Observed arrival · 2026-10-20
Visual Learning’s 15 machines, opened up
A collection of interactive explainers that uses everyday machines to show how their parts and mechanisms work.
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- Curious learners exploring how everyday machines work
- Worth noticing
- One figure uses a chocolate bar to measure light’s speed; the maker says displayed numbers come from the same formulas animating each machine.
Field notes
The collection is organized as 15 numbered figures, from espresso and vending machines to elevators and Rubik’s cubes. Each teaser poses a concrete mechanism question: why a claw-machine prize slips, how a smoke alarm keeps its light and sensor apart, or why a washing machine contains concrete. The maker credits @elvar_official and says the drawings were made in code with Claude Code, using the MIT-licensed iso kit from wheresryan22/anatomy.
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○OpenPublic substance visible
✦PrettyNotable craft visible
●ProPolished or operationally mature
◎NicheUnusually specific use
◉HumanPersonal, local, civic, or handmade
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