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  1. The Secret Life of the Fax Machine by ofgencow · · Score: 1 · on Why the Fax Machine Refuses To Die

    Get to know your fax machine! Classic geek examination of this device, from the TV series "The Secret Life of Machines".

    http://www.secretlifeofmachines.com/secret_life_of_the_fax_machine.shtml

    Watch the video: http://qt.exploratorium.edu/ronh/SLOM/SLOM_0301-The_FAX_Machine.m4v

  2. Re:On TV ... by Gordonjcp · · Score: 2 · on Britain's Oldest Working Television For Sale

    It's worth pointing out that on theSecret Life of Machines website it tell you that you are explicitly allowed to download copies from the Internet. It's worth getting all three series.

  3. Re:Power required to charge? by Gordonjcp · · Score: 1 · on Electric Car Goes 375 Miles On One 6-Minute Charge

    Watch this episode of The Secret Life of Machines. If you're in a hurry, skip to around 2:40 for a demonstration of the difference between gunpowder and petrol.

    Then go and download all three series from the Internet. It's okay to do that, because Tim Hunkin told you to do that.

  4. Re:'52 Citroen DS by poopdeville · · Score: 1 · on '09 Malibu Vs. '59 Bel Air Crash Test

    I'm not very familiar with Citroens at all. I know a little bit about their early history because of the "The Car" episode of "The Secret Life of Machines" (which really focuses on unibody construction). If I recall correctly, E.G. Budd was trying to form a car company c1939, but instead ended up selling dies (for pressing body panels) to all the major manufacturers. Citroen was the first of these in 1940.

    They've got video of a unibody Volkswagen-looking Citroen doing flips down sand dunes. The only thing that broke was the wind shield.

    http://www.secretlifeofmachines.com/the_tv_series.shtml

  5. THE SECRET LIFE OF MACHINES by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Science Documentaries for Youngsters?

    Fantastic 80s TV program from the UK which introduces how everyday objects work, starting with the vacuum cleaner, sewing machine, central heating, washing machines ...
    There are 18 30 minute episodes kindly made freely available for download by the orginal author.

    http://www.secretlifeofmachines.com/

    Highly recommended for techies of any age.

  6. Re:a Medium as powerful as TV by djrogers · · Score: 1 · on The Mythbusters Answer Your Questions
    Myth: the kind of programming that is on public access stations, which is...limiting and a bit of a waste for a medium that is as powerful as TV "The Secret Life of Machines" was a good show. I don't know about Mythbusters, never wasted my time watching it. http://www.secretlifeofmachines.com/
    Please don't confuse Public Access TV with Publicly funded TV - aka PBS. PBS has lots of talent and good programming, all at our (the taxpayer's) expense. Public Access is generally community funded tv that ANYONE can make a show for. Uncle Ernie's Tadpole Hour for example.
  7. The Secret life of machines (.com) by xtermin8 · · Score: 1 · on The Mythbusters Answer Your Questions

    http://www.secretlifeofmachines.com/ No explanation necessary

  8. a Medium as powerful as TV by xtermin8 · · Score: 1 · on The Mythbusters Answer Your Questions

    Myth: the kind of programming that is on public access stations, which is...limiting and a bit of a waste for a medium that is as powerful as TV "The Secret Life of Machines" was a good show. I don't know about Mythbusters, never wasted my time watching it. http://www.secretlifeofmachines.com/

  9. Re:My favorite London science musem link by 3waygeek · · Score: 1 · on Ingenious Tours of Science Museum Stores

    He also created & starred in The Secret Life of Machines, a TV series made for the UK's Channel 4, and occasionally re-run on the Science Channel (formerly Discovery Science).