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The Human-Powered, Giant Theme Park Playground: Ai Pioppi
- Published_at:2015-04-06
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: http://tomscott.com - http://twitter.com/tomscott - pull down for details of Ai Pioppi! In the foothills of the Dolomites, an hour or so north of Venice, lies Ai Pioppi, a restaurant that's home to an astonishing, giant, human-powered, kinetic-art...
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Turnpikes and Tolls: What if all major roads were private?
- Published_at:2015-03-02
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: http://tomscott.com - http://twitter.com/tomscott - The idea of a "public road network" is a relatively modern one. After all, the US Interstate System was only finished in 1991, and UK motorways aren't that much older. What if history had taken a...
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How Green Screen Worked Before Computers
- Published_at:2015-02-04
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: http://tomscott.com - http://twitter.com/tomscott - For those of us who grew up in the age of CGI, green screen is just "a thing that computers do". But how did effects like this work before the age of pixels? With the help of some suitably shiny...
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How Many Colours Are In A Rainbow?
- Published_at:2015-01-26
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: http://tomscott.com - http://twitter.com/tomscott - Yes, there are more than seven; but they include a few colours that most people can't see, too. We're going to trace a two-minute course through Isaac Newton, cataracts, Claude Monet, and the wonders...
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Why The Prime Meridian Isn't At 0º
- Published_at:2015-01-05
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: http://tomscott.com - http://twitter.com/tomscott - If you travel to Greenwich, stand on the famous Prime Meridian Line -- which is marked with a physical line and a sculpture at the Royal Observatory -- and look at your GPS, it won't read 0°...
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Why Doesn't Britain Have Rabies?
- Published_at:2014-12-29
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: http://tomscott.com - http://twitter.com/tomscott - In 1993, the New York Times called rabies a "shared national nightmare" for Britain. For younger viewers, and those outside the UK -- say anyone who doesn't remember the Channel Tunnel opening --...
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Do The Numbers On Toaster Dials Mean Minutes?
- Published_at:2014-12-09
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: http://tomscott.com - http://twitter.com/tomscott - There's been a "Life Pro Tip" going around the internet lately saying that the numbers on toaster dials are actually minutes. I was so sure it was false. Oh, I was so sure. I got four toasters set to...
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The Liquid Nitrogen Tanks of New York
- Published_at:2014-11-10
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: http://www.tomscott.com - http://twitter.com/tomscott - I was walking through New York and found a couple of seemingly-abandoned liquid nitrogen tanks on the street. Except they weren't abandoned: they were full, making a very quiet hissing noise, and...
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There's a Bit of England in New York, Literally
- Published_at:2014-11-03
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- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: http://tomscott.com - http://twitter.com/tomscott - Some folks might leave their heart in San Francisco, but over at Waterside Plaza in New York, there's a much more real and physical souvenir: a part of Bristol, a port town in the south west of...
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Why Britain Uses Separate Hot and Cold Taps
- Published_at:2014-10-06
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: http://tomscott.com - @tomscott - Why don't we use mixer taps? I've talked about the British plug before, and how it's a wonderful design: British plumbing, on the other hand, still leaves a lot to be desired.
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Third Person Driving with a Drone
- Published_at:2014-08-11
- Category:Science & Technology
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: http://tomscott.com - @tomscott - A filming drone, video goggles, a Mazda MX-5 Miata and a disused airfield. Paul and Oli compete to answer the question: can you drive in a third person view? The stunts in this video were performed by trained drivers...
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YouTube Doesn't Know Your Password
- Published_at:2014-08-04
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: http://tomscott.com - @tomscott - A brief introduction to password hashing for the uninitiated -- and why you should never trust a site that emails your password back to you!
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British Plugs Are Better Than All Other Plugs, And Here's Why
- Published_at:2014-07-07
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- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: http://tomscott.com - http://twitter.com/tomscott - ALL THE ELECTRICS I USED WERE UNPLUGGED. DO NOT DO THIS. Yep, I'm going all patriotic again. And while I'm willing to bet that a good number of British folks know the first half of this video,...
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Chess Clock Jenga
- Published_at:2014-04-18
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- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: http://tomscott.com - @tomscott - We've invented a new game: Chess Clock Jenga. It's... well, it's Jenga with a chess clock, but you probably worked that out already.
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The Image That Can Break Your Brain
- Published_at:2014-01-27
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: http://tomscott.com - @tomscott - Things that can hurt you just by looking at them are science fiction and fantasy, right? Well, not quite. Inside Walt Disney World, home of the most terrible earworm known to humanity, I talk about the McCollough Effect.
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Danger: Humans
- Published_at:2014-01-08
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- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: http://tomscott.com - @tomscott - A message from the Interstellar Safety Council. What if the rest of the universe wasn't built on "survival of the fittest"? The post and discussion that inspired this:...
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Oversight: Thank you for volunteering, citizen.
- Published_at:2013-08-02
- Category:Entertainment
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: http://tomscott.com - @tomscott Or: what happens when you privatise Big Brother.
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Facebook Graph Search: a more realistic commercial
- Published_at:2013-01-17
- Category:Entertainment
- Channel:Tom Scott
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- description: http://tomscott.com/ - http://twitter.com/tomscott I made Facebook a new commercial for Graph Search. I don't think they'll like it. Music: "Transition One" by Kevin MacLeod, http://incompetech.com - licensed under Creative Commons by-3.0
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Welcome to Life: the singularity, ruined by lawyers
- Published_at:2012-05-11
- Category:Science & Technology
- Channel:enyay
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- description: http://tomscott.com - Or: what you see when you die. If you liked this, you may also enjoy two novels that provided inspiration for it: Jim Monroe's Everyone in Silico, where I first found the idea of a corporate-sponsored afterlife; Rudy Rucker's...
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