One Year Of The Bench, And A Cry For Help

[@MrFlippantJ]

There has simply got to be a "World's Biggest Park Bench." Somewhere

[@webchimp]

Scarborough train station, longest railway bench in the world.

[@TheBomber43000]

Its probably somewhere warm...

[@vlogdemon]

Broken Hill, Australia has a bench 4 - 5 metres high. Not sure if it's the largest, but it is large

[@taylor_mills]

World's Longest Wooden Bench is in Geneva, Switzerland.

[@vwertix1662]

Arbroath has a giant red bench at keptie pond

[@Tiesproductions]

About #3, I think the reason the park bench is still populair is the fact that it's just you two and sometimes your freinds messing about. We are here to catch up with you guys, not for the format. So a format change would be fine, but you guys telling us about things in a casual unstructured and verry informal way should remain the focus

[@joolzzenda]

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[@kwibloupthesomething]

i know this is 4 years old but +

[@PeterEvans_music]

I second this

[@mattandtom]

I can't believe after a year of doing this we sat the wrong way round! Thanks to all of you for being a part of The Park Bench for the last year! --Matt

[@KubrickFR]

Matt and Tom you sat the good way round this time! It's way cooler that way, a dog ran into Tom's head!

[@darkluigi254]

Just sit the wrong way round fot the whole next year and pretend to do this on purpose...

[@mattandtom]

We tried flipping the footage, and, nope, we both just look wrong! -- Tom

[@Gamer1928]

There is a Working Zuse Z23 Computer from the 1960ies in the Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen, Germany. With it they have plenty of history, open components of the machine and a collection of software that demonstartes the (In-)capabilities of the machine in an entertaining way (playing music with memory access indicators and litterally punching the machine to check for errors)

[@CD3MC]

1. there's a "game" called The Lab 2. The University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) in Toronto has a massive two-floor high wind tunnel called "ACE"

[@mattandtom]

Okay, that's a LOT of comments. I promise to sort through them all but there's no way I'll be able to reply to a fraction of the ones I want to! Please do keep suggesting things :) -- Tom

[@adrift-at-c]

There's the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, at Ohio State University. It's one of the largest collections of comic books in the world. They got started when some guy started rescuing old newspapers for their priceless comics sections, and then gifted the massive collection of newspapers to the university.

[@WeirdSeagul]

don't do 360 yet quality is either bad and unwatchable. or its good at like 8k resolution and people cant watch it on normalk internet

[@WeirdSeagul]

Manchester Uni has a cloud chamber and it is about 40ft tall and makes clouds. its not that cool to look at but pretty interesting

[@DeserdiVerimas]

Frothar we have? where is that?

[@wherthjthest8637]

you could try car pooling and recording that

[@ByteMe619]

Guys, Tom is wearing a sui- ooh a drop of rain from above

[@ragnkja]

As opposed to a drop of rain from below?

[@duboc42]

@@ragnkja nonono, thats the type of clothes he is wearing

[@natkeymer3890]

Matt and Tom build a bench? Pop down to IKEA and take us along for the ride. Imperial College has tunnels that extend for quite a distance under South Kensington. Imperial RAG runs tours every now and then

[@bonnies9826]

+ I Really think this Would be a fun idea to have them build the bench.

[@whitepointstarproductions8905]

Brilliant idea! They can set up anywhere and launch the "Matt and Tom Furniture Range"

[@ThatGirlWithTheCoffee]

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[@CTMGame]

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[@deflatedfruit4716]

I APPROVE OF THIS

[@sirkristoferTV]

I love the park bench. It's honest. It's two guys on a bench. And these things are rare on the internet.

[@apexgames9749]

I'm a student at university of illinois at urbana. The coolest thing I know of is that our university lowered our massive undergraduate library below ground because it was blocking the sunlight from reaching a cornfield

[@mrjenna2102]

The corn field is actually called the Morrow Plots. Established in 1876, it is one of the oldest agricultural experiments on record. The plots are treated with different fertilizers and crop rotation strategies. It's quite interesting... I recommend checking it out!

[@RainaRamsay]

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[@generallyintrigued5802]

lmfao funny seeing this here - i just committed to uiuc a couple days ago!!

[@BlinkWhite]

10:39 oh god, now i'm remembering "that photo" from "that video" and yes, i know this video released earlier than "that video", i'm just lurking on other park bench videos. But still... i can't get "that photo" from "that video" out of my head

[@ZeldaTheSwordsman]

The one that makes Matt look like Jack Black?

