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The simple, clever sensor behind automatic windshield wipers
When it's wet it wipes.
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Simmerstats: The genius old tech that controls your stovetop
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Hehe. Doody cycle. Links 'n' stuff: My video on turn signal flashers czcams.com/video/2z5A-COlDPk/video.html The US electrical system and that 120/240V stuff czcams.com/video/jMmUoZh3Hq4/video.html The Pinball Machine video (part one) czcams.com/video/ue-1JoJQaEg/video.html Technology Connections on Mastodon: mas.to/@TechConnectify Technology Connections on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/techconnect...
Bright from the Start: GE's CFL with an incandescent trick up its sleeve
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A pretty bright idea. At least at first. Links 'n' stuff: opensauce.com/ is where you should go for info on the event. Last year was pretty cool! Technology Connections on Mastodon: mas.to/@TechConnectify Technology Connections on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/techconnectify.bsky.social This channel is supported through viewer contributions on Patreon. Thanks to the generous support of people like ...
Old HVAC industry practices are holding us back and costing us money. But we can fix it.
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More Pumping More Now Looking for that condensed version? czcams.com/video/_hAuKtoRxJI/video.html Links 'n' stuff: How heat pumps actually work: czcams.com/video/7J52mDjZzto/video.html The video I did on home electrification: czcams.com/video/CVLLNjSLJTQ/video.html Technology Connections on Mastodon: mas.to/@TechConnectify Technology Connections on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/techconnectify.bsky....
Flash photography used to be pretty wild
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I see spots. Many thanks to Gav @theslowmoguys for making this video possible! Links 'n Stuff: If you haven't seen that video of the speed of glass, go do that now. czcams.com/video/GIMVge5TYz4/video.html My Photography playlist: czcams.com/play/PLv0jwu7G_DFV6yW240e6CbiwCLaZ0Z6PV.html Technology Connections on Mastodon: mas.to/@TechConnectify (I'm also trying out BlueSky on the same handle, if ...
The step-by-step, mechanical logic of old pinball machines
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ch ch ch ch ka CHUNK ch ch ka-CLACK-Y bomp The last video: czcams.com/video/ue-1JoJQaEg/video.html Other videos of electromechanical marvels: czcams.com/video/NmGaXEmfTIo/video.html czcams.com/video/o1qRzKuskK0/video.html Technology Connections on Mastodon: mas.to/@TechConnectify (I'm also trying out BlueSky on the same handle, if you've managed to get invited there) This channel is supported t...
LED Christmas lights still annoy me. Let's try some more fixes.
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(sigh) here we go again Links! If you're interested in checking on Tru-Tone: tru-tone.com/ That one where I made those IKEA lamps better: czcams.com/video/ed8QTKtLxKs/video.html Videos from years past: czcams.com/video/cQgcTkXacAc/video.html czcams.com/video/ebkD6DzZDlA/video.html czcams.com/video/PBFPJ3_6ZWs/video.html Oh right, I did one on neon flicker flame lamps, too czcams.com/video/nyYjn...
What's the deal with the popcorn button?
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Try it. You know you want to. Referenced Videos: The Antique Microwave Oven that's Better than Yours czcams.com/video/UiS27feX8o0/video.html And the follow-up to that one czcams.com/video/tBD1NyabTt4/video.html The Clapper czcams.com/video/TBPVJtGBf8Y/video.html Technology Connextras (the second channel where I put stuff sometimes) www.youtube.com/@TechnologyConnextras Technology Connections on...
The Clapper: Yes, that one.
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Oh boy! You should give Tedium a look, by the way. Lots of cool stuff there: tedium.co/ Technology Connextras (the second channel where I put stuff sometimes) www.youtube.com/@TechnologyConnextras Technology Connections on Mastodon: mas.to/@TechConnectify This channel is supported through viewer contributions on Patreon. Thanks to the generous support of people like you, Technology Connections ...
Back-up beepers: Obnoxious, but getting better - and spreading!
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BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP Technology Connextras (the second channel where I put stuff sometimes) www.youtube.com/@TechnologyConnextras Technology Connections on Mastodon: mas.to/@TechConnectify This channel is supported through viewer contributions on Patreon. Thanks to the generous support of people like you, Technology Connections has remained independent and possible. If you'd like to join th...
Old pinball machines are amazingly complex
