11 Satellite Words You Should Know Nat and Friends 2016-04-19 | WATCH OUR TERRA BELLA EPISODE: https://g.co/go/NLterrabellaSUBSCRIBE: goo.gl/CEsJyN FOLLOW US: twitter.com/natandlo TWEET THIS: http://ctt.ec/lUecSRecently, we got to hang out with Google’s Terra Bella team that makes and flies mini-fridge-sized satellites. But we couldn’t fit all the cool words & facts we learned into our episode about them...so we made this second video breaking down some basic satellite vocabulary. Want to learn more about Terra Bella? → terrabella.google.comYou can also follow them at: twitter.com/terra_bellaCheck out our newest episode: http://bit.ly/NLNewVidThanks to Vibe Mountain for the music in this episode! And Julia Melograna and MixTape Club for the illustrations.:)Nat & Lo's 20% Projecthttp://youtube.com/natandlo -- a show about all the stuff we're curious about at Google.
5 Google Photography Apps You Should Know About Nat and Friends 2018-02-01 | *Warning, at 02:48 there are some flashing lights for about 5 seconds.This video demos a few Google photography apps and experiments that you can play with, and goes behind the scenes with Instagrammer Sophie Gamand to photograph some amazing adoptable dogs. Let’s help these cute doggos find their forever homes! Links below to both the wonderful animal rescue organizations we met and the photography apps shown.Special thanks to Sophie for her incredible work. Check out her photos from this shoot and many, many more here→ instagram.com/sophiegamandYou can also learn more about Sophie at her website→ http://www.sophiegamand.com---Animal Rescues & Their Adoptable Dogs---#1 Max from Eleventh Hour Rescue →http://www.ehrdogs.orginstagram.com/ehrdogs#2 Neptune from PupStarz Rescue →pupstarzrescue.orginstagram.com/pupstarzrescue #3 Champ from Animal Haven **PUPDATE: Champ has been adopted (yay!) but Animal Haven still has many other amazing dogs in need of homes** →animalhavenshelter.orginstagram.com/Animalhaven#4 Pocket from Social Tees NYCsocialteesnyc.org/donateinstagram.com/socialteesnyc#5 Diamond from Animal Haven animalhavenshelter.orginstagram.com/Animalhaven#6 Sunshine from Rebound Hounds**PUPDATE: Sunshine has also just been adopted! http://www.reboundhounds.orginstagram.com/reboundhounds#7 Gouda from Social Tees NYCsocialteesnyc.org/donateinstagram.com/socialteesnyc#8 Andraya from Social Tees NYCsocialteesnyc.org/donateinstagram.com/socialteesnyc---- Photography Apps ----#1 Snapseed→Android: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.niksoftware.snapseed&hl=eniOS: itunes.apple.com/us/app/snapseed/id439438619?mt=8#2 Motion Stills→Android: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.motionstills&hl=eniOS: itunes.apple.com/us/app/motion-stills-gif-collage/id1086172168?mt=8#3 Selfissimo→Android: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.photolab.selfissimo&hl=eniOS: itunes.apple.com/us/app/selfissimo/id1300685851?mt=8#4 Storyboard→Android: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.photolab.storyboard&hl=en#5 Google Photos →Android: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.photos&hl=eniOS: itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-photos/id962194608?mt=8Share this episode on Facebook → goo.gl/Bevgiq-------Thanks to my friends who helped make this episode: Max for editing, Walter for the animations, Vibe Mountain for the music, and Mixtape Club for the sound mix!-------Follow us → twitter.com/NatAndFriends Subscribe → goo.gl/CEsJyN Check out ALL the videos we’ve made → goo.gl/8UyyHP:)Nat & Friendshttp://youtube.com/NatAndFriends -- We make videos where we go behind the scenes at Google. What are you curious about? Let us know!
How Machine Learning Is Generating Strange, New Sounds - ft. Andrew Huang Nat and Friends 2017-12-21 | WARNING: At ~9 minutes in, there will be flashing lights for 15 seconds. Watch Andrew Huang’s video w/ his full track → goo.gl/9Ykq5H Check out the Magenta website → https://g.co/magenta Subscribe if it pleases you to do so → goo.gl/CEsJyN Listen to Andrew's track "Rainbowgram" on...Spotify: goo.gl/PNwsEsBandcamp: goo.gl/mPw1xt Google Play: goo.gl/T5eVnciTunes: goo.gl/auhh4hProject Magenta is a Google Research project that uses machine learning to create new tools for artists and musicians. One of these tools is NSynth, a neural synthesizer that generates strange, new sounds like “cat flutes,” “beast guitars,” and “screaming 3D printers.” In this video, I explore how NSynth works, and talk with Andrew Huang about his process creating a song entirely out of NSynth generated sounds.~~~~Magenta Links!~~~~*Magenta I/O 2017 talk → youtube.com/watch?v=2FAjQ6R_bf0 *NSynth: Sound Maker → experiments.withgoogle.com/ai/sound-maker/view *NSynth blog post → https://g.co/magenta/nsynth*NSynth research paper → arxiv.org/abs/1704.01279 *AI Duet → experiments.withgoogle.com/ai/ai-duet/view *Infinite Drum Machine → experiments.withgoogle.com/ai/drum-machine/view See the 60,000 year-old bone flute for yourself → goo.gl/gL9EieImage courtesy of Google Arts & Culture → google.com/culturalinstituteImage courtesy of National Museum of Slovenia → http://www.nms.si/en~~~~Thanks to these amazing people who helped me make this video!~~~~Vibe Mountain is a wonderful music person and friend. He created all of the music in this episode (with the exception of the snippets of Andrew’s track). If you’re interested in listening to more of his music, you can do so on Spotify → goo.gl/2tZ2Yz and iTunes → goo.gl/7A9nF5 Also a big thanks to...*Kyle Graffam (http://www.kylegraffam.com) for the amazing editing and encouraging me to headbang. *Monica Kim (vimeo.com/monicakim) and Waleed Zaiter (vimeo.com/waleedzaiter) for the beautiful graphics and being so fun to work with. *Walter Green (http://garphicdesorgn.com) for all the help art directing and bringing the good vibes. Follow us → twitter.com/NatAndFriends Check out ALL of the 50+ videos we’ve made → goo.gl/8UyyHP :)Nat & Friendshttp://youtube.com/NatAndFriends -- We make videos where we go behind the scenes at Google. What are you curious about? Let us know!
12 Minutes Of Great Sounds! Nat and Friends 2017-11-17 | Think these sounds are great? Watch this video about computers learning to understand them → http://g.co/go/NFsound. The right-side visuals are spectrograms (representing the frequencies of the sounds over time) & were made with → goo.gl/EvOjXiGreat espresso machine sounds!Great sink sounds!Great phone ringing sound!Great dog sounds!Great paddle ball sounds!Great power tools sounds!Great tape sounds!Great clink sounds!Great tapping sounds!Great scissors cutting paper sounds!Great wood block sliding sounds!Great vacuum sounds!Great dripping faucet sounds!Great coins sounds!Great slinky sounds!Great singing bowl sounds!Great maraca sounds!Great bell sounds!Great bike bell sounds!Great kalimba sound!Great ukulele sounds!Great acoustic guitar sounds!Great whistling sounds!Great laughing sounds!Great ticking clock sounds!Great bubble wrap sounds!Great whoopee cushion sounds!Great writing with a pen sounds!Great clicking sounds!Great opening a soda can sound!Great typing on keyboard sounds!Great computer mouse sounds!Great copy machine sounds!Great flipping magazine pages sounds!Great zipper sounds!Great clattering sounds!Great shuffleboard sounds!Great snap sound!Great swoosh sound!Great clapping sounds!Great snapping sounds!Great traffic sounds!Great motorcycle sounds!Great engine sounds!Great car horn sound!Great water fountain sound!Great kicking a ball sound!Great skateboarding sounds!Great city sounds!Great anechoic chamber sound!------- Thanks to friends: Flies Collective (http://fliescollective.com) for the solid sound recording and filming, Kyle Graffam for splicing together another audio/visual delight, and Walter Green for calling Noodles a "good dog."Follow → twitter.com/NatAndFriends Subscribe → goo.gl/CEsJyN Check out ALL the videos we’ve made → goo.gl/8UyyHP:)Nat & Friendshttp://youtube.com/NatAndFriends -- We make videos where we go behind the scenes at Google. What are you curious about? Let us know!