[@12tone]

It's not a university but, if you're interested, my father is a senior engineer at the main Google headquarters in San Francisco and would be interested in showing you around. I'm not sure exactly what he'd be allowed to show (There's obviously some stuff they'd be pretty protective of) but the Googleplex is pretty visually stunning, even if he can't get you any company secrets. They even have a T-Rex skeleton!

[@wspann1967]

functional harmony moment

[@fedsavi]

@12tone is that a really long jazz chord?

[@JZHassan]

Paused the video so I could comment about the suit before whatever the important thing is. Nice suit, Tom.

[@JZHassan]

That said, there was a great 360 video of formation flight by the US Navy's Blue Angels that circulated on.. facebook, I think? Maybe you could do a park bench in a car with a 360 setup so people could look around at a bit of a tour while you talk.

[@bonnies9826]

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[@FoxDren]

matt "a drip of rain from above" well it's not going to come form below is it

[@flori8320]

nice one (btw there is a typo ^^)

[@flori8320]

Calm down, I don't really mind that much about it, I just point it out, that's all.

[@maxximumb]

Ideas: During the winter, move the Bench into someone's lounge. It could be your friends, interesting people, random viewers that have interesting jobs or stories. Once a month during the summer, move the Bench to a beer garden (after a few beers) 360 idea, visit Gary and Chris at work. 360 idea - Interesting, but slightly crap museums; -Southport Lawn Mower Museum -Pram Museum, Pailton, Rugby -Dog Collar Museum, Leeds Castle, Maidstone -The Icelandic Phallological Museum -Museum of Mental Health, Fieldhead Hospital, Wakefield -The International Cryptozoology Museum, Portland, Maine -Museum of Witchcraft, Boscastle, Cornwall -Sulabh International Museum of Toilets, India and finally a really crap one, the Sewer Museum in Paris, France

[@maxximumb]

I forgot one, it's about computers, but it's the Computer Museum at Bletchley. That might make an interesting 360 video.

[@maxximumb]

Ken Oakleaf Should be easy enough to find a bench that can be flat-packed to fit in a car.

[@j.wa.1061]

Thatsounds fun!

[@Zakimals]

what is bad about the museum of witchcraft i've been and its great, it's really interesting it might only be a little museum but it is is good, i think i've also been to the computer one at least i went to *a* computer museum and that was fun aswell

[@aaliyahshaw23]

I wish the park bench episodes were still ongoing, I just discovered this series just over a week now.

[@dliessmgg]

Did anyone notice that Tom's wearing a suit?

[@dliessmgg]

Matt Parker did a 360 camera thingy about maths on his channel and it's pretty good. But I have no idea how you'd do something similar with linguistics or broadcastineering. The design & arts section of the Hochschule Luzern (HSLU) has an massive library of fabric samples (as in cloth, not matter) with all kinds of designs. They used to be used in factories to show potential customers what could be done, nowadays they're useless but the HSLU saved a lot of them from being thrown away. Dunno if that's good enough for a video but it's what came to mind. Happy birthday, park bench! Switch it up by having the camera upside down. Or lie on the ground before the bench, with your legs on the bench, and point the camera straight downwards, so it looks like you're sitting. Have the video & audio go backwards. Do a karaoke. Just do an episode of you two eating bananas, silently. Achieve world peace.

[@ellingeng]

I think Vi-hart is also doing math-y stuff with virtual reality now as well.

[@froidesprit]

Leslie Colton Yes, she works for ele-vr, a company that makes apps and video content for Google cardboard, oculus rift, and htc vive. I think they're working on Google Daydream now. Edit: NOT a company, not even a startup. On the blog, Vi says it is a research group, and she does not want it to be confused with a startup. They don't even have a business model. She states: " if people are saying that we're a startup, then maybe we're doing something wrong". It's just a group of people who want to innovate in vr, with only one product, player.elevr.com, or the eleVR web player.

[@jackielinde7568]

+Leslie Colton She's posting again? Last post was rants on some idiot going to fast in the rain, and she was trying to make the guy feel stupid using math. (Yeah, it was crap.)

[@IstasPumaNevada]

He looks pretty good in that suit.

[@wasfish95]

University Of Cincinnati, Ohio has a book bound with Human skin... We also have a cool echo area where it " ...was designed so that when you stand in the exact center and face north, your voice will echo back as if you were inside a giant drum, but no one standing near you will hear it."

