Macrofab Engineering Podcast

MEP EP#328: Berry Based Physics with Collin Anderson Collin Anderson Computer scientist turned electrical engineer Has worked on things as varied as: Quantum key distribution at Los Alamos National Laboratory A tool to help decipher glyphs of the classical Mayan civilization FPGA firmware at the Ice Cube Neutrino Observatory Currently an engineer and co-founder of Orthogonal Systems An engineering and software development firm specializing in: Custom test & measurement hardware Databases Data analysis What are Particles Really? Thinking of sub atomic objects as particles muddies the water Starting with an understanding of wave theory Knowing particles are waves, the weirdness is less weird Electron Standing Waves Current flow is more like a sound pressure wave Each electron is kinda doing its own thing