The Science Elf
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Building a Relay-Powered Pi Machine
Just in time to be a few days late to Pi Day, I built a machine that computes the digits of pi with relays.
Music Used:
Shawl Paul - Norma Rockwell (0:01, 15:25)
Take it Slow - SefChol (3:23)
Tiptoe out the Back - Dan Lebowitz (7:02)
No Good Right - Freedom Trail Studio (9:35)
Play Song - John Daley and the 41 Players (12:11)
Love Explosion - (14:32)
Clips in Order of Appearance:
The Spigot That Streams Digits of Pi - czcams.com/video/zqEtR9f9NLo/video.html (2:24)
Calculating Pi with Real Pies - czcams.com/video/ZNiRzZ66YN0/video.html (8:30)
RainPi - Calculate Pi with Raindrops - czcams.com/video/I-BC_vI4CAE/video.html (8:32)
A really interesting formula for pi - czcams.com/video/zirDsRzxlxs/video.html (8:46)
Congratulations to Matt Parker and his team of human computers for calculating 139 digits of pi by hand. My machine hasn't even come close to that.
This year man has beaten the machines...
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I Wrote Minecraft for a Calculator
zhlédnutí 1,3MPřed 9 měsíci
Ever since high school, I've wished I could play Minecraft on my calculator. Now it's time to make that dream a reality. Check out the code here: github.com/TheScienceElf/Blocks-TI-84 Music Used: Church of 8 Wheels - Otis McDonald (0:01, 12:09) Take it Slow - SefChol (2:33) Weekend in Tattoine - Unicorn Heads (6:06) Tiptoe out the Back - Dan Lebowitz (9:25) Clips in Order of Appearance: Arcade ...
I Made an Internet Time Machine
zhlédnutí 623KPřed 2 lety
I put together a little device that lets me take my retro computers onto the retro internet. Try out the Wayback Proxy: github.com/richardg867/WaybackProxy Music Used: Shawl Paul - Norma Rockwell (0:01) Church of 8 Wheels - Otis McDonald (5:49) Tiptoe Out the Back - Dan Lebowitz (8:23) Some Other Place - South London HiFi (11:08) Clips in Order of Appearance: Early AOL Commercial - czcams.com/v...
Putting Video on a Floppy Disk
zhlédnutí 374KPřed 2 lety
I put the Toxic video onto a floppy disk in probably the worst way possible. Check out the code here: github.com/TheScienceElf/Video-to-Text Music Used: Rank and File - Silent Partner (0:00) No Good Right - Freedom Trail Studio (1:54) Shawl Paul - Norma Rockwell (5:01) Church of 8 Wheels - Otis McDonald(10:51) Clips in Order of Appearance: Toxic - czcams.com/video/LOZuxwVk7TU/video.html (0:00) ...
Raytracing on a Graphing Calculator (again)
zhlédnutí 2MPřed 2 lety
A long time ago, I wrote a really slow ray tracing program for a TI-84 calculator. I figured it's about time for an upgrade. Check out the code here: github.com/TheScienceElf/TI-84-CE-Raytracing Music Used: Cream of the Earth - Romeo Knight (0:00, 11:03) Take it Slow - SefChol (2:58) Sunday Plans - Silent Partner (5:31) Sunshine Samba - Chris Haugen (8:33) Clips in Order of Appearance: Computer...
Does Anyone Remember Animusic?
zhlédnutí 879KPřed 2 lety
Twenty years ago, a "computer animation video album" named Animusic was released. Twenty years later, I made a video about it. (Background) Music Used: Stick Figures - Animusic 1 (0:00) Pipe Dream 2 - Animusic 2 (7:23) Glarpedge - The Sound of 12 [Demo] (11:56) Resonant Chamber - Animusic 2 (14:04) Harmonic Voltage - Animusic 1 (19:02) (Non-Album) Clips in Order of Appearance: Creating the Anim...
The Internet Runs on Magic
zhlédnutí 90KPřed 3 lety
Creating a universal global network is no easy feat. Today we take a look at the modular design that allows the internet to work with nearly every device imaginable. Music Used: Cream of the Earth - Romeo Knight (0:21) Tiptoe Out the Back - Dan Lebowitz (5:36) Some Other Place - South London HiFi (11:37) Clips in Order of Appearance: The Kids' Guide to the Internet - czcams.com/video/A81IwlDeV6...
A Brief History of Computer Viruses
zhlédnutí 458KPřed 4 lety
For nearly 50 years, computers have been getting infected with worms and viruses, programs designed to spread from machine to machine. In this video, we take a look at how these digital diseases got their start, alongside more unique examples of self-replicating software. Music Used: Tiptoe Out the Back - Dan Lebowitz (0:00) Future Proof - South London HiFi (2:52) Weekend in Tattoine - Unicorn ...
GCE's Mad Hack of a Console
zhlédnutí 66KPřed 4 lety