[@kwibloupthesomething]

i'm sorry but human skin i used to eat my finger skin but this is a lot

[@DrawCuriosity]

Congratulations on a year of park benching!!! 1. I think VR + 360 should be done only if there's a good reason. I'm teaching myself some AR, so maybe park benching on a virtual made bench could be very interesting. :) 2. There's a lot of cool stuff at Oxford University, beautiful places and many interesting researchers. 3. I quite like it when you interview people to learn more about them, as well as your arctic stories & behind the scenes stories & Q&As are my personal favourites from your park benches, so I'd favour more of those. I've also enjoyed your gear reviews, but that's mainly because I'm eyeing up a gopro, and we do lots of work on gaze stabilization in our lab so seeing the DJI Osmo was interesting to me due to that personal interest.

[@mecanto2438]

I loved your guest video so much!! they should have you on the park bench and have you talk about science

[@miguardio67]

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[@blackoak4978]

Draw Curiosity a virtual Park Bench *would* be warm :)

[@tohfawalker159]

"lot of cool stuff" is not very descriptive, what kind of cool stuff? what would tom need to ask to see, what departments?

[@DrawCuriosity]

Tohfa Walker I've told Tom before about our woods, maths department and our very own animal flight lab with high speed cameras (though there's also museums, colleges, ancient libraries etc). Basically, no shortage of things to talk about, though perhaps not necessarily a university that requires too much extra publicity! :)

[@ninjaskater13]

Where I go to school, GA Tech, we have a building called Tech Tower which has 4 massive Ts on it that are consistently stolen every 5-10 years or so. The school now has a crazy security system to stop people stealing it, but a couple years ago a student climbed up the side of the building(which is like 4-5 stories tall) during spring break with nothing but some rope and lowered down the T and stole it all by himself. He turned himself in a week or two later and was going to be expelled but tons of alumni wrote in saying they would cut funding to the school if the expelled him, so they only suspended him instead

[@Babarudra]

Don't change much. I like the format as is. Changing locations occasionally is fun. The show is your banter, more than anything else.

[@Wulferious]

IMHO, I think you are keeping it fresh and switching it up every single video. It is always different, so you aren't doing the "game show" repetition. To be honest, I could listen to you two (and guests) whinge, comment, expound on about whatever topic is coming to mind. It is like getting together with best friends and tearing ideas apart. Been there since episode one, and I think this format works.

[@BelieveThePanda]

The foreshadowing here is painful, I miss the park bench especially lately with all of the craziness going on

[@moatl6945]

1:13 : In front of the cathedral of Passau there is a monument for king Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria. It's called the “rain-tester” (»Regenprüfer«) because of the same pose of the right hand. :D

[@darkwitch777]

I know that this was 4 years ago, and park bench has ended (RIP 😢) but the Coventry University has cool engineering equipment, especially for Aerospace engineering - as said by a friend who studies it. I don't know the details as I'm not an expert in the field, but it looks cool.

[@martinbendle6041]

I love the simplicity, down-to-earth, minimal editing, unscripted, relaxed, just rock up in public feel, and the content is always entertaining and interesting. Please don't drift too far from that. If you want to mix it up, tweet an invitation for anyone to join you for the last video of the day... and see what happens when random people turn up. Maybe get them to ask questions, or quiz them (it might fail miserably, and will definitely increase the editing requirements a bit, but could be worth a try).

[@johanvonforstner6849]

At Kiel University (Northern Germany), a group of computer science students have equipped all the windows of a 14-storey university building (one of the tallest in the city) with RGB LEDs and connected them to the network via homemade controllers. They nicknamed this "Project Lighthouse" and are regularly playing games like Tetris on the giant screen :) I know it's something that has something to do with computers, but it's also large and impressive, so maybe worth a look ;)

[@ciaranreed91]

Park bench on a roller coaster!

[@ragnkja]

If it's in motion, that would just be several minutes of Tom screaming.

[@reo4540]

I'd watch it

[@Nomadjackalope]

Citation needed in 360 might be fun. Sitting at the table like a contestant rather than in the middle of the table would be nice because I don't think many owls watch citation needed. Although, editing on that is likely going to be difficult. Also, thank you so much for making these fun videos so consistently! You make me smile so much.

[@trashj8778]

Matt and Tom on other people's sofas. Other KZbinrs, viewers etc.

[@weirdskyfan6428]

God, yes!

[@bonnies9826]

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[@gerbalblaste]

cuppa tea with people and their mums

[@KimTaura]

I really like this. And they don't have to limit it to one session. I liked the continuity of the Artic tales. They could have 2 sessions with the same person. Or, they could do it at KZbin and knock out a bunch of them with different people.

[@msaudreylee]

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[@sandwich2473]

You have to do a 360 citation needed. Uncut. It'd be great.

[@mattandtom]

+Sandwich247 There's no way we could do a Citation Needed without editing. I generally have to cut out us slandering at least one person… -- Tom

[@oliverwaldron3057]

Sandwich247 yesssss!!

