How Things Work Documentaries

How everyday things are made, and why the world works the way it does.

Topics

The Secret Spy Tech Inside Every Credit Card (29 min, Veritasium)
Automata: The Extraordinary "Robots" Designed Hundreds Of Years Ago | Mechanical Marvels (59 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
How Does A Carburetor Work? (25 min, Smarter Every Day)
How Electricity Actually Works (25 min, Veritasium)
How Do Night Vision Goggles Work? (27 min, Veritasium)
This TRANSPARENT ENGINE is Fascinating (How Engines Work) - Smarter Every Day 292 (25 min, Smarter Every Day)
What happens when 2 Weedeaters Hit Each Other? (28,000 fps SLOW MOTION) - Smarter Every Day 255 (18 min, Smarter Every Day)
Mega Diesel Engine | Exceptional Engineering (48 min, Free Documentary)
The Hidden Engineering of Runways (19 min, Practical Engineering)
Why Are Cooling Towers Shaped Like That? (20 min, Practical Engineering)
Mechanical circuits: electronics without electricity (19 min, Steve Mould)
I got buried in concrete to explain how it works (24 min, Veritasium)
What's Under Your Feet in New York City? (23 min, Practical Engineering)
The Most Confusing Part of the Power Grid (22 min, Practical Engineering)
How Apple AirPods Work (18 min, Real Engineering)
Handheld TESLA COIL GUN at 28,000fps - Smarter Every Day 162 (11 min, Smarter Every Day)
We should use this amazing mechanism that's inside a grasshopper leg (19 min, Steve Mould)
Fantastic DIY Speakers for less than $30! (31 min, Tech Ingredients)
How Electricity Works - for visual learners (19 min, The Engineering Mindset)
This is why we can't have nice things (18 min, Veritasium)
Traffic Lights Are So Much Weirder Than You Realize (18 min, Be Smart)
Crumbling Superpower: America's Fatal Infrastructure Crisis (53 min, ENDEVR)
How does an Electric Motor work? (DC Motor) (9 min, Jared Owen)
The Amazing Engineering of Rescue Helicopters - Smarter Every Day 289 (29 min, Smarter Every Day)
Why This Circuit Works When It Shouldn’t (21 min, The Engineering Mindset)
The Perfect Battery Material Is Dangerous (35 min, Veritasium)
The Los Angeles Aqueduct is Wild (23 min, Practical Engineering)
Recreating an Ancient Pump (with no moving parts) (13 min, Practical Engineering)
The Uncertain Future of Jet Fuel (25 min, Real Engineering)
1,074 MPH BASEBALL vs. 1 Gallon of Mayonnaise - Smarter Every Day 264 (28 min, Smarter Every Day)
Explosive Bat in Slow Motion Ft. Stuff Made Here - Smarter Every Day 245 (22 min, Smarter Every Day)
How Weed Eaters Work (at 62,000 FRAMES PER SECOND) - Smarter Every Day 236 (19 min, Smarter Every Day)
World's Second Best Speakers! (53 min, Tech Ingredients)
MOSFET Explained - How MOSFET Works (20 min, The Engineering Mindset)
The Biggest Misconception About Electricity (15 min, Veritasium)
Making toilet paper moonshine (37 min, NileRed)
Can you actually smell metal? (31 min, NileRed)
Making raspberry perfume (28 min, NileRed)
Making Soap (21 min, NileRed)
What Everyone Sees... But I Don't (The Johari Window) - Smarter Every Day 314 (29 min, Smarter Every Day)
How Disc Golf Discs Are Made (MVP Manufacturing Tour) - Smarter Every Day 301 (33 min, Smarter Every Day)
How Do Cicadas Make Noise? (In Slow Motion) - Smarter Every Day 299 (23 min, Smarter Every Day)
I Struck A Match With a Bullet (380,117 frames per second SlowMo) - Smarter Every Day 294 (20 min, Smarter Every Day)
The Mind-Blowing Machines that Stamp Millions of Metal Parts - Smarter Every Day 288 (59 min, Smarter Every Day)
How Carburetors are Made (Basically Magic) - Holley Factory Tour (30 min, Smarter Every Day)
HOW IT WORKS | Maple Syrup, Batteries, Ham, Pencil Sharpeners | Episode 17 (23 min, Free Documentary)
Making superconductors (46 min, NileRed)
The microwave plasma mystery (28 min, NileRed)
Turning my own pee into an artificial sweetener (19 min, NileRed)
Bullets HITTING Bullets in Slow Motion - THE IMPOSSIBLE SHOT - Smarter Every Day 287 (35 min, Smarter Every Day)
GOING SUPERSONIC with U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds! Pulling 7 G's in an F-16 -Smarter Every Day 235 (30 min, Smarter Every Day)
Two Vortex Rings Colliding in SLOW MOTION - Smarter Every Day 195 (9 min, Smarter Every Day)
We made electricity from water - and it's easy! (19 min, Tech Ingredients)
Capacitors Explained - The basics how capacitors work working principle (9 min, The Engineering Mindset)
Making aerogel (44 min, NileRed)
Everything About Disc Golf Aerodynamics - Smarter Every Day 313 (92 min, Smarter Every Day)
The Incredibly Unique Triple Barreled Pistol... - Smarter Every Day 304 (20 min, Smarter Every Day)
How Does NASA Practice Landing on the Moon? - Smarter Every Day 252 (27 min, Smarter Every Day)
Why Laminar Flow is AWESOME - Smarter Every Day 208 (14 min, Smarter Every Day)
Why Circuit Breakers DON'T Protect People (electric shocks) (18 min, The Engineering Mindset)