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Crash Course Computer Science
Psychology of Computing: Crash Course Computer Science #38
Season 1
Episode 38
So today, we’re going to discuss some psychological considerations in building computers like how to make them easier for humans to use, the uncanny valley problem when humanoid robots gets more and more humanlike, and strategies to make our devices work better with us by incorporating our emotions and even altering our gaze.
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12:23
Today we’re going to discuss how 3D graphics are created and rendered for a 2D screen.

12:38
Today, we're going to discuss the critical role of graphical user interfaces.

10:15
Today we're going to talk about the birth of personal computing.

10:57
This is an era that saw huge government funded projects - like the race to the moon.

11:31
Today we begin our discussion of computer graphics.

11:23
Today, we are going to start our discussion on user experience.

11:44
Today, we’re going to talk about lossless compression.

11:42
Today we’re going to look at how our computers read and interpret computer files.

12:17
Today we’re going to trace the history of these storage technologies.

12:55
Computers keep getting faster and faster...

12:29
So you may have heard of Moore's Law...

10:22
We'll talk about how large programs are typically broken up into into function units.