How Does... With James May | BBC Science

How does deodorant work? How do noise cancelling headphones work? In his own distinctive way, James May explores the mechanism and functionality of various everyday objects.
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[@JustLilGecko]

I'm almost disappointed this wasn't a 35 minute deep dive on Glue

[@Littleman879]

But you stuck around all the same

[@MrDuane-lr8dm]

I'm disappointed he didn't showcase the stupidity of people, as it relates to what they thought would be hilarious to glue together. It would have been a perfect segue into the cohesive deterioration of glue through a natural process, id est, sweat, which would segue into deodorant.

[@chris2746]

I absolutely would have listen James do a 35 minute deep dive on about just about anything technical or mechanical

[@feelincrispy7053]

New Mind does deep dives on the evolution of engineered products like glue, sandpaper and cardboard. And they arnt just some crappy production that mocks your intelligence either, it’s very professional

[@andrewberridge4630]

So dumbed down. Ridiculous

[@ThatOpalGuy]

Meanwhile, Jeremy and I are going to glue James's car doors shut...

[@FatManWalking18]

with an adhesive

[@HOTD108_]

Bottom Gear mates

[@syahminorizan8064]

CLARKSOOOOOOOOOOOON!

[@JoseEncarnacao]

00:01 Glue 03:43 Deodorant 08:56 Radar 14:22 Quartz 23:07 Bulletproof vests 26:51 Canceling Audio 30:08 Digital Cameras

[@ClaudeSac]

Thank you.

[@Rincypoopoo]

Cheers mate.

[@redwez1982]

Spoiler

[@krisnarefaagusta16]

Thanks very much. We missed that man called The Captain Slow, who's now at The Grand Tour. James May also a good friend of Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond formerly on Top Gear.

[@James-hy8zs]

'......cheese.' Sorry, had to be done (if you haven't seen the meme, this will seem like a very odd thing to post)

[@gizmobowen]

Love James May and am hoping there are plenty more where this came from.

[@Atomy111]

This is just reuploaded old content unfortunately i don't think he does this anymore

[@gizmobowen]

@@Atomy111 That's what I was thinking, but I'm hoping that they can upload some more episodes. Hopefully this isn't the only one in the series. Fingers crossed.

[@trisjor]

I’m afraid there’s only one James May.

[@Natatattatification]

These are reuploads from a channel he used to do called Head Squeeze

[@kushagrachaturvedy2821]

34 mins of James May talking?……Amazing!

[@BigGuy10Points]

Anyways

[@Nintendo3DSdude1]

I sometimes forget that this channel used to be Head Squeeze!

[@Spfinator]

Head Squeeze! Thank you, I couldn't recall the name, but I knew it wasn't Man Lab.

[@Natatattatification]

@@SpfinatorI loved watching Head Squeeze and Man Lab and the series he did on toys (can’t remember what it’s called atm). I don’t even really care what he’s talking about, his voice is so lovely

[@papa_xan]

I love videos like this, and of course having James May present it makes it that more entertaining. Plus, I appreciate that the final sentence is a dig on Hammond.

[@meagain3876]

Informative and entertaining - James is always worth watching. This clip is particularly good - lots of information and the odd dig at Jeremy and Richard included too.

[@carguybikeguy]

Good stuff! I especially loved the last second loving jab at Hammond. Great work!

[@brettanderson8526]

Thank you James may for curing my insomnia. I don’t know how I would sleep without this man.

[@solsol1624]

Since James is known for cars I'll put the first glue segment in terms of tyres. Open to correction on this, but we all know the wider the tyre the more grip. Yet the formula for friction seems to suggest width, or contact patch, should be irrelevant. Think the formula is just coefficient of friction by force or weight. However as the tyre is made of 'rubber ' it moulds itself to the rough road surface making a mechanical bond, hence more rubber on road = more grip

[@moniquem783]

I just watched a video that left me feeling really icky. Back to the home page. Scroll. Oooh James May! My version of kittens and puppies when I need to feel better! Perfect timing. Thank you 😊

[@cheesetoast99]

This was great, really helped my insomnia

[@ExBarn5]

Thank you BBC Earth Science and Mr. May! This is interesting and well done. I'm very glad this is available, thank you again.

[@Jay-ru3mu]

Fuck the bbc

[@ChrisMasto]

But how can you glue audio and video together? Apparently it's a mystery to the BBC

[@dipling.pitzler7650]

There is a delay because of the Doppler effect!

[@Ricimer671]

He still didn't explain why super glue sticks to me but not the object that I am trying to glue together.

[@medler2110]

maybe you're a bit rough. 😂 Sorry I couldn't resist, I'm sure you're really a lovely person and not at all rough. 😁

[@scottmorse9403]

Most likely the item you are trying to glue is oily or glossy and your hands are cleaner and dry.

