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Best Tech Talks 2017, Ranked by Hacker News

First recommended on Hacker News in 2017, still worth watching: these 238 tech talks and lectures earned 602 recommendations across the years.

‹ 20162018 ›All tech talks
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2 mo on HN

The 3D-Printed Curta Calculator

Adam Savage’s Tested
Recommended 2× on HN · 2017–2025
2 mo on HN

Firing the Lorentz Plasma Cannon

LightningOnDemand
Recommended 2× on HN · 2025–2026
2 mo on HN

Leap Technology

aamoviebb
Recommended 2× on HN · 2014–2026
2 mo on HN

Altair 8800 - Video #7.1 - Loading 4K BASIC with a Teletype

deramp5113
Recommended 2× on HN · 2021–2024
2 mo on HN

The IBM 1401 compiles and runs FORTRAN II

CuriousMarc
Recommended 2× on HN · 2018–2021
2 mo on HN

TOTAL teardown of a lithium phone battery.

bigclivedotcom
Recommended 1× on HN · 2016–2024
2 mo on HN

Chain of Fools : Upgrading through every version of windows (HQ)

TheRasteri
Recommended 2× on HN · 2011–2021
2 mo on HN

Megaprocessor Tour 1 - (fixed audio)

Megaprocessor
Recommended 2× on HN · 2016–2024
1 mo on HN

The Lost 1984 Video: young Steve Jobs introduces the Macintosh

macessentials
Recommended 1× on HN · 2011–2021
1 mo on HN

EEVblog #822 - World's Worst Tablet Computer Teardown

EEVblog
Recommended 3× on HN · 2016–2017
1 mo on HN

Open Source 8.5 Digit Voltmeter from CERN: Build and Test

Marco Reps
Recommended 1× on HN · 2021–2025
1 mo on HN

Alternate Reality Kit by Randall Smith at Xerox PARC 1986 (VPRI-0131)

Yoshiki Ohshima (大島芳樹)
Recommended 1× on HN · 2018–2021
1 mo on HN

2Advanced Studios v2 flash website in 2001

Web Design Museum
Recommended 1× on HN · 2019–2023
1 mo on HN

Data-Oriented Demo: SOA, composition

Jonathan Blow
Recommended 1× on HN · 2015–2020
1 mo on HN

8088 MPH by Hornet + CRTC + DESiRE (final version)

andrewmjenner
Recommended 1× on HN · 2016–2021
1 mo on HN

NASA | A Year in the Life of Earth's CO2

NASA Goddard
Recommended 1× on HN · 2019–2022
1 mo on HN

Freespin

Matthias Kramm
Recommended 1× on HN · 2021–2026
1 mo on HN

Dangerous tattoo remover from eBay is a MILLION watt laser

styropyro
Recommended 1× on HN · 2020–2022
1 mo on HN

High-Speed Robot Hand

Hizook
Recommended 1× on HN · 2012–2020
1 mo on HN

Amiga Boing Ball

amigang
Recommended 1× on HN · 2016–2026
1 mo on HN

TypeScript types can run DOOM

Michigan TypeScript
Recommended 1× on HN · 2025–2025
1 mo on HN

Awesome flesh-burning death lamp. (Germicidal UV)

bigclivedotcom
Recommended 1× on HN · 2018–2024
1 mo on HN

Alto System Project: Larry Tesler demonstration of Gypsy

Computer History Museum
Recommended 1× on HN · 2021–2025
1 mo on HN

[756] Sentry Safe Cut in Half FAST!

LockPickingLawyer
Recommended 1× on HN · 2018–2025
1 mo on HN

Real Life Emoji Keyboard!

Tom Scott
Recommended 1× on HN · 2019–2024
1 mo on HN

Linear Book Scanner

Google TechTalks
Recommended 1× on HN · 2015–2021
1 mo on HN

TRON Smart House

uidcenter
Recommended 1× on HN · 2022–2026
1 mo on HN

Raycasting engine in Factorio (vanilla 0.17) - Facto-RayO v1.0

arrow in my gluteus maximus
Recommended 1× on HN · 2019–2021
1 mo on HN

Spaceballs - State of the Art - Amiga Demo (HD 50fps)

RetroDemoScene
Recommended 1× on HN · 2015–2024
1 mo on HN

Apple's Future Computer: The Knowledge Navigator

Blake Patterson
Recommended 1× on HN · 2011–2024
1 mo on HN

World's Fastest Camera Drone Vs F1 Car (ft. Max Verstappen)

Red Bull
Recommended 1× on HN · 2024–2025
1 mo on HN

Deep Visualization Toolbox

Jason Yosinski
Recommended 1× on HN · 2016–2025
1 mo on HN

Xerox Star User Interface (1982) 1 of 2

VintageCG
Recommended 1× on HN · 2011–2024
1 mo on HN

Computational Design of Mechanical Characters

DisneyResearchHub
Recommended 1× on HN · 2013–2025
1 mo on HN

Visualizing video at the speed of light — one trillion frames per second

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Recommended 1× on HN · 2011–2025
1 mo on HN

The Visual Microphone: Passive Recovery of Sound from Video

Abe Davis's Research
Recommended 1× on HN · 2015–2026