Technology Connections (2015)
Technology Connections is an educational YouTube channel created by Alec Watson. It explores the history, engineering, and inner workings of everyday technology, including consumer electronics, household appliances, transportation, lighting, and audio and video equipment.
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1. DVD-RAM: The Disc that Behaved like a Flash Drive2019-01-11 · 18mYou can support this channel on Patreon! Link below DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, and DVD+RW ain’t got nothin’ on my man RAM. Oh yes, DVD-RAM, the format of mild obscurity which seems lik
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2. The Odd History of the SD Logo2019-01-21 · 11mYou can support this channel on Patreon! Link below So, what’s the deal with the D? Why is it all, disclike? Last I checked, SD cards weren’t any sort of disc. What’s going on? In
- 3 3. The Time-Lapse VCR2019-02-04 · 18mAnalog video and frame-by-frame review don’t usually go nicely together (unless of course you’ve got a CAV Laserdisc onhand). So how did security camera systems stretch the normal
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4. Space Heater Nonsense2019-02-13 · 18mYou can support this channel on Patreon! Link below Unless my understanding of the universe is deeply flawed, something about space heaters just doesn’t add up. In this video, I t
- 5 5. The Story of Disney's PeopleMover in Texas2019-02-26 · 21mThis is the fun, weird, and surprisingly complicated story of Disney’s PeopleMover attraction and how it ended up somewhere unexpected. And maybe even somewhere really unexpected!
- 6 6. The Electromagnet in Your Toaster2019-03-15 · 11mYa ever wonder about what’s in a toaster? No? Well, too bad ‘cause you’re gonna find out right now!
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7. Exploring the World of E-Ink2019-03-30 · 18mIt’s ink. But better!
- 8 8. E-Ink on Android, and other new things!2019-04-09 · 7mBig things are coming soon. In some ways, they already have!
- 9 9. The Antique Toaster that's Better than Yours2019-04-19 · 19mThat title isn’t hyperbole or clickbait nonsense. This really is better than your toaster. At least, I think so. Seriously, can we make this the norm, please? If we figured it out
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10. Flexplay: The Disposable DVD that Failed (Thankfully)2019-04-28 · 20mHave you ever run across a cool idea that you desperately hope doesn’t catch on? Flexplay is one of those. In this video, we’ll talk about what it is, why it was crazy to think it
- 11 11. Thermostats: Cooler than you think!2019-05-10 · 17mBoy do I have a COOL topic for you today. We’re gonna turn up the HEAT with this one!
- 12 12. Automatic Record Changers: We used to like them2019-06-02 · 19mHmm. What were these things? Why were some record sets made to work with them? When did we decide we hated them? Was that the right call? Will I ask another question? These are th
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13. Portable Air Conditioners - Why you shouldn't like them2019-06-15 · 17mOh no. It’s a new version of a well-established product that trades efficiency for convenience. But this time, it’s more than just being cool. It’s about cooling.
- 14 14. The Best Easy Way to Capture Analog Video (it's a little weird)2019-07-06 · 16mAfter much annoyance dealing with fiddly capturing methods, I thought I’d show you the method I stumbled upon that works amazingly well, is fairly cheap, and awfully easy. I’ve bee
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15. TOSLINK: That one consumer fiber optic standard2019-07-20 · 21mWell. Isn’t that strange. Digital data through fiber optics, and in the home no less! Let’s explore this a little, shall we?
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16. Fiber vs. Copper; What do we really need?2019-07-29 · 23mFiber optics. A DeLIGHTful technology. Ooh that’s a groaner. Well, why don’t we see them around more often? Let’s find out!
- 17 17. Switches are Clicky; Here's Why2019-08-12 · 15mClick clack I was taken aback. Wonderin’ ‘bout those switches of light, yeah. Let’s find out what the point is of all that clacking, shall we?
- 18 18. The Weird World in RGB2019-08-28 · 22mHave you ever wondered why the word looks so weird? Wait. Weird as in, like, all the time? Of course! We live in a weird world! But light, though! What about weird light? Ahhh, tha
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19. The CED: RCA's Very Late, Very Weird Video Gamble (Pt. 1)2019-09-10 · 24mBring the magic home… with RCA! Please? We really want you to buy this. Please. Buy it now. Right now. It’ll be great.
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20. The CED: No really, it coulda made sense! (Part 2)2019-09-21 · 24mIt’s seriously not that crazy of an idea. RCA might have pulled this off in a couple of ways, and in this video we explore those new angles.
- 21 21. LCCS: The LCD / CRT Hybrid from JVC2019-09-30 · 12mSo. Ya want color, eh? But you don’t want any of them dots or stripes? We can do that.
- 22 22. The VFD that isn't2019-10-18 · 8mWouldn’t it be nice if VFDs made a resurgence? Just put VFDs on everything, already! Make VFDs the new “blockchain” or “neural networks” or whatever. Priorities, people!
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23. RCA's CED failed; their history can tell us why (Pt. 3)2019-10-29 · 27mPart three! It’s here! Huzzah! Let’s learn about what happened in the history of RCA that led up to the eventual failure of the CED.
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24. The VHS cassette was more clever than BetaThe VHS cassette was more clever than Beta2019-11-08 · 17m“Oh nooo! Betah!”
In this video, we discuss the endlessly discussed rivalry betwixt the Victorious VHS and the Bent-outa-shape Beta, but from an entirely new angle!
- 25 25. LED color experiments 2019; Beyond the Sharpie2019-11-17 · 14mYeah, so if you're new here, this is a thing that happens because I'm a curmudgeon about holiday lighting. Let's see what this year brings!
- 26 26. Klaxons; What makes them sound like that?2019-11-27 · 9mahOOOOOga! All aboard the HONK HONK express! We're gonna learn a few things about horns and then probably there will be bloopers or something.
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27. One more thing: the VHS notch2019-12-18 · 8mThis is not the same video you watched previously. I promise. It’s a whole new video.
- 28 28. Film: the reason some of the past was in HD2019-12-22 · 22m♫ last Christmas, I shot it on film ♫ ♫ but the very next year, I switched it to tape ♫ ♫ this year, to save me from tears ♫ ♫ I’ll just go and shoot in 4K ♫
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