Consumer Devices & Gadgets Videos Hacker News Recommends

explainer#56

Detergent packs are kinda wishy-washy (Dishwashers Explained)

Technology Connections

“I highly recommend you watch this video by Technology connections[1], I too used to think I had to rinse my dishes before putting them in the machine.”

15 HN recommenders · 2021–2025

talk#59

Behind the Scenes of iOS Security

Black Hat

“if you haven't watched the talk at Black Hat I'd highly recommend it”

9 HN recommenders · 2016–2026

explainer#105

The Antique Toaster that's Better than Yours

Technology Connections

“In case you haven't seen this video of a toaster from the 60s before, you're in for a treat”

12 HN recommenders · 2019–2025

talk#351

Guarding Against Physical Attacks: The Xbox One Story — Tony Chen, Microsoft

Platform Security Summit

“This is a very interesting talk from Microsoft about how they made Xbox immune to physical attacks”

8 HN recommenders · 2019–2026

demo#409

BOLTR: Juicero, Cold Press Juicer for Rich Weirdos

AvE

“A beautiful technical / engineering take on why Juicero failed”

6 HN recommenders · 2017–2026

explainer#772

Drip Coffee Makers — super simple, super cheap

Technology Connections

“Anyone interested in how the traditional american coffee maker works should watch this.”

7 HN recommenders · 2022–2024

documentary#808

MiniDisc - An Appreciation

Techmoan

“Wonderful video about the format”

5 HN recommenders · 2019–2023

talk#836

clojure.core/typing - Matt Adereth

ClojureTV

“it is a fantastic talk but the part related to this starts at 17:35”

4 HN recommenders · 2016–2023

demo#864

E-Ink for Productivity: An Introduction

Technology Connextras

“Technology Connections on youtube tried to use an eink display and thoroughly described his experiences.”

4 HN recommenders · 2020–2024

explainer#871

A Look Inside Apple's $130 USB-C Cable

Adam Savage’s Tested

“if you're interested in why the Thunderbolt cable costs more than charging cables, some folks put one through a CT scanner recently”

6 HN recommenders · 2023–2026

talk#920

iPhone 1 - Steve Jobs MacWorld keynote in 2007 - Full Presentation, 80 mins

Protectstar Inc.

“I consider AlphaGo - The Movie [1] to be a timeless classic that will never feel outdated.”

4 HN recommenders · 2020–2025

explainer#951

Cassettes - better than you don't remember

Techmoan

“They are more than capable of sounding great with the right tools.”

5 HN recommenders · 2016–2025

tutorial#1068

E-paper hacking: fastest possible refresh rate

Applied Science

“Here's a fascinating video on how these displays work, and how you can modify the firmware of the driver to get faster refresh rates”

4 HN recommenders · 2018–2021

explainer#1109

Portable Air Conditioners - Why you shouldn't like them

Technology Connections

“If you are in the market for a portable AC I highly recommend you watch this video first”

5 HN recommenders · 2020–2026

demo#1400

Vintage Electronics - The Tefifon

Techmoan

“My gateway video was the one on the Tefifon”

3 HN recommenders · 2016–2018

tutorial#1530

iPhone Magnifier and Voice over

Kristy Viers

“It describes the scene, tells you how many faces are visible, whether or not the image is focused, lighting conditions.”

3 HN recommenders · 2021–2022

demo#1594

Nokia Morph Concept (long)

Alexander Budde

“I have just watched the video about it [2] again and I am still as excited about it as I was 11 years ago.”

3 HN recommenders · 2011–2025

demo#1633

LED Experiments: Making Holiday Lights Less Garish

Technology Connections

“we can't talk about LED christmas lights without linking to this video by tech connections”

3 HN recommenders · 2021–2024

commentary#1675

Getting GPLv2 Compliance From A Chinese Company- In Person!

Naomi Wu

“I wish more people had the nerve to do that instead of letting it slide.”

3 HN recommenders · 2021–2024

explainer#1812

How GPS Works, And How It Got Better Than The Designers Ever Imagined

Scott Manley

“Scott Manley has a nice video covering the history of GPS and how it works, well worth a watch”

3 HN recommenders · 2023–2025

demo#1871

E-Ink on Android, and other new things!

Technology Connections

“Technology Connections on youtube tried to use an eink display and thoroughly described his experiences.”

3 HN recommenders · 2020

demo#1881

I could hardly believe my eyes! - Looking Glass Holographic Monitor

Linus Tech Tips

“Linus Tech Tips covered them before that gives a pretty good overview”

3 HN recommenders · 2020–2024

tutorial#1902

Weird webcam mod that enables eye-contact conversation

DIY Perks

“it's a really interesting DIY solution to ensuring eye contact when video conferencing.”

5 HN recommenders · 2020–2026

tutorial#2044

Design Your Own Keyboard!

Ben Vallack

“It's targeting a split keyboard, but I think it details the general steps involved pretty well.”

