Difference between revisions of "The Secret Life of Machines"

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Download the complete TV series by Tim Hunkin
18 episodes of tinkering and inspiring dissertation

Preview at Google Video: The Secret Life of Machines
Preview at YouTube: The Secret Life of Machines

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Series 1 (1988)

• THE VACUUM CLEANER
• THE SEWING MACHINE
• THE CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEM
• THE WASHING MACHINE
• THE REFRIGERATOR
• THE TELEVISION SET

Series 2 (1991)

• THE CAR (mainly the bodyshell)
• THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
• THE QUARTZ WATCH
• THE TELEPHONE
• THE RADIO
• THE VIDEO RECORDER

Series 3 (1993)

• THE FAX MACHINE
• THE LIFT (elevator)
• THE WORD PROCESSOR
• THE ELECTRIC LIGHT
• THE PHOTOCOPIER
• THE OFFICE

Subtitles for deaf and hearing impaired viewers

Unzip the files in the same directory as the videos and use a SubRip compatible player like VLC media player to play the videos and view the subtitles. The files are in text format and are also useful for searching and as transcripts.

• http://www.sciencezero.org/download/slomsubtitles.zip (213kB)

Video players

• Microsoft MediaPlayer 11 plays the videos fine: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia
• If you need another mediaplayer capable of handling the videos: http://www.videolan.org
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