1. Claude Shannon birthday

April 30 is the birthday of Claude Shannon, the “Father of Information Theory.”

  • Proved Boolean algebra can solve any switching (binary) problem, thus the began the field of digital logic.

  • How to measure information 

  • Binary digits → bits!

  • Maximum bit rate for any sort of communications

The Mathematical Theory of Communication by Shannon, with intro by Weaver (PDF)

2. Toyota VSC recall

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