In 1982, the Vectrex was leaps and bounds ahead of its home video game console contemporaries in terms of graphics. All it took was some unique video hardware, and a few clever programming tricks. Music Used: Cream of the Earth - Romeo Knight (0:00, 7:24) No Good Right - Freedom Trail Studio (2:56) Clips in Order of Appearance: Atari Tempest Arcade Video Gameplay - czcams.com/video/AMto2HJJSSA/...
Why Do Calculators have a Headphone Jack?
zhlédnutí 1,9MPřed 4 lety
On nearly every Texas Instruments graphing calculator, there's a small "headphone" jack along the top. While the port wasn't originally designed for audio, there are some pretty interesting external hardware hacks that can be done through this port. Download the Propeller Code here: drive.google.com/open?id=11aTLj7te-MvK1f1cko7KfR1bLJtSMCt6 Other Software Used: TruSound v1.0 - Brian Coventry ww...
Sony's Handheld PC from 2006
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15 years ago, it was an open question as to whether PCs would get smaller, or if smartphones would get smarter. Sony jumped in on the UMPC craze with the Vaio UX line, a family of PCs you could hold in your hand. Music Used: Church of 8 Wheels - Otis McDonald (0:00) Clips in Order of Appearance: Steve Jobs iPhone 2007 - czcams.com/video/vN4U5FqrOdQ/video.html (0:34) The World's Smallest Windows...
How Club Penguin Music was Composed on an Answering Machine
zhlédnutí 119KPřed 5 lety
What do Club Penguin, a thrifted answering machine, and a rock band all have in common? Find out in possibly the strangest video I've ever researched. Download A Message For Marta: archive.org/details/AMessageForMartha See Chris Hendrick's CZcams channel: czcams.com/channels/co6zvpsyuEptJfYz1iMG5w.htmlvideos Music Used: (I've Been) Delayed - TAS 1000 (0:00, 6:18) I Am A Truly Fully Licensed Hai...
The History of Online Pizza Ordering
zhlédnutí 75KPřed 5 lety
Today, we have computers that fit in our pockets, networks that span the globe, and delivery systems that can get physical items from one side of the world to the other, all thanks to the 50 year quest to computerize the process of ordering pizzas. Special thanks to SquirrelMonkey for contributing the footage at 3:18. Check out their archive here. czcams.com/users/SquirrelMonkeyComvideos Music ...
The Microsoft Monopoly
zhlédnutí 380KPřed 5 lety
In the 90s, Microsoft was the undeniable ruler of PC industry, but all it took was one pesky web browser to bring it all crashing down. This is the story of how that didn't happen. Music Used: Late - Topher Mohr and Alex Elena (0:00) No Good Right - Freedom Trail Studio (2:06) Weekend in Tattoine - Unicorn Heads (5:21, 10:57) Tiptoe out the Back - Dan Lebowitz (8:14) Birds - Silent Partner (16:...
The Bizarre World of Microsoft Ads
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The Bizarre World of Microsoft Ads
That Time the World Almost Ended
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That Time the World Almost Ended
OS "Upgrades" on the Gateway Profile
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OS "Upgrades" on the Gateway Profile
Upgrading the Ugliest Computer I Own
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Upgrading the Ugliest Computer I Own
Windows ME: Worth the Hate?
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Windows ME: Worth the Hate?
The Development Disaster behind macOS
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The Development Disaster behind macOS
The Best Game of 2004 (kinda...)
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The Best Game of 2004 (kinda...)
Whatever Happened to Clippy?
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Whatever Happened to Clippy?
The Rise and Fall of Java
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The Rise and Fall of Java
What was the Microsoft MiPad?
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What was the Microsoft MiPad?
This SD Card is a Camera
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This SD Card is a Camera
A Windows PC in your Pocket
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A Windows PC in your Pocket
The Agony of File Converters (Part 2)
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The Agony of File Converters (Part 2)
65,536 Subscriber Special
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65,536 Subscriber Special
Snapchat in the 80's
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Snapchat in the 80's
The Rarest Computer in my Collection
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The Rarest Computer in my Collection