Will Computers Ever Hear Like People Do? Nat and Friends 2017-11-17 | Our phones and devices can understand what we say to them (most of the time) but what about other sounds? This video explores how computers are beginning to recognize dog barks, doorbells, waves on a beach, and more. Bonus video → https://g.co/go/NF12m-------AudioSet (publicly available ontology + data set) → research.google.com/audioset//index.htmlAudioSet Google Research blog post → research.googleblog.com/2017/03/announcing-audioset-dataset-for-audio.htmlYouTube blog post about captions → youtube-eng.googleblog.com/2017/03/visualizing-sound-effects.htmlWant to see more sound classification results? Here is a longer string out of results, prepared for us by Dan Ellis → youtube.com/watch?v=FnqAb9KH9QYDick Lyon (Sound Understanding Team Lead at Google) is also author of “Human And Machine Hearing” if you’d like to read more → amazon.com/Human-Machine-Hearing-Extracting-Meaning/dp/1107007534A little writeup about the anecohic chamber at Cooper Union that I visited → http://citylore-senseandthecity.blogspot.com/2017/05/sound-anechoic-chamber-at-cooper-union.html Thanks to friends: Vibe Mountain for the excellent sounding music, Flies Collective for the solid sound recording and filming, Mixtape Club for the audio mix and sound design, Kyle Graffam for splicing together an audio/visual delight, and Walter Green for the graphics that are like music to my ears. Follow → twitter.com/NatAndFriends Subscribe → goo.gl/CEsJyN Check out ALL the videos we’ve made → goo.gl/8UyyHP:)Nat & Friendshttp://youtube.com/NatAndFriends -- We make videos where we go behind the scenes at Google. What are you curious about? Let us know!
How Google Built the Pixel 2 Camera Nat and Friends 2017-10-04 | Behind the scenes with Pixel 2 hardware, software, and testing team members. (Plus lots of untouched photo examples!) For even more Pixel 2 / Pixel 2 XL photos + videos, watch this video I filmed w/ my friend Lo → http://g.co/go/NFpixel2 ~~Cool Links~~Want to read more about HDR+? Check out this research paper → http://www.hdrplusdata.org/hdrplus.pdf Want to learn more about digital photography? Check out Marc Levoy's free online lectures → sites.google.com/site/marclevoylecturesGoogle Photos album of even more Pixel 2 photos (some included in Google's hardware event) → goo.gl/SceftjRead about DxO’s rating of the Pixel 2 camera → goo.gl/hcKwyPLearn more about the Pixel 2 / Pixel 2 XL → madeby.google.comLink to last year's Pixel camera demo video → http://g.co/go/NLpixelThanks to all the wonderful friends who helped me make this episode. Including: Vibe Mountain for the highly dynamic music, Monica Kim + Waleed Zaiter for the beautifully processed animations, and Max Goldblatt for the finely tuned editing.Follow → twitter.com/NatAndFriends Subscribe → goo.gl/CEsJyN -------Check out ALL the videos we’ve made → goo.gl/8UyyHP:)Nat & Friendshttp://youtube.com/NatAndFriends -- We make videos where we go behind the scenes at Google. What are you curious about? Let us know!
5 Demos Where Code Meets Music Nat and Friends 2017-09-13 | Music is a fun way to explore technologies like coding, VR, and machine learning. Here are a few musical demos and experiments that you can play with – created by musicians, coders, and some friends at Google. Links below! #1 - Infinite Drum Machine by Kyle McDonald, Manny Tan, Yotam Mann, and friends at Google Creative Lab → experiments.withgoogle.com/ai/drum-machine/view#2 - Patatap by Jono Brandel and Lullatone → experiments.withgoogle.com/chrome/patatap#3 - Spectrogram by Jeramy Morrill and Boris Smus → musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Spectrogram#4 - Inside Music by Song Exploder, Phoenix, Perfume Genius, Natalia Lafourcade, Ibeyi, Alarm Will Sound, Clipping, and some friends at Google → experiments.withgoogle.com/webvr/inside-music/view#5 - Oskar Fishinger Google Doodle by Leon Hong, Kris Hom, Brian Murray, My-Linh Le, Perla Campos, Marci Winsheimer, Local Natives, Nick Zammuto, and TOKiMONSTA → google.com/doodles/oskar-fischingers-117th-birthday---- More musical Google Doodles ----44th Anniversary of the Birth of Hip Hop → google.com/doodles/44th-anniversary-of-the-birth-of-hip-hopClara Rockmore’s 105th Birthday → google.com/doodles/clara-rockmores-105th-birthdayCelebrating Ludwig van Beethoven’s 245th Year →google.com/doodles/celebrating-ludwig-van-beethovens-245th-yearRobert Moog’s 78th Birthday → google.com/doodles/robert-moogs-78th-birthdayLes Paul’s 96th Birthday → google.com/doodles/les-pauls-96th-birthday---- Even More Music And Sound Links! ----Pink Trombone by Neil Thapen → experiments.withgoogle.com/chrome/pink-tromboneElectronium by DreamPipe → experiments.withgoogle.com/chrome/electroniumChrome Music Lab → musiclab.chromeexperiments.comSearch Results for “Music” on Google Experiments → experiments.withgoogle.com/search?q=music“Sound and Music” Chrome Experiments → experiments.withgoogle.com/chrome?tag=Sound+and+MusicGoogle search for “metronome” → goo.gl/FXy23uAsk the Google Assistant to beatbox, tell you what a clarinet sounds like, and more → assistant.google.com-------Thanks to my friends: Vibe Mountain for the song, Lana Shahmoradian for the mad vocoder skillz and graphics, and Mixtape Club for the sound mix and animations!-------Follow us → twitter.com/NatAndFriends Subscribe → goo.gl/CEsJyN Check out ALL the videos we’ve made → goo.gl/8UyyHP:)Nat & Friendshttp://youtube.com/NatAndFriends -- We make videos where we go behind the scenes at Google. What are you curious about? Let us know!
Why microwaving pizza could screw up your Wi-Fi Nat and Friends 2017-08-18 | If you’ve ever been curious what Wi-Fi looks like, or how Wi-Fi on a plane works, or the possible effects of microwaving pizza on your Wi-Fi speed...watch this video! Reply All podcast about Dr. John Romulus Brinkley → gimletmedia.com/episode/86-man-of-the-peopleDocumentary film NUTS! about Dr. John Romulus Brinkley → http://www.nutsthefilm.com/#nuts Want to learn more about Google Wifi? Go here → madeby.google.com/wifi(P.S. There’s a few times in this video where you’ll see Google Wifi without a cord, but I wanted to point out here that it needs to be plugged in to do its job IRL.)Share on Facebook → goo.gl/rpfHYKFollow → twitter.com/NatAndFriends Subscribe → goo.gl/CEsJyN Thanks to NASA.gov for the awesome space imagery. Thanks to Melanie Hoff and Dhruv Mehrotra for hacking together the “Human WIFI Absorber” and letting us feature it in this video. And thanks to everyone who helped make this video, including many Wi-Fi wizards at Google who answered questions and helped fact check, Vibe Mountain for creating the sound wavey music you hear in it, Max Goldblatt for hi-fi editing, and Walter Green and Mixtape Club for the wide spectrum of graphics, animations, and sound effects. -------Check out ALL the videos we’ve made → goo.gl/8UyyHP:)Nat & Friendshttp://youtube.com/NatAndFriends -- We make videos where we go behind the scenes at Google. What are you curious about? Let us know!
