Episode 1
Lessons from a Can Opener
Jan 14, 2022
If any of you have something to say about my hair, I'm gonna need you to can it. Unless you like it, then please shower me with compliments!
Episode 2
A troubling trend in lighting?
Mar 4, 2022
Is this a bright idea? Or will it eventually leave you in the dark?
Episode 3
Why Heat Pumps are Immensely Important Right Now
Mar 26, 2022
More pumping. More now.
Episode 4
Heat Pumps are Not Hard: Here's what it will take to start pumping
Apr 13, 2022
Is this the last video on heat pumps? Well, for a while anyway. This isn't a complete picture by any means, but I hope that you leave this video with the knowledge that this future is well within our grasp.
Episode 5
The Autochrome; Color photos? Just add potatoes.
Apr 26, 2022
For photos made with potatoes, these are remarkably good.
Episode 6
The tech which can charge an electric car in 10 minutes
May 13, 2022
It's here, it's fast, and when batteries catch up to it, road trips will be a piece of cake!
Episode 7
Why don't Americans use electric kettles?
Jun 1, 2022
It's not really a mystery.
Episode 8
Is Philips discontinuing their coolest warmest product?
Jun 22, 2022
Gonna take on a light subject today.
Episode 9
There are two types of smoke alarm. One of 'em ain't so good.
Jul 8, 2022
Which one is better? Now that's a burning question. Also, don't start tearing apart smoke alarms and playing with the americium. It's mostly harmless when outside your body but if it gets in there can be trouble.
Episode 10
The correcting feature of typewriters is not what I thought
Aug 2, 2022
I was really taken aback when I learned how this works.
Episode 11
Drip Coffee Makers — super simple, super cheap
Aug 11, 2022
Gather 'round the fire with some delicious cups of hot brown as I tell you the story of American hot brown.
Episode 12
A Complete Beginner's Guide to Electric Vehicles
Sep 9, 2022
That is what this video is. It's a lot simpler than you think!
Episode 13
This 1960's camera is powered by light and completely automatic
Sep 27, 2022
Amazing what you can do with a few photons here and there.
Episode 14
Old car headlights were all the same — which was a fairly bright idea
Oct 16, 2022
There will be highs, there will be lows, but they would always be the same. Until 1957 anyway.
Episode 15
This TV gadget censors bad words with 1980's tech
Nov 9, 2022
Think of the children!
Episode 16
The clever camera code on rolls of film
Nov 20, 2022
Yep. It's a video!
Episode 17
In Defense of the Switched Outlet
Nov 28, 2022
Seriously. It's a good idea!
Episode 18
The decorative lamp that's built wrong on purpose
Dec 12, 2022
The decorative lamp that's built wrong on purpose
Episode 19
Movies made sound with a light bulb: Sound-on-film
Dec 25, 2022
Movies made sound with a light bulb: Sound-on-film
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