Came over from your calculator video. Loved this one as well! We’re living in times of such fast and incredible change and I feel like you capture that feeling but in a peaceful way. By using wood and natural materials while also touching on the potential AI apocalypse, you present our past present and potential future in a really well organized and interesting and entertaining way that’s thought provoking but but not alarming. Your work is inspiring to say the least, looking forward to whatever you work on next!
On a side note concerning the weaving loom, when the automated loom was introduced in France the loom operators felt their livelihood was being threatened. To show their feelings they threw shoes in the loom works. The shoes were wooden, called sabots, and gave rise to the word sabotage'.
I love this story! In college my advisor and I were once talking about that and he very perceptively pointed out how in France those figures, saboteurs, are romanticized as the heroes whereas in England they are vilified as Luddites. Says something about each nation's stance towards new technology and traditional ways of manufacturing
@@WhatWillMakes Whether they were considered heroes or not surely has more to do with whether you ask the workers or the factory owners, rather than viewing it as the opinion of a nation. Unfortunately it's probably a myth anyway. Shoes were valuable items to working people, and not something you'd throw into the works of a machine when a rock would do the job. I read that the sabot in question is the one that holds a railway line onto the tie/sleeper, and the original saboteurs were disrupting trains. Anyhow, great video - loved the calculating machine.
Oh great point! My description of what it means was sloppy. And yeah I would not be surprised if it was a myth. The persistence of a myth though, so much so that it enters public consciousness, is not something to be overlooked. I would still say it might say something about national character, especially since the emergence of nationalism was in the late-18th/19th century. It might say something about who speaks for the nation: Who decides what version of myths become canon? I would be interested to know when the Saboteur story became popular (post French Rev.? Post 1848? Much later?). The way stories become real actors in history actually ties into the history of Automata quite well - some of the most influential automata existed only in the imagination (Minsoo Kang's "Sublime Dreams of Living Machines" argues this even in the title). Thanks for the comment!! I find this stuff fascinating!
This may not be the goal of your channel, but I am honestly surprised you don't have more subscribers. I really like how you tied in history to building this automaton, and told a story as the build of the automaton progressed. Good job, you've gained a new subscriber!
Hey thanks! Yeah I tried to mix in the history while building it - I'm so glad you appreciated it. My plan is to do a similar thing with my other big projects, but that might take a couple of months with school and all. While I work on that I have some smaller projects I'll try to film.
A lot of early computers actually used drum memory. Most of them used drums with a magnetic surface but some of the earlier computers used capacitors, with the legs of the capacitors sticking out of the drum to make physical contact with the read/write heads.
I also came from the calculator video. The way you explain the mechanics, thought process, and history of everything you do and the connections between them is enthralling. Please make more of this stuff man, I love it.
1:46 Our biology teacher in high school had someone bring in a severed deer leg. He got a big kick grabbing onto its tendon with a pair of pliers and making the foot move.
I recognize a kindred spirit. As a high-functioning asperger syndrome person, your talent is similar to my own, only focused on a different area of expertise. However, you are able to achieve some excellent videos by also being willing to do some very hard work! Kudos, young fellow, I hope you keep up the fine work. 🤗
You are a very interesting young man. I watched the calculator video then this. I'm 64yo and I got a real education. as a kid I seen old cash registers used every day.. but how they worked? the lady in thew shop just pushed some of the buttons down, and all the answers appeared in the glass box on top. I seen inside a few over the years, but too much to absorb so I ignored it because it all looked too hard. After seeing your calculator at work my brain revisits those complicated machines, and now I recall and know exactly how they work. You tell the history of the world so well, and a philosophical time line too. That hand is great.. a magical toy even now. Will I like the hand so much, I would not have been offended If you gave all of us the finger to end the video. Greetings from Sydney.
When you showed the old machine in the museum in Paris, my first thought was “wow, someone has to maintain that thing, how difficult that must be”. Then it was clear to me that you would be the 0.0001% of the population not only qualified at that job, but someone who would excel at it and enjoy it. Amazing work here, your discussion of philosophy as well was excellent. Great project my friend.