Google Blocks – Recreating the Nat & Friends Room In VR Nat and Friends 2017-07-27 | For our episode about VR and creativity (http://g.co/go/NFvirtal2) we asked friend + illustrator Karen (kkoillustration.com) to recreate the room we usually film in, using Blocks - a new tool for easily building 3D objects in VR. Here’s a quick timelapse of her building it!Check out Google Blocks → vr.google.com/blocksBlocks gallery → vr.google.com/objectsKaren's final creation → vr.google.com/objects/user/4qC9CTBuzhtThanks to Vibe Mountain for the music in this video. -------Check out ALL the videos we’ve made → goo.gl/8UyyHP:)Nat & Friendshttp://youtube.com/NatAndFriends -- We make videos where we go behind the scenes at Google. What are you curious about? Let us know!
Why virtual reality is perfect for creativity Nat and Friends 2017-07-13 | In this video (part 2 of a two-part VR series) I explore VR creativity tools and how artists and creators are using them. I do a Tilt Brush chicken dance, play with brains, and help YouTuber Vanessa Hill make a video about how your mind reacts to VR → goo.gl/y786rz******COOL LINKS******Watch our first VR episode → http://g.co/go/NFvirtualExplore Tilt Brush → tiltbrush.com Tilt Brush Artist in Residence program → tiltbrush.com/airCheck out the Tilt Brush Sketches gallery → vr.google.com/sketches"Show It 2 Me" by Titmouse and Night Club →http://titmouse.net@nightclubband | www.facebook.com/nightclubband | #nightclubbandPaulo’s Wing by Angry Array →http://store.steampowered.com/app/592720/Paulos_WingCheck out my friend Karen’s Tilt Brush version of the Nat & Friends intro → vr.google.com/sketches/4xrLlV20G5FDaydream Labs animator prototype → goo.gl/ksFTdyCheck out Blocks →vr.google.com/blocksLook! It’s a Blocks version of me sitting on the couch, also made by my friend Karen → vr.google.com/objects/c1ejeRIyoc5More info on YouTube Spaces → youtube.com/yt/spaceMore info on Mind Show → mindshow.comCheck out Tom Small’s YouTube channel → youtube.com/user/DirectedByTomSmallCheck out Jessica Brillhart’s YouTube channel → goo.gl/vdpjPmRead more VR filmmaking thoughts from Jessica Brillhart on Medium → goo.gl/M6f4JQCheck out Sara Dietschy’s awesome 360 skydiving video → youtube.com/watch?v=a54H2V06dqw&t=Evolution of Verse courtesy of Within Unlimited, Inc. → https://with.in/watch/evolution-of-verse/Koncept VR → http://www.konceptvr.comVirtually Cayman 360 - Conde Nast Traveler by Koncept VR → youtube.com/watch?v=5zROvBzkLs4CN Newfoundland by Koncept VR →youtube.com/watch?v=CsG5D8rm1KIVR 360 Video: Defying the Beast in Honduras, World Vision by Koncept VR →youtube.com/watch?v=8vf4tufq-LwThe United Nations Clouds Over Sidra courtesy of Here Be Dragons → http://dragons.org/creators/chris-milk/work/the-united-nations-clouds-over-sidra Man With A Movie Camera courtesy of BFI → http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a21d217The Lumiere Brothers First Films courtesy of Institut Lumiere → http://www.institut-lumiere.orgLearn more about JUMP → vr.google.com/jumpPlaylist of JUMP videos → goo.gl/FxvmUyWant to make VR photos? Try the Cardboard camera app → goo.gl/fQaFxTWant to make VR-ish photo collages? Try the Android Experiment: Sprayscape → goo.gl/3Dd56cWeb VR Experiments you can try out (w/ a headset or on your laptop) → webvrexperiments.com Curious to try VR on the cheap? Check out Cardboard → goo.gl/isZXAAGoogle VR’s YouTube channel → goo.gl/9ebyhXGoogle VR’s website → vr.google.comHistory of VR playlist I put together → goo.gl/TBqZWBInterested in AR? Watch this video we made about Tango → http://g.co/go/NLtangoFollow Nat & Friends on Twitter → twitter.com/NatAndFriendsSubscribe → goo.gl/CEsJyN -------Many thanks to Tracy Ma and Sam Rhodes for their design, 3D models, and motion graphics skills. Thanks to Vibe Mountain for his musical creativity. And big thanks to all the artists, filmmakers, and creators who gave us permission to feature their work in this episode.-------Check out ALL the videos we’ve made → goo.gl/8UyyHP:)Nat & Friendshttp://youtube.com/NatAndFriends -- We make videos where we go behind the scenes at Google. What are you curious about? Let us know!
How virtual reality is magical, ridiculous, and not figured out yet Nat and Friends 2017-06-28 | In this video, I’m teleporting across Google (as part 1 of a two-part series) to explore what’s possible with VR today. I play poker as a dog, stand on a 160 feet tall diving board, get my face scanned, and more. Watch part 2: http://g.co/go/NFvirtual2Playlist of Daydream Labs prototypes → goo.gl/6zDKodGoogle Research post about Headset “Removal” → goo.gl/6lHzXELearn about Expeditions and download the app → goo.gl/bC6VTaWeb VR Experiments you can try out (w/ a headset or on your laptop) → webvrexperiments.com Curious to try VR on the cheap? Check out Cardboard → goo.gl/isZXAAGoogle VR’s YouTube channel → goo.gl/9ebyhXGoogle VR’s website → vr.google.comHistory of VR playlist I put together → goo.gl/TBqZWBInterested in AR? Watch this video about Tango → http://g.co/go/NLtangoFollow Nat & Friends on Twitter → twitter.com/NatAndFriendsSubscribe → goo.gl/CEsJyN Share this video on Facebook → goo.gl/V3urCpThanks to Tracy Ma, Sam Rhodes, and Mixtape Club for the out of this world graphics. And thanks to Vibe Mountain and Fall On Your Sword for virtually creating all the music in this video. -------Check out ALL the videos we’ve made → goo.gl/8UyyHP:)Nat & Friendshttp://youtube.com/NatAndFriends -- We make videos where we go behind the scenes at Google. What are you curious about? Let us know!
Why Quick, Draw! Is Sharing Millions Of Doodles With Everyone Nat and Friends 2017-05-19 | More than 15 million people have played the game Quick, Draw! Now a large sample of these drawings (~50 million) are being shared with everyone. I want your help making a future video about what we can learn from studying this data. So what do you find interesting about these drawings? Let me know! Leave a comment or send an email to: heynatandfriends@gmail.com Explore the Quick, Draw! data → quickdraw.withgoogle.com/dataPlay Quick, Draw! → quickdraw.withgoogle.comLearn more about Quick, Draw! → goo.gl/xC08wjShare this video on Facebook → goo.gl/vVyXvUFollow us → twitter.com/NatAndFriendsSubscribe → goo.gl/CEsJyN Thanks to Vibe Mountain for the music in this video, and Simone Noronha for the extra doodles. (You can also find some of Simone’s drawings at AutoDraw → autodraw.com) ------- Check out ALL the videos we’ve made → goo.gl/8UyyHP :)Nat & Friendshttp://youtube.com/NatAndFriends -- We make videos where we go behind the scenes at Google. What are you curious about? Let us know!
How Computer Vision Is Finally Taking Off, After 50 Years Nat and Friends 2017-05-03 | Computer vision is fascinating to me because a) it sounds intriguing and b) it’s a part of so many different things we use today (augmented reality, image search, Google Photos, cameras, those yellow first down lines we see watching football on TV, self-driving cars, selfie lenses, and more.) In this video, I talk with several researchers at Google to get an overview of the field today, a bit of its history, and a hint of its future.Watch more videos about computer vision → goo.gl/5WWErfWatch a TED talk about the motion magnification work → goo.gl/Tc7ogORead more about computer vision (including work that inspired the 4 Rs breakdown in this video) here → goo.gl/E3G1Av and here → goo.gl/2PcPsYShare this video on Facebook → goo.gl/x8S4tJFollow us → twitter.com/NatandFriends Subscribe → goo.gl/CEsJyN Thanks to friends:*Vibe Mountain for the music*Tracy Ma, Sam Rhodes, and MTC for the graphics*Mcenroe for being super cute picking that lemon -------Check out ALL the videos we’ve made → goo.gl/8UyyHP:)Nat & Friendshttp://youtube.com/natandfriends -- We make videos where we go behind the scenes at Google. What are you curious about? Let us know!