[@sandwich2473]

Matt and Tom Darn. Oh well.

[@MitsumaYT]

But you can edit 360 video pretty much just like normal video.

[@jero37]

Record an episode in America?

[@thryduulf]

do a 360 park bench on the London Eye perhaps?

[@petermarsh4578]

Chris McKenna +

[@calebjones3383]

Why have, 'The Park Bench' when you can have 'Two Guys Sit In A Warm House On A Warm Couch Next To A Warm Fireplace'. :D

[@joolzzenda]

At the University of Nottingham's School of Geography we have the moulds for a huge tabletop model of the lake district which are from the 1800's. There was a pretty big project to work out how they fit together (since they were not labelled and there are several hundred moulds) by scanning then with lasers and 3d modelling on the computer. I wasn't directly involved with this but my PhD supervisor was in charge of the whole thing. They also did a display about it for Keswick Museum a year or so ago, no idea if that's still there.

[@clockworkkirlia7475]

Three years late and this is very extremely cool.

[@kellenliame2674]

Bring pirate tom on for a session!!

[@fishmad122]

kellen liame +

[@4lligator]

His new persona is Employed Tom

[@tomfurie2996]

Technically, Mad Cap’n Tom is lost at sea. Last seen heading East from a NW UK port.

[@ConnorBird380]

Tom, just saying, I love how much of a friend you just seem to your audience. I've literally never commented, never talked to you, or met you, yet I have this feeling every video that you're talking to me, and that I'm your friend. It just always feels like I *know* you well. Just commending you on that, because thanks, it feels really nice~

[@jayzo]

Tom, you need a red suit to match the t-shirt.

[@mattandtom]

Tried that once, and once only. I looked like a really crap magician. -- Tom

[@AJGoff110]

Pics or it didn't happen

[@calmfulspider]

What about a red dress shirt with a regular suit?

[@conorfarrell8598]

Matt and Tom red shirt

[@FallOfTheLiving]

Matt and Tom and what of a tom red business shirt?

[@HubrisInc]

Congrats on a year, guys! personally i think the current park bench format works well and that it's a bit early to change it up.

[@loliesforevery1]

Tom looks like such a fox in his suit. Shame he couldn't have a red tie or a red pocket square to fit his brand.

[@ragnkja]

A red handkerchief poking out of the pocket would be a nice, subtle dash of colour.

[@loliesforevery1]

yeahh

[@JewishMusicToronto]

Congratulations to a year on the bench! Here's to many more!

[@thedoctor226]

>Tom takes off suit in the park >Red shirt and jeans underneath

[@1998tkhri]

I like Park Bench. I don't care what you two do, but as long as you keep the ramble-y vlog-like-but-not-a-vlog style of video that you have, I'm in!

[@katoyukimaru]

Tom, you look dashing in that suit XD

[@hugojardmo4746]

Watching this in 2021 with my oculus quest 2 charging next to me. The VR market has changed so much since 2016...

[@Calanon]

Honestly, for now I just enjoy listening to you two talking about whatever, especially travel stories

[@JacobBridenbecker]

the 360 video would be incredible for the "amazing places." also, on the Vive, check out Destinations. If you could create spaces for Destinations, that'd be awesome

[@LavenderAudio]

Jacob Bridenbecker Second for Destinations. I know it does limit audience considerably but having an Amazing Places which is brought in via photogrammetry and narration points, like an on location museum.

[@JacobBridenbecker]

Lavender Harmony exactly my thoughts.

[@TheNerd484]

Due to the nature of this format, I don't think it will get old any time soon, but as an idea, have one episode with an excessive number of epic drone shots.

[@bubbleguym]

I kept feeling the need to take off my glasses and clean them while watching this video

[@sergh8605]

So happy for you guys being at he park bench since day one

[@littlemikey46]

The coolest thing at my university is a coke machine that's connected to the internet. You can order a can of coke from anywhere in the world, provided you have an account that has money on it. The only problem is that the can of coke is dispensed at the actual vending machine, which is located at the University of WA campus in Western Australia. I'm not actively involved with the club that runs the machine any more, but I can get them to contact you if you're interested. They also do a load of similar projects.

[@BeffHenriksson]

We love your videos, we love watching you guys ramble on, it is like sitting with friends... we just can't answer immediately.

[@sparkyprojects]

The series is 'park bench' but does the bench need to be in a park ? Specially as winter is coming What you need is a lightweight (maybe foldable) park bench that you can take indoors, then maybe you can add other guests (starts etc) Maybe ask communities to set up a 'park bench indoors' including park (astroturf , cardboard trees, etc) so you don't have to carry the bench around.

