Early access for Patrons! In this video I explore a variety of bioplastics for their applicability to radiative cooling and other DIY projects. The video should go live to the public tomorrow around 1pm EST.
2025-10-16 20:11:47 +0000 UTC View Post
In this video we dive into compound parabolic concentrators (CPCs) and their incredible ability to focus light from multiple input angles onto a central target at once. This allows them to provide concentrated solar heat without active solar tracking, as well as increased absorbance from indirect sources (such as scattered light in cloudy weather). The method I use in this video is called a "string construction", which uses a string to simulate the reflection of light rays and sketch out idea...
2025-07-10 16:38:00 +0000 UTC View Post
In this video we learn how to recycle cardboard into durable, waterproof projects that can be built nearly for free! This video will go live to the public sometime this weekend. In the meantime enjoy early access, and thank you so much for your support!
2025-06-13 00:14:47 +0000 UTC View Post
It's finally completed! I hope you all enjoy this video. I'm already in the scripting stage of my next project and will have more to share soon!
2025-04-25 16:06:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Firstly, I apologize I haven't done more livestreams during this build. It turns out there's a lot of steps to build a mini camper thing and I was too into my audiobooks as I worked. The full video should be ready for editing after next week, and published maybe two weeks after that. Stay tuned! Thanks everyone for your support!
2025-03-21 21:38:44 +0000 UTC View Post
The beginning of a new project series
2025-03-04 17:07:33 +0000 UTC View Post
New video! Early release for Patrons. Thanks everyone, hope you enjoy!
2025-02-20 21:47:38 +0000 UTC View Post
I need sodium nitrite (NaNO2) for part of the chemistry I'll be using in my next project. In this stream, I'll be attempting to refine an interesting process which uses starch to convert more common nitrate salts into the harder to find nitrite.
2025-01-06 19:36:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Live at noon on the main channel!
2024-12-07 16:16:54 +0000 UTC View Post
I'll being doing a public livestream on the NHiL Extra channel in about a half hour to test my streaming setup and get a feel for streaming to a larger audience. I'll also be testing some new PCM additives to hopefully improve performance and stability.
2024-12-05 16:45:52 +0000 UTC View Post
So many problems launching this stream. Sorry everyone for the multiple notifications! I'll have things more together next time I hope!
2024-11-21 19:13:37 +0000 UTC View Post
In this video we're back to one of my favorite projects that I started playing with more than 10 years ago: making giant bubbles. A bit of a twist this time, trying strawberry DNA as a key ingredient. Thank you so much for your support! Let me know what you think of this one.
2024-11-15 18:23:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, many of you will have seen the building of this machine already in the livestreams...Here's the result! For now this is an early release for Patrons and it should go live to everyone around 11am EST tomorrow!
Thanks so much everyone for your support of these projects! We definitely have a lot of new things to explore in the future.
2024-09-26 21:36:50 +0000 UTC View Post
This video ended up being quite a lengthy string of experiments that does finally land on success in the end. I'm excited for where this radiative cooling series will go next! I don't know where that will be, but having a method for making cooling fibers certainly opens up many new options.
This is an early release for patrons, and will be live to the public around 11am EST today.
Thank you very much for being here and supporting the things I'm doing!
2024-07-27 12:46:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Two videos in one day! Check out this awesome plasma toroid I got to play with at open sauce. BackMacSci has several great videos about building this and learning about how it works.
2024-06-20 22:32:37 +0000 UTC View Post
In 18 years on YouTube this is the first video I've ever had edited by someone other than myself. I've been able to hire an editor thanks entirely to the consistent income that you have provided for me by being here on Patreon. Thank you! It was awesome to finish this project and immediately jump right into working on the next one without two weeks delay spent editing. Already I plan to start filming the next video tomorrow (another in the radiative cooling series). I hope you enjoy this...
2024-06-20 19:20:27 +0000 UTC View Post
In this stream I'll be playing with a new sky cooling paint recipe
2024-06-06 16:19:06 +0000 UTC View Post
I was asked to give a heads up before my next livestream so here it is! Check back tomorrow and I'll make a new post when the link is up. I've finished my PCM project and the footage has been handed over to my new editor, so we'll likely be talking about what project might be coming next. I have some ideas that need testing so we may also try a few experiments during the stream. Hope to see you there!
2024-05-31 17:27:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Attached is the channel I would like to start using for the Patreon livestreams, but I need 50 subscribers before YouTube gives me the option to go live. If you could help me out by subscribing to the new channel that would be awesome! If you were unable to catch the stream from earlier today we're still testing my new phase change material (you can still see today's stream in the previous post). I had a bit of an issue in failing to turn on my temp loggers to see the results, so after the st...
2024-05-20 21:53:09 +0000 UTC View Post
I'll be going live at this link in 10-20mins. Hope to see you there!
2024-05-20 15:53:46 +0000 UTC View Post
We're going to try a casual live stream in a few minutes at the attached link. It'll be through my cell phone and I may not be able to read comments but we're giving it a try!
2024-05-09 17:18:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Early release for Patrons! I'll post this video publicly tomorrow.
For this project we explore a new fabric waterproofing method using wax, oil and several different application techniques for awesome results. This method is perfect for bedsheet or canvas tarps, jackets, gloves, backpacks, and any other fabric item.
2024-05-02 14:41:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Early release for Patrons! In this video we explore the creation of synthetic opal in the workshop with the end goal of improving our homemade radiative sky cooling coatings.
2024-03-13 12:56:54 +0000 UTC View Post
In this video we learn a little bit about solar powered weather balloons and how to make them.
2024-02-15 17:57:41 +0000 UTC View Post
In this video I start exploring a method to make radiative cooling clothing
2024-01-06 16:06:15 +0000 UTC View Post