Google Earth’s Incredible 3D Imagery, Explained Nat and Friends 2017-04-18 | Google Earth is the most photorealistic, digital version of our planet. But how?! Where do the images come from? How are they they put together? And how often are they updated? In this video, learn about the pixels, planes, and people that create Google Earth’s 3D imagery.Play with Google Earth → google.com/earthShare this video on Facebook → goo.gl/byTisBFollow us → twitter.com/NatAndFriends Subscribe → goo.gl/CEsJyNThanks to friends Vibe Mountain for the music in this video, and Freddy Arenas (http://www.freddyarenas.com) for the animations.-------Watch ALL the videos → goo.gl/8UyyHP:)Nat & Friendshttp://youtube.com/natandfriends -- We make videos where we go behind the scenes at Google. What are you curious about? Let us know!
Important News From Lo (& Nat) Nat and Friends 2017-04-17 | Lo is moving on, but this channel is staying put. (With a few changes.) Starting tomorrow, Nat & Lo will be called Nat & Friends. And we’ll have a new video for you to check out. Lo, thank you for being the best, most amazing friend and YouTube partner ever. Good luck in your new adventures!Lo's Twitter: twitter.com/runlorunLo's Instagram: instagram.com/betterthanacityThanks to friends…*Vibe Mountain for the music in this video*you for watching and supporting us
5 Google Search Tips You Should Know About Nat and Friends 2017-03-08 | Like this? Watch our video about 5 Google games ✨ http://g.co/go/5games ✨Share on Facebook 👍 goo.gl/rVRVtr | Follow us 👉 twitter.com/NatandLo Subscribe → goo.gl/CEsJyN | More in the description below 👇👇👇Last time you said you want search things...so here’s some search things for ya. Have other Google search tips? Leave a comment! Here’s links to what’s mentioned in the video:#1 – Explore in Docs → goo.gl/xxGVnB#2 – Reverse Image Search → images.google.com#3 – Subscribe to searches in Allo → allo.google.com#4 – Gboard for iOS → goo.gl/4Tu4tW, Gboard for Android → goo.gl/lNRbT#5 – Hot Searches → goo.gl/xTK6hxThanks to our friend Vibe Mountain for the music in this video, and our friends Simone Noronha and Mixtape Club for the illustrations & animations. -------Check out ALL the videos we’ve made → goo.gl/8UyyHP:)Nat & Lohttp://youtube.com/natandlo -- We make videos where we go behind the scenes at Google. What are you curious about? Let us know!
How Can Light, Plus Glass, Equal The Internet? Nat and Friends 2017-02-17 | Like this? Watch our video about underwater internet cables → http://g.co/go/NLcables ✨Share on Facebook → goo.gl/ikwnPl | Follow us → twitter.com/NatandLo Subscribe → goo.gl/CEsJyN | More in the description below 👇Fiber optics, a.k.a. strands of glass the width of a human hair, transmit billions of pulses of light every second, to help these words, this video, and everything else on the internet reach your screen. But what does this *actually* mean? In this video we’re zooming in to reveal the magnitude of what’s happening at the microscopic level of the internet.Want to watch some more videos about fiber optics? Here’s an awesome video by Physics Girl called “How to control light with water” → goo.gl/P0lIHvHere’s a cool video about how fiber optic glass is made → goo.gl/JbPd8RGreat video by Minute Physics explaining how lasers work → goo.gl/g3X1raThanks to Vibe Mountain for the music in this video, and our friends Simone Noronha and Mixtape Club for the illustrations & animations. -------Check out ALL the videos we’ve made → goo.gl/8UyyHP:)Nat & Lohttp://youtube.com/natandlo -- We make videos where we go behind the scenes at Google. What are you curious about? Let us know!
5 Google Games You Should Know About Nat and Friends 2017-01-26 | Like this? Watch our other video about Android easter egg games ✨ http://g.co/go/NLeggs ✨Share on Facebook 👍 goo.gl/6jLsjC | Follow us 👉 twitter.com/NatandLoSubscribe → goo.gl/CEsJyN | More in the description below 👇👇👇This is the first in a new series of videos I want to make where I share my favorite apps, experiments, easter eggs, product hacks, and other Google things with you. First up...Games! Have other games from Google you like? Leave a comment! Want this series to cover a specific topic next? Let me know in the comments or on Twitter.Here’s all the games I mentioned in this video:#1 – Chrome T-Rex → google.com/chrome (Launch Chrome. Turn off wifi. Tap the spacebar or press the dino to start racing.)#2 – Google Doodles Archive "Interactive" section → goo.gl/0Ssu9h#3 – Quick, Draw! → goo.gl/mhK5j0#4 – Super Sync Sports → goo.gl/Gg6XyY#5 – Atari Breakout Image Search easter egg → goo.gl/g9Ul1J Thanks to our friend Vibe Mountain for the music in this video, and our friends Simone Noronha and Mixtape Club for the illustrations & animations. -------Check out ALL the videos we’ve made → goo.gl/8UyyHP:)Nat & Lohttp://youtube.com/natandlo -- We make videos where we go behind the scenes at Google. What are you curious about? Let us know!
Bye, 2016! See You All Next Year! Nat and Friends 2016-12-21 | Thanks for watching! Check out our 2016 playlist here: ✨ goo.gl/4lNh8h ✨Share on Facebook 👍 goo.gl/px44Jw | Follow us 👉 twitter.com/NatandLo Subscribe → goo.gl/CEsJyN | More in the description below 👇👇👇In 2016, we saw some amazing Google doodles get made, learned how YouTube handles over 400 hours of video a minute, went on a boat that lays underwater internet cables, and more! Our top 10 favorite moments (in the order they appeared in this video):#10 - http://g.co/go/NLlotte#9 - http://g.co/go/NLyt1#8 - http://g.co/go/NLpixel#7 - http://g.co/go/NLterrabella#6 - http://g.co/go/NLbday#5 - http://g.co/go/NLvoice#4 - http://g.co/go/NLauto#3 - http://g.co/go/NLstyle#2 - http://g.co/go/NLphotoscan#1 - http://g.co/go/NLcablesThank YOU for watching, subscribing, and giving us questions and ideas. Thanks to all our friends (behind the scenes and in front of the camera) who’ve helped us make these videos this year. And of course, thanks to our vibey, majestic friend Vibe Mountain for the music in this video. -------Check out ALL the videos we’ve made → goo.gl/8UyyHP:)Nat & Lohttp://youtube.com/natandlo -- We make videos where we explore all things Google. What are you curious about? Let us know!
A Journey To The Bottom Of The Internet Nat and Friends 2016-12-16 | Like this? Watch What’s Inside cut the internet in half → goo.gl/gn7P0c Share on Facebook → goo.gl/WbIcNT | Follow us → twitter.com/NatandLo Subscribe → goo.gl/CEsJyN | More in the description below ↓↓↓The internet allows us to see videos, photos, and news from anywhere in the world almost instantaneously. But how?! In this video we learn about the hundreds of underwater fiber optic cables that connect continents, cities, and data centers all over the world –– and investigate how these cables are made, how they’re installed, and more.Thanks to…*What’s Inside for sending us down this internet rabbit hole. Go check out their behind the scenes video, too → goo.gl/akE9O4*TE Connectivity SubCom for allowing our New Hampshire visit. *National Geographic for the map of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge you see at 05:42.*TeleGeography’s Telecom Resources for their beautiful interactive submarine cable maps: goo.gl/FJmABH*Mark Richards for his photos of the first Trans-Atlantic cable which you can see here → goo.gl/kE1W40*Our friend Vibe Mountain for the music in this video*Our friends Simone Noronha and Mixtape Club for the illustrations & animations. -------Check out ALL the videos we’ve made → goo.gl/8UyyHP:)Nat & Lohttp://youtube.com/natandlo -- We make videos where we go behind the scenes at Google. What are you curious about? Let us know!
