A HUGE thanks to everyone else that helped us with this project:
- Derek, Don, and the rest of Matt's shopmates for tolerating us for way longer than they thought they'd have to - Nate and Public glass for helping us cut glass and receiving all our last minute amazon shipments - Beau and Circuit Launch for last minute PCB milling - Patrick for sound engineering, advice, bandwidth and invaluable support - Ben for tons of logistics support and camera operation for hours at time - Kevin for doing the vast majority of the editing - instagram.com/aurxm - Joe for camera work on the finale - Everyone in the ATM industry that's answered weird questions and tracked down very hard to find parts for us.
A HUGE thanks to everyone else that helped us with this project:
- Derek, Don, and the rest of Matt's shopmates for tolerating us for way longer than they thought they'd have to - Nate and Public glass for helping us cut glass and receiving all our last minute amazon shipments - Beau and Circuit Launch for last minute PCB milling - Patrick for sound engineering, advice, bandwidth and invaluable support - Ben for tons of logistics support and camera operation for hours at time - Kevin for doing the vast majority of the editing - instagram.com/aurxm - Joe for camera work on the finale - Everyone in the ATM industry that's answered weird questions and tracked down very hard to find parts for us.
See how LEDs are made! We're visiting World Semi's factory in Dongguan, China, just outside of Shenzhen. We'll see how the infamous WS2812 addressable RGB LED, aka the Neopixel, is made from bare silicon wafers to finished working LEDs. It's one of the coolest factories I've ever been to. They have amazing machines that do everything from bare die placement to wirebonding, to fascinating custom LED testing machines. Today we're going to see how it's made!
Today we're going to see how desktop CNC mills are made. We're going inside the Makera factory, a relatively new Chinese startup that went from a few guys who wanted to make drones in their spare time, to running a very successful kickstarter and building out a complete factory. We'll see how they make very accurate machines, starting from the raw aluminum, all the way to putting a finished product in a crate, ready to ship out.
Come see how flexible circuit boards, or FPCs, are made in a Chinese factory. We're visiting one of JLCPCB's circuit board factories in Shaoguang, China, a few hours outside of Shenzhen. We'll see how they're made from raw material to finished circuit boards. Are you an electronics geek or a DIY enthusiast that loves soldering projects that's always wondered how a flexible circuit board is created? Today we're going to see how it's made!
This laser repairs OLED phone screens by repairing broken internal traces - without taking the screen apart or even turning it off! This is the closest thing I've seen to real magic in a long time. This machine is going to make people a LOT of money.
If you'd like to buy one of these machines, Xuan's email address is 1434120951@qq.com
Dive into the guts of Japan's retro vending machines with Strange Parts and Only in Japan! We're looking inside everything from microwave popcorn to hot rice curry machines to uncover their quirky and brilliant inner workings.
I got hit in the back of the head by a metal pipe nearly 18 months ago while making a video. I wanted to give you a long overdue update you on how am doing, and how my brain is healing.
Cognitive FX (longterm concussion care/post concussion syndrome/long covid): bit.ly/3WMj1Yx Neural Effects (acute concussion care, covered by insurance): neuraleffects.comI built an iPhone that charges in 9 minutesStrange Parts2022-10-29 | Keep exploring at brilliant.org/strangeparts. Get started for free, and hurry—the first 200 people get 20% off an annual premium subscription. Watch this video without ads on Nebula: nebula.tv/videos/strangeparts-how-fast-can-you-charge-an-iphone Waiting for your phone to charge sucks. As someone who constantly is forgetting to charge his phone, I wanted to see if I could make it faster to charge. A LOT faster. And I succeeded!
I spent the past 6 months, hundreds of hours, and tens of thousands of dollars building out my dream workshop. I built everything from custom furniture to custom fixtures, and it's everything I've dreamed of.
