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I drove myself crazy trying to find the exact version of Take 5 he was using-- this was in the early 90's, before you could just ask Siri what a song was :-)
I am homeschooling my kid and this Secret Life of Components series is part of our Design and Technology curriculum. We've always done a lot of making and building, and Tim's practical knowledge of so many things really expands our know-how.
His new videos have been fantastic.
Tim Hunkin has also released remastered versions of his The Secret Life Of Machines TV programmes on the same channel. https://www.youtube.com/c/timhunkin1/videos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Life_of_Machines
I have come across other Secret Life of Machines videos on YouTube. They're not remastered, not uploaded by him.
Just an FYI for others.
I grew up watching the Machines series. It and my grandfather are the reason I am an engineer today AND into Jazz. I drove myself crazy trying to find the exact version of Take 5 he was using-- this was in the early 90's, before you could just ask Siri what a song was :-)
They showed these at my school. Some images like the beer can mortar, the man running with a wobbly resonating plank, and a pyrotechnic pellet firing gun are indelible on the mind of my cohort. At least the easily excitable boys. In one of these shows there's a demonstration of magnetic tape. As far as I remember they attach a coil of wire to a loudspeaker and demonstrate that you can get sound from wiggling a magnet…
Now I want to visit https://www.novelty-automation.com/ next time I’m in central London :)