[@jspaceemperor420]

You sanded your own hand instead of the object you wanted gluing, Simple

[@o7g67987yukiuit7uti7]

James mays solo programs are still the best

[@davidmccrory5604]

This show is awesome

[@adamdzwoniarek3841]

I love this guy. He could give a lecture on a broom stick and it still would grab attention.

[@regiasama3565]

More of this please! ❤

[@borntoclimb7116]

Very interesting

[@samkaraca1337]

Love you May! 🤘

[@rocoe9019]

🤮

[@michaeldowd8422]

How does.....James May keep appearing on our screens? Ah, it's the BBC.

[@RADD93]

Clarkson be like, James only you could make science boring.😂😂

[@timcollins7063]

James you forgot to mention rice starch, the Great Wall mortar of choice. Love the show

[@AAYMF]

Good days ❤❤

[@Redmenace96]

Watching the RADAR segment made me think of something: Sending and receiving EM waves is a big part of the tech, but what about the timing mechanism? Light travels very fast! The elapsed time is incredibly small. Did they have to also develop timer/clock of new ability/precision?

[@SuperRemion]

To process signals from radar, timing is king. As the time passed, the tech had to get quicker too. From the creation of the signal, generating the needed power, switching between sending and receiving, to signal processing, a lot of development had to be done to fasten up all these processes.

[@trupower22]

Vand der vaals force is described incorrectly, it's created from instantaneous dipoles, not from the interaction of polar forces. Even non Pilar molecules experience this.

[@EricDKaufman]

Vand der vaals force is spelled incorrectly Van der Waals Force is the correct spelling :-) The rest of your statement is also correct. Well done. I will not troll you on the difference between instantaneous dipoles and a true polar molecule/polar interactions. That would make me look bad.

[@peter4210]

Thanks for not including the incorrect episode in which james may ( by extension the research team) claims that glass is transparent because it is a slow moving liquid. (the real answer is the complex interaction between light and the particles that make up the glass. This interaction is also why when we add different particles to glass, we can make filters which can allow us to select which light particles we want to make it trough the glass)

[@DaveG6HNI]

Red, Blue & Yellow ??? I think you'll find TVs use(d) Red, Green & Blue not yellow ! - Cyan, Magenta & Yellow are secondary colours, whereas RGB are primary colours. Really James, you surprise me not knowing that.

[@GregConquest]

@11:50: In addition to Doppler radar, there is one more major development: radar arrays. Numerous small transmitters are structured as a flat grid. Radio waves are emitted such that destructive and chicken interference between the waves results in a directed wave. The direction can be altered without moving the physical array. Arrays can also be used with ultrasonic audio waves. The can produce waves emanating from a distant point. The descriptions of this, like "hearing a sound coming from within your own head" make me think of Havanna Syndrome. I imagine these arrays will be transformational for various kinds of wave emitters - light, radio, audio, x-ray, etc. Military radar is already switching over. The next-gen AIWACS will have a flat "fin" instead of the current, spinning disk. And there are interesting kit radar arrays that can be experimented with now.

[@BrokenSoul79x]

if you want a really good laugh, turn on the auto-generated captions.. LMAO

[@ottopuppy]

I wasn't that interested in glue, but I was in Radar. Thanks, James.👍👍

[@Graciesmom-gp5ng]

What year was this filmed?

[@Reprint001]

Oh. I thought the whole thing was going to be about glue. That would have been more interesting.

[@PunkersPlays]

wow a young james may lol

[@sno4439]

I am 50 years old and I have an allergy to chemicals, so I don't use deodorant. Once every couple of years someone might say I smell if I haven't had my normal routines... But even if I get really smelly I normally only have to air out for about half an hour and I won't smell anymore

[@sm0lvoicc958]

liquid poetry

[@Roberto_Steele]

James May is basically BBC's Internet personality!

[@ImAnEmergency]

Post more James May or we riot

[@Verbindungsfehle]

6:23 lmao the subtitles here say "Melissa" instead of "nicer"

[@Cyberpunk001]

Despite Hammond and Clarkson's constant jokes about May being boring, I've watched every docuseries he's made, and listened to him narrate his audiobooks. There are certain voices that go with certain topics. For example in the UK, David Attenborough is the voice of natural history. And I'd say James May is the voice of science, tech, and man stuff.

[@nate6862]

Should this be added to the James May's Q&A playlist?

[@glenncurry3041]

R.G.B., Red. Green. Blue. Not Yellow! On a TV, yellow is produced by combining red and green.

[@cinthe3]

I think Samsung made a yellow TV years ago

[@glenncurry3041]

@@cinthe3 WRONG! Samsung's were known for yellow vertical stripes because of blue channel issues. And their backlights tended to fade to warmer/ more yellowish. But they never produced a set using a yellow pixel. Current video operates in an RGB space. You could not directly map to a yellow replacement pixel.