[@ragnkja]

Or they could do what they've done a couple of times before, and find a bench or sofa at London KZbin Space.

[@RainaRamsay]

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[@DavidGlendinning]

What about a botanical garden complete with glasshouse? I should think one of them would have a bench suitable for episodes. Bonus: Tom has to come up with an opening comment *other* than "It's getting colder out here." :)

[@kibrika]

3) Park bench from spaces open for comunities. I think there are quite a few non-profit orgs or smth like that who would welcome a bit of people's attention, but they're little known or a bit intimidating. A friendly park bench there might do good for them and be indoors for you.

[@Zelmel]

Tom, my old university (Mercyhurst University) teaches intelligence analysis tradecraft, if that's something you'd find interesting. Also, they have a big anthropology and forensic anthropology department as well. (Also also, you need a red pocket square for your suit to call back to your usual shirt).

[@j.wa.1061]

+1 for the red pocket square!

[@ironsfamily6]

+2 for red pocket square!

[@lilpixie25]

I haven't had the opportunity of visiting the UK at all and it is one of the places I would like to go the most. I quite like the idea of the two of you doing a round of pubs, not as a review video, but as a "we're here because we walked in..." and it is broad enough that you could easily switch it up to different places you genuinely enjoy. Oh, and warmth!

[@SummerADDE_Elevators]

In Sweden, we have a Swedish solar system! Ericsson globe represents the sun, and then that scale, planets are placed accordingly: the Earth are in the naturalhistoric museum and Pluto are at Kiruna. Great Worth to Watch for!

[@QuintyvanDijk]

I really like your video's, keep them coming. 1 VR video's stress me more then that they entertain me. there's so much to look at, and you cant see everything in one go. I do think it has potential to, but please do it only if it really ads something to the video, not just because it's "cool" 2. check the Delft university in the Netherlands, I thought they have a reactor and a silent room, probably more stuff 3. I think I can watch the park bench for an other year or so. I really like the fact you guys are so good friends, so attuned to each other (no idea if that's good English, thanks Google translate) you guys have so much fun in whatever you do and I think thats why I like your videos so much. So, I think, as long as you guys have fun, it will be fun to watch. thanks for all the time you guys spend in making these videos!

[@TheDrunkMarshmallow]

Matt and Tom at the pub. Long form but edited down. You mention ideas and things occurring at the pub, get an evening of it filmed, maybe?

[@RainaRamsay]

I mean, that would kind of be hilarious, I think.

[@tusenbensen334]

++++++

[@lilymercy]

I want this or something like this.

[@vkillion]

I'm still enjoying the current park bench style. As long as you guys have interesting things to talk about, I'll keep watching.

[@michaelslack8900]

Not my university, but Plymouth university has this massive wave simulation machine they built recently-ish that they use to test wave energy devices and stuff

[@MrHSX]

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[@tristramkeats2089]

Michael Slack I'm at Plymouth and the wave machine is huge!! Also we have loads and loads of really interesting geoscience equipment, some of which I have no idea what it's called!!

[@CyclicPilot]

They've got similar ones at UCL and Manchester Uni Engineering departments too. They be cool!

[@madAlric]

i'm personally a fan of "we sit down and talk about things" as a format, especially when the subject matter you talk about varies so much already.

[@OliverOlding]

There's a couple of cool things I can think of at my old uni, the University of Hertfordshire: Bold Hearts - The Universities Robocup team (humanoid robots playing football) Robot House - An automated house (full of robots that can do everything for you)

[@sabbywins]

I find that 360 video works the best in a narrative format where you are just another person in the room or you cast as a silent protagonist of sorts. I'm not convinced that it works so well in an educational or informative video without being distracting and in the way, since you are generally trying to direct the viewers attention to a specific thing. I've always figured 360 video in a whodunnit/murder mystery style has some serious potential.

[@emilythefox]

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[@loncarnik]

University of Surrey has a pretty interesting space centre where they do a lot of work on satellites, especially micro-satellites. There are some pretty cool stories about how it all got set up and fun anecdotes during their early years, such as vibration testing satellites by driving with them in an old car down the Guildford cobbled high street. Could do some nice shots of the hardware in the labs and maybe show a micro-satellite. Although now that I think about I seem to remember you doing something similar already...

[@ragnkja]

He's done one from a clean room used for satellites, but I'd love to hear about stuff like that vibration testing.

