This video got me 3rd place in a grad-studies contest

This was my submission to my university's 1-minute thesis competition. I ended up getting 3rd place, in addition to the viewer's choice!
By the way, I recently started a Patreon for when I release the next big brocc-umentary: / bobbybroccoli
This was just my trial run at using Blender. Expect something much bigger soon 👀

[@harrisonfackrell]

I was expecting a dumb meme, but this is actually super professional.

[@bird7386]

what

[@escargooncominatya4732]

Same

[@NoriMori1992]

Same!

[@bagelnine9]

Yeah, me too. But then again, it does say *grad* strudies.

[@deathberryjam907]

For being a 3rd place, this is a 1st in my book.

[@hadinasrallah8928]

“Brocc-umentary”

[@VirtuaVirtue]

damn you.

[@manuelr.7461]

.

[@user-mo7tk8jq2t]

@judgedoom kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXu5p2ihn7R9nrc

[@BadBoyBird]

Lol

[@JmKrokY]

Ok

[@cubedable]

I thought it was gonna be a shitpost, the car on a burger was perfect as a quick transition lol. It was really good as a quick layman explanation of your work in just 60 seconds, holy shit

[@laurenpinschannels]

post irony! *post irony!* _sobbing the words "post irony" under a green blanket run through a to greenscreen filter and overlayed on a muted video of shrek_

[@RidgeVR]

What

[@Tooooooom]

@@RidgeVR post irony

[@RidgeVR]

@@Tooooooom ah that explains everything.

[@eac-ox2ly]

I thought the same too haha

[@bobbarker8405]

That transition at the end from silicon, to road, to wifi symbol was slick as fuck. If you got 3rd I can't imagine what got in 2nd and 1st.

[@peternystrom921]

Thats what she said…..

[@6infinity8]

Perhaps the second did the same thing, with RTX on

[@CrackThrough]

haha motion graphics go brrr

[@rayden8405]

@Ganheso Leso do it better

[@DOOF1]

@@peternystrom921 how?/

[@BobbyBroccoli]

Hello everyone! This video is a little side project I made for a school contest. It was a good excuse to learn Blender, which I'll be using for something big in the near future 👀. Btw, I have a Patreon now (see description), which is set for every big brocc-umentary I make. Thanks for watching!

[@jacknack6819]

Will you also do a tutorial for blender?

[@BobbyBroccoli]

@@jacknack6819 At some point yes!

[@soupborsh8707]

@@BobbyBroccoli Why do you not rendered this? In cycles or eevee

[@JaKack]

Dude this is cool It reminds me of those early 90s CGI type of videos

[@bloxer9563]

@@soupborsh8707 why would he

[@tylerbeaumont]

Ngl that transition from the car to the burger was filmmaking genius, if it weren’t so low poly I’d give you an award just for that

[@PuhlReshaped]

And the silicon and blood cell making a wi-fi symbol at the end too.

[@thememechefgaberahamlincol6190]

I kinda like how low poly it is

[@skorqion_art]

The issue is not the low poly, as a low poly 3D artist, it can look amazing! The lighting and texturing here is just very boring (which is understandable, he was probably busy enough with the modeling and animation) If it was lit differently it could make a huge difference!

[@kotjienkterbang]

The animation is great, it gets the message to the point, and all within a 1 minute timeframe. The quality is comparable to a shitpost meme, and i personally think that its elevating the animation value

[@radical105]

yes

[@SavageGreywolf]

the phrase "quick and accurate blood tests" gives me PTSD to Elizabeth Holmes' Batman voice.

[@BobbyBroccoli]

lmao very true. If you want to know how it'd work with photonics though, different blood types each have a slightly different refractive index. So if you can come up with device that can perceive slight changes in refractive index, you've got a sensor

[@kotjienkterbang]

@@BobbyBroccoli i didnt know you could utilize light as a way to measure blood type. Thats pretty cool

[@FirstnameLastname-jo7sc]

Same

[@agentstache135]

We already have one quick and accurate light based blood test: transmissive pulse oximetry (aka that little thing they clip on your finger to measure oxygen saturation)

[@radical105]

yep

[@Smubear]

How are you able to bend light with the silicon? This sounds like a very interesting topic.

[@BobbyBroccoli]

So the main idea is that light tends to flow towards areas where the refractive index is higher. Silicon has a fairly high index compared to air (3.5 vs 1.0). The idea is you shape silicon strips into bends so that the light can turn at 90 degrees. The trick is that light reflects and bounces around different types of geometries, and finding the ideal curve for minimum loss takes a lot of simulation and testing.