The Best App For Throwback Thursdays Nat and Friends 2016-11-15 | Like this? Watch our last video → http://g.co/go/NLstyle 🎨 Share on Facebook → goo.gl/3h2N1f | Follow us → twitter.com/NatandLo Subscribe → goo.gl/CEsJyN | More in the description below ↓↓↓This week Google Photos launched a new app, PhotoScan, that helps you digitize your old printed photos. Want to know how it works? You’ve come to the right video. :)Get the app: http://g.co/PhotoScan“A Computational Approach for Obstruction-Free Photography” → goo.gl/kxTQgCThanks to our friend Vibe Mountain for the music in this video. Our friends Simone Noronha and Mixtape Club for the illustrations & animations. And all our friends who gave us their awesome photos to use.-------Check out ALL the videos we’ve made → goo.gl/8UyyHP:)Nat & Lohttp://youtube.com/natandlo -- We make videos where we go behind the scenes at Google. What are you curious about? Let us know!
What Does A.I. Have To Do With This Selfie? Nat and Friends 2016-10-26 | Like this? Watch our video about machine learning ✨ http://g.co/go/nllearning ✨Share on Facebook 👍 goo.gl/wo9s5O | Follow us 👉 twitter.com/NatandLo Subscribe → goo.gl/CEsJyN | More below 👇👇👇Recently, you may have noticed people sharing stylized photos and videos that resemble famous paintings, like "Starry Night" by Van Gogh and "The Scream" by Munch. But how do the apps that make these images work? How can the style of a painting be transferred to a selfie or a photo of your dog? Turns out, a whole lot of A.I. using machine learning and deep neural networks. In this video, we break down the basics of how style transfer works, and demo some recent style transfer experiments created by research scientists at Google. Curious to know more? Check out this research blog post: http://research.googleblog.com/2016/10/supercharging-style-transfer.htmlStyle Transfer research papers referenced:arxiv.org/pdf/1508.06576v2.pdfarxiv.org/pdf/1604.08610v1.pdfIn addition to internal Google experiments and tools, some style transfer images and videos created using these apps:http://prisma-ai.comartisto.my.comdreamscopeapp.complay.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.launcharea.artify&hl=enThanks to Vibe Mountain for the excellent musical styles in this video. And thanks to Beardy Glasses & MixTape Club for the excellent illustration and animation styles. -------Check out ALL the videos we’ve made → goo.gl/8UyyHP:)Nat & Lohttp://youtube.com/natandlo -- We make videos where we go behind the scenes at Google. What are you curious about? Let us know!
This Video Was Filmed On The Google Pixel Nat and Friends 2016-10-18 | Like this? Watch how the voice of the Google Assistant was created → http://g.co/go/NLvoiceShare on Facebook → goo.gl/obUwmn | Follow us → twitter.com/NatandLo Subscribe → goo.gl/CEsJyN | More in the description below ↓↓↓Earlier this month Google announced Pixel, its new phone. We were curious to try out the camera, so we ran around NYC filming as much as we could. Everything in this video (minus the Twitter screenshots and the launch event footage) is straight out of the camera on Google’s Pixel phone. P.S. We posted the video in 4K because a lot of the footage is 4K (but not all) so if that's something that interests you, click the gear icon on the YouTube player and bump up your YouTube player settings.Find out more about Pixel → madeby.google.com/phoneThanks to our California friend Vibe Mountain for the music in this video. And thanks to New York City for the beautiful scenery.-------Check out ALL the videos we’ve made → goo.gl/8UyyHP:)Nat & Lohttp://youtube.com/natandlo -- We make videos where we go behind the scenes at Google. What are you curious about? Let us know!
Google Doodle Team Q&A - Your Questions Answered! Nat and Friends 2016-09-22 | Like this? Watch our other Doodles videos → goo.gl/8LIcXAShare on Facebook → goo.gl/gEV2DB | Follow us → twitter.com/NatandLo Subscribe → goo.gl/CEsJyN | More in the description below ↓↓↓We asked you what you wanted to know about the Google doodles, and you gave us a ton of great questions to ask the Doodle team. Thanks for making our job so easy!Google Doodles YouTube channel → youtube.com/user/googledoodlesGoogle Doodles Archive → google.com/doodles-------Check out ALL the videos we’ve made → goo.gl/8UyyHPBig thanks to our favorite musical notes doodler, Vibe Mountain for the music in this video.:)Nat & Lohttp://youtube.com/natandlo -- We make videos where we go behind the scenes at Google. What are you curious about? Let us know!
10 Hours Of Confetti Falling (Compress That, YouTube!) Nat and Friends 2016-08-23 | Like this? Watch our episodes about how YouTube is able to handle this video: https://g.co/go/NLyt1Share on Facebook: http://goo.gl/JfNyaNFollow us: twitter.com/NatandLo Subscribe: goo.gl/CEsJyN After finding out how videos with lots of moving parts are the hardest types of videos for YouTube to compress, we decided to give YouTube a little test –– in the form of this 10-hour confetti video that we made. We hope it brings you joy.Thanks to our YouTube music master Vibe Mountain for the 10 hours of music in this video. :)Nat & Lohttp://youtube.com/natandlo -- We make videos demystifying the technology in our everyday lives. We use the access we have to Google to talk with crazy smart engineers and other experts about the technology they make and how it works, then condense what we find out into video form.
Autocomplete (Fill-In-The-Blank Game With YouTube Engineers) Nat and Friends 2016-08-23 | Like this? Watch our episodes about YouTube: https://g.co/go/NLyt1Follow us: twitter.com/NatandLo Subscribe: goo.gl/CEsJyN We talked with some YouTube engineers about how YouTube works...then we made them play a new game we just made up, called Autocomplete. We asked them (fast as they could) to complete very serious sentences like, “If I were a dragon, my name would be ____________” and “I can outrun a(n) _________.”Thanks to our YouTube music master Vibe Mountain for the music in this video. :)Nat & Lohttp://youtube.com/natandlo -- We make videos demystifying the technology in our everyday lives. We use the access we have to Google to talk with crazy smart engineers and other experts about the technology they make and how it works, then condense what we find out into video form.
What Actually Happens When You Watch A YouTube Video? Nat and Friends 2016-08-23 | Like this? Watch Part 1! http://g.co/go/NLyt1Follow us: twitter.com/NatandLo Subscribe: goo.gl/CEsJyN After making YouTube videos for about a year, we finally decided to go behind the scenes of YouTube and ask the YouTube engineers how YouTube actually works. In this video, we learn what’s going on when you watch a YouTube video. If you haven’t already, check out Part 1 (http://g.co/go/NLyt1) where we find out what YouTube does to videos after they’re uploaded.Want to get to know the engineers better? Watch this game we played with them → http://g.co/go/NLacThanks to our YouTube music master Vibe Mountain for the music in this video. And thanks to our friends Beardy Glasses (http://beardyglasses.com) & Mixtape Club (http://mixtapeclub.com) for the animations, and to Bensday for his Crazy Bread Cutting Machine video.:)Nat & Lohttp://youtube.com/natandlo -- We make videos demystifying the technology in our everyday lives. We use the access we have to Google to talk with crazy smart engineers and other experts about the technology they make and how it works, then condense what we find out into video form.
