Hey! So some of you saw an early preview of this video. Thanks for watching and offering your feedback. Hopefully I was able to incorporate your suggestions. This is of course an unpaid post becaus...
2019-08-16 17:11:56 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm really excited about this one - a deep dive into all the science of the Mars Helicopter, set to launch next year as part of the Mars 2020 mission.
2019-08-10 16:13:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is my next video, in which I try to make liquid nitrogen from scratch:
2019-08-08 07:30:32 +0000 UTC View Post
The video I've linked shows your shade ball's life story. There are behind-the-scenes shots, things I cut from the video and some clips from the original video. I've really enjoyed this project so ...
2019-08-02 22:58:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is my video celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
I travelled to the Nevada dessert to see the nuclear bomb craters that Neil and Buzz trained in... I also got ...
2019-07-19 19:45:45 +0000 UTC View PostThe United States Postal Service picked up all the balls today so they are now on their way to you.
- All patrons in all tiers in all countries who have a processed payment and an address in ...
2019-07-16 05:54:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Check it out!
Sidenote about shade balls: Everyone who had a cleared payment at the start of July (and a shipping address entered) will be receiving a shade ball.
Plus people who ...
2019-07-07 16:51:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Here it is! Thanks to everyone who made suggestions. I've incorporated them as much as I could. Hope you enjoy the video!
And thanks for supporting on Patreon! Now back to signing balls... 2019-06-21 21:11:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome new patrons! Here is a video I'd like to launch in about 12 hours.
It's a draft so it's rough in spots. It will need some color grading, an animation here or there and possibly some a...
2019-06-21 07:48:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe total number of Patrons is now 11,097. I have 9600 addresses and I believe 9600 shade balls. So in theory you should all be receiving a shade ball and there are no more to give out.
My goal is to send a signed (and hopefully numbered) shade ball to every Patreon supporter, at every tier, everywhere in the world. I currently have 9508 patrons, but only 7833 addresses. This is l...
2019-06-14 19:59:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey! I'd love to get your thoughts on this one. Usual caveats apply: sound is unmixed, music is missing in places, on screen text to be added etc.
Looking forward to your ideas!
2019-06-12 16:32:41 +0000 UTC View Post
It will likely be signed by me and it may or may not be related to this picture. If you want to receive it, please enter your address on Patreon.
This is open to all support tiers and everyon...
2019-06-05 16:51:41 +0000 UTC View Post
My latest video is live - it's all about aerogel. Special thanks to all those who watched early and provided feedback. I've been finding it really helpful and I think it's really improved the quali...
2019-06-01 05:08:54 +0000 UTC View Post
It's that time again. I'm rushing to finish a video before tomorrow morning. If you have a chance, I'd love to get your thoughts. I find the feedback here on Patreon always improves the quality of ...
2019-05-31 02:52:12 +0000 UTC View Post
So this is something different, my genuine thoughts about what it's like to be a YouTuber, how the system is working right now, and what my plan is for the future.
I made it an unpaid post be...
2019-05-19 22:19:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you for all of your input! I tried to incorporate as much feedback as possible. I think the video is much improved for it so I hope you like it.
2019-05-10 20:10:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey! So I'd like to post the final version of this video tomorrow. But first I need your help.
Feel free to make general suggestions or if you're looking for something to guide your feedback,...
2019-05-10 02:09:06 +0000 UTC View Post
So I had no idea this research was a thing until last week. There have been a number of papers published recently about the things you can do by manufacturing devices with particular magnetic prope...
2019-04-25 15:55:38 +0000 UTC View Post
What to expect when you're expecting... an image of a black hole.
I dug into the literature on this one, reading papers from the 70s to finally understand why that Interstellar black hole loo...
2019-04-09 16:10:21 +0000 UTC View Post
I don't normally show videos before they're done but this one is an exception. Here's a video about what you're really looking at when you see an image of a black hole. It's done in arts and crafts...
2019-04-09 05:59:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey! This is a video I've wanted to make for a long time but being sponsored by B&H gave me the impetus to do it. And for that reason it's also an unpaid post.
I was really fascinated to ...
2019-03-30 21:03:41 +0000 UTC View Post
This research was just published today. I'm delighted to be able to share it with you because it's a pretty amazing finding and the experimental setup is great! Let me know what you think.
2019-03-18 20:48:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Compliant mechanisms are devices with components that bend, normally a no-no in engineered devices. By using flexibility they achieve a number of advantages that I call the 8 P's of compliant mecha...
2019-03-12 19:04:45 +0000 UTC View Post
I have been interested in this research for a long time - can you recover audio information from image-only video?
This work was originally done at MIT by Dr. Abe Davis and colleagues. Abe wa...
2019-03-01 16:11:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Almost 8 years ago I made microwave plasma and posted it on YouTube! At the time I didn't have a very good explanation for it, because no one did. But a new paper published today explains the physi...
2019-02-18 23:30:39 +0000 UTC View Post
I know it sounds crazy but the more I dug into this question, the crazier it got. I have been obsessed with this topic for the past several weeks and I hope you'll agree the video reflects the incr...
2019-02-06 20:22:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Droplets levitating on a bath of liquid nitrogen are self-propelled by asymmetries that develop in the liquid nitrogen bath...
In this video I perform the experiment and talk to the researche...
2019-01-25 18:33:03 +0000 UTC View Post
What you don't see in the video is me interviewing the study's author (he was in a hotel room and the sound quality wasn't great) but I was delighted he took the time to talk to me. I also intervie...
2019-01-12 05:00:19 +0000 UTC View Post
When two satellites were accidentally launched into elliptical orbits in 2014, scientists rushed to take advantage of their eccentric orbits to make the best test of general relativity. They found ...
2018-12-23 18:25:40 +0000 UTC View Post