At the Swiss Military Museum in Full, there’s the last remaining example of a 1970s tank-driving simulator. But there’s no virtual worlds here: it’s connected to a real camera and a real miniature model. ■ More about the museum: https://www.festungsmuseum.ch/ Camera: Tobias Buchmann Producer: Sebastian Capeda at Viven https://viven.ch Editor: […]
The Headington Shark, in Oxford, UK, is a local icon: but it was protest art, put up without permission. Now, the local government wants to protect it. ▪ The Shark House: https://www.headingtonshark.com/ Edited by Michelle Martin https://www.youtube.com/@OnTheCrux 🟥 MORE FROM TOM: https://www.tomscott.com/ (you can find contact details and social links […]
The Udbyhøj Cable Ferry across Randers Fjord in Denmark is electric-powered: but rather than batteries, it’s plugged into mains electricity. Here’s how it works. ▪ More about the ferry: https://www.randersfjord-faerger.dk/ Production manager: Sissel Vindskov Bødker at GotFat, https://gotfat.dk Camera: Peter Sørensen Runner: Victor Gade Editor: Michelle Martin https://www.youtube.com/@OnTheCrux Audio mixer: […]
The Montreal Olympic Sports Centre has a 20m (65ft) diving board. That’s twice the Olympic height. Why would anyone need that? ◾ The Centre: https://parcolympique.qc.ca/centresportif/en/ ◾ Thanks to @Lysanne_Richard Edited by Michelle Martin https://www.youtube.com/@OnTheCrux 🟥 MORE FROM TOM: https://www.tomscott.com/ (you can find contact details and social links there too) 📰 […]
Did 18th century firefighters really let buildings burn? Sources below. ■ AD: 👨💻 NordVPN’s best deal is here: https://nordvpn.com/tomscott – with a 30-day money-back guarantee. Here’s the full, thoroughly referenced report: https://www.tomscott.com/corrections/firemarks/ Thanks to historical consultant Paul J Sillitoe: http://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-sillitoe-avi-consultants Thanks to Afonso Noronha for the email sparking this whole […]
Thanks to Lazarus 3D: https://www.lazarus3d.com/ ▪ Lazarus had no editorial control over this video, and I paid for my own MRI, but of course they helped set everything up and provided the print! Edited by Michelle Martin https://www.youtube.com/@OnTheCrux Thanks to Graeme Wiltrout for the suggestion 🟥 MORE FROM TOM: https://www.tomscott.com/ […]
Poly Canyon, at Cal Poly, is an experimental architecture laboratory. And it’s open to the public: http://www.caed.calpoly.edu/content/facilities/poly-canyon Thanks to Jacob DeBoard for the suggestion 🟥 MORE FROM TOM: https://www.tomscott.com/ (you can find contact details and social links there too) 📰 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER with good stuff from the rest of the […]
“Sentinel chickens” are an early-warning system against some nasty mosquito-borne diseases. I visited a flock in New South Wales, Australia. ▪ More about NSW Health’s surveillance: https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/mosquito-borne/Pages/surveillance.aspx MVE was actually found in the area I filmed, just a couple of days later, although in that case it was direct mosquito […]
At Velocity Valley in Rotorua, New Zealand, there’s the Shweeb: a pedal-powered monorail. It’s a fun ride: but in 2010, Google gave it a million dollars as a potential “future of transit”. ▪ Thanks to Velocity Valley: https://velocityvalley.co.nz/ SOURCES: https://web.archive.org/web/20091109051951/http://shweeb.com/index.php?m=faq https://web.archive.org/web/20081012033535/http://www.project10tothe100.com/faq.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120506113239/http://www.google.com/onceuponatime/project10tothe100/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-03-27/whatever-happened-to-the-shweeb https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/business/13m-backing-for-shweeb/ERNGSPNILIFWR7YC4TU2A6DEYY/ https://www.businessinsider.com/google-human-monorail-shweeb-2010-9 Camera: Rakaea Te Rangi-Trotman Producer: […]
C1 Espresso, in Christchurch, New Zealand, has a set of pneumatic tubes. But that’s not enough on its own to keep a business running. ■ C1 Espresso: http://www.c1espresso.co.nz/ Producer: Virginia Wickham at Kevin & Co https://www.kevinandco.co.nz/ 🟥 MORE FROM TOM: https://www.tomscott.com/ (you can find contact details and social links there […]
