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Engineering & making (other) Videos Recommended on Hacker News (27)

Engineering & making (other) is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 27 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2013 and 2026 — 51 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.

Other engineering and hands-on topics: miscellaneous engineering explainers, product safety, inventions, patents and quirky devices.

Why HN keeps sending people here — on Longer-lasting light bulbs: it was complicated: “highly recommended if you want an engineers perspective, with no 'great conspiracy' hype.” — an HN commenter, 2024.

7 mo on HN

Longer-lasting light bulbs: it was complicated

Technology Connections
9 HN recommender · 2023–2026
5 mo on HN

Your dishwasher is better than you think (tips, tricks, and how they work)

Technology Connections
6 HN recommender · 2024–2026
4 mo on HN

British Plugs Are Better Than All Other Plugs, And Here's Why

Tom Scott
3 HN recommender · 2019–2025
4 mo on HN

Construction of the 10000 year clock - Alexander Rose (SETI Talks)

SETI Institute
3 HN recommender · 2015–2019
3 mo on HN

The Secret Life of the Vacuum Cleaner - Remastered

tim hunkin
3 HN recommender · 2021–2026
3 mo on HN

Old car headlights were all the same — which was a fairly bright idea

Technology Connections
4 HN recommender · 2022–2023
3 mo on HN

Glitter Bomb 1.0 vs Porch Pirates

Mark Rober
3 HN recommender · 2018–2024
3 mo on HN

Miniatur Wunderland *** official video *** largest model railway / railroad of the world

Miniatur Wunderland
3 HN recommender · 2017–2022
3 mo on HN

The Secret Life of Machines - Vacuum Cleaners 1/2

Buddy Runyan
3 HN recommender · 2017–2020
2 mo on HN

Horrific USB power supply fault. (Electrocution risk.)

bigclivedotcom
2 HN recommender · 2016–2024
2 mo on HN

Saw Stop - This guy puts a finger into an active table saw blade & comes away without a scratch!

Anthony Prezutti Comedy Mentalist
2 HN recommender · 2015–2018
2 mo on HN

Well There's Your Problem | Episode 28: Goiânia Incident

Well There's Your Problem Podcast
2 HN recommender · 2021–2023
2 mo on HN

Amazon Sells Fake Electrical Fuses

Louis Rossmann
2 HN recommender · 2024–2026
2 mo on HN

This Arcade Game is a SCAM (I have proof)

Mark Rober
2 HN recommender · 2019–2023
1 mo on HN

Self-filling water bottle: BUSTED!

Thunderf00t
1 HN recommend · 2021–2022
1 mo on HN

Glitter Bomb 2.0 vs Porch Pirates

Mark Rober
1 HN recommend · 2022–2024
1 mo on HN

Glitterbomb 3.0 vs. Porch Pirates

Mark Rober
1 HN recommend · 2020–2024
1 mo on HN

Volvo Trucks - Emergency braking at its best!

Volvo Trucks
1 HN recommend · 2013–2015
0 mo on HN

What Happens When Ammo Burns? Sporting Ammunition and the Fire Fighter | SAAMI.org

NSSF—The Firearm Industry Trade Association
0 HN recommender · 2014–2020
0 mo on HN

Delta P

Sean Roos
0 HN recommender · 2016–2024
0 mo on HN

[842] Picked in 2 Seconds! Amazon’s Choice “High Security Padlock”

LockPickingLawyer
0 HN recommender · 2019–2022
0 mo on HN

Flyboard® Air Test 1

ZAPATA
0 HN recommender · 2016–2017
0 mo on HN

The touch lamp; a neat idea, and older than you'd think!

Technology Connections
0 HN recommender · 2020–2022
0 mo on HN

Paramedic Mountain Rescue!

Gravity Industries
0 HN recommender · 2020–2022
0 mo on HN

Car Thieves vs the Almost Final GlitterBomb 5.0

Mark Rober
0 HN recommender · 2022–2023
0 mo on HN

Tank Safety: Hydrogen Tank Gunshot | Toyota

Toyota USA
0 HN recommender · 2021–2024
0 mo on HN

Peloton Tread+ Treadmill Safety Incident

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
0 HN recommender · 2021–2022