The schmatic at 2:23 is incorrect. You have the battery shorted as drawn. The upper lead from the bottom switch should go the the lower motor pin. and the lower lead should jump over the lower pin, and go to the upper motor pin. You have the "jump over" on the wrong lead. But well done anyways!
Hmm, I'm not great at those diagrams, so I could totally believe my diagram is wrong, but I don't think what you explained is right either. The motor needs to have no power when neither of the switches are pressed, and what you described would have the motor be on until a switch is pressed, and only flipping polarity when both switches are pressed. We need to have no power when neither is pressed, power when one is pressed and flipped power when the other is pressed. I'm not sure what the diagram looks like, but that's how it works :/ Thanks for comment! It's gratifying that someone paid such close attention!!
@@WhatWillMakes OK, took me a few minutes to figure it out. Turn the switches around, so the single pin is on the right. Lets call the top switch S1, S1a (top pin) S1b (bottom pin), S1out (the single pin), Same for S2. Now run plus to S1a and S2a, negitive to S1b, and S2b, motor + to S1out, motor - to S2out. I think that is how you must have it wired. Again, the work you did is great, I came here after seeing the 'digital computer' you built. Very good!
Came over from your calculator video. Loved this one as well! We’re living in times of such fast and incredible change and I feel like you capture that feeling but in a peaceful way. By using wood and natural materials while also touching on the potential AI apocalypse, you present our past present and potential future in a really well organized and interesting and entertaining way that’s thought provoking but but not alarming. Your work is inspiring to say the least, looking forward to whatever you work on next!
On a side note concerning the weaving loom, when the automated loom was introduced in France the loom operators felt their livelihood was being threatened. To show their feelings they threw shoes in the loom works. The shoes were wooden, called sabots, and gave rise to the word sabotage'.
I love this story! In college my advisor and I were once talking about that and he very perceptively pointed out how in France those figures, saboteurs, are romanticized as the heroes whereas in England they are vilified as Luddites. Says something about each nation's stance towards new technology and traditional ways of manufacturing
@@WhatWillMakes Whether they were considered heroes or not surely has more to do with whether you ask the workers or the factory owners, rather than viewing it as the opinion of a nation. Unfortunately it's probably a myth anyway. Shoes were valuable items to working people, and not something you'd throw into the works of a machine when a rock would do the job. I read that the sabot in question is the one that holds a railway line onto the tie/sleeper, and the original saboteurs were disrupting trains. Anyhow, great video - loved the calculating machine.
Oh great point! My description of what it means was sloppy. And yeah I would not be surprised if it was a myth. The persistence of a myth though, so much so that it enters public consciousness, is not something to be overlooked. I would still say it might say something about national character, especially since the emergence of nationalism was in the late-18th/19th century. It might say something about who speaks for the nation: Who decides what version of myths become canon? I would be interested to know when the Saboteur story became popular (post French Rev.? Post 1848? Much later?). The way stories become real actors in history actually ties into the history of Automata quite well - some of the most influential automata existed only in the imagination (Minsoo Kang's "Sublime Dreams of Living Machines" argues this even in the title). Thanks for the comment!! I find this stuff fascinating!
This may not be the goal of your channel, but I am honestly surprised you don't have more subscribers. I really like how you tied in history to building this automaton, and told a story as the build of the automaton progressed. Good job, you've gained a new subscriber!
Hey thanks! Yeah I tried to mix in the history while building it - I'm so glad you appreciated it. My plan is to do a similar thing with my other big projects, but that might take a couple of months with school and all. While I work on that I have some smaller projects I'll try to film.
@@WhatWillMakes I look forward to seeing more of your projects!
@@WhatWillMakes…the word ‘try’ should not exist. You either complete the task or you don’t.
