Joe Satriani’s Drum Machine

From Alex Ball. Whilst the E-mu SP machines are most famous for their use in Hip-hop, they were used by numerous artists in different genres and in different ways. To that end, I thought it would be interesting look at why and how it was used on Joe Satriani’s 1987 album "Surfing with the alien".…

Passive infrared motion sensors: a two-bit camera powered by crystals

From Technology Connections. Not that kind of crystal. Links ‘n’ stuff: Technology Connections on Mastodon: https://mas.to/@TechConnectify Technology Connections on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/techconnectify.bsky.social Have you ever noticed that I’ve never done a brand deal? That’s all thanks to people like you! Viewer support through Patreon keeps this channel independent and possible. If you’d like to join the…

The Incomplete Globe – Objectivity 288

From Objectivity. We look at an awesome antique globe at the Royal Society. More links below ↓↓↓ Objectivity on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/objectivity Check out some more scientific objects from previous episodes… Moon Globe: https://youtu.be/3bxTyMYR2zY Captain Cook’s Quadrant: https://youtu.be/6i0jFKEru-4 Subscribe to Objectivity: http://bit.ly/Objectivity_Sub Films by James Hennessy and Brady Haran Royal Society website: http://bit.ly/Royal_Society Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ObjectivityVideos Twitter:…

Would you play Russian roulette if the prize were big enough?

From Lindybeige. There’s a whole playlist of these questions – the Q217 series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzzh7AuEBkEmt2yl_PNJOPuKc4uEVnoDB Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Lindybeige Buy the music – the music played at the end of my videos is now available here: https://lindybeige.bandcamp.com/track/the-mandeville-march Buy tat (merch): https://www.bonfire.com/results/Lindybeige/ More videos here: All Lindybeige: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzzh7AuEBkEmMWChgPPOQqjhkkPq_eP1X Lindybeige: a channel of archaeology, ancient and medieval…