The Antique Toaster that's Better than Yours

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What this video covers

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.

How the source describes its HN context

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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