We built the 250 lb combat robot Switchback for the latest season of BattleBots (2022) with a team of 11 engineers. With an 80 lb drum spinner on the end of a 180 degree articulating arm, Switchback is full of engineering challenges. And we had only 3 months to get it working…
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I get hands-on with the $2,000,000 fMRI machine that imaged my brain as part of the treatment for my head injury earlier this year. We learn how to run it, what it can do, and what can happen when things go terribly wrong.
For more, watch interviews with the neuroscientists that run Cognitive FX about concussions, recovering from them, and all the cool technology involved:
What Everyone Gets Wrong About Concussions - with Dr. Alina Fong, co-founder of Cognitive FX: youtube.com/watch?v=mrNKhgAiR7E Measuring brain activity by shining light through your skull! - Interview with Dr. Tyler Hanak: youtube.com/watch?v=Xovfo1m2hfs
See behind the scenes at Strange Parts: http://twitter.com/strangepartscom http://instagram.com/strangeparts_com http://facebook.com/strangepartscom http://twitch.tv/strangepartsThe Worlds Smallest Scanning Electron MicroscopeStrange Parts2021-06-19 | Thanks to Skillshare for sponsoring this video! The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: http://skl.sh/strangeparts06211 I got a chance to try out the world's smallest scanning electron microscope. But, not everything went according to plan. In theory, this machine is pretty awesome - it's portable and small enough to fit in the overhead compartment. It uses an iPad as the user interface, which is pretty intuitive. But it's just never worked well for me, because I'm at a higher altitude than the manufacturer has ever tested it, which has caused all sorts of problems with high voltage arcing.
0:00 Intro 2:07 Preparing an iPhone 5:27 How does an SEM work? 6:50 iPhone MEMS microphone 10:06 iPhone accelerometer 13:20 iPhone gyroscope 14:40 Metal coating 16:31 Cardboard 17:32 Thermal camera sensor 22:30 Challenges of making this video
A huge thank you to everyone that helped with the video. The manufacturer, the experts that advised me, and everyone that sent in things to look at. We all worked incredibly hard to make this a success, and I'm really sad we couldn't get the machine to behave.
Music: Stamp It Up by Peter Spacey (Licensed through http://bit.ly/artlist-sp)Why 10,000 volts at altitude is a BAD IDEAStrange Parts2021-05-23 | Thanks to Brilliant for sponsoring this video. Be one of the first 200 people to sign up with this link and get 20% off your premium subscription! brilliant.org/strangeparts
What started as a straightforward attempt to try out a portable scanning electron microscope has evolved into a journey down the rabbit hole into the physics of high voltage electricity. It's given me a much deeper understanding of how high voltage arcing happens, and why it's so much easier for it to happen at higher altitudes. I built some demonstrations showing why and how it happens!
#StrangeParts #PhoneAdventuresHow Charcoal is MadeStrange Parts2020-05-31 | We're taking a look at a medium scale charcoal production operation in Picuris Pueblo in New Mexico. I've always found the charcoal production process fascinating, and it was cool to see it at a production scale.
#StrangeParts #FactoryTourInside a Small Chinese Electronics Factory - From the ArchivesStrange Parts2020-05-16 | What is a small Chinese electronics factory like? We're visiting a factory that does PCB assembly(PCBA), and final assembly (putting the finished product together and putting it in boxes). This is going deep into the Strange Parts archives - this is the first ever factory tour video I made, long before I started Strange Parts. I had a much longer beard and no clue what I was doing making videos...
#StrangeParts #FactoryTourInside the World of a Chinese iPhone Mod DesignerStrange Parts2020-05-02 | I sat down with Yeke, who designed the wireless charging add-on for the Phone 6s and iPhone 7 to better understand his world, and how he could create and manufacture such a cool iPhone mod so quickly, with such a small team. This is an extended interview from the video I made several years ago about adding wireless charging to an iPhone 7, going into more depth than we had time for in the original video. You can watch the original video here: youtu.be/YY5R-7dgbEA
#StrangeParts #PhoneAdventures #ChinaI Got Tested For Coronavirus - by Order of the TribeStrange Parts2020-04-25 | I was tested for coronavirus, by orders of the tribal governor of the pueblo where I'm staying, but I don't have any symptoms, nor does anyone I live with. See what the covid-19 testing process is like, and why it's so important for this tiny community.
