#Wearables #SmartWatch #GadgetReview I had high hopes for the Echo Loop: It promised to relieve the tedium of withdrawing my phone from my pocket and take care of Alexa functions. Instead the device had many flaws, most importantly a serious SECURITY RISK as I explain. First of all, you can get yours here: https://amzn.to/39Gxm0k ... BUT ONLY IF you are invited into the Day1 program. I got on the list 9 months ago and just received mine last week. First the good: The styling is attractive, like Kingpin's pinky ring. I don't know how good it will look on more dainty hands, but I certainly like the fit and finish. A solid Vibranium shell encases the tech goodies that assuredly lie within. Charging the ring is oddly satisfying as it clicks snugly into the charging stand. And that's a good thing because you'll be charging this ring A LOT! In the week I've had it, I've charged it 14 times... It can also dial a contact's phone number with the press of a button...but good luck hearing them or speaking to them! This brings us to the Bad, but not fatal, flaws which include the device's laggy, unreliable connection rate, the fact you still need a smartphone like an Android or iPhone. The speaker is tiny and tinny and callers struggled to hear me even when I was basically swallowing the device! You also have to talk with the speaker against your lips and immediately hold the ring to your ear if you are anywhere outside of a library or Church. Further flaws include the admonition not to shower or bathe with it...what is it, a Gremlin ?? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjsIpXc9N6A The Ugly:The worst flaw is the Privacy/Security risk this ring presents. If someone gets a hold of your ring, perhaps while it's being charged -- about 50% of the day ? -- they can ask it to read your email, text messages, call your contact, read your reminders, and even access the most intimate personal data of all: your Amazon Shopping Cart contents! Until this is rectified, I won't be using this device. Instead, I will make use of my Amazon Prime membership and send it back, no questions asked...unless Jeff Bezos happens to watch this video... ?‍♂️ Watch my most popular videos: Eric Weinstein: https://youtu.be/YjsPb3kBGnk?sub_confirmation=1 Jim Simons: https://youtu.be/6fr8XOtbPqM?sub_confirmation=1 Noam Chomsky: https://youtu.be/Iaz6JIxDh6Y?sub_confirmation=1 Sabine Hossenfelder: https://youtu.be/V6dMM2-X6nk?sub_confirmation=1 Stephen Wolfram: https://youtu.be/nSAemRxzmXM  ?‍♂️ Find me on Twitter at https://twitter.com/DrBrianKeating ? Find me on Instagram at https://instagram.com/DrBrianKeating ? Buy my book LOSING THE NOBEL PRIZE: http://amzn.to/2sa5UpA ? Subscribe for more great content https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_con ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lhuUUi0rd4

#pulsars #quasars #BigBang In 1967, Jocelyn Bell Burnell made an astounding discovery. On 28 November 1967, she detected a "bit of scruff" on her chart-recorder papers that tracked across the sky with the stars. The signal had been visible in data taken in August, but as the papers had to be checked by hand, it took her three months to find it. She established that the signal was pulsing with great regularity, at a rate of about one pulse every one and a third seconds. Temporarily dubbed "Little Green Man 1" (LGM-1) the source (now known as PSR B1919+21) was identified after several years as a rapidly rotating neutron star. But as a young woman in science, her role was overlooked. Today's discussion is with one of the foremost astronomers of our time in a deep and revealing interview that shares a more personal side of her than ever before. In addition to describing her experimental research, we describe the surprising initial reaction to what was initially thought to be aliens, or Little Green Men. Since then we reveal what we've learned about fascinating pulsars as well as what that may reveal about life in the universe. We also chat about her religion (Quaker) and mine (Jewish) and how her view of God has evolved. We discuss her book "A Quaker Astronomer Reflects: Can a Scientist also be Religious? ", the Multiverse and Quakers: influence of mentors like Sir Fred Hoyle, the Nobel Prize and answer audience questions. Dame Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell DBE FRS FRSE FRAS FInstP is an astrophysicist from Northern Ireland who was president of the Royal Astronomical Society from 2002 to 2004, president of the Institute of Physics from October 2008 until October 2010, and interim president of the Institute following the death of her successor, Marshall Stoneham, in early 2011. In 2018, she was awarded the Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. Following the announcement of the award, she decided to use the £2.3 million prize money to establish the Bell Burnell Graduate Scholarship Fund, to help female, minority and refugee students become physics researchers. The fund is administered by the Institute of Physics. Bell on God "Recognising that there was not going to be any proof of the existence of God, I decided many years ago to adopt as a ‘working hypothesis’ the assumption that there was a God, a God that I will describe below, and to see how I got on with this picture of God. Perhaps evidence would accumulate that would lead me to decide that the hypothesis was wrong, that there was no God, or that God was very different from what I had imagined." 00:00:00 Intro 00:31:09 How should we balance out the sexism and discrimination of the past? 00:32:27 What advice would you give women PhD. students today? 00:34:18 JUDGING BOOKS BY TH ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhfNg6lymGM