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Shoot for the magic trunk! PART 2: czcams.com/video/E3p_Cv32tEo/video.html Technology Connextras (the second channel where I put stuff sometimes) www.youtube.com/@TechnologyConnextras Technology Connections on Mastodon: mas.to/@TechConnectify This channel is supported through viewer contributions on Patreon. Thanks to the generous support of people like you, Technology Connections has remained ...
Power outlets are topsy turvy - but does it matter?
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The answer may surprise you! Here's that follow-up I talked about at the end czcams.com/video/pmKL3pgPQhY/video.html Technology Connections on Mastodon: mas.to/@TechConnectify This channel is supported through viewer contributions on Patreon. Thanks to the generous support of people like you, Technology Connections has remained independent and possible. If you'd like to join the amazing people ...
Photoelectric light controls are weirder than they seem
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I had no idea that's what's going on inside. Technology Connextras (my second channel where stuff goes sometimes) www.youtube.com/@TechnologyConnextras Technology Connections on Mastodon: mas.to/@TechConnectify This channel is supported through viewer contributions on Patreon. Thanks to the generous support of people like you, Technology Connections has remained independent and possible. If you...
Tesla won the plug war - and that's good news!
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A surprisingly good series of events have unfolded, and this video is my mea culpa. Also, Sorry, John! Links 'n' stuff Here's a playlist to all of my EV-related videos. Please ignore the bits where I confidently state Tesla's connector is silly. czcams.com/play/PLv0jwu7G_DFV47UBHArs6fiwVHvstp9ja.html Technology Connextras (my second channel where stuff goes sometimes) www.youtube.com/@Technolog...
Longer-lasting light bulbs: it was complicated
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It's a hot topic. Oh, wanna learn about high pressure sodium lamps? Have I got a video for you. czcams.com/video/U1dMlVwUsrA/video.html What about that weird fluorescent adapter thingy? czcams.com/video/JFJO3emhOyY/video.html Technology Connextras (my second channel where stuff goes sometimes) www.youtube.com/@TechnologyConnextras Technology Connections on Mastodon: mas.to/@TechConnectify This ...
This goofy fridge has a really clever design. It's also kinda terrible.
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This goofy fridge has a really clever design. It's also kinda terrible.
Digital audio needed videotape to be possible - and the early days were wild!
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Digital audio needed videotape to be possible - and the early days were wild!
Electric cars prove we need to rethink brake lights
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Electric cars prove we need to rethink brake lights
Sony Betacam: Not the Beta you're thinking of (it's way better)
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Sony Betacam: Not the Beta you're thinking of (it's way better)
Contactors: how we power the big stuff
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Contactors: how we power the big stuff
Plug-n-play solutions for home electrification, and options for power outages (Part 2)
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Plug-n-play solutions for home electrification, and options for power outages (Part 2)
How do vinyl records hold stereo sound?
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How do vinyl records hold stereo sound?
Home Electrification: There's not a lot to do, and it doesn't have to be hard (Part 1)
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Home Electrification: There's not a lot to do, and it doesn't have to be hard (Part 1)
A simple water heater is more clever than it seems
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A simple water heater is more clever than it seems
Timer switches: literally just a clock and a switch
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Timer switches: literally just a clock and a switch
Movies made sound with a light bulb: Sound-on-film
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Movies made sound with a light bulb: Sound-on-film
The decorative lamp that's built wrong on purpose
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The decorative lamp that's built wrong on purpose
In Defense of the Switched Outlet
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In Defense of the Switched Outlet
The clever camera code on rolls of film
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The clever camera code on rolls of film
This TV gadget censors bad words with 1980's tech
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This TV gadget censors bad words with 1980's tech

