Always better to call out your own starmap BS than leave it to Neil deGrasse Tyson. www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/titanic-night-sky-adjusted-after-neil-degrasse-tyson-criticized-james-cameron/2012/04/03/gIQAZyZItS_blog.html?noredirect=on&.491c45d6abda
Nice to see you admitting making a mistake, kudos for that. I couldn't figure out which constellation it was, It looked like it was back to front and upside down, had me scratching my head. You could always say it's a star map as seen on the far side of the galaxy, no one would ever know ;)
Yeah, my first idea was that it was something southern, but then there was an image of that star "map" with one of the poles in the middle (at 1:56) but then there was no Southern Cross in the finished thing, so I quickly realised something was piscy. Pun clearly intended.
Her accent sounds very LA + midwestern, as if she used television to train away her accent :P I don't think her particular accent actually exists, but is a generic representation. Regardless, I never would have suspected it was fake, only that she has a well trained public speaking voice, which is actually pretty ideal.
The only problem I could see is the lighting, as wireless chargers are very picky on distance so the charger would need to be at the surface where the lighted holes are.
Spent all lunch break today looking at laser cutters and really liking the glowforge, ugh. That looked easy, nice work, star chart/map/random dots and all!
she is a great addition to the tested team, there is just something special about seeing someone work with love for their job. just like adam i could watch him for hours.
You could probably take a long exposure picture of the night sky, zoom in and run an edge detection algorithm on it, export it, and from that create the star map that you can cut out. “To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.” ― Steven Wright
I also found this quote, I found it funny, hope you can forgive me Simone. “I get a lot of big ideas, and occasionally I actually come up with one myself.” ― Bauvard, Some Inspiration for the Overenthusiastic Adam don't fire her just yet! Swedes don't have the same regard for copyright as Americans do.
I was seconds away from typing a comment along the lines of: "this is too good for you, Simone, 4/5," till you mentioned the mistake. A healthy 3/5 that is. My concerns were alleviated.
What a cool idea! I have been working on a digital clock using the same kind of deal for the housing but a star map (a *real* one though ;) ) works really well and looks awesome!
I'm pretty much Simone whenever I make something that comes out really cool, and even better than I expected: I keep it for myself :) This was pretty dang cool.
Despite the 'mistake' that's pretty cool. However I would suggest that the holes are counterbored from the back so that the stars are visible from wider angles.
Great Idea, if you use the flexible roll type LEDs , all messed up with a lens you can get some cool natural patterns projected , even some prism/cd bits colours too... Just thinking today it would be epic to have a house with pure optical 'art' only, with day and night variations... camera obscura.. solstices markers etc etc etc lol
If you need a star map, I've got one. The ten thousand or so closest stars, with Cartesian coordinates, surface temperature, luminosity and apparent color. You know what to do.
Quick question, as I have never used a laser cutter: Why did the walls have to be half circles? Couldn't you have just laser cut complete circles, so you wouldn't have those seams running up the sides?
I assume it's because half circles can be packed way more efficiently, so you waste way less material. Otherwise the insides of the circles would all go to waste
C'mon. It is cool present. You only need to figure out the place in Space were you can see such star combination. This may also be a map to find Death Star.
Simone, can't you see how perfect this is!? You made something beautiful, original and above all, still shitty because its the wrong map! If that is not on brand I do not know what it ;) Did you send this one? did he/she like it?
The first is never what the second can be Simone. There's a learning curve. The first time you tied your shoelaces do you imagine they stayed tied for long?
With all the trillions of stars in the galaxy/universe there's a pretty good chance that from one viewpoint or another you'd get a star map that looks just like that.
You could just download an open source image of a constellation shrink it to fit properly then cut/drill out the pattern. You could also download a planetarium display set to the right time of year you want and do the same or Use the North Pole as a center hole and place the other stars in relationship to that and probably be able to display 80% of the Northern Hemisphere. Too close to the equator would probably be too difficult to map properly unless the finished model was much larger. PLEASE do not give up! Keep at it. You could also look into an array of mini LED's on a strip to make the wiring much easier or even use the a few LED arrays out of the cheap dollar store flashlights.
Some folks would recognize that your 'star map' look kinda mmm...the dots are too random and the sizes of the dots look wrong. But so what? Only someone knowing what star charts look like would recognize this. Your project is a lovely idea and a very thoughtful gift. Why not make one a little larger that shows well known constellations like the Polaris and the Big and Little dippers, the Southern Cross, Orion, and Casioppia for example. I'd buy at least one.
Hay Simone........if you are going to make that by machine, rather than hand making it, maybe it would be better to use Adams lath to make the case in one peace, just a thought.
There's always a little bit of 'iteration' no matter how new the project seems. And really, as big as the universe is, that 'fake' star chart almost certainly looks pretty real from somewhere in the cosmos. Sorta like it's always beer:30 somewhere on this planet.
