How a mobile phone touchscreen works with a SAUSAGE 🌭 The Secret Genius of Modern Life - BBC

[@arthurgordon6072]

Anything with Hannah Fry and I'm there!

[@Edessa_G]

“I spent 8yrs at university studying mathematics, and this is where it got me.” That got me 🤣

[@jediroya6810]

Aren’t British university courses only 3 years? Must have been held back and repeated a few times over!

[@asicdathens]

@@jediroya6810 Maths degree, masters, PhD

[@ZachPetch]

While studying mathematics at university, one professor suggested I consider doing computer science alongside mathematics, specifically because then I would be able to find a job afterwards. And, honestly, that paid off very well.

[@GhengisJohn]

I know a lot of people will look at this and ask: "Why use a sausage? Why not just use a stylus?" And to me at least the obvious answer is: "Because it's just funnier to use a sausage."

[@MichaelOfRohan]

They dont come with the phone. They should though.

[@sirynka]

​@@MichaelOfRohanSausages?

[@SangreFriasBack]

@@sirynkaYou didn’t get your complimentary sausage when you bought your phone?

[@jasondoust4935]

Just used a stylus. The screen doesn't taste nearly as good...

[@QAYWSXEDCCXYDSAEWQ]

Because its cold, and sausages are warm, so you get a doubly whammy, a pointer and something to keep your hands warm

[@stocktonjoans]

"Meat Stylus" is the name of my new prog band

[@BIGGIEsmalls13]

Can't wait to hear Meat Stylus's debut double gate fold......

[@peterchapman8357]

fascinating series seen the first two, hoovers and microwave looking forward to the rest, so informative excellent presenter was never much good at science in school but this brings it all to life

[@martykong3592]

:) THANKS MUCH for a bit of British Humour! :) WELL DONE and ALL the BEST! Cheers from across the Pond! :)

[@woufff_]

Hannah Fry is brilliant ❤

[@JRoccelli]

The delicious Hannah Fry playing with sausages and balls. Oh lord forgive me!

[@tiromandal6399]

Her beauty made me click as I already knew how touchscreens worked but never thought about the Styrofoam balls bit. Amazing!!

[@kawataufeek400]

I like those ball I want put in my mobile screen how to do any idea thanks

[@tiromandal6399]

@@kawataufeek400 I'm not an engineer I have no idea.

[@thomasfrancis5747]

Love the Secret Genius Series - Series 2 seems to have less breaking of the Fourth Wall and asides which help to make it so engaging. Wonder if Hannah could do a remake/update of James Burke Connections? "Who doesn't love a bit of ginger?" when cooking gingerbread men in the Microwave episode - not sure if scripted but that was absolutely brilliant - the ad libs and occasional faux pas really make it. Looking forward to more episodes.

[@slowbluesmaster]

FYI (source = her Wiki page): Hannah Fry - (born 21 February 1984) is a British mathematician, author, and radio and television presenter. She is Professor in the Mathematics of Cities at the UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis.

[@kawataufeek400]

And you forgot she is Pisces

[@Qermaq]

But she will always be Sausage Girl to us.

[@moreno1105]

I love this woman ❤

[@dardo1982]

I love her too! ☺️

[@vincentvega5686]

keep your sausage to yourself 😂

[@moreno1105]

@@vincentvega5686 🤣🤣🤣

[@Ladynipchick2]

I use my nose sometimes, if my hands are full!

[@christinaweems]

If anything you’ve made me laugh. Lmao😂😂😂❤

[@garyheald4704]

This is brilliant. I just have to see if I can train my phone to recognise a sausage as a fingerprint now! not so much ‘chip and pin’ but ‘chip-o-lata’ 😁😁

[@soulfulfool]

the way she handle that sausage speaks for itself xD

[@adammarkiewicz3375]

Because of that I know now what else could work to control touchscreen...

[@michaelcurzon456]

Wow she’s beautiful and clever 😍

[@applejuice5272]

2:23 lol

[@JJacobsson]

And the award for greasiest phone goes to……

[@msjhudson2049]

you can also use the negative terminal of a battery as well, I use a AAA battery

[@dhardingham]

Brilliant!

[@slidey1788]

Freeze frame at 1:11

[@pn4960]

Charming

[@tz6414]

When I use mine when I am using work gloves and don’t want to take them off. I grabbed a clove of garlic that was on the counter and used that as it was pointy.

[@leafyutube]

I like the way she eats the sausage. 😍

[@berserkirclaws107]

☝️😃- "And if you can't get a sausage you can always use your..." 😡 - "NO! no, no, no, no, NO!... just NO!" 🙁 -"... Stylus" 😯 - "ooooh, yeah that's a good idea you right"

[@paft]

Surely there was cheap universal stylus pens or touch compatible gloves around in 2010? Perhaps not? Maybe they started appearing a few years later? I know type of sausage used was different in Korea (more pen like) but it still is wildly impractical.

[@NutBuster99]

I use it to type as well! Only in the mornings tho

[@ThomasGodart]

Such a delight. English, from England, is such a beautiful language for serious discussions

[@user-bu9nb8wr6e]

Free those Sausages.

[@robertnewell5057]

Fun. So that's where the 8 years got you? Sounds all right to me - making a good living (deservedly), being educational and having fun. Back to the phone. Most people I know use their nose. More accurate than a soss and you are more likely to have one on you.