Komentáře

  • @davidrumming4734
    @davidrumming4734 Před 9 hodinami

    Trying to out smart the computer…..lol And yes the auto wipers aren’t perfect.

  • @hotrodZack1948
    @hotrodZack1948 Před 9 hodinami

    If your neighbors were not there tho i bet youd need it. Also if its smaller it may tend to run longer which would make your bill higher. Having a smart thermostat will save anyone on there heating bills. Unfortunately for myself i live in a brick building in a loft apartment/shop built in 1929 with no insulation and with a flat roof. Heating it costs me 300 a month in January. I have a boiler system and this is an industrial building with firefroof floors that cannot be cut because they are 10-12” thick reenforced concrete.

  • @organiccold
    @organiccold Před 9 hodinami

    Funny enough the change wipes procedure is the same in almost all cars unless is a Audi, those have a Wipers Service Mode in the car infotainment system

  • @toddmarrs8916
    @toddmarrs8916 Před 9 hodinami

    or download the manual pdf from their website and ctrl-f > search "change wipers"...

  • @VoodooMcVee
    @VoodooMcVee Před 9 hodinami

    When photos were all analogue, they were incredibly valuable memories. Even when badly lit, a bit shaky or otherwise imperfect, if you only had that one picture of an event, it would end up in a photo album. Today we take many photos of all and everything every day and barely even look at them ever again. I think that's kind of sad.

  • @hotrodZack1948
    @hotrodZack1948 Před 9 hodinami

    Do a video on GM’s “autotronic eye” automatic headlight dimmer😎🤙🏻

  • @UtilityNotFound404
    @UtilityNotFound404 Před 9 hodinami

    1:19 that is a lot of P

  • @hotrodZack1948
    @hotrodZack1948 Před 9 hodinami

    I always wondered about those when i saw them at antique shops

  • @RandomBitzzz
    @RandomBitzzz Před 9 hodinami

    The timing of this video is a crazy coincidence. I had to replace one of these simmerstats a few months back. I was amazed to find I could get one shipped from Amazon for less than $25. Crazy cheap old tech. I have read that newer ovens are switching over to potentiometer based controls, which are much more expensive. I'm assuming that these control the burner element through the help of some expensive logic board. I also don't know if this was limited to induction style or conventional style.

  • @smvuy
    @smvuy Před 10 hodinami

    i remember my dad using these in the 90s to go camping

  • @Dazdigo
    @Dazdigo Před 10 hodinami

    My air fryer keeps setting off the smoke alarm in my house before even my air quality sensor says there an issue with VOCs. There is no smoke to begin with when it gets set off. I know in my area, photoelectric detectors that are networked via wiring are mandatory by build codes. There also might be disposal restrictions for the ionizing as well. Might want to keep that Americium in them since they make a great calibration source, no need to remove it from the shielding unless you want to see it in a cloud chamber.

  • @pyramidsinegypt
    @pyramidsinegypt Před 10 hodinami

    110 kW for a day boils down to roughly 50 euro's a day just for heating. Over a month of winter that'd be prohibitively expensive - more than the average yearly electricity usage in just one month. Granted, we rarerly see temperatures lower than -10 (14 F) here so the power usage to maintain a pleasant temperature would be less but over the 3--5 months of late-autumn - winter - early spring that's gonna add up.

  • @icoold420
    @icoold420 Před 10 hodinami

    11 min video!!? That’s tells you how simple it is

  • @Subdood04
    @Subdood04 Před 10 hodinami

    Some of us do!

  • @NilsdeRooij
    @NilsdeRooij Před 11 hodinami

    If only charging in NA would be anywhere close to most of Europe… Wouldn’t that be nice 😅

  • @Gameplayer55055
    @Gameplayer55055 Před 11 hodinami

    33:54 Sometimes, I get the same behavior with my induction stove, but only when 2 or more coils are turned on. I hear relay clicks and water boiling sound intensifies/disappears

  • @timelostsoulrider8892
    @timelostsoulrider8892 Před 11 hodinami

    My popcorn button gave me the same outcome as the bag.

  • @yootoob1001001
    @yootoob1001001 Před 11 hodinami

    Nope, until it is a necessity (which it's not), I'll continue to use the stove to boil water.

  • @opinionrat
    @opinionrat Před 11 hodinami

    I'm going out to the road and pointing my TV remote control at on coming cars... for science!

  • @AlexBonteAHB
    @AlexBonteAHB Před 11 hodinami

    That baller popcorn alliteration basically got me to hit that subscribe button

  • @DanTDMJace
    @DanTDMJace Před 11 hodinami

    Arr Gee Bee

  • @eksboks148
    @eksboks148 Před 12 hodinami

    1:55 missed opportunity to say "Weird connections are happening with technology recently.. 🤔"

  • @kleko
    @kleko Před 12 hodinami

    My microwave has three inputs. Open door, poweroutput, and cooking time. I enjoy my dumb box a lot.

  • @Furious321
    @Furious321 Před 12 hodinami

    Now please tell the world how stupid the idea of "automatic highbeam assist" is, and why it should be banished from the auto industry.

  • @JosiahWendell-sr8vi
    @JosiahWendell-sr8vi Před 12 hodinami

    10:09 fun fact. Iowa has almost none of these imbedded reflectors, instead relying on the highway paint alone. It is fun to drive between Iowa and Illinois at night, because Illinois uses a bunch of these.

