Hardware & Electronics

Hardware (other)

Hardware (other) sits within Hardware & Electronics. Consider the physical implementation behind a device, alongside the constraints that shape its design. This selection contains 20 catalog videos from 18 distinct channels. The examples below offer specific entry points into the subject, with their own vocabulary and scope, rather than a prescribed sequence of lessons.

Recurring catalog topics include hard drives, hardware, animation, book scanner, data destruction and digitization. These tags describe overlapping directions within the collection; an individual video may connect several of them. Recorded formats include commentary, demo, documentary, explainer and talk. Use those differences to choose between approaches to the subject and to compare how different contributors frame related questions.

“Harder Drive: Hard drives we didn't want or need”, listed under suckerpinch, is cataloged as demo. Tom7 (suckerpinch) builds and evaluates a series of absurd hard drives, including storage made from ping packets across the internet. The video accompanies his paper and mixes deep technical hacking with comedic…

“How does Computer Memory Work? 💻🛠”, listed under Branch Education, is cataloged as explainer. A 36-minute animated deep dive from Branch Education into how DRAM works. It shows how memory connects to the CPU and how billions of bits are stored in nanoscale capacitor cells. It…