Komentáře

  • @masterfong3218
    @masterfong3218 Před 12 hodinami

    Bro turned on hdr

  • @lesleyeldridge-612
    @lesleyeldridge-612 Před 13 hodinami

    Interesting, i did this mental jigsaw years ago, but made the outside 'cube' - turned inside out - into a sphere, thats when you realise we all on this planet live inside a box!

  • @kloworman
    @kloworman Před 13 hodinami

    Redstoner: I made a calculator in Minecraft This guy: I made Minecraft in a calculator

  • @smug_cat1
    @smug_cat1 Před 15 hodinami

    Damn i bet there are some amazing emulators for this one

  • @enp82003
    @enp82003 Před 19 hodinami

    Good video but was hoping to hear more about shockwave and flashes connection. It always puzzled me.

  • @davidprock904
    @davidprock904 Před 20 hodinami

    I have an idea for a full liquids relay, nothing to ware out Unless you burn out your electromagnet coil

  • @sky_den12
    @sky_den12 Před 22 hodinami

    In what world does a calculator need 64 megabytes of ram

  • @PFnove
    @PFnove Před dnem

    if you used the more complicated digit extraction method wouldn't you have been able to generate any arbitrary amount of digits one at a time without the need for more memory? (except for a counter to keep track of what digit you're on)

  • @blob5907
    @blob5907 Před dnem

    more like tycoon craft

  • @KazuichiSoda.
    @KazuichiSoda. Před dnem

    Heck yeah- time to get a TI-84. It reminds me of a nicer version of Minecraft PE Lite

  • @DanTDMJace
    @DanTDMJace Před dnem

    11:21 why not use an arduino

  • @lightbombs
    @lightbombs Před dnem

    this is just mathematical theory, theres no proof 4d can exist

  • @HEROBRINE2028.
    @HEROBRINE2028. Před dnem

    Get good

  • @the-lenny-dood7502
    @the-lenny-dood7502 Před 2 dny

    a fourth dimensional rubik cube is something to get dissolved into 🫠

  • @redwolf92
    @redwolf92 Před 2 dny

    can, can you make a ZX Spectrum runs Crysis next?

  • @weelebaseknowles4410

    Windows 7

  • @dowhatnow3560
    @dowhatnow3560 Před 2 dny

    With Linux OS and a 1TB micro SD card this thing is actually still viable device

  • @dowhatnow3560
    @dowhatnow3560 Před 2 dny

    This is peak technology. Everything before this and after this was shit

  • @PennyEvolus
    @PennyEvolus Před 2 dny

    Imagine if whoever or whatever created the universe just button mashed pi

  • @colinlinzer4355
    @colinlinzer4355 Před 2 dny

    Now do the opposite

  • @neofloripa
    @neofloripa Před 3 dny

    Hey GPT give me the longest pi u can: 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406286208998628034825342117067982148086513282306647093844609550582231725359408128481117450284102701938521105559644622948954930381964428810975665933446128475648233786783165271201909145648566923460348610454326648213393607260249141273724587006606315588174881520920962829254091715364367892590360011330530548820466521384146951941511609433057270365759591953092186117381932611793105118548074462379962749567351885752724891227938183011949129833673362440656643086021394946395224737190702179860943702770539217176293176752384674818467669405132000568127145263560827785771342757789609173637178721468440901224953430146549585371050792279689258923542019956112129021960864034418159813629774771309960518707211349999998372978049951059731732816096318595024459455346908302642522308253344685035261931188171010003137838752886587533208381420617177669147303598253490428755468731159562863882353787593751957781857780532171226806613001927876611195909216420198938095257201065485863278865936153381827968230301952035301852968995773622599413891249721775283479131515574857242454150695950829533116861727855889075098381754637464939319255060400927701671139009848824012858361603563707660104710181942955596198946767837449448255379774726847104047534646208046684259069491293313677028989152104752162056966024058038150193511253382430035587640247496473263914199272604269922796782354781636009341721641219924586315030286182974555706749838505494588586926995690927210797509302955321165344987202755960236480665499119881834797753566369807426542527862551818417574672890977772793800081647060016145249192173217214772350141441973568548161361157352552133475741849468438523323907394143334547762416862518983569485562099219222184272550254256887671790494601653466804988627232791786085784383827967976681454100953883786360950680064225125205117392984896084128488626945604241965285022210661186306744278622039194945047123713786960956364371917287467764657573962413890865832645995813390478027590099465764078951269468398352595709825822620522489407726719478268482601476990902640136394437455305068203496252451749399651431429809190659250937221696461515709858387410597885959772975498930161753928468138268683868942774155991855925245953959431049972524680845987273644695848653836736222626099124608051243884390451244136549762780797715691435997700129616089441694868555848406353422072225828488648158456028506016842739452267467678895252138522549954666727823986456596116354886230577456498035593634568174324112515076069479451096596094025228879710893145669136867228748940560101503308617928680920874760917824938589009714909675985261365549781893129784821682998948722658804857564014270477555132379641451523746234 please stop it's getting to long... ;D

  • @ChaseRoycroft
    @ChaseRoycroft Před 3 dny

    Very cool!

