The Secret Genius of Modern Life - Series 2
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- Episode
- Vacuum Cleaner
- Broadcast Info
- 2023 (58 mins)
- Description
- Hannah takes a look at the vacuum cleaner, going behind the scenes with Dyson and discovering how the motor in their latest vacuum spins nine times faster than that of a Formula One race car. She finds out why a wheezy janitor in the 1900s took inspiration from a sewing machine to create the first popular portable vacuum. And she comes face to face with a colony of creepy crawlies whose job is to help us fight the filth.
- Genre
- Technology
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The Open University, "The Secret Genius of Modern Life - Series 2". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ou/search/index.php/prog/247379 (Accessed 10 Jan 2025)