Computers

Special | 28m 48sVideo has Closed Captions

Find out more about how computers work in this Science Trek episode.

The computing power in today’s cell phones is much higher than all the processing power of all the computers on the Apollo 11 Lunar Lander that put two men on the moon. Computers can be found in almost everything. But how does this amazing technology work? On this month’s Science Trek, host Joan Cartan-Hansen and her guests will answer students’ questions about computers.

Aired 09/19/2016 | Rating TV-G

Science Trek is a local public television program presented by IdahoPTV

Major Funding Provided by the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation

Computers

Special | 28m 48sVideo has Closed Captions

Aired 09/19/2016 | Rating TV-G

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Science and Nature

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TV-G

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