Episodes
Lessons from a Can Opener
January 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!
A troubling trend in lighting?
March 4, 2022
Is this a bright idea? Or will it eventually leave you in the dark?
Why Heat Pumps are Immensely Important Right Now
March 26, 2022
More pumping. More now.
Heat Pumps are Not Hard: Here's what it will take to start pumping
April 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.
The Autochrome; Color photos? Just add potatoes.
April 26, 2022
For photos made with potatoes, these are remarkably good.
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!
Why don't Americans use electric kettles?
June 1, 2022
It's not really a mystery.
Is Philips discontinuing their coolest warmest product?
June 22, 2022
Gonna take on a light subject today.
There are two types of smoke alarm. One of 'em ain't so good.
July 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.
The correcting feature of typewriters is not what I thought
August 2, 2022
I was really taken aback when I learned how this works.
Drip Coffee Makers — super simple, super cheap
August 11, 2022
Gather 'round the fire with some delicious cups of hot brown as I tell you the story of American hot brown.
A Complete Beginner's Guide to Electric Vehicles
September 9, 2022
That is what this video is. It's a lot simpler than you think!
This 1960's camera is powered by light and completely automatic
September 27, 2022
Amazing what you can do with a few photons here and there.
Old car headlights were all the same — which was a fairly bright idea
October 16, 2022
There will be highs, there will be lows, but they would always be the same. Until 1957 anyway.
This TV gadget censors bad words with 1980's tech
November 9, 2022
Think of the children!
The clever camera code on rolls of film
November 20, 2022
Yep. It's a video!
In Defense of the Switched Outlet
November 28, 2022
Seriously. It's a good idea!
The decorative lamp that's built wrong on purpose
December 12, 2022
The decorative lamp that's built wrong on purpose
Movies made sound with a light bulb: Sound-on-film
December 25, 2022
Movies made sound with a light bulb: Sound-on-film
