If records are ‘Vinyls’ then this is a Chocolate
Added 2020-12-03 19:03:44 +0000 UTCIn this short video I’m attempting to play a record made out of chocolate.
Given the Christmas connection, this video might seem a bit premature, but then again we are living in the future here on Patreon. It’ll be more appropriate when it hits youtube in a week, although I started working on this back in October. As you’ll see in the video, there was a complication.
To keep things fresh I like to do experiments with the videos, so this time I’ve tested out the idea of making an additional edit of the video, one that’s more suited for sharing.
It’ll be interesting to see whether this blipvert version generates any interest. I’d better be clear here though to allay any potential concerns - this is an experiment at making an additional version of a video - it’s not a replacement for the full length one, that stays untouched and remains as long as it needs to be.
Regardless, I found it fun to make and if you want to see it, all 43 seconds of it, it’s here: https://youtu.be/cVGFV9A3gLc - but ‘spoiler alert’ - I’d recommend watching the full (interminably long) eight minute version first.
UPDATE: Pleeeeeese don’t worry about the short version. It’s an experiment, one designed to appeal to anyone other than subscribers and Patrons. Experimenting with ideas is what keeps me engaged and interested - if I’m not able to try out new ideas, things get stale.
Comments
I am glad you are ok. Finally had time to do some YouTube today. First thought was oh no Covid. I saw the other answers. We also saw the twinkly XMas tree. Very cool. My family was looking at some large store display trees based on the same concept.
Matthew Shooshtari
2020-12-13 03:01:11 +0000 UTCSomeone on a YT channel I subscribe to made a copy of a record by pouring silicone resin onto it then using the resulting soft negative as a mould to cast a positive using a hard polymer resin. The resulting record clone played pretty well from memory. I'd be surprised if you couldn't do the same with chocolate and make your own playable, edible records. Ben from the 'Applied Science' YT channel made chocolate holograms by using a diffraction grating as a mould. This suggests that chocolate can be formed into shapes with 10's of nanometre resolution. I reckon if you could cover it in reflective metal (by vacuum deposition, sputtering etc.) a chocolate CD could be a reality..
Gordo
2020-12-12 19:11:28 +0000 UTC
