PickVidsBest Consumer devices & gadgets Videos
The 199 Consumer devices & gadgets videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 5 introductory, 23 intermediate, 166 for a general viewer, and 5 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are a demo. What they share is that you see the result first and only then decide whether to follow the detail. Channels you will keep seeing include Linus Tech Tips, Technology Connections, Louis Rossmann.
Detergent packs are kinda wishy-washy (Dishwashers Explained)
Technology Connections explains how dishwashers work, why detergent pods underperform powder, and how to use the pre-wash and main-wash compartments.
Behind the Scenes of iOS Security
Apple security head Ivan Krstic gives a Black Hat 2016 talk on iOS security, covering HomeKit, Auto Unlock and iCloud Keychain.
The Antique Toaster that's Better than Yours
Technology Connections takes apart a 1940s Sunbeam Radiant Control toaster.
Guarding Against Physical Attacks: The Xbox One Story — Tony Chen, Microsoft
Microsoft's Tony Chen explains how the Xbox One was designed to resist physical attacks, including secure boot, encrypted memory, a security processor and a hypervisor.
BOLTR: Juicero, Cold Press Juicer for Rich Weirdos
AvE tears down the Juicero cold-press juicer, examining its heavily machined parts, electronics and the pricey juice packs.
Drip Coffee Makers — super simple, super cheap
Technology Connections explains how the simple American drip coffee maker works, including the bimetal valve and bubble-pump heating, and compares the original Mr.
MiniDisc - An Appreciation
Techmoan's 45-minute retrospective on Sony's MiniDisc, covering the first and last machines, ATRAC, MD-LP, Net-MD and HiMD.
clojure.core/typing - Matt Adereth
Matt Adereth's Clojure/conj talk covers the history of keyboards and how he used Clojure generating OpenSCAD to design and build his custom Dactyl ergonomic keyboard, including 3D printing and laser-cut parts.
E-Ink for Productivity: An Introduction
Technology Connections gives first impressions of using an Onyx Boox Max2 e-ink tablet for productivity, including using it as an external display.
A Look Inside Apple's $130 USB-C Cable
Adam Savage and engineer Zach Radding examine Lumafield CT scans of Apple's $130 Thunderbolt 4 cable alongside cheaper USB-C cables.
iPhone 1 - Steve Jobs MacWorld keynote in 2007 - Full Presentation, 80 mins
The full 80-minute Macworld 2007 keynote in which Steve Jobs introduced the original iPhone.
Cassettes - better than you don't remember
Techmoan's beginner introduction to the compact cassette, testing metal tapes and Dolby S noise reduction on a Sony TC-S1 deck.
E-paper hacking: fastest possible refresh rate
Ben Krasnow of Applied Science explains how electrophoretic e-paper displays work and how he modified the driver firmware and waveform lookup tables of a 4.2-inch panel to reach roughly 3Hz partial refresh.
Portable Air Conditioners - Why you shouldn't like them
Technology Connections explains why single-hose portable air conditioners are inefficient and often a poor choice compared with window units.
Vintage Electronics - The Tefifon
Techmoan demonstrates the Tefifon, a vintage German audio player that combines elements of record and tape with a grooved elastic loop.
The Death of Affordable Computing | Tariffs Impact & Investigation
A long Gamers Nexus investigation into how volatile US tariffs affect the computer hardware industry.
iPhone Magnifier and Voice over
Kristy Viers demonstrates the iPhone Magnifier combined with VoiceOver to describe the user's surroundings.
Nokia Morph Concept (long)
A concept video from Nokia Research Center and Cambridge Nanoscience Center showing Morph, a flexible, self-cleaning, shape-changing phone imagined through nanotechnology.
LED Experiments: Making Holiday Lights Less Garish
Technology Connections experiments with filtering white and colored LEDs to make holiday lights look less garish.
Getting GPLv2 Compliance From A Chinese Company- In Person!
Naomi Wu visits the Shenzhen offices of smartphone maker UMIDIGI in person to get them to release source code they owed under the GPLv2, and they comply.
How GPS Works, And How It Got Better Than The Designers Ever Imagined
Scott Manley covers how GPS works and how civilian accuracy went from a planned 100 meters to about one meter.
E-Ink on Android, and other new things!
A Technology Connections update video in which Alec Watson tests an Onyx Boox Max e-ink Android tablet used as an external display and shares channel news.
I could hardly believe my eyes! - Looking Glass Holographic Monitor
Linus Tech Tips reviews the Looking Glass 8K holographic display, a glasses-free 3D monitor.
Weird webcam mod that enables eye-contact conversation
DIY Perks builds a webcam mod using a two-way mirror in a box so the camera sits behind the screen image.