I met Tim a few times years ago - In another life I used to make solid-state Tesla coils and electromagnetic can crushers/disk platter launchers using massive low-ESR capacitor banks - the UK TC group had (and still have) an annual bash up at the Cambridge Museum of Technology <https://www.museumoftechnology.com/> .
A long time ago, probably 15 years ago or more, Tim used to come to watch us blow stuff up and throw some really good bolts of lightning. Sometimes it was our own kit that exploded, other times we used a lot of thermite (allegedly) . Sometimes it got very very scary - in 2008 we had a rather unexpected uncontrolled rapid disassembly - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYMckRUXgEs (filmed by my youngest son who was also interviewed by the BBC!). Nick On Friday, 1 April 2022 at 17:20:45 UTC+1 gregebert wrote: > Tim Hunkin posted a new episode last night on sensors. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNnP84tTSFY > > He also has earlier episodes posted as well. For those who are unfamiliar > with Tim Hunkin, he did a UK series back in the late 1980's called 'The > Secret Life of Machines' , which goes into the inner workings of household > items, their history, etc in an educational and humorous way. > > While most of us already know this material, the way Tim goes thru it is > very entertaining and I am certain no matter how much you think you already > know, you will still learn something. Enjoy. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/51538c73-173f-4931-a687-75e0004aacbdn%40googlegroups.com.
