The Lab With Brad

Recent Episodes

Ep 276: Binary boats and wireless

Posted August 27, 2020 • 00:17:12

Binary boats and wireless We spend some time with the ships and subs of the American Civil war, take our hats off to George Boole, and watch the beginning...

Ep 275: Telegraph and tabulation

Posted August 20, 2020 • 00:19:27

Telegraph and tabulation After the battery was invented, people began using electricity to do things like discover new elements and create new and better...

Ep 274: And the wheels keep turning

Posted August 13, 2020 • 00:21:35

And the wheels keep turning From water wheels to steam engines, to the taming of electricity, join us for another instalment in our episodes about where...

Ep 273: building bones and binary

Posted August 6, 2020 • 00:18:47

building bones and binary We rewind slightly to cover the beginnings of automated logic. Then we have a look-see at the mechanical calculators of the...

Ep 272: The fall of Rome and the rise of zero

Posted July 30, 2020 • 00:24:23

The fall of Rome and the rise of zero We’d planned to get a bit further, but there was just too much nifty history. Water wheels, paper mills, the...