  • @Digitalstorm007
    @Digitalstorm007 Před 12 hodinami

    Probably wouldn't be difficult for Tesla to retrofit existing cars with an automatic windshield wiper sensor like the one in this video too.

  • @TizBaz5
    @TizBaz5 Před 12 hodinami

    I knew there was a true inspiration behind John Cage's 4'33 but I didn't know what it was until now.

  • @DJazium
    @DJazium Před 12 hodinami

    Very helpful indeed. Thanks!

  • @nsayer
    @nsayer Před 12 hodinami

    I suppose you could also make a variable voltage output buck converter to change the voltage applied to the elements, but I imagine the simerstat is a lot cheaper.

  • @fuckdyoud2734
    @fuckdyoud2734 Před 12 hodinami

    lol, i mean, yeah, wires can only handle so much flow and we cant expect everyone to know everything about wires. I honestly hate protecting stupid people. MAkes shit more expensive. The real question is. what the hell are people plugging in to melt these things? lol AS FUCK. I was taught to always check the appliance im using for its power requirements and make sure I got the right wire for it. But my dog chewed off alota vacuum plugs growing up so I learned about the AWG system and how not all cords are created equal quite early on in life.

  • @brianczuhai8909
    @brianczuhai8909 Před 12 hodinami

    Your AC voltage is twice what it is on household outlets in the U.S. Therefor twice as fast to heat. I just use the microwave. We all, pretty much use drip coffee makers. We also don't observe Tea Time, whereas everything stops in England for a 10 min break for tea. - Twice a day. I and most Asians use a rice cooker. But that might otherwise also be uncommon in Americans homes. It's all about convenience, in a trade off with just having yet another appliance on your kitchen countertop to clutter things up.

  • @davidbandler
    @davidbandler Před 13 hodinami

    You know, I completely forgot about this but I'm hoping you do monitor all your comments (even on content from Christmas.) As someone who makes stained glass (for woodworking, etc.) I'm going to suggest to you products called Vitrea and Vitrail by Pebeo. They are painted-on colorants for glass that are generally water-resistant (can be heat fixed for greater resistance) and exists specifically for the coloring & staining of glass. There are various opacities; and can be made more opaque with subsequent layers of application. Anyways, these are products I use to great effect for backlit glass panels, clock faces, etc. and will do exactly what you're looking for. I have not tried using it on plastic, but since glass bulbs on LED C7 is becoming more common, should not be any problems. If you had a means to carefully remove the glass bulb part, you could even paint the interior for the greatest weather resistance. I, in-fact, just finished staining some glass bulbed Edison-style c7 LED lights for a project today.

  • @davidnonomura1975
    @davidnonomura1975 Před 13 hodinami

    🙌

  • @bachtube11
    @bachtube11 Před 13 hodinami

    Aggressive amalgam! That makes me aggressive too, when I rememeber what pain int the this "energy saving lamps" were in the not so distant past ;-) Well done very detailed explanation of the tricks and ambages to make the ugly "energy saving lamps" somewhat usable ;-) Thank god (or thank the inventors and engineers) the LED lamps were invented, and improved and affordable some years later. The "energy saving lamps" never lasted as long as advertised, and to dispose the waste was inconvenient too (find a dealer who takes it back, and have the bill at hand). I live in the EU. The EU forced us to buy the incandescent two years before the LED where affordable available. In that two years we needet to buy the almost usless "energy saving lamps" because filament lamps were forbidden and only available in darknet ;-) I doubt that there was a significant co2 reduction noticeable in the two years between law against filament lamps and the "triumphal procession" of LED lamps that made filament lamps obsolete.

  • @TonyyStarrkk1994
    @TonyyStarrkk1994 Před 13 hodinami

    My wipers activate when the windshield is slightly dusty… or the suns rays hit at a weird angle. They don’t activate at all in heavy rain or light rain. Tesla vision is trash.

  • @ripwreckraceway
    @ripwreckraceway Před 13 hodinami

    thank you for your guidance in all thinks !

  • @albertjackson9236
    @albertjackson9236 Před 13 hodinami

    The heat pump is simply the REFRIGERATION process. Refrigeration can appear to be like magic, meaning, the efficiency can be 300% or more. The amount of energy pumped can be 3 or more times the amount of energy required to do the pumping. The magic takes place in the condenser unit. The compressor compresses the refrigerant gas into a hot gas (not a liquid). When this hot gas flows through the condenser cooling coils, it condenses into a liquid. This change of state from a gas to a liquid is where the magic is. If the condenser cooling coils are large enough, not even a cooling fan is necessary to achieve this change of state.