What Does YouTube Do To Your Video After You Upload It? Nat and Friends 2016-08-23 | Like this? Watch Part 2! http://g.co/go/NLyt2Follow us: twitter.com/NatandLo Subscribe: goo.gl/CEsJyN After making (and uploading) videos to YouTube for about a year, we finally decided to go behind the scenes of YouTube and ask the YouTube engineers how YouTube actually works. In this video, we learn what YouTube does to videos after they’re uploaded. And in Part 2 (http://g.co/go/NLyt2) we learn what’s actually happening when you watch a YouTube video. Want to get to know the engineers better? Watch this game we played with them → http://g.co/go/NLacThanks to our YouTube music master Vibe Mountain for the music in this video. And thanks to our friends Beardy Glasses (http://beardyglasses.com) & Mixtape Club (http://mixtapeclub.com) for the animations.And thanks to our friends who made the awesome video To Scale: The Solar System (youtube.com/watch?v=zR3Igc3Rhfg) which you will see throughout this video.:)Nat & Lohttp://youtube.com/natandlo -- We make videos demystifying the technology in our everyday lives. We use the access we have to Google to talk with crazy smart engineers and other experts about the technology they make and how it works, then condense what we find out into video form.
The Google Doodle Team Reveals Their Game Design Process Nat and Friends 2016-08-10 | Watch our other doodle episodes: https://g.co/go/NLlotte & goo.gl/NYEjmQLike this episode? Share it on Facebook: http://goo.gl/QpnqJ8Follow us: twitter.com/NatandLo Subscribe: goo.gl/CEsJyN With the whole world coming together right now to play games in Brazil, the Doodle team really wanted to create games that everyone with a phone could also play. The result: The 2016 Fruit Games! We hung out with the Doodle team and found out how they made the games, and even played around with some early prototypes. Leave us a comment about your favorite game. (Nat’s is water polo, Lo’s is golf.)Play the Fruit Games (live until August 21st, 2016) → http://g.co/fruit Thanks to our friend and overall cool person Vibe Mountain for the music in this episode!:)Nat & Lohttp://youtube.com/natandlo -- We make videos demystifying the technology in our everyday lives. We use the access we have to Google to talk with crazy smart engineers and other experts about the technology they make and how it works, then condense what we find out into video form.
Surprise, Its Our Birthday! Nat and Friends 2016-07-13 | WATCH OUR LAST EPISODE: https://g.co/go/NLtangoSUBSCRIBE: goo.gl/CEsJyN FOLLOW US: twitter.com/NatandLo We uploaded our first video to this channel a year ago today, so we thought we’d make a birthday video to celebrate that fact. After doing a very scientific Twitter poll, you let us know you wanted this video to be 5% emotions, 6% birthday cake, 17% bloopers, and 72% top secret stuff –– so we tried our best to make that happen for you. Thanks for watching, subscribing, sharing, tweeting, commenting, and helping us make this YouTube show!!!!! LOVE, Nat & LoAlso, a BIG THANKS to: our super duper friend Vibe Mountain who’s been with us since day 0 making epic musical notes for all our videos. Check out our newest episode: http://bit.ly/NLNewVid:)Nat & Lohttp://youtube.com/natandlo -- a show about everything you never knew you wanted to know about Google.
Can You Teach A Phone To See? Nat and Friends 2016-06-09 | SUBSCRIBE: goo.gl/CEsJyN FOLLOW US: twitter.com/natandlo TWEET THIS: http://ctt.ec/wyea4A lot of you wanted to know more about Tango. We did too. So we met with a few of the Tango developers to learn how it works, and what exactly does real-time 3D tracking capabilities actually mean?? Want to find out more about Project Tango? → http://get.google.com/tangoCheck out our newest episode: http://bit.ly/NLNewVidThanks to our friend Vibe Mountain for the smooth music in this episode.Credits: Seven Billion Dreams - courtesy NASA:)Nat & Lo's 20% Projecthttp://youtube.com/natandlo -- a show about all the stuff we're curious about at Google.
Who Was Lotte Reiniger, And Why’s There A Doodle About Her? Nat and Friends 2016-06-01 | Check out our other episodes about the Doodle team → goo.gl/Ok7l13SUBSCRIBE: goo.gl/CEsJyN FOLLOW US: twitter.com/natandlo TWEET THIS: http://ctt.ec/90lndFor a while now, we’ve been wanting to meet the Doodle team and learn more about how they make the Google doodles, so we were super excited to meet animator and doodler Olivia, to hear how she created the Lotte Reiniger doodle to celebrate her 117th birthday on June 2nd.See the Lotte Reiniger doodle if you haven’t already! → http://goo.gl/zYNlhKWant to find out more about Lotte Reiniger? → https://g.co/kgs/dZ1miY Check out past doodles in the Doodle Archive→ http://goo.gl/Wwk4s Film footage courtesy of Primrose Productions/BFI National ArchiveThanks to our friend and dad to Wally the dog, Vibe Mountain, for the music in this episode, and Fall On Your Sword.:)Nat & Lo's 20% Projecthttp://youtube.com/natandlo -- a show about all the stuff we're curious about at Google.
Can Your Phone Actually Make You A Better Driver? Nat and Friends 2016-05-10 | SUBSCRIBE: goo.gl/CEsJyN // FOLLOW US: twitter.com/natandlo // TWEET THIS: http://ctt.ec/j0G88When we met Hiroshi filming our Android Marshmallow episode he told us about the Android Auto Research Lab, where they do a bunch of testing to help inform the design of Android Auto. So in this episode, we’re going into the lab and behind the wheel to be test subjects / guinea pigs.Did you hear Lo say donut? → youtube.com/watch?v=5Y4C3J_3LzsDid you hear Lo say donut a second time? → youtube.com/watch?v=FItMZN28K3MFind out more about Android Auto → android.com/autoWatch our other Android episodes → goo.gl/vy7FOACheck out our newest episode: http://bit.ly/NLNewVidThanks to our friend and our favorite couch owner, Vibe Mountain, for the music in this episode.:)Nat & Lo's 20% Projecthttp://youtube.com/natandlo -- a show about all the stuff we're curious about at Google.
This Satellite Is In Space Now! Nat and Friends 2016-04-13 | Like this? Check out our satellite vocabulary video: youtube.com/watch?v=uwHKGFI6eu0SUBSCRIBE: goo.gl/CEsJyN FOLLOW US: twitter.com/natandlo TWEET THIS: http://ctt.ec/uS038We both grew up on a healthy diet of sci-fi shows and LOVE space, so ever since a couple of years ago when we heard that a satellite company had joined Google...we’ve been wanting to visit it. Which we finally did in this episode! Get ready for lots of cool satellite imagery + info.Want to learn more about Terra Bella? → terrabella.google.comYou can also follow them at: twitter.com/terra_bellaCheck out our newest episode: http://bit.ly/NLNewVidThanks to Vibe Mountain for the music in this episode! And Julia Melograna and MixTape Club for the illustrations.Credits: Seven Billion Dreams - courtesy NASAFlight over dwarf planet Ceres - courtesy NASADawn Nears Ceres - courtesy NASAWindow to the Universe - courtesy NASA:)Nat & Lo's 20% Projecthttp://youtube.com/natandlo -- a show about all the stuff we're curious about at Google.
Google Quantum AI Lab’s Purrplexing Discovery Nat and Friends 2016-04-01 | SUBSCRIBE: goo.gl/CEsJyN FOLLOW US: twitter.com/natandlo TWEET THIS: http://ctt.ec/O2b9aRecently, the Google Quantum A.I. Lab made a fascinating, unparalleled discovery that provides experimental, yet significant evidence for string theory. To see their research results first hand, check out: goo.gl/04fGta.Images provided by iStockPhoto, Shutterstock and Getty Images.P.S. We hope our kitten around got you purrrfectly April fooled.Check out our newest episode: http://bit.ly/NLNewVidThanks to our pal Vibe Mountain for the music in this video, and to our pals Sam Rhodes, MixTape Club, and Hayato Yamane for the animations! And of course, big thanks to our friends Raj Kuppusamy and Mike Lacher for sharing their breakthrough discovery with us.:)Nat & Lo's 20% Projecthttp://youtube.com/natandlo -- A show about all the stuff we’re curious about at Google.
