Technology Connections
Season 6 Episode 8 - Chest Freezers; What they tell us about designing for X
2015
Documentary, Comedy
This video is super cool. We're talking about refrigeration, and how the design of a refrigerator affects its energy consumption. Freezers are the perfect place to see this in action, so let's take a look!
Episodes in Season 6
1
Holograms, Lasers & Boredom; the CED's march towards eventual invention (CED Part 4)
26 min
2
Old-fashioned rice cookers are extremely clever
11 min
3
Race to the finish; RCA's final gamble (CED Part 5)
28 min
4
Brown; color is weird
21 min
5
Teleprompters are clever, simple, and also pretty neat
10 min
6
The Computer-free Automation of a Jukebox (Electromechanics)
23 min
7
The Selection Accumulator; a Jukebox's Brain
29 min
8
Chest Freezers; What they tell us about designing for X
27 min
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