# The Space Time Continuum with Fran Blanche

- Show: [The Amp Hour](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour)
- Published: 2021-05-05
- Length: 1h 32m
- Episode: 540
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2021-05-05-the-space-time-continuum-with-fran-blanche
- Listen: https://theamphour.com/540-the-space-time-continuum-with-fran-blanche/

## Summary

Fran Blanche of the Fran Lab discusses his move to a new live-work industrial lab in Philadelphia, the financial realities of YouTube production, and his collection of vintage display technology. He shares his theory on the space-time continuum, suggesting that time dilation due to gravity explains cosmic redshift, and reflects on the challenges of content creation, algorithm visibility, and the physical decay of old electronics.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2021-05-05-the-space-time-continuum-with-fran-blanche#t=0) Introduction and Lab Move
- [3:50](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2021-05-05-the-space-time-continuum-with-fran-blanche#t=230) Solar Energy and Philadelphia Politics
- [3:50](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2021-05-05-the-space-time-continuum-with-fran-blanche#t=230) New Lab, Storage, and Financial Overhead
- [3:50](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2021-05-05-the-space-time-continuum-with-fran-blanche#t=230) Pandemic Survival and Community
- [48:55](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2021-05-05-the-space-time-continuum-with-fran-blanche#t=2935) Vintage Displays and Media History
- [1:09:20](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2021-05-05-the-space-time-continuum-with-fran-blanche#t=4160) YouTube Algorithm and Creator Collaboration
- [1:21:51](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2021-05-05-the-space-time-continuum-with-fran-blanche#t=4911) Space-Time Theory and Cosmology

## Topics

- [Direct-to-consumer & e-commerce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/direct-to-consumer)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Energy & climate tech](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/energy-and-climate-tech)
- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)
- [Sourcing & supply chain](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sourcing-and-supply-chain)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- EEV blog (company)
- Fran Lab (company)
- IEEE (company)
- Raytheon (company)
- Stanley (product)
- Delco (product)
- HP (company)
- Nemo tube (product)
- Saturn F1 engine (product)
- Big Clive (other)
- Electroboom (other)
- Adam Savage (other)
- Tested (company)
- Blulu (other)
- Yibyab (other)
- Zibzorb (other)
- Franklin Institute (company)
- Smithsonian (company)
- SpaceX (company)
- Tesla (company)

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