[@rich_rich90]

Polystyrene balls & a sausage? Careful now!

[@kevinrichards6506]

Surely you meant "once you've licked all the greasy sausage slime off your phone" ?? 😁

[@youngThrashbarg]

In before "Comments are turned off."

[@krashd]

I would just cut a tiny hole in the tip of the index finger on my right glove.

[@unknownuser3000]

Struggling to not make a science mommy comment involving sausage ... either way ❤ science mommy ❤

[@Brondi6000]

WaaaaaaoooooooooooooooW your videos are so useful to the world! Luckily you're there!

[@marthadunkley6758]

This contravenes Facebook guidelines apparently 😂🤣😂

[@roberttai646]

If I texted people that I was writing to them with my wiener, I would get fired.

[@K_Isla]

And so is the aluminum foil!

[@Slaphappy1975]

Pretty sure the Koreans weren't using English bangers 😂

[@Brainlizard]

I don’t see why you cant just buy a cheap stylus. Also the ones with where you can hang on your keychain so it’s there with you when you need it. Just saying

[@minaerpapa]

Ur not hungery, that why😂

[@AozoraUltra2006]

Can’t eat the cheap stylus

[@kjoonlee]

Easier to get a fish sausage for less than a quid (about 70p) at any convenience store.

[@krashd]

You can buy sausages everywhere, I wouldn't know the first place to look for a stylus.

[@DaHaiZhu]

How in the heck did this get past the KZbin censor algorithms?!?!?! 🤣

[@MrNinjaFish]

I think Queen's final studio album with Freddie Mercury is one of their best in their catalogue. You dirty dirty people. Dirty!

[@rosiefay7283]

I can't see that working. It's awkward enough trying to use the tip of your little finger to tap the right spot on the screen.

[@krashd]

Sharpen your sausage to a point with a sausage sharpener.

[@benyomovod6904]

A British sausage is NOT a sausage

[@nlmnyc]

Giggity

[@Frankrosesupersounds]

One of the dirtiest objects you can have around (your phone)+street food+a filthy environment like public transport. Gross.

[@dionvandenberg]

Sausage slime? I know British cuisine isn't the best, but sausage slime?

[@krashd]

All sausages will have a greasy coating no matter which way you cook them.

[@checkthelogic]

This video was different!🤔

[@copernicofelinis]

Raise your hands and click here if you tried it at home.

[@MegaEpstein]

chicken fry

[@kjell159]

Us men are at an advantage here, we always have a conducting sausage at hand.

[@ThisHandleIsTakenTooToo]

dafaque did i just watch ? :D

[@frankdunne-gp6oy]

Dear Hannah you're supposed to appeal to all...biting a sausage and not the pickle...tut, tut,bad robot!

[@stevehaddon8224]

Hannah Fry holding a sausage. She looks like she's done this before ;)

[@DigitalicaEG]

Marry me ❤️

[@hil449]

this girl has no business being this cute and also being a good mathematician lol

[@ArtutMTMartins]

😂

[@dragonmuffin2670]

Oh good, grease pencils. Couldn’t you just do talk to text instead?

[@1969Kismet]

Maybe not in 2010.

[@joevictor53]

@@1969Kismet Or a cheap stylus? I got my iPod touch in 2008 and bought a small stylus with a rubber tip to use on it

[@1969Kismet]

@@joevictor53 The whole point of this video was to talk about the science behind it but I agree, there are lots of ways to do it.

[@tobyhamilton2153]

Either get touch screen gloves, or a stylus. Sure you can use a sausage for comedic effect but don't want my screen getting greasy thanks.

[@kjoonlee]

Koreans actually use a fish sausage in its wrapper so there’s no mess.

[@tobyhamilton2153]

@@kjoonlee okay great but it's still not really practical, I get this video is meant to be a joke/funny proof of concept. But there's just better non food related solutions.

[@kjoonlee]

@@tobyhamilton2153 But in Korea you can get a fish sausage instantly at any convenience store for less than a quid (around 80p).

[@kjoonlee]

@@tobyhamilton2153 And it’s a fish sausage so it won’t spoil for months at room temperature.

[@tobyhamilton2153]

@@kjoonlee and a stylis never goes off as it's made of plastic, is a one of purchase, not a reoccurring purchase. Is compact, lightweight and more importantly doesn't stink of fish.

[@Netryon]

Channels as potato TV is not that Xenothreat. Well we know where sausage came from and they be our French. I'm sorry I don't see that too unless it's 4k. That's more than I could possibly have at home 2:34 and this mehanognomes ingenuity obviously means Arthas and the knights of the oval table. After unboxing this I soon be receiving anything with DPD or Omniva, well because this service was not here ten years ago. Can't have everything those Americans have in their movies.

[@patrickhowell5578]

I could watch this beautiful, smart, woman eat sausage all day.

[@Stargateluminary]

Wow she’s beautiful. (That was my second thought, the first was, “is that a sausage? She actually looks like a Carnivore advertising Meat 👀”

[@clintharrington9524]

I bet you’d look great in an Aran jumper

[@jannespor8178]

1:10 I'm a little bit scared.

[@endezeichengrimm]

A Stylus might be a less greasy option.....

[@merickful]

That's what she said.

[@endezeichengrimm]

@@merickful Got to keep it greasy, so it goes down easy.