I’m looking forward to your next upload😊
A lot of early computers actually used drum memory. Most of them used drums with a magnetic surface but some of the earlier computers used capacitors, with the legs of the capacitors sticking out of the drum to make physical contact with the read/write heads.
Oh I knew about the magnetism but hadn't heard about the legs of capacitors sticking out.. very interesting! thanks for the comment!
I also came from the calculator video. The way you explain the mechanics, thought process, and history of everything you do and the connections between them is enthralling. Please make more of this stuff man, I love it.
Thanks so much! I'm very glad you appreciated the history and musings!!
1:46 Our biology teacher in high school had someone bring in a severed deer leg. He got a big kick grabbing onto its tendon with a pair of pliers and making the foot move.
lol, that's a great story
I recognize a kindred spirit. As a high-functioning asperger syndrome person, your talent is similar to my own, only focused on a different area of expertise. However, you are able to achieve some excellent videos by also being willing to do some very hard work! Kudos, young fellow, I hope you keep up the fine work. 🤗
Thanks!
You are a very interesting young man. I watched the calculator video then this. I'm 64yo and I got a real education. as a kid I seen old cash registers used every day.. but how they worked? the lady in thew shop just pushed some of the buttons down, and all the answers appeared in the glass box on top. I seen inside a few over the years, but too much to absorb so I ignored it because it all looked too hard. After seeing your calculator at work my brain revisits those complicated machines, and now I recall and know exactly how they work. You tell the history of the world so well, and a philosophical time line too. That hand is great.. a magical toy even now. Will I like the hand so much, I would not have been offended If you gave all of us the finger to end the video. Greetings from Sydney.
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I was waiting for it to flip us off! Lol. Great work, young man.
Lol, and thanks!
Love it!
I'm so glad! I really enjoy your work and find your creative energy super inspiring
Very Cool !
Wonderful video, Will!! This video deserves to go #viral
Program it to play Rock, Paper, Scissors!! 🤩
Absolutely wonderful! I hope that I can get Max and Alex to watch this.
Thanks so much, I appreciate your support!
When you showed the old machine in the museum in Paris, my first thought was “wow, someone has to maintain that thing, how difficult that must be”. Then it was clear to me that you would be the 0.0001% of the population not only qualified at that job, but someone who would excel at it and enjoy it. Amazing work here, your discussion of philosophy as well was excellent. Great project my friend.
Thanks for the kind words, I'm glad you appreciated it! Yeah I'm jealous of the conservators at that museum!!
splendid automata 💗🙏🏻
I also came here after seeing your calculator video! Watch your subscriber count jump! Well deserved.
Thanks!
Maybe the most impressive part was you selecting text with a touchpad, upside down and from behind the screen. 😳
Nice
I hope uri knows about this
The schmatic at 2:23 is incorrect. You have the battery shorted as drawn. The upper lead from the bottom switch should go the the lower motor pin. and the lower lead should jump over the lower pin, and go to the upper motor pin. You have the "jump over" on the wrong lead. But well done anyways!
Hmm, I'm not great at those diagrams, so I could totally believe my diagram is wrong, but I don't think what you explained is right either. The motor needs to have no power when neither of the switches are pressed, and what you described would have the motor be on until a switch is pressed, and only flipping polarity when both switches are pressed. We need to have no power when neither is pressed, power when one is pressed and flipped power when the other is pressed. I'm not sure what the diagram looks like, but that's how it works :/ Thanks for comment! It's gratifying that someone paid such close attention!!
@@WhatWillMakes OK, took me a few minutes to figure it out. Turn the switches around, so the single pin is on the right. Lets call the top switch S1, S1a (top pin) S1b (bottom pin), S1out (the single pin), Same for S2. Now run plus to S1a and S2a, negitive to S1b, and S2b, motor + to S1out, motor - to S2out. I think that is how you must have it wired. Again, the work you did is great, I came here after seeing the 'digital computer' you built. Very good!
Ahh, yes! That's the correct diagram - thanks!!
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