I'm sure there's a star cluster in some part of our galaxy that when viewed from a certain solar system that makes the one you did completely accurate!!!
so wait is this video basically Simone saying hey guy I made you that one without try but here's a fully fleshed out nice fancy one that I'm keeping lol
Just came here to see if I was the only one noticing and mentioning something about Simone's 'half red' rightside ear... Guess I was. Noticed it during the first few seconds. Intriging. Once you see it it can't be unseen! ;o) So Simone, WHY did you have a bright half red ear in the video (even before the mistake)? Intrigued minds want to know, ya know?!
Judging from the QR-Code which you can see in one shot it seems to be one of the pre-fabricated materials offered by glowforge. With the QR code the laser knows which settings to use.
Even if it's random, somewhere in the universe there will be a viewpoint, likely a lot more than one, where stars will align perfectly with all the holes in your map. Simply because there's no empty space in the sky, only stars to dim to see :D
As someone who actually tested pointing a high-powered laser (still nowhere near a laser cutter, it was handheld) on his hand, this hurts like hell. It's like having a needle going through your body, but at a smaller point. The laser in this video would probably cut the finger so deeply that it would have to be removed.
These laser cutters have safety interlock switches that shut off the beam if the door is open or someone tries to take them apart, kinda like a microwave oven. You'd have to work really hard to cut your finger off.
Yeah I noticed. I took astronomy. I was immediately trying to figure out what I was looking at. I was thinking man my memory must be faulty? Is this some weird southern hemisphere view I'm not familiar with?
*puts glue on scrap paper for easy clean up*
*immediately gets glue on the table*
Oh Simone, ily so much.
Jessica Davis I tried
Jessica Davis I tried
I like this reply better than the other one so I thumbsup this one only. (umm.. yeah the one with more likes)
*looks at double comment*
Yeah, you tried :P
Queen Of Shitty Star Map Research
This video gave me a good laugh.
0:52
you can feel how she is hard trying not to curse
at least "Freak" ward can be used
Always better to call out your own starmap BS than leave it to Neil deGrasse Tyson.
www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/titanic-night-sky-adjusted-after-neil-degrasse-tyson-criticized-james-cameron/2012/04/03/gIQAZyZItS_blog.html?noredirect=on&.491c45d6abda
Nice to see you admitting making a mistake, kudos for that.
I couldn't figure out which constellation it was, It looked like it was back to front and upside down, had me scratching my head.
You could always say it's a star map as seen on the far side of the galaxy, no one would ever know ;)
Yeah, my first idea was that it was something southern, but then there was an image of that star "map" with one of the poles in the middle (at 1:56) but then there was no Southern Cross in the finished thing, so I quickly realised something was piscy. Pun clearly intended.
I'm pretty sure that in some galaxy from some point of view, there's exactly this constellation visible.
I thought it looked like welding splatter.
That's it! The stars just welding splatter from some huge project.
she's all about making mistakes... mistakes mean you're trying and doing something... mistakes are opportunities to learn
Morale of the story: If everything is going so well, you're doing something wrong.
rickdtrick This is so true!
Simone is so cool. A great addition to the Tested team!
Andreas Gjøsæther I agree
AetherBox Productions she basically represents the rest of us.
Still impressed with Simone's accent, there is almost no swedish left in it what so ever
bra jobbat
But is thät a good thing? The accent gives såme pörsenality!
yes äksent is nåt ö bäd thing
Maincore I like the profilepic btw
You can easily tell she is Swedish, not like it matters...
Her accent sounds very LA + midwestern, as if she used television to train away her accent :P I don't think her particular accent actually exists, but is a generic representation. Regardless, I never would have suspected it was fake, only that she has a well trained public speaking voice, which is actually pretty ideal.
Put a wireless phone charger in it !!
it heats, pls don't
You will have to have a older phone to use it, as most now is of metal
I think it hangs on the wall!
The only problem I could see is the lighting, as wireless chargers are very picky on distance so the charger would need to be at the surface where the lighted holes are.
could you go even further and make the top disc replaceable so you could interchange between different disc design?
Love Simone, love they way she talks about her projects, and fesses up to her mistakes. More Simone please!
Just ask Randall Munroe how probable it is that your star map represents some real stars and attach his what-if-article to the gift.
It had a very 70's vibe with the faux woodgrain texture. How about a constellation you can project on a ceiling?
Simone is a dork and we love her for it!
You think Simone is a Blue whale penis? That's weird.
Spent all lunch break today looking at laser cutters and really liking the glowforge, ugh. That looked easy, nice work, star chart/map/random dots and all!
she is a great addition to the tested team, there is just something special about seeing someone work with love for their job. just like adam i could watch him for hours.
