The Making of a Mile of Pi - Numberphile
Numberphile partners with HSA Systems to print 1 million digits of the mathematical constant Pi on a single piece of paper.
Numberphile, a YouTube channel dedicated to videos about numbers, partnered with HP Specialty Printing Systems OEM customer HSA Systems to print one million digits of the mathematical constant Pi on a single piece of paper.
Powered by HP Thermal Inkjet 2.5 technology, Denmark-based HSA Systems brought Numberphile’s quirky idea to life using only one HP Durable Black print cartridge – just 8 mL of ink – and one roll of brown 70gsm Kraft Paper in 40 minutes. The number was formatted in eight point Courier New font.
“HP ink withstood challenging U.K. weather conditions like wind, rain and mist, and the last digit was printed as clear as the first one,” said Brady Haran, filmmaker and video journalist, Numberphile. “This is a remarkable proof point for the reliability, consistency and efficiency of Original HP inks.”
This unique project has already been rated as a world record by an independent mathematical professor, and its official application for the Guinness Book of World Records has been submitted.
MAIN VIDEO: http://youtu.be/0r3cEKZiLmg Behind the scenes and more information about our "Mile of Pi" film.
More Pi videos from Numberphile: http://bit.ly/PiPlaylist
Film by Brady Haran
Our thanks to HP and HSA Systems.
Extra special thanks to Hugh McPartlan, Torben Dam Jensen, Jesper Hyldager and Jon Kenny. Presenter: Matt Parker Most music: Alan Stewart Extra cameras: James Hennessy and Ed Fielden.
Runway unrolling crew: Hugh McPartlan, Jon Kenny, Sue McPartlan, Pete McPartlan, Dave Pentelow, Scott Pentelow, Josh Pentelow, Jacob Bateson and CGP Grey. Paper courtesy of Millingtons.
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