[@Smubear]

@@BobbyBroccoli That's pretty neat. What kind of scale does this work on, like could you "print" photonic components at the same scale as current electronics? Or is it bigger/smaller?

[@BobbyBroccoli]

It actually reuses a lot of the same fabrication and technology as electronics, just instead of voltages you pump lasers into the chips. My circuits have a minimum feature size of 60 nanometers for instance, and my chip size is 9 millimeters by 9 millimeters.

[@BobbyBroccoli]

I would say that photonics has a higher size limit than electronics. Electrons can flow on the scale of individual molecules, but photonics depends on the size of the wavelength (around 1500 nanometers), and the silicon chunks can't be much smaller than 100nm

[@Smubear]

@@BobbyBroccoli Do you think we would start seeing photonics in pesonal computers in the future? Or would this be more for use in specialized equipment and networking?

[@paldiowebimbo6186]

This has fun design, it's something straight out of like a good early 90s commercial, great job on getting 3rd place

[@BobbyBroccoli]

UPDATE: My work in this video just got published in Advanced Materials Technologies as "Subwavelength Grating Metamaterial Multimode Bend for Silicon Waveguides" So this video has gotten caught up in the algorithm *somehow*, and a lot of new comments asking recurring questions. Here's my attempt to answer them: 1. Isn't this what fiber optics is for? Yes! But optical fibers are typically used for long-haul communications, i.e. hundreds of kilometers. Fiber optic cables have the advantage of better bandwidth (more data capacity) than sending it as electrical signals in say, coaxial cables. But then once the data gets to its destination, you need to convert it back into electrical signals, do some calculations with it on a chip, convert it back to light, and send it out again. Lots of steps, lots of expensive hardware. Being able to keep all that data as light and process it on a photonic chip would be ideal, and that's where my research lies. 2. Why not use mirrors? When the size of the geometry is around the same scale of the wavelength of light, the physics of light starts to behave weirdly. In my case I'm making photonic integrated circuits with light of 1550 nm, and silicon segments around 220 nm. At that scale mirrors and total internal reflection don't really function in the same way. You can design a 45 degree corner facet and it does much what you're probably imagining, but it needs to be significantly bigger than other possible solutions like my silicon curved strips. 3. Some of this feels like a huge simplification/misleading. It very much is. This video was my submission to a 1-minute thesis competition, and I ended up getting 3rd place! A field like photonics has a lot of jargon and technical terms, and I knew I had to go for showmanship if I wanted to stand a chance against other grad students who had more intuitive and easy to grasp topics. Are photons literally faster than electrons when it comes to data transmission? No, but it gets the point across in a 60 second time-limit. 4. Can I get more detail? Sure! I have a video where I delve into more detail on my Master's work on my channel. And if you want to dive even deeper than that I'd happy to share my thesis upon request. My research is on silicon on insulator (SOI) photonic integrated circuits (PICs) using subwavelength gratings (SWGs). 5. Ew self driving cars That's just the main example people in the field give for the application of LiDAR and optical-phased arrays for beam steering. I reality it can be used in industrial automation, aerial topography, etc. I don't think we're anywhere close to self driving cars, and that's purely from a hardware standpoint, I'm not even going to get into the machine learning and safety aspects

[@yuck6457]

Dumb question but how do you know when a videos been hit by the algorithm? I mean you noticed this one which is crazy

[@BobbyBroccoli]

When you start getting comments like "no idea why this was recommended to me" you know something is happening, that and the views for the last 48 hours spikes and most of them come from Browse features

[@9miinox]

@@BobbyBroccoli did you mean to pin this comment? because this seems like a very pin-worthy comment also since I'm commenting might as well add that I've been following your channel since your first post on r/jon_bois and I just noticed how much you grew. I always hoped that the algorithm will pick your channel up, glad to see that it happened

[@heisenmountainb6854]

We already have self driving cars, my friends.

[@naman4067]

Make tutorial

[@airysquared]

I like the low-poly look a lot. Aesthetically it feels like something made in the early 90s and shown on public broadcasting during an odd time slot. And I mean that in the best way possible. It’s cozy, not boring.

[@priestrat]

Idk why youtube recommended this to me but I love it, I honestly thought it would be a joke but its really good. Not only is the interesting information conveyed in an understandable manner and easily followed, the animation supports the script really well.

[@Phant0mZ_360]

Simple,informative,engaging 3 key features for a good presentation

[@yaretziyanez4247]

electron-ics woah also that blood cell to wifi icon animation was pretty smart

[@JxsonKing]

I thought this would be a giant meme, but this video has left me pleasantly surprised and wanting to learn more.

[@datlego3673]

This is such an awesome idea! I love this! I'm interested to know how patternscan improve light bandwidth (or throughput)?

