Archive - Climbing the Exponential

Computing using light not transistors

If you send a beam of light through a bit of paint, you will get a mathematical transformation of the signal you sent in - for free!

Jun 8, 2025 • Arvind Ravichandran

Does a Dog Catching a Frisbee Understand Physics? A Journey into Understanding

I was at the park over the weekend, watching a dog chase a Frisbee with incredible precision.

Jun 2, 2025 • Arvind Ravichandran

May 2025

Richard Feynman

The Great Explainer’s Enduring Legacy

May 25, 2025 • Arvind Ravichandran

Climbing the Exponential

And we are off..

May 17, 2025 • Arvind Ravichandran

Coming soon

This is Climbing the Exponential.

May 17, 2025 • Arvind Ravichandran

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