How Old-Fashioned Rice Cookers Use the Curie Point
Technology Connections · Explainer · YouTube title: Old-fashioned rice cookers are extremely clever
Why it's here
HN recommends it as a delightful breakdown of the cleverness in dumb appliances and an entry point to the channel.
What it covers
Technology Connections explains how old-fashioned non-electronic rice cookers work, using a magnet and spring switch tripped by the Curie point. It shows the thermodynamics and magnetism behind a simple appliance.