She is hilarious and so genuine! Not awkward to watch, just funny and entertaining, good find, Tested!
You could probably take a long exposure picture of the night sky, zoom in and run an edge detection algorithm on it, export it, and from that create the star map that you can cut out.
“To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.”
― Steven Wright
I also found this quote, I found it funny, hope you can forgive me Simone.
“I get a lot of big ideas, and occasionally I actually come up with one myself.”
― Bauvard, Some Inspiration for the Overenthusiastic
Adam don't fire her just yet! Swedes don't have the same regard for copyright as Americans do.
The best part about encountering a problem is figuring out how to solve it. Show us that, too!
I love your personality! Keep up the amazing content, it's so inspirational :)
I´d like to see it in the dark!
That's what she said :(
Still, its probably the most thoughtful secret santa gift ever!
still looks really cool! excited to see the final version.
I was seconds away from typing a comment along the lines of: "this is too good for you, Simone, 4/5," till you mentioned the mistake. A healthy 3/5 that is. My concerns were alleviated.
"Wait, what's going on? There isn't anything shitty about this at all........ohhhh there it is!" :)
Fill the star holes in with dental or fingernail acrylic so that the light can be seen better from an angle.
ooh... that star map better be accurate, you don't want Neil Degrasse Tyson tweeting about a missing hole! hahah
Isn't it a little early for secret santa? :)
What a cool idea! I have been working on a digital clock using the same kind of deal for the housing but a star map (a *real* one though ;) ) works really well and looks awesome!
at least she does not underestimate her audience here and admits knowing it would only have taken split-seconds for (some) people to notice.
I'm pretty much Simone whenever I make something that comes out really cool, and even better than I expected: I keep it for myself :) This was pretty dang cool.
Despite the 'mistake' that's pretty cool. However I would suggest that the holes are counterbored from the back so that the stars are visible from wider angles.
Great Idea, if you use the flexible roll type LEDs , all messed up with a lens you can get some cool natural patterns projected , even some prism/cd bits colours too...
Just thinking today it would be epic to have a house with pure optical 'art' only, with day and night variations... camera obscura.. solstices markers etc etc etc lol
If you need a star map, I've got one. The ten thousand or so closest stars, with Cartesian coordinates, surface temperature, luminosity and apparent color.
You know what to do.
Quick question, as I have never used a laser cutter: Why did the walls have to be half circles? Couldn't you have just laser cut complete circles, so you wouldn't have those seams running up the sides?
I assume it's because half circles can be packed way more efficiently, so you waste way less material. Otherwise the insides of the circles would all go to waste
C'mon. It is cool present. You only need to figure out the place in Space were you can see such star combination.
This may also be a map to find Death Star.
It is the star Constellations from K-PAX, or so Prot told me.
So why is ist only half rings so you have to glue 2 pieces every layer instead of one? i don't get it.
Amount of wood used. Imagine cutting whole circles.
Simone, can't you see how perfect this is!? You made something beautiful, original and above all, still shitty because its the wrong map!
If that is not on brand I do not know what it ;)
Did you send this one? did he/she like it?
great video! Tested needs more Simone and the team making stuff and less GE advertisements
Never give up. Never surrender!
Chances are that somewhere in the galaxy, at some perspective, you would see the same thing :)
I was actually wondering what part of the sky that is, cause it didn't look familiar at all.
The first is never what the second can be Simone. There's a learning curve. The first time you tied your shoelaces do you imagine they stayed tied for long?
"Sell it to maximum security prisons." Lol.
People get rocks from me. Sometimes wire wrapped or polished or even raw minerals. The earth loves you and shares.
People like you make me want to participate next year. You and Simone.
Failure is always an option.
Normally, Norm introduces the others... not Simone though...lol
Timothy McDougald He's afraid of women
Great vid! And yes, LEDs are the best thing ever!!
mistakes mean you're trying and doing something... mistakes are opportunities to learn
This is what editing is for.
How nice to see a working Glowforge .... still waiting
Simone makes the best shoddy stuff.
With all the trillions of stars in the galaxy/universe there's a pretty good chance that from one viewpoint or another you'd get a star map that looks just like that.
You could just download an open source image of a constellation shrink it to fit properly then cut/drill out the pattern. You could also download a planetarium display set to the right time of year you want and do the same or Use the North Pole as a center hole and place the other stars in relationship to that and probably be able to display 80% of the Northern Hemisphere. Too close to the equator would probably be too difficult to map properly unless the finished model was much larger. PLEASE do not give up! Keep at it. You could also look into an array of mini LED's on a strip to make the wiring much easier or even use the a few LED arrays out of the cheap dollar store flashlights.
