When a human being is conceived inside a woman's womb, we first try to check for the baby's heartbeat. The heart is one of the most vital organs in our body and is also one of the first organs created. But hearts are also vulnerable to defects during birth and also later in our lives. In order to ensure a long life, there are various cardiac devices and procedures that have been created. In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk about Cardiac Devices with Abhijit Mondal, a biomedical engineer and...
Jan 08, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 59
Imagine a file-sharing protocol that has lasted more than 20 years. It can be used to download all kinds of files, is resistant to network failures and can auto-resume. It doesn't put a lot of load on a single server and is dependent on how many people are downloading the file simultaneously. The speed of the download increases as more people are trying to download the same file. This is BitTorrent a decentralized file-sharing protocol created in 2001. In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk ab...
Jan 01, 2023•50 min•Ep. 58
These days airline travel is the most popular means of global transport. But in a hyper-connected world, we all want access to fast internet even when we are in the air. So airlines have been working with various providers to provide us with in-flight Wi-Fi. But is it worth it? What speeds can you get? What are the limitations? In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk about In-flight Wi-Fi, how it works, what technologies are used and a lot more!
Dec 25, 2022•44 min•Ep. 57
We all consume electricity every day. But do we know how is it generated? How is it sent to our homes? What happens during this transmission process? How is the increase/decrease in demand met? There are various aspects to electricity generation, transmission, distribution and consumption. In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk about the Electric Grid, the various aspects of it, how it works, and a lot more!
Dec 18, 2022•42 min•Ep. 56
In today's world, wireless communication is taken for granted. We use it as part of the mobile network used by our smartphones. And also as Wi-Fi to communicate with the internet using multiple devices. But have you ever wondered what are the different Wi-Fi standards, why are the speeds and frequencies different for each standard? Which standard are you using? In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk about Wi-Fi, the various standards, its impact on our daily lives, and a lot more!
Dec 11, 2022•55 min•Ep. 55
Computers use a variety of ports to communicate, for power delivery and for data transfer. There are software ports and there are hardware ports. Software ports are used for communication between your computer and the internet or other computers in the network. Hardware ports come in various shapes and sizes and are used for multiple purposes. In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk about Computer Ports, the different types, how they are used and categorized, and a lot more!
Dec 04, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 54
What if you wanted to start your own shop but don't want to own or maintain the inventory? What if your orders could be taken by one system and fulfilled by some other system? This is what dropshipping is all about. In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk about Dropshipping, how it works, why we should use it, and a lot more!
Nov 27, 2022•43 min•Ep. 53
Fire has been humanity's greatest discovery and it has transformed the way we live throughout various civilizations. In the modern world, fire is used less and less and more stress is given to the usage of electricity as our main driver for everything. But we still use fire in many parts of our house which can cause potential hazards. In order to protect us from a fire we have certain systems in place. These are preventive as well as retarding. In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk about Fire...
Nov 20, 2022•50 min•Ep. 52
Every day we use some kind of navigation to go from one place to another. We also use it to track our fitness routine like running or cycling or hiking. We sometimes use it where there are no roads or waymarkers. And we use it even without a mobile network. Have you ever thought about how this navigation works? Why do we need to activate location services on our mobile phone to receive our accurate position? In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk about GNSS, the different systems in the world,...
Nov 15, 2022•46 min•Ep. 51
We all have been accustomed to passwords. Even SMS codes that come on our mobile phones. Some have gotten used to fingerprint scanners or facial recognition. Some use a code from an authenticator app. Some use hardware that generates a token. And even some use a hardware security key. All this combined together consists of MFA. In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk about MFA, the different factors, what it is based on and a lot more!
Sep 29, 2022•52 min•Ep. 50
We live on a planet that is constantly in motion. The things around the planet are constantly in motion. And the things on the planet are constantly in motion. So how does one keep track of where we are and what time it is? Well, you have standards for that. And one such standard for time is UTC. Is UTC a standard or a timezone, as many people might think? How does it work? Why do we need it? In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk about UTC, a standard for time, why it's needed, how it helps a...
Sep 14, 2022•39 min•Ep. 49
How do you know what you watch on the Internet is real? How do you know what you are hearing over a phone call is real? Technology has come so far now that we can create a realistic fake video/audio and fool people into believing whatever we want. This can have some serious consequences, sometimes even pushing a country into violence. In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk about Deepfake, why is it getting this much attention, what is it, how is it used and a lot more!
Sep 06, 2022•46 min•Ep. 48
When we create our Will, we only think about our physical and financial assets. But what about our digital assets? Have you ever thought about what would happen to all your social media accounts, subscriptions, online investments, documents, photos, scanned files, etc.? Thinking about your digital legacy is more vital than ever and companies have already started thinking about it. In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk about Digital Legacy, why we need to think about it, how we can plan for it...
Aug 07, 2022•49 min•Ep. 47
Passwords and PINs have long been overshadowed by fingerprint scanners and facial recognition software in our smartphones. These new ways of authenticating a person are known as the Biometrics of a person. They make our lives easier, are unique and we don't have to remember anything. It does come with its own risks leading to identity theft, etc. but it's a far superior technology for authenticating someone physically in a digital world. In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk about Biometrics,...
Jul 31, 2022•43 min•Ep. 46
"Humans now only make up 38.5% of internet traffic. The other 61.5% is non-human (bots, hacking tools, etc)." [Source - https://twitter.com/stats_feed/status/1532427285332013056]. Imagine if this tweet is actually true then most of the internet we know of is fake. Everything we follow, like, or subscribe to may not come from a human at all. Leveraging code to automate a workflow or process to gain a significant advantage is what bots are all about. They were created to reduce repetitive tasks fo...
