Season 9 episodes2023-01-25

2023

Technology Connections is an educational YouTube channel created by Alec Watson. It explores the history, engineering, and inner workings of everyday technology, including consumer electronics, household appliances, transportation, lighting, and audio and video equipment.

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Episodes

Season 9

Episode 1

Timer switches: literally just a clock and a switch

17m

Episode 2

A simple water heater is more clever than it seems

23m

Episode 3

Home Electrification: There's not a lot to do, and it doesn't have to be hard (Part 1)

32m

Episode 4

How do vinyl records hold stereo sound?

18m

Episode 5

2023

Season 9

Timer switches: literally just a clock and a switch

A simple water heater is more clever than it seems

Home Electrification: There's not a lot to do, and it doesn't have to be hard (Part 1)

How do vinyl records hold stereo sound?

Plug-n-play solutions for home electrification, and options for power outages (Part 2)

Contactors: how we power the big stuff

Sony Betacam: Not the Beta you're thinking of (it's way better)

Electric cars prove we need to rethink brake lights

Digital audio needed videotape to be possible - and the early days were wild!

This goofy fridge has a really clever design. It's also kinda terrible.

Longer-lasting light bulbs: it was complicated

Tesla won the plug war - and that's good news!

Photoelectric light controls are weirder than they seem

Power outlets are topsy turvy - but does it matter?

Old pinball machines are amazingly complex

Back-up beepers: Obnoxious, but getting better - and spreading!

The Clapper: Yes, that one.

What's the deal with the popcorn button?

LED Christmas lights still annoy me. Let's try some more fixes.

The step-by-step, mechanical logic of old pinball machines