[@dylanpeel6315]

Hey tom... as far as I can tell, gamelan is a type of music from Indonesia (it's genrally loops of notes on different instruments). It's made up of lots of small and big instruments (it's cannot remember most names, it's been a few years) the loops are typically simple for the singular player but large and complex to hear. A large gamelan set (especially it's the uk) is a impressive thing at any university Source : learned gamelan for a few years when I was younger and maybe (?) Appeared on national news in Indonesia

[@niklaspilot]

Not *my* university but the DESY (German-electron-synchrotron) in Hamburg has the largest particle accelerator in Germany. It's not actively used anymore but thus can be visited! It's quite cool... :)

[@cunningham-code]

I have to say that I personally listen to this...as in it is basically a podcast for me. That's all I ask. Matt, Tom and being able to listen to it. Whatever idea you guys go with, I'm sure it will be great.

[@HelenaOfDetroit]

1) VR: I've designed and working on building a team for a fully functional VR treadmill and also a VR temperature changing suit. Always looking for more help, as there's lots of fields that I'm rubbish in. 2) Wayne State University has parts of a US Navy battleship inside the main hall. Complete with bulkhead door. Also, the name always confused me as there is no state in the US called Wayne, so how is there a Wayne State University? 3) what about behind the scenes type stuff inside a radio booth, TV studio, KZbin space, etc. I see a lot of KZbinrs using the KZbin space in London, but has anyone showed off what it's like to get space there, find your way around, how helpful or not is the staff, requirements for using the space, etc.?

[@larkincleland6099]

FlipFlopGaming most US states have several universities called _____ State University and only the state flagship actually contains the name of the state. For example, Ohio has Ohio State, Kent State, Wright State, Cleveland State, Bowling Green State, etc.

[@janellefreeman8452]

Every year around early February (this year from the 8th to 11th) the students at my university (Michigan technological university) build giant ice sculptures for our "winter carnival" they're remarkable impressive and student built, its been going on since 1922 and its a massive part of the school's culture. beyond that the keweenaw penninsula is a pretty interesting place with some cool things, mostly related to the once booming copper mining industry. it would be cool to see you do a video on something around here!

[@volderzen5987]

360 bike ride: you can find it on my channel as Stockholm 360 video I make 360 video's myself. It is really hard to find a format that is great for vr. What I did is biking around in a city. You can look around for yourself and see a different view every time you look because the camera is moving on a bike. There is also not a specific thing you have to look at so you won't miss anything. I'm still experimenting with it so the video is not perfect. For example the animations in between the shots are not the best. But you get the idea.

[@bertusbintjes4288]

volderzen , cool video man. It's like I have been to Stockholm myself :)

[@Zichqec]

Personally I really like these as they are because I can put them on and draw for 10-15 minutes without having to look over at it very often. It's nice to just listen to you guys ramble and make jokes without needing to be sitting glued to the screen the whole time. I guess what I'm saying is I actually enjoy the way these aren't so much about the visuals usually.

[@jero37]

If the opportunity occurs, please Matt & Tom, record yourselves when Matt has to wear a suit & Tom's in his normal motley.

[@Moridin84]

I bet someone already suggested it but I haven't seen it so here's my idea. You should make a Technical Difficulties in 360. Use a round table with a camera in the middle. For cuts between takes you could always fade to black or something to not disorient people but I don't think that's necessary since you don't really move all that much. I own a Samsung Gear VR and seen some things in 360 with cuts and that wouldn't be a problem unless you swich places with each other. Maybe the viewing experience wouldn't be optimal but it would be fun!

[@bn1314]

Not too sure if 360 park bench would work but I would like it. Are google cardboards good?

[@mattandtom]

I got to try the new Daydream recently, and it's a really good halfway point between Cardboard and the Vive: not perfect, but a lot more comfortable and with a pointing device! -- Tom

[@tallatech]

Matt and Tom Avoiding the question there. You should become a politician!

[@froidesprit]

Ben Reed Yes, but not as immersive as Daydream, oculus, Samsung gear, htc vive, or PlayStation.

[@HmmmmmLemmeThinkNo]

I know i'm 7½ years late, but i'd love to see you ice skating XD

[@gaffergold]

Exeter Uni has a 3D printer that prints with chocolate

[@j.wa.1061]

I want one

[@TheR971]

Our mechanical engineers are able to use any 3d printers for free. Inluding ones which print carbon reinforced stuff. Though I do not know weather one of them would support chocolate.

[@ishashka]

It also has Duryard

[@Sltarfish]

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[@meetaverma8372]

But is it edible

[@Aj5678943210]

The videos I most enjoy are the ones of y'all telling stories, with or without special guests from those stories. It's not exactly a different format than usual, but doing more of those would be great.

[@magnusdagbro8226]

Tom, you know the Tested guys right? Get in touch with Norm and Will and see if there's anything that can be done with Foo VR and photogrammetry. I'm thinking for the Things series, you could 3d scan a location using photogrammetry and then import your (and any interviewee's) movements into the VR scene, so we can walk around and "be there" with you while you point to and interact with things!