Jul 25, 2022•46 min•Ep. 45
There is noise all around us. Yet we hardly notice it. In today's world the ambient noise we are exposed to is immense. This causes irritation, sleep problems, hearing loss, decreased productivity, lack of concentration, miscommunication, etc. But we don't worry about it till its too late. Noise cancellation is a technology that's actively trying to reduce our ambient noise so that we can reclaim silence. In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk about Noise Cancellation, what is it, what are its...
Jul 07, 2022•52 min•Ep. 44
We all use some kind of web browser to access the internet. The simple browser is one of the most important app in our lives right now and we know so little about all its features and functionalities. Its opened by almost everyone to access information over the internet. In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk about Internet Browser, what does it do, what are the most popular web browsers, their features and a lot more!
Jun 26, 2022•50 min•Ep. 43
We are currently living in an era where our identity, our data and our money are all organized by centralized organizations. But what if these could be managed by decentralized organizations over the internet. Imagine no one entity owns your identity, your data or your money. Welcome to Web 3.0. A web powered by blockchain, AI and DApps. In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk about Web 3.0, what is it, what are the different decentralized examples, and a lot more!
Jun 21, 2022•54 min•Ep. 42
The living organisms on planet Earth have been there for more than a billion years. And the most intelligent and complex of all those living organisms are humans. We have evolved to a stage where we are rapidly modifying our surrounding world with technology. And now we have the power to modify the biology of living organisms through technology. This is what Biotech is all about. In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk about Biotech, what is it, what are its different applications, and a lot mo...
May 29, 2022•58 min•Ep. 41
Finance is a word we have all heard of. Be it banking, loans, investments, insurance or payments, finance encompasses many areas of our lives. And for decades it was governed by highly old systems that never kept pace with increasing technology. All that changed with Fintech (Financial Technology). It has literally transformed the way we interact with different financial systems/products. Its made our lives so much easier. In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk about Fintech, what is it, what ...
May 22, 2022•57 min•Ep. 40
Data is the new king of the internet and every company is competing for your data. But what they do with your data is the most interesting thing. They create track your activities, create a profile of you and then target you with personalized ads. All this happens in the background without any knowledge to you. And to interpret that data in various ways, there is something called Analytics. In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk about Analytics, what is it, what companies use, how do they use ...
May 07, 2022•45 min•Ep. 39
Software development used to follow the waterfall model for a long time before a group of people came together to create something better. This meeting happened in 2001 and it changed the world of software development forever. Agile has been the most popular method of software development for over two decades and it is showing no signs of slowing down but simply evolving to cater to even bigger challenges in software development. In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk about Agile, what is it, ...
Apr 30, 2022•44 min•Ep. 38
When we buy a piece of art in the real world, its easy to verify its authenticity and prove ownership. But how do you verify digital ownership of a digital art, as one can easily create multiple copies of the same art? NFTs were created to solve this very problem of proving ownership. And its been possible now thanks to the blockchain. In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk about NFTs, what it is, what problem is it trying to solve, what can we do with it and a lot more!
Feb 13, 2022•59 min•Ep. 37
We know about the universe. We also think we know about the multiverse. But what is this metaverse? Why did the company Facebook change its name? Well we are living most of our lives these days on our smartphones or in the digital realm. What if we could live there just like we see in the movies Tron and Ready Player One? Metaverse is coming here to stay and we better understand what it is now before we are hooked into it. In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk about Metaverse, what it is, why...
Jan 26, 2022•40 min•Ep. 36
Cleaning our houses take up a lot of our time normally. But its a necessary chore. With the advent of a washing machine and dishwasher, it was only time till we got our first robot vacuum and these days you can buy a smart one, with full capabilities from auto schedule, auto empty, etc. Imagine so many hours freed from your day. In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk about smart vacuums, its various types, how it works, and a lot more!
Dec 02, 2021•40 min•Ep. 34
We are so used to the concept of cash and the anonymity it offers during every transaction that its impossible to think of something that can replace it one day. As more and more of our transactions are shifting online, its imperative that sooner or later we will come with a digital form of cash. Crypto currencies and other products offer some form of digital cash but there is something else on which many countries are working on. Its called the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). It won't rep...
Dec 02, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 35
What if you can get your internet wirelessly just like Cable TV? What if all you need for high speed internet is an access to a clear sky? What if you can post on social media from the remotest locations of Earth? This is what Elon Musk's company SpaceX is trying to do with Starlink. It's launching 1000s of satellites to provide high speed internet, with no data caps, anywhere in the world. In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk about Starlink, its plans, how it works, and a lot more!...
Oct 11, 2021•45 min•Ep. 33
The future of software is in the cloud. So what if we had the operating system (OS) on our laptops also hosted in the cloud? The most popular Google Chrome web browser led to the creation of Chrome OS. A cloud OS used to access all Google apps plus any other apps using their Play Store. Its a laptop but with a cloud OS installed. And chromebooks run Chrome OS. In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk about chromebooks, their features, why they are popular, and a lot more!
Oct 05, 2021•47 min•Ep. 32
Collaboration and communication. That's what we think when people work together. But what happens when people have to work remotely without being together in the same office space. How do you collaborate and communicate with your peers? Do you use email, chat, voice call, video call, etc.? What can we achieve using these tools? Are there any more features that the companies in this space are thinking about? In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk with Sabreena Ali, a Sales Engineer at Blue Jean...
Aug 06, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 31
We regularly consume information by reading text, by watching a video or by listening to an audio. But the consumption of content through podcasts (or audio) has increased a lot during the pandemic. People regularly listen to them while driving a car, while running or walking and while doing chores at home. But have you ever wondered what is a podcast? Why are people so crazy about podcasts? And how can you a create one? In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk about how to start a podcast, what...
Jun 23, 2021•43 min•Ep. 30