#StrangeParts #StayAtHome #CoronaVirusInside Chinas Sneakers CityStrange Parts2020-04-18 | I went to visit China's sneaker city, Jinjiang, to see what Chinese sneaker factories look like. I didn't end up seeing as many sneakers as I had hoped, but it WAS an adventure...
#StrangeParts #MarketAdventures #ChinaCoronavirus lockdown = No more videos?Strange Parts2020-04-11 | On lockdown for coronavirus, and I can't make any of the videos I normally do. So what now?
Thanks to Audible for sponsoring this video - get your first audiobook and two Audible Originals for free when you try Audible for 30 days visit audible.com/strangeparts or text "strangeparts" to 500 500!
Today we're visiting RJ Models, one of the top architectural model making factories in China. And it's amazing! It's a blend of high tech computerized tools like laser cutters, CNC mills, and high end 3d printers alongside old fashioned meticulous hand model making by skilled craftsmen. And the scale is unbelievable - 500 employees!
Learn more about RJ Models: https://www.rjmodels.com.hk/
#StrangeParts #FactoryTourCoronavirus and Strange PartsStrange Parts2020-01-31 | I want to give you an update and some background on the corona virus, from the perspective of someone who's spent the majority of the past few years in China. This isn't a typical Strange Parts video - join me for a frank chat on the couch over some tea.
Here are some suggestions on places to learn more about the Coronavirus situation from people with unique insider views on China:
#StrangeParts #CoronaVirus #ButFirstINeedSomeTeaWhere the Factories Shop - Chinese Industrial Markets!Strange Parts2020-01-25 | Thanks to Brave for sponsoring this video. Switch to Brave in less than 60 seconds: brave.com/strangeparts
Today we're going inside the Yihua and Depu industrial markets in Shenzhen, China, and exploring all the amazing things that Chinese factories use to run their factories.
We're visiting a giant factory in China that makes lipo iPhone batteries, aka lithium polymer batteries, and seeing how they are made from start to finish. This is by FAR the coolest and biggest factory I've been to to date.
#StrangeParts #FactoryTourThis laser cuts through 2 inch thick STEEL!Strange Parts2019-12-14 | Thanks to Bescutter for sponsoring this video. Go to http://bescutter.com to learn more about their fiber laser cutters. I've been wanting to see a metal cutting laser for a long time now. So when Bescutter offered to take me to their supplier factory in Jinan, China to see how they make these giant fiber laser cutters, and try one out, I jumped at the opportunity.
A HUGE thanks to everyone else that helped us with this project:
- Derek, Don, and the rest of Matt's shopmates for tolerating us for way longer than they thought they'd have to - Nate and Public glass for helping us cut glass and receiving all our last minute amazon shipments - Beau and Circuit Launch for last minute PCB milling - Patrick for sound engineering, advice, bandwidth and invaluable support - Idan for taking apart an atm in a very sketchy convenience store and shipping me the parts - Ben for tons of logistics support and camera operation for hours at time - Kevin for doing the vast majority of the editing - instagram.com/aurxm - Joe for camera work on the finale - Everyone in the ATM industry that's answered weird questions and tracked down very hard to find parts for us.
#StrangeParts #ATMSlotMachineAdding USB-C to an iPhone - Is it possible?Strange Parts2019-10-16 | Thanks to Skillshare for sponsoring! Use this link to get a 2 month free trial of Skillshare Premium: https://skl.sh/strangeparts
Everyone's been asking for months now - is it possible to add a USB-C jack to an iPhone? So I'm taking apart an iPhone 11 Pro Max to find out!
#StrangeParts #PhoneAdventuresReverse engineering vintage Japanese electronics - a vacuum fluorescent display!Strange Parts2019-09-28 | Get your first audiobook and two Audible originals free when you try Audible for 30 days visit audible.com/strangeparts or text strangeparts to 500 500!