[@ner0b]

the fuck you saying lol

[@weeztard]

@@ner0b what the fuck are YOU saying?

[@aksunonair]

Shit that's 251 smart people who understood this comment but not me

[@datlego3673]

@@aksunonair No its 252. You may not have understood this comment but there is no doubt you are smart :)

[@JustAGuy85]

How "patterns can" or how "pattern scanning"?

[@motubak1622]

I love how everyone is giving genuine feedback. Great job mate

[@necrolavigne]

your blender skills are looking good! excited to see what you have planned!!!

[@muhammadidrees7571]

Man this comment aged well

[@lupen8095]

​@@muhammadidrees7571Yes this comment aged beautifully

[@JaredPascual]

at this point i have no idea why you're at DUCKING 3RD PLACE THIS IS A MASTERPIECE

[@cubonefan3]

It’s very good, but not a masterpiece.

[@fairywww]

i disagree

[@baddubs2826]

That was so informative and entertaining. You're not just making a great stride in Photonics, but also making edjutainmemt viable.

[@YeloPartyHat]

Great animation. Simple but effective. You can see how all the concepts link together in a visual format!

[@fairyqt]

Of course this got in the top 3! This was awesome. Very good intro to the subject. It's enough to leave you satisfied, but also has the right amount of interest to make you want to learn more. Very cool. 👍

[@HelloKitty-wm7gr]

dude the transitions are so genius!!

[@Trashheapcuntspawn]

This level of succinct and clear information is what every “thinkpiece” or video essay on this godforsaken platform should aspire to.

[@r.p.7174]

I can see why you placed so well : )

[@paul_warner]

Great job on bringing photonics down to a level that even children could understand. Very nice video, Mr Broccoli.

[@lukasjames9977]

the transitions for that jon bois flare, great work!!

[@neurofiedyamato8763]

The visuals definitely compliments the simplified explanation well. Good job for a 1 minute presentation.

[@HaydenCrispy]

Great video my guy!

[@xcccx5]

very well done!

[@andresramirez468]

The animation just so good!!! So smooth!!!

[@land3021]

Okay, that was admittedly, pretty good, first impressions of aesthetic 3D graphics aside - especially because I myself am learning this stuff aswell, making me all the more aware of how difficult it is to get to that stage in modeling and smooth transitions between each and every part of a video.

[@Slicetheidiot]

this was really good no wonder you got at least 3rd place

[@minitiger101]

0:12 fun fact, electrons are actually really slow, the reason they appear fast is because there is a long chain of them already filled in the circuit, just not moving yet. That's why it appears instant, because you're just moving the chain, electrons actually only move 1mm per second

[@maoitsme0]

that's very interesting

[@pablopereyra7126]

Wait don't electrons have a variable speed like normal particles. So their speed depends on how fast you push them. Or am I tripping.

[@sleeplesscake]

Not only is the transition sick af, the video is really informational as well. Totally deserved

[@techleontius9161]

I'm impressed by your creative transitions between objects! It really shows your talent.

[@the.corvidian]

Sounds similar to using fibre optic cables? I don't study any of this stuff so I'm barely familiar, but I liked the animation!

[@BobbyBroccoli]

Yes, but fiber optics are for very long distances, hundreds of kilometers. I make bends for circuits smaller than a fingernail!

[@muhammadaarizmarzuq295]

was just about to write that in the comment section

[@SnoFitzroy]

I've always wondered what alternatives to electricity might be possible. As a child I wondered if it may be possible to use Protons in the way we use electrons (so, like, Proticity?) to do things like making two opposite direction signals in the same wire or making devices that can have major parts swapped out for the opposite energy type to do unique things

[@bell2023]

That almost certainly wouldn’t work well, nuclear reactions for transmitting information would probably be unpredictable and just less useful than electrons. (I think, I’m no expert)

[@aureo5857]

We already use protons to produce electricity in lead-acid battery cars

[@nickklavohn4854]

Funny you should say that because when electricity was first discovered, it was posited that electricity was the movement of positive charges, something like a proton. A lot of our early fundamental understanding of how circuits works was based on that assumption of moving positive charges. It turns out that except for the description of some more complicated effects in circuitry, it is a perfectly viable model to understand a circuit as movement of positive charge. If you imagine the flow of electricity as an electron moving into a gap to form a new gap where that electron used to be, and then the electron behind it moving into that gap to form yet another new gap further back, etc. etc., then you arrive at the flow of electrons in one way, but the 'flow of gaps' in the other way. The gaps are nothing and so they have no/neutral charge, but neutral charge is positive relative to an electron's negative charge. So in a sense, electricity already works in the way you dream. Electrons flow one way, 'gaps' flow the other. Negative one way, positive the other. Protons can't flow in a wire, but they can diffuse through water (for example) across concentration gradients. Protons dissolved in water is called an acid (an arrhenius acid, to be precise). Your body uses proton gradients all the time. These gradients are essential for some of the most vital processes of life, such as creating ATP in the mitochondria of our cells. Your body runs on "proticity"!