15 Things You Didnt Know You Can Ask Google Nat and Friends 2016-03-30 | SUBSCRIBE: goo.gl/CEsJyN FOLLOW US: twitter.com/natandlo TWEET THIS: http://ctt.ec/0giomWe made an episode about the new voice in the Google app (youtube.com/watch?v=qnGNfz7JiZ8) and wanted to make a quick demo video to so you could hear the new voice in action!Download the Google app and hear the new voice IRL → google.com/search/aboutCheck out our newest episode: http://bit.ly/NLNewVidMusic by our friend Vibe Mountain.:)Nat & Lo's 20% Projecthttp://youtube.com/natandlo -- a show about all the stuff we're curious about at Google.
The Google Apps New Voice Nat and Friends 2016-03-30 | If you’ve ever pressed the little mic in the Google app and talked to Google, you’ve probably heard a computer voice that talks back to you. We heard that there was a team at Google creating a new voice, and we jumped at the chance (and into the recording booth) to learn how they made it. Check out our newest episode: http://bit.ly/NLNewVidInterested in more?Here’s a link to a little demo video that we made so you can hear the new voice in action → youtube.com/watch?v=3_oUkd0XT_Y&feature=youtu.beYou can also download the Google app and try it out yourself → google.com/search/about"Record all things" meme image, Allie Brosh (who's amazing!!! http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com)Just like speech synthesis, this video is made via a combination of many individual talents. Thanks to Tida Tep (http://tidatep.com), Andy Mastrocinque (http://www.andymastro.com), MixTape Club (http://mixtapeclub.com), and Zoë Lotus (http://www.zoelotus.net) for the graphics & animations in this episode! And thanks to Vibe Mountain and Huma-Huma (http://www.huma-huma.com) for the music!:)Nat & Lo's 20% Projecthttp://youtube.com/natandlo -- a show about all the stuff we're curious about at Google.
Why Are So Many Drivers Obsessed With Waze? Nat and Friends 2016-01-20 | SUBSCRIBE: goo.gl/CEsJyN FOLLOW US: twitter.com/natandlo TWEET THIS: http://ctt.ec/f1vN5 We had a lot of questions around what it’s like to create an app with the help of the people who use it (aka “crowdsourcing”.) Does it change how the app works? And how it evolves? What’s the motivation for people to want to help? What do they get out of it? And how much help do they need to give to make it work?Which led us to check out Waze, a community-based traffic and navigation app that joined Google a couple of years ago. We talked with Di-Ann, a member of the Waze team, and also took a roadtrip (in a sweeeeet RV) to the beach with Jesse, a Waze global champ / volunteer map editor.Learn more about Waze! → waze.comBecome a map editor! → waze.com/editorWant to learn more about the creation of maps? Check out our episode about Street View → https://g.co/go/NLTrekkerCheck out our newest episode: http://bit.ly/NLNewVidThis episode was made in collaboration with our community of talented friends, inlcuding music by Vibe Mountain, and illustrations/animations by Beardy Glasses (http://beardyglasses.com), MixTape Club (http://mixtapeclub.com), and Zoë Lotus (http://www.zoelotus.net).:)Nat & Lo's 20% Projecthttp://youtube.com/natandlo -- a show about all the stuff we're curious about at Google.
Can You Accidentally Invent The Future? Nat and Friends 2015-12-17 | SUBSCRIBE: goo.gl/CEsJyN FOLLOW US: twitter.com/natandlo TWEET THIS: http://ctt.ec/uxL74We knew Alex as this person who would sometimes visit our co-workers and show them interesting demos of things that he and his teammates had recently made. So, we of course wanted to see those demos for ourselves! We tracked him down, and his teammate Chris, to learn more about what their team at Google does.Turns out, the Airbender team is a small group of folks working on physical interaction research & development. Their main focus is to invent new ways for people to interact with computers. And in their quest to do so, they make a ton of different stuff –– including gesture recognition, computer vision, multi-device interactions, VR input, sound, haptics, bad ideas/mistakes/accidental discoveries, and more. Links!Get Google Tone → goo.gl/TSWBWHGet Cardboard → google.com/get/cardboardAnd here’s the Radiolab episode we mentioned, which tells the story of how penicillin was accidentally discovered → http://www.radiolab.org/story/best-medicine (And if you want to know more about penicillin/mold, we also recommend Surprisingly Awesome's episode about mold: gimletmedia.com/episode/1-mold/.)Thanks to our our friend Vibe Mountain for the music in this episode, and our friends Julia Melograna and Zoë Lotus for the illustrations and animations.:)Nat & Lo's 20% Projecthttp://youtube.com/natandlo -- a show about all the stuff we're curious about at Google.
We Popped A Giant Internet Balloon! Nat and Friends 2015-11-30 | SUBSCRIBE: goo.gl/CEsJyN FOLLOW US: twitter.com/natandlo TWEET THIS: http://ctt.ec/jv01o We got to go inside a giant WWII blimp hangar to help test (and pop) giant internet balloons with Project Loon. It just might have been our best day at work, ever.If you’re curious…*Want to know more about the gigantic hangar where they test the balloons? Here’s a little post Nat wrote. → goo.gl/CDVpYm*Check out Project Loon’s YouTube Channel → youtube.com/user/ProjectLoonCheck out our newest episode: http://bit.ly/NLNewVidThanks to our friend Julia Melograna for the cool illustrations, and our friends Vibe Mountain and Huma-Huma (http://www.huma-huma.com) for the music in this episode.:)Nat & Lo's 20% Projecthttp://youtube.com/natandlo -- a show about all the stuff we're curious about at Google.
Ask Nat & Lo (With Bloopers!) Nat and Friends 2015-11-03 | SUBSCRIBE: goo.gl/CEsJyN FOLLOW US: twitter.com/NatandLo TWEET THIS: http://ctt.ec/Y37awWe’ve gotten questions from you guys via YouTube, Google+, Twitter, and in-person at the Grace Hopper Conference...so we thought it was about time we try to answer some of them in video form. Hope you enjoy! Thanks for asking them, and please keep asking us stuff. :)In case you’re curious:Check out our newest episode: http://bit.ly/NLNewVidArticle about the new Google logo → design.google.com/articles/evolving-the-google-identityBlog post about new features in Google Translate → http://googletranslate.blogspot.com/2015/10/two-new-translate-features-coming-your.htmlAnd if you speak Arabic or German, here’s a video on how you can improve Google Translate! → youtube.com/watch?v=Rcs7dxGkEDcThanks to our musically-inclined and super nice friend Vibe Mountain for rescuing this video from silence.:)Nat & Lo's 20% Projecthttp://youtube.com/natandlo -- a show about all the stuff we're curious about at Google.
The Secret Games Hiding Inside Your Phone Nat and Friends 2015-10-05 | SUBSCRIBE: goo.gl/CEsJyN FOLLOW US: twitter.com/NatAndLoTWEET THIS: http://ctt.ec/dsfTkEarlier this summer, we made a video about Android’s lawn sculptures and why it names its releases after tasty treats. Now we’re back to dig deeper into another Android tradition – Easter eggs!*Check out our newest episode: http://bit.ly/NLNewVid*Check out our Android Marshmallow episode here: http://g.co/go/NLandroidm*For more Android history, you can also check out: http://www.android.com/history*Like the Nat & Lo shirt that Lo’s wearing? We're in the process of figuring out the best way to get 'em to you, but if you want one now, you can work off this design. Feel free to change the shirt/color/anything else you want! http://www.customink.com/designs/natandlo1/ugm0-00a9-p2dq/hotlinkThanks to artist Jack Larson for the amazing zombie paintings you see in this episode. http://zombieart.blogspot.comAnd thanks to our friend Vibe Mountain for the excellent music in this episode.:)Nat & Lo's 20% Projecthttp://youtube.com/natandlo -- a show about all the stuff we're curious about at Google.
