Science Sunday!
It seems like it has been a while since I’ve done anything computer or computer history related. How about something from General Electric? Specifically the “Heavy Military Electronics Department”?
“Systems That Look Ahead”, a 1960s promo video on the virtues of computer information processing.
Honestly, I’m just fascinated by the idea of the “Heavy Military Electronics Department”. Was there a “Light Military Electronics Department”?
Bonus #1: They call economics the “dismal science”, right? Actually, this sits kind of at the interesection.
“Economics of Nuclear Reactor”, with our old friend Illinois EnergyProf.
Bonus #2: Periscope Films has put up some more educational videos from Shell Oil. This is actually one that they posted a while back from the 1970s that’s in color: “How an Airplane Flies: Part 1, Weight and Lift” and “Part 2: Thrust and Drag”.