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The Secret Life of Machines - Vacuum Cleaners 1/2

Buddy Runyan · documentary · Watch on YouTube

Mechanical & precision engineeringHome, DIY & practical skillsEngineering & making (other)

What it is

Part 1 of an episode of the British educational TV series The Secret Life of Machines, about how vacuum cleaners work and their history. It mixes humor with explanation of household technology.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends the series as an entertaining way to learn how everyday machines work, enough to start debugging them.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2020

What HN commenters said

  1. “There is a great TV series called”

    TV series on inventions that changed the world.

    euoia, 2017-06 · Recommendation · in “The far-reaching effects of air conditioning”

  2. “You might also be interested in”

    Series explaining how household machines work.

    eesmith, 2017-11 · Recommendation · in “America’s flat-Earth movement appears to be growing – Daily chart”

  3. “These overviews give you just enough knowledge to start debugging a broken household machine.”

    Overviews of household machines enough to start debugging them.

    throwaway829, 2020-04 · Recommendation · in “Connections Episode 1: The Trigger Effect (1978) [video]”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: vacuum cleaners, how machines work, tim hunkin, british tv, engineering history

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