How Does Your Phone Know This Is A Dog? Nat and Friends 2015-09-22 | Check out this other video about machine learning! http://g.co/go/NLstyleSUBSCRIBE: goo.gl/CEsJyN What do voice search, machine translation, and ATMs have in common? Learn the answer to that question and more in this week’s episode.*Greg and Chris did an AMA on Friday, September 25th to answer people's deep learning questions. Check out their answers here: goo.gl/jpbMy9*To read more about machine learning, neural nets, and the like – check out the Google Research blog: http://googleresearch.blogspot.com and Chris's blog: http://colah.github.io*And here’s the documentary that we worked on about how voice search works: youtube.com/watch?v=yxxRAHVtafIThanks to our friend Vibe Mountain for the excellent music in this episode.And thanks to our friend Beardy Glasses (http://beardyglasses.com) for the excellent illustrations!Screenshot of coding at 1:02 credit: Alec Radford, Head of Research at indico Data Solutions (indico.io). "Introduction to Deep Learning with Python". youtube: youtube.com/watch?v=S75EdAcXHKk | slideshare: http://slidesha.re/1zs9M11 :)Nat & Lo's 20% Projecthttp://youtube.com/natandlo -- a show about all the stuff we're curious about at Google.
How One Googler Stopped People From Selling Ivory Nat and Friends 2015-09-10 | SUBSCRIBE: goo.gl/CEsJyN FOLLOW US: twitter.com/NatAndLoTWEET THIS: http://ctt.ec/91QJaWe were curious to know what other Googlers have done as 20% projects, which led us to Winnie Lam. (Spoiler alert: she’s a huge animal lover / fashion wearer.) And a few years ago, she started a 20% project to remove and automatically ban elephant ivory ads from Google Shopping.Elephant poaching is still a huge problem. If you’d like to help out or learn more, here’s a few non-profits that Winnie recommends:*World Wildlife Fund: http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/elephant*Wildlife Conservation Society: http://www.96elephants.org*Wildlife Conservation Network: http://wildnet.org/wildlife-programs/elephant*WildAid: http://wildaid.org/elephantsAnd if you happen to see any ads that violate Google’s ads policies, which includes ads selling elephant ivory and other endagered species products, you can report them here: goo.gl/eU6ygPThanks to our friend Alex Gorosh for letting us use some of his elephant footage in this episode. (Very jealous he got to be that close to elephants to film that.) And thanks to our friend Vibe Mountain for letting us use his music!Check out our newest episode: http://bit.ly/NLNewVid:)Nat & Lo's 20% Projecthttp://youtube.com/natandlo -- a show about all the stuff we're curious about at Google.subscribe: goo.gl/CEsJyN#natandlo
Android Marshmallow Chubby Bunny Nat and Friends 2015-08-17 | SUBSCRIBE: goo.gl/CEsJyN FOLLOW US: twitter.com/NatAndLoTWEET THIS: http://ctt.ec/538GBIn honor of Android Marshmallow (which we made an episode about here: goo.gl/qBf9dk) we decided to stuff our mouths with marshmallows and attempt comprehensible human speech.:)Nat & Lo's 20% Projecthttp://youtube.com/natandlo -- a show about all the stuff we're curious about at Google.
Why Is Android So Obsessed With Sweets? Nat and Friends 2015-08-17 | SUBSCRIBE: goo.gl/CEsJyN FOLLOW US: twitter.com/NatAndLoTWEET THIS: http://ctt.ec/yNtr6 How do the Android lawn sculptures get made? Why does Android name their releases after sweet, sugary foods? We attempt to find the answers to these Android mysteries and more in this week’s episode. Congrats to everyone who correctly guessed Android Marshmallow! And for those that didn’t, there’s always ‘N’ext year. ;)(Also we would like to say...when we rode on the truck it was going about 10 m.p.h. through the Google campus at midnight, with no other traffic around.)Check out our newest episode: http://bit.ly/NLNewVidMore Android-related fun stuff:*Read the Android Marshmallow announcement on the Android Developers blog: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2015/08/m-developer-preview-3-final-sdk.html*Video from Google I/O about Android M: youtu.be/7V-fIGMDsmE?t=11m33s*Gio’s G+ page with more behind the scenes photos of the Android lawn sculptures: plus.google.com/+GiovanniCalabrese/photos*A bonus “Chubby Bunny” video we made: http://g.co/go/nlbunny*A teaser “What’s M Gonna Be?” music video we made: http://g.co/go/NLwhatsM P.S. We’d also like to give a shout out to Leonel Mendez and Muhammad Chamas who gave us suggestions to do an episode about Android.Thanks to our musically-gifted friend Vibe Mountain for all the music in this episode. :)Nat & Lo's 20% Projecthttp://youtube.com/natandlo -- a show about all the stuff we're curious about at Google.
“What’s Android M Gonna Be?” Nat and Friends 2015-08-14 | SUBSCRIBE: goo.gl/CEsJyN FOLLOW US: twitter.com/NatAndLoTWEET THIS: http://ctt.ec/Bd198 Have a guess what M is? Leave it in the comments. Here’s a little musical hint about our next episode. To download this song and/or get it stuck in your head all day, click here: soundcloud.com/nat-lo-1/whats-m-gonna-be/s-IBP9uThanks to our friend Matt Farley (the most prolific singer-songwriter we know) for writing and singing this song. Listen to some of his other 17,000+ songs at: http://moternmedia.com/.Check out our newest episode: http://bit.ly/NLNewVid:)Nat & Lo's 20% Projecthttp://youtube.com/natandlo -- a show about all the stuff we're curious about at Google.#natandlo
Do You Know What’s Actually Inside Your Phone? Nat and Friends 2015-08-10 | SUBSCRIBE: goo.gl/CEsJyN FOLLOW US: twitter.com/NatAndLoTWEET THIS: http://ctt.ec/Kv22gWe use our phones every day...but we’d never seen the stuff inside them. So we got Dan from the Android Developers team to help us break apart a Nexus 5 and break down what’s inside it – so we could break it all down in video form for you. Check out our newest episode: http://bit.ly/NLNewVidThings We Find Interesting / Maybe You’ll Find Interesting:*Android Developers YouTube channel: youtube.com/user/androiddevelopers*A great resource for anyone looking to break apart (and repair) a phone: http://www.ifixit.com *A cool, little demo you can play with on your phone about how touch screens work: http://mark-lundin.com/touchscreenThanks to our musically-gifted friends Vibe Mountain and Fall On Your Sword for letting us use lots of their cool music in this episode. (Full music credits in order of appearance below in case anyone’s curious.)Vibe Mountain – "BD2"Vibe Mountain – "PJs"Vibe Mountain – "Atlantis"Fall on Your Sword – “HipHop”Vibe Mountain – "Wolverine"Vibe Mountain – "Capricorn"Vibe Mountain – "Orange":)Nat & Lo's 20% Projecthttp://youtube.com/natandlo -- a show about all the stuff we're curious about at Google.
Can Your Phone Translate Signs On The Fly? Nat and Friends 2015-07-29 | SUBSCRIBE: goo.gl/CEsJyN FOLLOW US: twitter.com/NatAndLoTWEET THIS: http://ctt.ec/s6qdBIf you’ve ever pressed the little camera button in the Google Translate app and used its instant camera translations feature, you know how crazy, sci-fi it is. So naturally, we wanted to know...how does it actually work? Check out our newest episode: http://bit.ly/NLNewVidMore Google Translate stuff:*Get the app (for Android or iOS) - http://g.co/gettranslate*Bonus demo video (to the tune of "La Bamba") - http://g.co/go/labambaThanks to our musically-gifted friends Vibe Mountain and Huma-Huma (http://www.huma-huma.com) for letting us use lots of their awesome music in this episode. (Full music credits in order of appearance below to help answer the age old question "What song is that?")“Red Rooster” by Huma Huma“Alberta” by Vibe Mountain“Bed Head” by Huma Huma“Thousands” by Huma Huma“Jake Goes Snowing” by Huma Huma“The Sign (Instrumental)” by Vibe MountainAnd thanks to Otavio’s friend Jelena Jovanovic for the quadcopter wedding footage!:)Nat & Lo's 20% Projecthttp://youtube.com/natandlo -- a show about all the stuff we're curious about at Google.
