S18E6 · Pipe Cleaners, Blue Stilton Cheese, Smart Electric Meters, Telescopes

Pipe Cleaners, Blue Stilton Cheese, Smart Electric Meters, Telescopes

S18E6 · 2011-10-18 · 21 min

Soft fibres are trapped between twisting wires to produce flexible pipe cleaners. Cultured milk is coagulated, drained and pierced so the characteristic blue mould can develop in Stilton cheese; electronic measuring components are calibrated inside smart electric meters; and precisely shaped lenses or mirrors are aligned within telescope bodies.

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