  • @linhhoang3636
    @linhhoang3636 Před 13 hodinami

    A great and very thorough review❤

  • @marcelhoogendijk9771
    @marcelhoogendijk9771 Před 13 hodinami

    As a car mechanic and owning my own garage. It would save me a lot of time and phone calls, if people would read the owner manuals😂

  • @JakubSzuwalski-bt9ci
    @JakubSzuwalski-bt9ci Před 14 hodinami

    08:55 - There is "Mr FUSION" coffee grinder from Back to the Future on the shelf xD

  • @toysoldiernerio7172
    @toysoldiernerio7172 Před 14 hodinami

    I never knew i could get excited about a coffee maker. thanks.

  • @oldjarhead386
    @oldjarhead386 Před 14 hodinami

    I’ve lived in the south east U.S.. The home was 1700 sg ft and built in 1990. The AC/Heat pump was brand new. We rarely saw temps below 40 deg. We paid over $400 a month for electricity in those winter months. And we were constantly frozen and require electric space heaters in most rooms. Thermostat set at 68 deg. I recently moved to northern Michigan. You think Chicago is cold? The house was built in 1974 and is 2200 sq ft. The home doesn’t have AC or ventilation ducting. It does have a new NG hot water boiler with three zones. Thermostat se at 69. This home is very comfortable in the winter and it costs us about $150 a month and never requires supplemental heat. We are many times more comfortable with the outdoor temps well below zero than I was down south! From my understanding heat pumps struggle to extract heat below about 40 deg F. And it showed. When the heat pump was in heat mode the air temps out of the ducting was often below the 68 deg set on the thermostat. This causes a supplemental heat source in the form of the a 240 vacuum heating coil to activate in the system. Btw, you blow cold air across a heated coil it will cool and reduce efficiency. The air temps out of the ducts to almost feel warm. The electric meter looks like it was a saw blade. No such issues with our modern NG hot water system. We don’t even see the thermostat move. The basement zone almost never comes on even in the coldest temps. The main floor is the main user of heat. The third floor is somewhere in between due to the heat rising from the main floor. So we actually keep that thermostat reduced a few degrees. IMHO, using how often your system runs as an indicator of proper heating system size is horribly flawed. How often it runs is more of a fiction of how well the home retains heat. Our southern built home was essentially a crap box with bad windows. Our 1974 up north home is a much better built home with much better windows and doors. So in totality it’s a function of everything. But I won’t be going back to electric heat pumps. It’s been a while since I researched it, but getting a heat pump to keep a home warm in possibly consistent below zero temperatures without supplemental heat is very hard, expensive or maybe impossible. As you mentioned, I will gladly fail on the warm side. Since up here NG is much cheaper than electricity you can keep the heat pump. I do wish you luck with your heat pump.

  • @bobblob3870
    @bobblob3870 Před 14 hodinami

    You missed the opportunity of the technology connection to your EV. The simple form of the CP signal is based on changing the doody cycle to commit to a charging current.

  • @TheGuestRoblox.
    @TheGuestRoblox. Před 14 hodinami

    Fun Fact: you don’t need brake lights in myanmar (burma)

  • @EstebanCastrousuario
    @EstebanCastrousuario Před 14 hodinami

    Are fuses

  • @joewelling7691
    @joewelling7691 Před 14 hodinami

    Speaking of detectors: on my bike commute, one complex intersection left turn is governed by detector. If a car is that, it will cycle through a green arrow (not immediately, but as part of the normal sequence). If there's not, it just gives you a straight green light (I think it shows a flashing yellow arrow). My bike is apparently too small to signal it, and in morning rush hour, it's very difficult for me to get through unless there's a left turning car ahead of me.

  • @astavn
    @astavn Před 14 hodinami

    Tesla continues to making infuriating decisions, from someone who drives one.

  • @brizv
    @brizv Před 14 hodinami

    My BMW seldomly understands the intensity of rain. SOmetime it goes bonkers with just a few drops here and there and other times it refuses to go full speed ( fast enough ) when its pouring.

  • @MrKo1233
    @MrKo1233 Před 15 hodinami

    7:10 Wow I've noticed sometimes my car wipes at startup for now reason too. Now I know why it does that!

  • @PeterRichardsandYoureNot
    @PeterRichardsandYoureNot Před 15 hodinami

    Did I just hear you say “if you look closelier?” Will never watch this channel again