This entire series of programs is brilliant, and watching re-runs of it on TLC (remember when they showed actual educational programming?) was one of my inspirations for being an engineer. It was produced at time which I would characterize as a technological "sweet spot" where most of the technologies and appliances we rely on today had been invented, but everything had yet to become digitized and computerized so it could still be explained even without covering digital computers in any detail (well, except the program on computers of course).
Thanks for posting that I had a memory of the series the other day which I presumably saw 24 years ago and couldn't for the life of me remember what the thing was called.
Fortunately I have the full collection in my media files. I watch it often and although it dated it's the seminal TV production for "How to do something and why".
Personally my favorites are the Elevator and the Vacuum.
I also think my entire choice of career, and thus readship here, is due to this series. If you're ever near Lowestoft UK, Tim Hunkin the presenter has an interactive installation of many of his coin operated arcade games. http://www.underthepier.com
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[ 4.6 ms ] story [ 19.3 ms ] threadPersonally my favorites are the Elevator and the Vacuum.