[@flori8320]

Seems complicated but I like it very much !

[@Darkreaper666000]

OOH another great one that Tom will love. I do not know if it is still empty of water or if they have re-flooded the cave, The Crystal Cave. The cave with giant crystals. I do not know is 360 cameras can handle the heat of the cave but that would be very intriguing video footage. The layman and the scientist may both find it useful.

[@PrisonerZero]

Tom, while you're in Toronto, check out the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library at the University of Toronto. They should have interesting things to showcase in a video.

[@PrisonerZero]

The building is interesting to look at, too.

[@HighlandSteam]

Excellent format. Just some friends having a chat on a park bench. Relaxed and fun.

[@Andy-tc2gt]

It may not be warm but I'd like to see more of you guys travelling around Europe maybe showing us something more about where you are. Since I found those videos where you were in Poland very interesting. Also the university of Queensland, in Australia, has an experiment called the pitch drop experiment which is pretty cool.

[@FeatherzMcG]

Last time I checked, Newcastle University (Newcastle Upon Tyne) had a sort of augmented reality kitchen for dementia patients. Pretty much every surface in the kitchen is a screen that can show some information that the person needs, e.g. a to-do list, or the recipe they're trying to follow. As they move around the kitchen, the information moves with them in case they forget or lose track of what they're doing. It's a really nice idea.

[@iamjappiee]

Ideas: -Matt and Tom build their own park bench -Citation needed in 360'

[@jumpinJosh]

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[@cunningham-code]

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[@TheBassHeavy]

Citation needed in 360' haha. That would be great.

[@petemagnuson7357]

citation needed 360 seems like it would be a pain to edit, and hard to keep track of who to look at. then again, those are problems for most 360 videos.

[@biglittleorme2438]

Citation needed is already a pain to edit

[@Librariansaysook]

My old college (the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA) has an ornithology museum, a whale skeleton, and a giant pendulum that rotates with the movement of the Earth. It also has The Hatchet, which is one of those things that every university has with a long and complicated history involving obscure student traditions.

[@KillerSpud]

I don't recommend 360 video. It usually turns out more annoying than interesting. having to pan around in low res video isn't fun.

[@scragar]

The Killer Spud 4K 3D cameras don't look too bad because the end result is that what you're looking at is typically 720 at any given point, but they're crazy expensive and still have the panning issue, really this sort of thing is great for stills of a room so you can see everything, but bad for video unless the view naturally gravitates towards a focus point or there's something interesting on all sides so panning isn't required.

[@woutervanr]

And a few years later this is still true. Tom mentions in the video with the new Go pro 360 cam to use it to be able to frame the shot after. That's a good idea. Loads of people film rides on bikes or walking tours. Being able to afterwards decide what's interresting can be really handy there.

[@Wizrd147]

You could do a road trip. You could even make it 360 if that appeals to you. I'd do it long-play style, but that's just me. That would work with the 360 view, as it'd give people something to look at while you're driving and not talking (or just talking rubbish). You could announce when you're going to do it ahead of time and take questions over twitter (or twitch?). I think that'd be really cool and chill. It's like a chance to just hang-out with the park bench-crew.

[@MozonPenguin]

The best park benches are when you have stories about places you've been

[@RustyBrakes]

Ongoing idea for park bench (that I would be very excited about) Keep the format of you two, but have both of you video calling each other from different places. Perhaps you could walk through the town or city you are in, giving cool thoughts about it (on top of whatever content you make there), perhaps you meet up in the same place at the end of the call, or perhaps you set a challenge of things to do in that call. Regardless, it keeps the natural vibe and chat of the park bench, but also becomes very flexible and open to new ideas

[@2X4Studios]

my university has a laser lab that cools atoms colder then the depths of space, a Synchrotron and an upside down statute that I can get you into all

[@weakamna]

That seems like the kind of thing you wanna send a mail to him for, so he doesn't miss it =).

[@tian5864]

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[@pabloagsutinnavavieyra2308]

What's your University?

[@2X4Studios]

Monash!

[@UnfortunateFreakNo1]

I'm not a big fan of 360 videos, but one idea that came to me is bringing us into the conversation. So just place the camera at about eye level where someone who is part of the conversation might sit, so we're able to turn to look at the person talking. It might not work for the park bench, since it's only the two of you and it might not work for Citation Needed because there are a lot of cuts, but I think it might be a cool idea. It wouldn't use the full range of 360, but it would be natural to let us look back and forth between speakers.