Today we're reverse engineering a piece of vintage Japanese electronics - a vacuum fluorescent display or VFD.
Follow Matt on Instagram: http://instagram.com/smallchangearcade. He's a super talented fabricator who makes these incredibly miniaturized arcade game cabinets with the original boards from the full size machines.
#StrangePartsReal or fake? I X-rayed my Samsung Galaxy Phone to find out!Strange Parts2019-08-10 | I wanted to know if it was possible to spot the difference between the Samsung Galaxy phone I made in China and one I bought new at Best Buy. So I stuck it in an X-ray machine to find out! And the answer totally surprised me (not clickbait). Also, want to know how much the phone cost to make? Stick around to the end.
Thanks to the folks at Creative Electron (http://creativeelectron.com) for showing me around and letting me play with their machines!
Thanks to iFixit for sponsoring this video. You can learn more about the iFixit Pro Tech toolkit and buy your own at https://ifix.gd/2K2B6wI I built a Samsung Galaxy S9+ entirely from parts I bought in the cell phone parts markets of in Shenzhen, China. And it works and runs Android!
How I Made My Own iPhone in China: youtu.be/leFuF-zoVzA Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus Teardown and Repair Guides from iFixit: https://ifix.gd/32QOkFw
#StrangeParts #PhoneAdventures #ChinaThis printer prints on ANYTHING!Strange Parts2019-07-06 | Thanks to Besjet for sponsoring this video. Go to http://besjet.com to learn more about their UV printers. We're visiting a factory that makes giant UV printers that can print on just about anything. We see how they're made, and then they turn me loose on one to see what I can do. But I brought a surprise...
#StrangeParts #FactoryTourThese STEEL Business Cards WERENT Made with a LaserStrange Parts2019-06-22 | We're going inside a Chinese factory that makes metal business cards. And it's totally different than I expected. Order your own metal business cards here: aliexpress.com/item/869122059.html
#StrangeParts #FactoryTourInside a PCB Soldering Factory - in ChinaStrange Parts2019-06-08 | Today we're taking an in-depth factory tour of the PCBWay (pcbway.com/strangeparts) PCB assembly factory in Shenzhen, China, to see how the professionals solder circuit boards, step-by-step. Are you an electronics geek or a DIY enthusiast that loves soldering projects that's always wondered how the big factories solder PCBs with pick and place machines and reflow ovens? Today we're going to see how it's made!
#PCB #FactoryTour #StrangePartsI found wireless LEDs - no batteries needed! in Akihabara, TokyoStrange Parts2019-05-25 | I found these amazing wireless LEDs in Akihabara(aka Akiba) in Tokyo that light up wirelessly - with no wires or batteries! And I got them working on a standard phone wireless charger!
#StrangeParts #Electronics #AkihabaraPaintings, PCBs, and Possibilities - How Chinese Copies Became OriginalsStrange Parts2019-05-04 | Thanks to Audible for sponsoring this video. Get your first audiobook and two Audible originals free when you try Audible for 30 days. Visit audible.com/strangeparts or text strangeparts to 500 500!
What do Van Gogh reproduction oil paintings have to do with PCB circuit boards? They're more alike than you think! I want to take you on a deep dive into how the oil painting and electronics manufacturing ecosystems in Shenzhen, China are organized, explain how they're so chaotically efficient, and show you why I think they're so cool.
Learn more about the painters of Dafen and their lives in the amazing Chinese documentary chinasvangoghs.com
#StrangeParts #Electronics #ChinaLets Make an Exploded View iPhone! - in Shenzhen, ChinaStrange Parts2019-04-13 | I found this iPhone testing jig in the Huaqiangbei cell phone markets in Shenzhen, China. Let's use it to build a working exploded view iPhone! Follow Strange Parts to see cool finds like this before anyone else! http://twitter.com/strangepartscomhttp://instagram.com/strangeparts_com