What was 'The Thing'? (Weird Tech)

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Created by Daniel Turner

Narrator:

Chris Kane

Music Credit

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (by Liszt)

[march]

Soviets: *Activate U-2 Incident spells card*

US: *”The thing” spell trap card activated*

[thewitheringproduction]

*scientists looks at the microphone inside the seal*

scientist1: dafuq is this thing
scientist2: it's a thing

[troycalhoun]

USSR: "You have been spying on us!"
USA: *shows the seal*
"No u"

[whynot-tomorrow_]

lol, Russian tech in a nutshell: 'The scientists were baffled by its simplicity.'
xD

[dapperr]

I like how specific the names of these "things" are.

[richardlew]

Imagine the noises the Soviets must have heard if people were screwing around in the ambassador's office

[slaughterghoul]

2 videos in a day? You are just the best excellent history channel!

[Demonade_]

Soviet: "you have been spying on us!"
USA: *UNO reverse card* "the tides have turned"

[lukav]

i really love your ''simple history'' !

[wladi]

What many people don't know, the technology for "the Thing" was based on Leon Theremin's works on demodulation of Doppler Reflections, this technology is still strongly present today in laser microphones or laser speed pistols used by police.

Basically explained, when you aim a source of focused radiation(radio waves or laser) on a resonating membrane(radio: an antenna with a microphone, laser: a window or a mirror in the room) the reflected signal will return lower or higher depending on the movement of the membrane. Just like a ambulance not just passing by, but driving forward and backwards by the bystander. This reflections together with the source wavelength can be pretty easily demodulated back to audio.

As always: the genius lies in the simplicity.

[adyr]

USSR(U2 incident): "you've been spying on us!"
USA: "U2"

[doso]

Wow! I love learning about the stuff that has kinda slipped off the radar in history, but I have never heard such a thing as The Thing, in my life, until now of course. Thank you for giving me this knowledge, and you made it simple and easy too understand too. You just earned yourself a knew subscriber!

[ktjmitchell]

Soviet Union: YOU HAVE BEEN SPYING ON US!

United States: Uno Reverse Card

[borispavlov]

One of my relatives actually designed this bug. Léon Theremin. Thankyou very much for bringing this video to us. Its improtant to remember that shit like this was so new at that time no one ever thought of bugs back then. This "thing" created the entire modern spy world of putting bugs evrywere. Shame that such a great achivment is often forgoten.

[bohdanJ]

Please can you do the Chernobyl disaster

[wowee_]

imagine just 2 people in the room and they hear rumbling and they look up at the sign

person 1: "Hey do you hear that?"
person 2: "Yeah sounds like rumbling"
the sign: *soviet yelling and arguing*
person 2: "uhh"

[invschematics]

Soviets confirmed cheeki breeki material

[thedoortonowhere]

My family is impressed by how much I’m learning thanks to you (:

[ram]

Do a collab with extra history please!!

[secretslayer]

USSR: you were spying on us
US: *pulls out uno reverse card*