  • @fabiansw8
    @fabiansw8 Před 3 dny

    Simscraft

  • @Juanmaq8
    @Juanmaq8 Před 3 dny

    My guy made Minecraft Habbo Hotel

  • @charliepaterson89
    @charliepaterson89 Před 4 dny

    Where'd you get that printer from?

  • @guadalupegranados8876

    I need a break.

  • @SojournerDidimus
    @SojournerDidimus Před 4 dny

    Very cool! Now make drop-in compatible transistor versions of the boards and see at what speed you can run them!

  • @damionmanuel7337
    @damionmanuel7337 Před 4 dny

    I like how the printer in the thumbnail printed pi backwards, that's quite a feat. Where do you begin printing a possibly infinite length number when printing it in reverse?

  • @33NATAS
    @33NATAS Před 4 dny

    If there is Time, then there has to be NO Time

  • @DurpMustard
    @DurpMustard Před 4 dny

    You can write pi as a ratio it’s just tau/2

  • @CaseyRedDragon
    @CaseyRedDragon Před 4 dny

    I want to built one

  • @KennethScharf
    @KennethScharf Před 4 dny

    As a kid, I remember that there was a computer in the Brooklyn Children's Museum that was built out of relays. It was hard wired to play Tic Tac Toe. Computers have been built with TL (thermionic logic), RTL, then DTL, then TTL, then ECL, and finally CMOSL, (there was also I2L). I guess you are using EML (electro-mechanical logic) which is one stage above 'stone knives and bear skins'

  • @Other_gmail
    @Other_gmail Před 5 dny

    reminds me of the "dig to china" game on the nokias (color screen

  • @polishcameron
    @polishcameron Před 5 dny

    I just watched Flatland so I'm interested in dimensions for some reason

  • @lapielazoolie
    @lapielazoolie Před 5 dny

    I remember there being a company that was selling a live bootable USB of Windows XP and I found it amazing as a kid

  • @masterlinkthegreat2358

    waiting for cyberpunk and the hdmi port for 2160p

  • @TheeSirRandom
    @TheeSirRandom Před 5 dny

    At around here 9:13 I had suck a FUCKING heart attack, cus that stupid Operagx feature where youtubers/streamers partnered with Opera, can "react" to a video with you, which is pretty much just playing a clip of that creator when something cool happens, and y'know that "WOOOO YEAH BABY THATS WHAT I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR!!!!!!!!!" Charlie, aka Moist Critical did? Yeah, that played at full volume, at 4 am while I'm barely awake right in the corner of the screen in such a way I didnt even realize it wasnt a part of the video until it kept repeating. Holy fuck.

  • @w.werion4801
    @w.werion4801 Před 6 dny

    Thats amazing

  • @gaimnbro9337
    @gaimnbro9337 Před 6 dny

    Minecraft on a calculator before GTA 6

  • @MrDannymations54
    @MrDannymations54 Před 6 dny

    Thankfully I have remember this nostalgic masterpiece

  • @Azra_Fox
    @Azra_Fox Před 6 dny

    I always wished I had one of these calculators in stats class.

  • @TitaniumNitro
    @TitaniumNitro Před 6 dny

    I wish flash was still here and it was a one time payment…

  • @Trunts_
    @Trunts_ Před 7 dny

    could you post pcb design? and people should like this comment so i am seen

  • @46bvexrobotics65
    @46bvexrobotics65 Před 7 dny

    How do I free up Memory to play it?

  • @Michel-hq7kb
    @Michel-hq7kb Před 8 dny

    It really pisses me off that You can’t see the fourth dimension You can only think in higher dimensions real time

  • @JoesMama-ci3yl
    @JoesMama-ci3yl Před 8 dny

    Can someone upload a tutorial on how to download this? I’m not calculator savvy enough to follow the instructions.

  • @idunnobutyay2520
    @idunnobutyay2520 Před 8 dny

    I remember watching Animusic on PBS and being enchanted by it! I loved it whenever it would show up

  • @user-db2fb1db1m
    @user-db2fb1db1m Před 9 dny

    I have 4th 5th etc dimension space for sale. Invest now before the rest of the rat’s figure it out and rent z, tax and fine the rest that didn’t .

  • @Isaacryan833
    @Isaacryan833 Před 9 dny

    is that a Raspberry Pi 3? were in 2024 that's we have Raspberry Pi 5S

  • @tanyatank9319
    @tanyatank9319 Před 10 dny

    Im just wondering but can the ti nspire cx run psp games? since it have almost the same specs as the psp