Some folks would recognize that your 'star map' look kinda mmm...the dots are too random and the sizes of the dots look wrong. But so what? Only someone knowing what star charts look like would recognize this. Your project is a lovely idea and a very thoughtful gift. Why not make one a little larger that shows well known constellations like the Polaris and the Big and Little dippers, the Southern Cross, Orion, and Casioppia for example. I'd buy at least one.
I wonder what the hances are that it is indeed a perfect representation of a starmap, considering there are so many stars and points of view. anyone?
I actually had a project for designing for laser cutting, and I designed a secret Santa present too haha
Still looks friggin sweet!
Neil DeGrasse Tyson would have noticed. It would have put you in the same boat with James Cameron. :)
Hay Simone........if you are going to make that by machine, rather than hand making it, maybe it would be better to use Adams lath to make the case in one peace, just a thought.
There's always a little bit of 'iteration' no matter how new the project seems. And really, as big as the universe is, that 'fake' star chart almost certainly looks pretty real from somewhere in the cosmos. Sorta like it's always beer:30 somewhere on this planet.
She said starchart is not starmap!
I'm sure there's a star cluster in some part of our galaxy that when viewed from a certain solar system that makes the one you did completely accurate!!!
so wait is this video basically Simone saying hey guy I made you that one without try but here's a fully fleshed out nice fancy one that I'm keeping lol
Just came here to see if I was the only one noticing and mentioning something about Simone's 'half red' rightside ear... Guess I was. Noticed it during the first few seconds. Intriging.
Once you see it it can't be unseen! ;o)
So Simone, WHY did you have a bright half red ear in the video (even before the mistake)?
Intrigued minds want to know, ya know?!
An infection from the piercing that she used to have in her ear cartilage(?)
If I could buy this I would, I don't even care that it's not a real star map.
she's so dam cute, smart, and innovative! I just wanna hug her!
What wood product are you using and where did you get it?
Judging from the QR-Code which you can see in one shot it seems to be one of the pre-fabricated materials offered by glowforge. With the QR code the laser knows which settings to use.
Thanks. Looks like some nicer material than I usually use for my laser so I was curious.
hehehe, this is great! nice idea and execution, for the most part anyway 🤓👍🏼
Even if it's random, somewhere in the universe there will be a viewpoint, likely a lot more than one, where stars will align perfectly with all the holes in your map.
Simply because there's no empty space in the sky, only stars to dim to see :D
Check twice cut once as my woodwork teacher preached
You should later cut your signature into it
nice Amazon echo case... by the way i love those shelves
why still not share the stuff :P it still looks nice
Shockingly enough.. I don't have a laser cutter. Cool vid though
Dear Simone, hello. Thanks.
What would happen if the laser cutter shined the laser beam on a finger? The same as with wood?
You would have a new nickname, Nine-fingers.
As someone who actually tested pointing a high-powered laser (still nowhere near a laser cutter, it was handheld) on his hand, this hurts like hell. It's like having a needle going through your body, but at a smaller point.
The laser in this video would probably cut the finger so deeply that it would have to be removed.
These laser cutters have safety interlock switches that shut off the beam if the door is open or someone tries to take them apart, kinda like a microwave oven. You'd have to work really hard to cut your finger off.
LOL. This was great.
Sweet !!! ............never doubt
I want one!!
Also Simone is so great :)
Is that a tattoo on your right bicep?
Yes. It's braille writing for the Swedish word "kissnödig"
Wait what? For the record, that translates into "needs to pee"
It is just a star map, as seen from some other planet.
"We've had some hiccups..."
Well I guess it's what happens when you don't burp in a video =P
where can I order one?
ummm....result?
I was hoping it was a kitten...
Yeah I noticed. I took astronomy. I was immediately trying to figure out what I was looking at. I was thinking man my memory must be faulty? Is this some weird southern hemisphere view I'm not familiar with?
Phew, her hands looked huge in the thumbnail, but they look normal now that the video started.
0:04 its like she surprised herself by her own name xD
It isn't our queen if she doesn't mess something up.
Don't Worry,Be Happy...
all I see is a block of wood with a bunch of holes in it
Just stop, you're not impressing anyone.
If I knew it was from Simone Giertz I would be extremely pleased to receive this.
The laser cutter used is a Glowforge glowforge.com/referred/?kid=EAA0A6
Damn it Simone, just let me teach you how to properly CaD things. A new world will open before your eyes!
Need to work on the upload schedule!
I love Simone
That's sick.
To make an addition to it I'd buy a cheap wireless charger, remove the casing and put all the electronic components in the star map thing.
Neil deGrasse Tyson would have noticed the star-chart problem, and if there's anyone you don't want to piss off, it's.... Neil. deGrasse. Tyson.
Do zodiac constellations because they're recognizable.
WTF is a starchart?
It's like a starmap, but not.
That's what I learned from Simone anyway.