This is a clip from the BBC’s ‘The Secret Genius of Modern Life’ explaining why sausages work to use touchscreens (I thought it was because they look enough like fingers to fool the screen), and how touchscreens actually work. Whatever happened to magic being an acceptable answer? Hidden beneath your

This is a video from Youtuber Animagraffs detailing what every button, switch, knob, screen, lever, and control device in a modern airliner cockpit does. SPOILER: nothing, they’re all just for show and were specifically designed to convince passengers that airplanes are flown via complex technology and not the fact there’s

In valuable information news, this is a video from the Science Channel taking a deep, stinking dive into the physics and engineering behind how toilets work. It was fascinating. And by fascinating I mean I already knew how toilets work. So, if you don’t feel like watching the video but

This is a video from Business Insider detailing the process by which Dutch company Fruitleather makes vegan leather from mangoes that didn’t pass quality control from a fruit importer (which they get for free!). The process basically involves removing the seeds, pureeing the fruit and introducing a proprietary mix of

Curiousity: it may kill cats, but it won’t stop you from putting lights, a GoPro, and a 360-degree camera inside a washing machine to see how it works when its on. Me? I already know how my dishwasher works: with elbow grease — I pick up the brush and I