The Antique Toaster that's Better than Yours

Technology Connections takes apart a 1940s Sunbeam Radiant Control toaster. It senses the toast's own browning and lowers and raises it automatically using purely mechanical parts and no electronics.

HN 推荐的原因： HN returns to it again and again as a favorite example of elegant, chip-free mechanical engineering that beats modern toasters.

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