Episode 65: New Ways of Looking With Elizabeth Bear

Posted May 22, 2016 by bn

a ccd is a thing inside a camera

hey.
how does a digital camera work?
no, not all the lenses. lenses are baby things.
how do you take the light, and turn it into digital signals?

we’re talking: CCDs,CMOS cameras, MKIDs, and superconducting bolometers!

it’s a wild day on the titanium physicists podcast! we’re talking about how LIGHT SENSING INSTRUMENTS WORK!

Our guest this time is Elizabeth Bear, award winning speculative fiction author.

Physicists: Danica Marsden and Suresh Sivanandam

Intro Music: Ted Leo and the Pharmacists 

Exit Music: John Vanderslice 

Transcript: Ep_65_New_Ways_Of_Looking

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