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Technology Connections Season 5

January. 11,2019
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Technology Connections

Technology Connections is a series of YouTube videos that explores numerous aspects of technological history, including how things work, the way things developed, and anything in between. There is no limit to what kinds of tech could be covered — one minute you may be learning about how electron guns draw pictures on an analog television, and the next you might be discovering that your modern toaster is a piece of junk.

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Technology Connections

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Technology Connections is a series of YouTube videos that explores numerous aspects of technological history, including how things work, the way things developed, and anything in between. There is no limit to what kinds of tech could be covered — one minute you may be learning about how electron guns draw pictures on an analog television, and the next you might be discovering that your modern toaster is a piece of junk.

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Alec Watson
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Alec Watson
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Technology Connections Season 5 Full Episode Guide

Episode 28 - Film: the reason some of the past was in HD
First Aired: December. 22,2019

♫ 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 ♫

Episode 26 - Klaxons; What makes them sound like that?
Episode 25 - LED color experiments 2019; Beyond the Sharpie
Episode 24 - The VHS cassette was more clever than Beta
Episode 23 - RCA's CED failed; their history can tell us why (Pt. 3)
Episode 22 - The VFD that isn't
First Aired: October. 18,2019

Wouldn’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!

Episode 20 - The CED: No really, it coulda made sense! (Part 2)
Episode 19 - The CED: RCA's Very Late, Very Weird Video Gamble (Pt. 1)
Episode 18 - The Weird World in RGB
First Aired: August. 28,2019

Have 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, that's what this video is all about. This is the strangest vid. description I've written in a while. Cool.

Episode 17 - Switches are Clicky; Here's Why
Episode 16 - Fiber vs. Copper; What do we really need?
Episode 15 - TOSLINK: That one consumer fiber optic standard
Episode 14 - The Best Easy Way to Capture Analog Video (it's a little weird)
First Aired: July. 06,2019

After 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 been thrilled with it, and I think you’ll be too.

Episode 13 - Portable Air Conditioners - Why you shouldn't like them
First Aired: June. 15,2019

Oh 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. Seriously, either we need to get more awareness of how dumb single-hose portable A/C units are, or we need to just use window units whenever possible. While I know that there are times a portable unit is the only option (remember, I’m in that boat), it seems that only very high capacity, premium machines have the facility to use two hoses. Which is frankly stupid but then again that’s what I’m trying to tell you now.

Episode 12 - Automatic Record Changers: We used to like them
First Aired: June. 02,2019

Hmm. 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 the things you’ll learn in this video, where we explore the humble record changer. Seriously. They didn’t suck!

Episode 10 - Flexplay: The Disposable DVD that Failed (Thankfully)
First Aired: April. 28,2019

Have 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 would go anywhere, and why it’s probably a good thing it didn’t.

Episode 9 - The Antique Toaster that's Better than Yours
First Aired: April. 19,2019

That 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 in 1948, you’d think we woulda kept going with it. I mean, really.

Episode 5 - The Story of Disney's PeopleMover in Texas
First Aired: February. 26,2019

This 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!

Episode 4 - Space Heater Nonsense
Episode 3 - The Time-Lapse VCR
First Aired: February. 04,2019

Analog 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 recording time of VHS from a couple of hours to upwards of a week? Why, with ingenuity of course! Watch this video and find out the juicy secrets!

Episode 2 - The Odd History of the SD Logo
Episode 1 - DVD-RAM: The Disc that Behaved like a Flash Drive
First Aired: January. 11,2019

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 like it should have been friggin huge. Alas, it was but mildly useful.

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