High Density

Energy Saving

ramon.cahenzli@gmail.com — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:08:46 +0000

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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You can watch it via Google Video as well.

Report: Robot-Stories

ramon.cahenzli@gmail.com — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:55:17 +0000

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.

Energy, computers and the off switch

ramon.cahenzli@gmail.com — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:47:24 +0000

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.

Embedded Computing

ramon.cahenzli@gmail.com — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 06:43:47 +0000

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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You can watch it via YouTube as well.

New episode coming up this weekend

ramon.cahenzli@gmail.com — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:23:02 +0000

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.

The music used in our Intro

ramon.cahenzli@gmail.com — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 10:14:42 +0000

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

Internet Broadcasting (full size)

ramon.cahenzli@gmail.com — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 08:56:36 +0000

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

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You can watch it via YouTube as well.

Internet Broadcasting (iPod size)

ramon.cahenzli@gmail.com — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 08:56:31 +0000

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

Download this episode (iPod size, 320×240 pixels MPEG4. 24 MB)

This version of the episode has been formatted specifically for the video iPod and other low-resolution devices. If you have a large screen please download the full size version instead.