[@nickklavohn4854]

@@aureo5857 Yes, but as a reactant to a chemical reaction, not as a flowing charge that itself constitutes electricity, or 'proticity' as OP describes. The protons themselves are not flowing through a wire to create electricity. The 'electrochemical potential' of the battery cells provides the energy for electrons to flow and create electricity. That is, the reactants influence electrons to flow through the wire, and these electrons guide the reactions of the protons (from sulfuric acid), lead, and lead oxides to from water and lead sulfates.

[@aureo5857]

@@nickklavohn4854 really interesting bud, thanks for the clarification

[@TheDragonSeer]

This is amazing showmanship indeed! Extraordinarily creative!

[@sleepyboi2852]

This is Really Great! Thanks for posting this!

[@ryriclan3425]

Oh my god this is so fucking cool. I want to study photonics.

[@tcatking9761]

Those 60 seconds made me feel like I was ready to be more involved some sort of expanded understanding with light over electronics than ever.

[@iannalemme]

kudos for the project, really cool transitions

[@laurao6314]

Ooh, wasn't expecting to nerd out about that kind of research, that's so interesting!

[@RotcodFox]

It deserves 1st place, not 3rd

[@samueldaviddadepogue8477]

Bro from did you learn using blender? This is great.

[@BobbyBroccoli]

I mostly just binged a bunch of tutorials. The officialy blender ones are a good first start, but then I looked up specific stuff I wanted to do, like "how to make a gradient sky", "how to animate EM waves", how to animate electricity", etc. The rest is from my experience with Google Earth and video editing.

[@BobbyBroccoli]

Once I release my next video I think I'll be making a Blender tutorial for my workflow, but it'll be a few months. If you have specific questions in the mean time feel free to ask me!

[@samueldaviddadepogue8477]

@@BobbyBroccoli Google Earth? How did that help? Also thank you for replying. Can I be in touch with you outside of KZbin?

[@BobbyBroccoli]

Check out my tutorial on Google Earth, I used it to animate my Hendrik Schon series. I took inspiration from Jon Bois, a youtuber who basically invented the animation style I've used in my documentaries. He does amazing sports related content. Feel free to add me on twitter (@bobbybroccole) or discord if you prefer.

[@samueldaviddadepogue8477]

@@BobbyBroccoli Discord sounds better as I have been very active on discord lately. What's your ID?

[@Pleasantilly]

This is very well made and informative, well done!

[@AffyMoon]

This is a great one, thanks recommendations. It's definitely got a very interesting premise, it's probably got issues that I'm not qualified enough to know about but it's cool as hell to think about.

[@akjm9177]

RE: 0:12 It's not the flow of electrons that you should be focusing on, rather the flow of energy through electric fields because electrons themselves move at really really slow speeds yet the speed the actual energy moves at is a completely different situation.

[@lysikasaito]

Someone watched that Veritasium video. It does not matter which way you view electricity. Most Ph. D and professional electric engineers still speak about "electrons flowing" because it's a good analogy and it might as well be true. You don't have to correct anyone because what he said is perfectly fine.

[@akjm9177]

@@lysikasaito i don't know what veritassum is?

[@lysikasaito]

@@akjm9177 There was a popular video by the KZbinr Veritasium that talked about this topic in a bit of a reactionary way.

[@liyre4189]

Your name is Kevan not BobbyBroccoli? I have been lied to my whole life

[@tomasu301]

Congratulation stranger. I really like to see these types of creative projects

[@mega2013]

The transition is so smooth!

[@hasanalharaz7454]

Wouldn’t using photons instead of electrons fundamentally change how circuits work

[@kirtil5177]

Not really if you just convert light to electricity or vice versa at the destination

[@Kino-Imsureq]

@@kirtil5177 the goal was to convert light to electricity as little as possible

[@willytor7899]

isn't this just optic fiber?

[@CubeItself]

its so well done it makes me smile

[@jell-opop9431]

This is very cool! Glad you got into a university

[@moshemordechaivanzuiden]

The last sentence is figuratively and is literally untrue.