[@JohanStrandOne]

There's an old research nuclear reactor at the royal institute of technology (KTH.se) in central Stockholm.

[@deevebeef]

The TU Delft (NL) has one too: www.tnw.tudelft.nl/en/cooperation/facilities/reactor-instituut-delft/ They also have a High-Voltage Lab: www.ewi.tudelft.nl/en/the-faculty/departments/electrical-sustainable-energy/dc-systems-energy-conversion-storage/facilities/

[@ThatGirlWithTheCoffee]

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[@dinaatjuh]

That's the stuff I want to see!! Maybe CERN 360?!?!

[@TheRockType]

Not so much a University but Gilwell Park in Chingford UK. (Known as the home of Scouting UK) has both a bronze bust of Lord Robert Baden-Powell. (The Founder of Scouting) as well as a caravan trailer, nicknamed Eccles which was presented to Baden-Powell. On open display. Both are beautiful to look at, well looked after and easily accessible for filming!

[@JoannaHolman]

Not at university any more, but Monash University in Melbourne, Australia has one of the few large Synchrotron particle accelerators in the world

[@christopherroach264]

Isn't the Synchrotron operated ANSTO, not Monash?

[@samjaybone]

I have an idea for a side-series you could do on the channel. "Making: The Park Bench". Instead of a behind the scenes look at the filming, how about you actually build a park bench? Maybe do one episode of it every 6 weeks, by the end of it you guys will have your very own park bench and can use it to film episodes when you're short on time. I know you guys have this channel and all the videos as memories of the last year, but a park bench constructed by the two of you would be a physical souvenir of the Park Bench.

[@countertony]

QMUL does X-ray tomography of...stuff. Parchment scrolls are the fun public-understanding-of-science topic, but also things like fossils and sometimes "X-ray my lunch". A little computery, but I could see scope there for 3D or 360/3DoF renderings.

[@MrHSX]

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[@countertony]

Oh yes, the scrolls stuff is called project Apocalypto, and it's done by the dental department. www.dentistry.qmul.ac.uk/research/caries-hard-tissues-materials/apocalypto/index.html

[@TheAngryFatMan]

The University of South Alabama's Coastal Weather Research Center in Mobile, AL houses the Waterman Globe. It is a 12 ft. diameter aluminum globe painted by the Rand McNally Map Company in the 1940s. It makes a full rotation on its geographically accurate axis once every 3 min. 50 sec. Bonuses to the location include the Weather Research Center itself, warm weather nearly all year around, and plenty of park benches nearby.

[@jaytea2638]

At the university of Bremen (northern Germany) we have a micro-G drop-tower. The institute owning it is called ZARM. With it, you can make something experience micro-G for almost 5 seconds by just letting it fall and almost 10 with a catapult system. I might be able to establish contact but I'm not directly involved or even know someone directly involved. For the VR stuff, you should have a look at what ViHart is doing right now with EleVR. It's a bit different, but they're doing some good research on VR. Generally, VR is a research topic for a few decades by now, but the rise to the consumer market opens it up for more people which transforms the field quite heavily right now.

[@mattandtom]

I am definitely going to try and get in touch with them! Thank you :) -- Tom

[@Zakimals]

Oh i saw that!

[@carstorm85]

With 360 video, at least on KZbin and Facebook, you can turn your phone around as long as it has an accelerometer in it. You can also simply use your mouse (or finger) to "look" around.

[@adamjbatten]

I go to Macquarie University in Australia, and we have the world largest depth of field laser hologram. It's 9m meters long made of 3 panels and has a visual depth of around 15-20 meters. Made by Paula Dawson in 1988 I think. It was made underground in a far remote location in the middle of the night of avoid all vibrations due to cars driving past.

[@ashenlongbow1482]

One of the best 360 things I saw was a behind the scenes thing. They filmed a music video in 360 without cuts and when watching the music video you just revolve around as they wished but when you watch the behind the scenes you're watching the same thing, but you can move. I don't think that'll be particularly helpful to you, but it's all I could think of. Roughly 8 months late.

[@OblivionTube]

In case you haven't got bored of Finland yet: Helsinki University of Technology holds the record for the lowest temperature in the world (lower than 100pK!) I'm sure the way they did it would interest everyone!

[@ragnkja]

The opening sentence of your comment is a TechDif reference, right?

[@OblivionTube]

I was referring to the fact that he was fairly recently in Finland but now that I look at the date of the Simulator video I realize that it was actually a year ago...

[@ragnkja]

***** It was indeed a year ago. That was why I thought you were quoting TechDif. (I can't remember which episode, though the answer given was: "Norway, Sweden, the Soviet Union.")