The Joy of Figuring things out: Peter Jansen at TEDxBrussels

Peter Jansen is a maker and a research scientist. His area of expertise is Cognitive Artificial Intelligence, he teaches computers how to learn language like babies. He's also worked in astrophysics, Computational Linguistics and ? making stuff. He started putting together things like homemade 3D printers and a reciprocating laser saw, made of ultra low cost materials, and all schematics and details posted online for free. Peter's most impressive achievement is four generations of the scientific Tricorder. Based on Star Trek's famous sensor device he managed to make a Tricorder that measures atmospheric pressure, electromagnetism, temperature and humidity among many other metrics, and that has GPS, and an ultrasonic distance sensor on-board. Peter designed everything, he sourced all the components, soldered the control boards, made the casings and programmed the chips, a true polymath.
http://www.tedxbrussels.eu


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[bbrucet3]

Um. This was the worst TED talk I've ever seen. Um.

[gregat99]

Thank you Peter for helping to make this world a better place through science, engineering and giving. This makes me hopeful for the future of education!