[@BobbyBroccoli]

But it got me 3rd place and audience's choice, so I'm not complaining

[@thatitalianlameguy2235]

@@BobbyBroccoli you learned a lot from schon didn't you

[@hirzanabqary]

"literally" (taking about the video btw)

[@hirzanabqary]

with the last sentence removed you could've gotten 1st place

[@Poliostasis]

@@BobbyBroccoli You could say, "We're literally innovating *with* the speed of light"

[@martir.7653]

This is wrong and misleading. The speed of light in most *photonics* applications, where light travels through solid mediums, it's often **slower** than electric fields in wires, due to refractive index. Surely if you're working on this topic, you should know that? Keep bending light and not the truth.

[@fahkyew7776]

I dunno anything about the topic, but based on what you said, I'm guessing there are specific uses for photonics in which it would be faster than electric fields in wires? Also, didn't he say in the video that people are trying to find ways to circumvent the issue of refraction and make photonics generally faster? It's not like he's trying to sell a product, so I don't really see much harm in what he said. If anything, the people who are interested enough in the topic can go on to do their own research

[@BobbyBroccoli]

What they said! If you want to know more watch my Master's speedrun video.

[@mgdac27]

youre so talented love this and your channel

[@MrBlitz2000]

Awesome job, dude! Glad the algorithm picked up on this vid.

[@kenopyowo]

this is amazing. good job

[@farihamohamedhilmy4700]

That turned way better than expected! ⭐️

[@peetamellark6064]

The transitions are exceptional.

[@Matheus-bf1rb]

This is it. This is the random video on my recommendation tab that got youtube to recommend your channel again and send me into a rabbit hole

[@celinavarchausky5333]

This is genuinely so cool

[@eac-ox2ly]

Really smooth transitions and audio work there!

[@dead_channe1]

This is so professional and cool!

[@SuperNuclearUnicorn]

I just love that I can tell you've attended the Jon Bois school of cool editing

[@TurboTwinky28]

this guy went from *this* to making some of the most in-depth science history documentaries about niche (for the avg person) science topics. the early foundations of the transitions and camera movements shown here literally went on to become part of his niche story-telling style

[@cosmic0808]

I watched this with no audio without realizing and it's the funniest thing I've seen all week

[@NewKiddo3]

the last line was so clean

[@nguyenmiennam7778]

This is really nice, congrats.

[@turkeystank551]

I was waiting for a skip ad option the whole video, good job

[@nermalmovement]

The way you transition in this video is brilliant

[@volespirit247]

Nice job! Really informative!!

[@RussianCollapse]

Short, quick and genious!

[@fe4000]

Awesome piece, awesome script.

[@mubasshir]

This was a really great presentation/video. Totally expected it to be a meme

[@PsychoPeto]

This was Very good, the transition to the Wi-Fi was Smooth AF

[@zephyr9949]

Everything from the fast food transition to the explanation of photonics is just IMMACULATE

[@oreo_6206]

The visuals are so entrancing

[@thebirdbrained.]

Oh dang, well deserved mate!

[@vantablack8468]

This is actually quite nice!

[@DeepSeaLugia]

Love this, it’s like animated 5 minute papers

[@Qwetzxl]

That is genuinely well made, the animation is ok but like the idea and shit is good damn xd

[@GabrielTheMagolorMain]

Congrats dude

[@Ara_Arasaka]

This definitely deserves a podium placement. There is literally nothing that could be removed that is considered excess and all graphics supplement the talking points in real time to help the viewer visualize your message. That’s top quality.

[@somedude1880]

Super nice looking video, hope you had a good time, I'm sure the other people were impressed

[@Clazzette]

This is the most professional quality "shitpost" I've ever seen. I kid you not, this is good.

[@GreenJelly_64]

I did my high school senior year major physics essay on photonics (in 2020) and it was extremely hard to grasp for me, as it was outside the course outline. I managed to get a decent grade but the time put in trying to wrap my head around this concept was astounding! I wish this video was around, it explains it so simply. Well done!

[@furu4488]

congratulations 🤯

[@Andmau2552]

Outstandingly awesome presentation

[@milkyway208O]

Great video. Your voice definitely helps the video alot.

[@anhvu6824]

Very smooth transition

[@BGDMusic]

this is a cool video! genuinely very good!

[@nathanruneburchett1730]

Was definitely expecting a sort of ‘learned 3D animation to make this’ thing but this is legitimately great and super informative

[@NOTABOT2KChann]

I'm not surprised this placed this has seamless, slick transitions

[@khoi_0918]

TYSM THIS HELPS MY SCIENCE PROJECT

[@icyyou.]

The algorithm has blessed you, my friend

[@placeholderdoe]

YOO WAIT THIS IS SO SICK HOW COME I’VE NEVER HEARD OF IT BEFORE,