3 HN recommenders · 2022–2023

explainer#2110

The Antique Microwave Oven that's Better than Yours

Technology Connections

“it explains how microwaves use a humidity probe to sense steam escaping from say a microwave-popcorn bag to determine when its done.”

7 HN recommenders · 2020–2025

tutorial#2139

The Best Easy Way to Capture Analog Video (it's a little weird)

Technology Connections

“does some good coverage of capturing/converting analogue video - hardware choices make huge difference.”

3 HN recommenders · 2019–2022

talk#2226

The Art of the Bodge: How I Made The Emoji Keyboard

Tom Scott

“I saw a good talk on it from Tom Scott some time ago[0] which I think is relevant.”

4 HN recommenders · 2018–2024

documentary#2276

How I Upgraded My iPhone Memory 800% - in Shenzhen, China

Strange Parts

“it gives such a cool sense of Shenzhen as a place to make and modify things”

3 HN recommenders · 2018–2021

explainer#2281

The Smartphone CPU Review You NEED to Watch!

Geekerwan

“explores the power efficiency graphs and that's probably what most phone users really want”

4 HN recommenders · 2022–2023

demo#2303

This AI actually WORKS!!! - NVIDIA RTX Voice

ShortCircuit

“It's really pretty impressive, here's a demo”

2 HN recommenders · 2021–2024

demo#2310

Applied Sciences Group: High Performance Touch

Microsoft Research

“It shows the difference between from >100ms to ~1ms. It's mind baffling.”

3 HN recommenders · 2012–2024

talk#2418

Sensor Fusion on Android Devices: A Revolution in Motion Processing

Google TechTalks

“I'm always happy to share this incredible lecture from many many years ago”

2 HN recommenders · 2012–2026

demo#2466

Steve Jobs introduces iPhone in 2007

John Schroter

“If you want to se the ultimate MVP demo of a product look no further than the 2007 introduction of the Apple iPhone”

3 HN recommenders · 2020–2025

demo#2527

Microsoft "Courier" secret tablet

Neowin

“It has also been my personal gold standard of a superb video demo.”

2 HN recommenders · 2010–2021

demo#2644

The 8pen

8pen

“It was absolutely, hands down without question, the most accurate way to quickly enter text into a phone using only a screen.”

2 HN recommenders · 2022–2025

commentary#2659

Why I don't use Apple products

Louis Rossmann

“I love Louis Rossman's video about why he does not use Apple products.”

2 HN recommenders · 2017–2021

documentary#2663

The People's Republic of The Future

Bloomberg Originals

“ran across this video and it absolutely blew me away.”

2 HN recommenders · 2019–2022

documentary#2667

GENERAL MAGIC - Official Trailer

General Magic and the Soul of Tech

“Highly recommend the documentary on General Magic.”

2 HN recommenders · 2021–2025

talk#2672

Steve Jobs iPhone 2007 Presentation (HD)

Jonathan

“this is one of the best presentations ever”

2 HN recommenders · 2013–2023

demo#2708

This is the WORST Monitor Ever...ON PURPOSE! - Dasung PaperlikeU E-Ink Monitor

Linus Tech Tips

“I do think the videos do a a good job of showing how the monitors feel.”

2 HN recommenders · 2023–2024

demo#2710

Smarter than a Smart TV! (Raspberry Pi Inside)

Jeff Geerling

“Jeff Geerling talks about how great a TV his non-TV is.”

2 HN recommenders · 2022–2023

commentary#2776

We need to talk about failing keyboards on these new Macbooks.

Louis Rossmann

“Its eye opening seeing a keyboard replacement being performed”

2 HN recommenders · 2018–2019

other#2808

A Day Made of Glass... Made possible by Corning. (2011)

Corning Incorporated

“has far more every day examples we can all believe in”

2 HN recommenders · 2012–2019

commentary#2870

The horrible truth about Apple's repeated engineering failures.

Louis Rossmann

“Louis Rossmann made a video highlighting a lot of the engineering problems with Apple laptops.”

2 HN recommenders · 2018–2023

comedy#2881

Nest Protect is a terrible buggy product

Brad Fitzpatrick

“on an artistic level it is really well done, it is an epic battle between human and machine.”

2 HN recommenders · 2015–2025

explainer#2883

Blue Bubbles vs Green Bubbles: Explained!

Marques Brownlee

“Marques Brownlee has a video[0] that discusses the technical, commercial, and social aspects.”

2 HN recommenders · 2022–2023

talk#2936

My personal fight against the modern laptop

linux conf au 2017 - Hobart, Australia

“Here's the presentation by the author himself at linux.conf.au”

2 HN recommenders · 2017–2025

demo#2961

Conventional Keyboards Are STAGGERINGLY STUPID!

Ben Vallack

“These videos [2][3] from Ben Vallack demonstrate this nicely.”

2 HN recommenders · 2021–2022