One sank. One didn't.