High Density

This version of the show is in the Ogg Theora format, a completely free video format. Of course, you can still get our regular episodes from the main page.

Your computer might consume as much energy as a hair dryer and all the power bricks around your house are trying to slowly but steadily empty your wallet. We thought we had to do something against that. A few facts about energy consumption and a few hints for how you can help save power, money and the environment.

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Your computer might consume as much energy as a hair dryer and all the power bricks around your house are trying to slowly but steadily empty your wallet. We thought we had to do something against that. A few facts about energy consumption and a few hints for how you can help save power, money and the environment.

Download this episode (640×480 pixels H.264. 40 MB)

You can watch it via Google Video as well.

This version of the show is in the Ogg Theora format, a completely free video format. Of course, you can still get our regular episodes from the main page.

A short report about the “Robot-Stories” workshop in Zürich, Switzerland. Under the supervision of the f18 institute, an entire roomful of kids ages 14 to 18 spent five days building autonomous robots and other scary electromechanical devices. We interview Stefan Doepner of f18 to find out what this particular workshop was all about and what f18’s goals are in hosting such workshops in the first place.

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You can watch it via Google Video as well.

A short report about the “Robot-Stories” workshop in Zürich, Switzerland. Under the supervision of the f18 institute, an entire roomful of kids ages 14 to 18 spent five days building autonomous robots and other scary electromechanical devices. We interview Stefan Doepner of f18 to find out what this particular workshop was all about and what f18’s goals are in hosting such workshops in the first place.

Download this episode (640×480 pixels H.264. 48 MB)

You can watch it via Google Video as well.

We are getting another episode of HD ready at the moment. As you might have guessed from the title, we plan to look at energy consumption and energy saving. It might sound like a tree-hugging, hippie-loving topic, but it’s actually something with surprising statistics behind it. Watch this space.

Update: We apologize for the delay of this episode. To make up for it, we will shortly release a new episode about the “Robot-Stories” art/technology workshop in Zürich.

This version of the show is in the Ogg Theora format, a completely free video format. Of course, you can still get our regular episodes from the main page.

Computers are all around us, but most of them are too small or too well hidden to notice. These devices are called embedded systems or embedded computers. Special guest Armijn Hemel discusses the present, the past and the future of embedded computing.

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Computers are all around us, but most of them are too small or too well hidden to notice. These devices are called embedded systems or embedded computers. Special guest Armijn Hemel discusses the present, the past and the future of embedded computing.

Download this episode (640×480 pixels H.264. 30 MB)

You can watch it via YouTube as well.

We’ve put together a new episode, but we won’t tell you what it’s about yet All I will let you know is that we’ll have a special guest on the show. Tune in on Friday evening!

Also, we’re changing to a new type of compression (called H.264) that will give you smaller downloads with the same amount of detail. That way, it’s no longer necessary to make two versions of every episode (one for iPod and one for computer screens). The same, high-detail file can be used on both.

This version of the show is in the Ogg Theora format, a completely free video format. Of course, you can still get our regular episodes from the main page.

In High Density’s very first episode we tell you how to subscribe to video podcasts and we explain a few of the key concepts behind internet broadcasting.

Download High Density Episode 001 (full size, 640×480 pixels Ogg Theora. 48 MB)

The music used in the Intro of our show is from a song with the rather cheeky title of “Shit in My Head“. It’s a collaborative effort between the wonderfully talented Kurt Kuene and the acclaimed bit-tuner. This song is licensed under the Creative Commons By-NC-SA license, which makes it free to download, share and use in your own projects (like we did). Make sure to check out their other songs