[@killslay]

"Find out by clicking the link... Here " Lol i forgot KZbin used to allow clickable links on their videos

[@lilBabyBornInCalifornia]

this man needs a Knighthood

[@1977aliveandkicking]

✔️

[@tightlines106]

The seiko quartz takeover near killed auto movements

[@bettyswollox8020]

The LCD displays use red, GREEN and blue. Not red, YELLOW and blue. Surprised he didn't know that. Its because our eyes have Red, green and blue receptors. Our eyes perceive yellow as a combination of those colours.

[@user-de8bu5es6f]

Subject 1. James, the 3 colours in a crt are rgb, red green and BLUE NOT Yellow as you said.

[@WilliamTurk]

Thank you! I'm surprised he got something so basic wrong.

[@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat]

turns out wood glue is very useful for rocks. broke my pestle and simply glued it together long ways, hasn't budged since

[@EyesOfByes]

Hoof Grip Pro. That is some magic sh*t.

[@queenelsa6974]

Good news!!!!!

[@ivoivanov7407]

Anyway...

[@DaveWright-bo8dp]

I'm reading a book on this subject. I can't put it down!

[@BogusJNutherwebb-me6pn]

I'm watching for James May, not the BBc

[@qaeeskhan58]

Sitting in my car at nearly 2 in the morning watching James May talk about glue gotta be a new level of bored

[@sm0lvoicc958]

amazing!

[@Wes12940]

I liked these more than Amazon's James May eating cheese in Japan.

[@cinthe3]

Or man in Japan was great. Our man in India less so

[@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat]

8:10 this is hilarious considering the existence and use of leaded gas back then

[@nostalgiaof98]

3:19 ok the wording is just purely James May now I'm trying to imagine Jeremy Clarkson being forced to watch this

[@terranceparsons5185]

He'd just sit there grumpily saying, bored, bored, bored!

[@DoubleMrE]

James and I may be the only ones who remember Hai Karate anymore. 😁

[@schiz0phren1c]

Remember the Ad?, black and white,some dude chopping a piece of wood in half with his forearm?, that and Brut...MANLY smells!

[@DoubleMrE]

@@schiz0phren1c Oh yeah man. I remember it well. He had to fight the chicks off ! 😄👍✌️

[@schiz0phren1c]

@@DoubleMrE And that's what led me to take up Martial Arts!

[@apexv]

James May saying the word GLUE is an aphrodisiac.

[@johnkean6852]

Pls answer this question: why can't you comment straight away on YT the way one used to? You have to wait 60 seconds, like one does when it's live!

[@Dr.Claw_M.A.D.]

Censorship

[@depressingNicolai-sv8ky]

Clarkson and Hammond are snoring to this

[@tootsitroll9785]

I buy his gin. I’m buzzed off his gin now. Should you drink his gin? Yes. Get the navy strength !

[@therealknapster]

But why does superglue go on all your fingers instead of the thing your trying to glue and the only way to get it off , is pulling the top layers of skin off

[@bnuttsgee]

James May stole my bicycle .

[@PhilipCockram]

Hey Bim ... Guess what ? You're very smart .😀

[@melbournewolf]

Just as you said it...glue, combination of both quantum mechanics (vanderwaals force) AND chemistry (locking bonds) and whatever other physical processes (pressure, tension, compression etc.).

[@gfdggdfgdgf]

How does.... James May talking about anything produce interesting results However, the audio is not even a little bit in sync with the video

[@conorcleary7362]

Adrian Newy. 🎉❤😂

[@darrenmclellan6712]

How old is this and why is the sound not in synch?

[@Dr.Claw_M.A.D.]

James May is the perfect presenter for discussing inventions as he was there at the time they were invented. Like the wheel. Or fire.

[@willdatsun]

It's Vice Versa James.

[@darksars3622]

Wait I thought he quit

[@johnkean6852]

I thought even if it's simple glue - no mixing - it was still a chemical reaction as it sets?

[@adamlesandrini312]

No, adhesive at its simplest is a compound that fills the voids between and can bond to the two pieces being joined. You don't necessarily want the adhesive to react to the base material (bonding primer might be required, or it may be self etching) because typically, a reaction would compromise the material and the strength of the joint (this is why you have to use specific construction adhesive for foam).

[@adamlesandrini312]

The bond to the base material typically comes from its ability to fill the voids or soak into the material. Porous materials will allow it to soak in, but even metal has voids for adhesive to fill. Drying comes from exposure to air or porosity of the base material (the moisture soaks in and dissipates). Reactive chemicals might be required when there is no air, quick drying, or special properties required.

[@bobyoung1698]

I can't address the deodorant information, but I will offer this about adhesives. I once worked with the Adhesives and Sealants group of the Dow Chemical Company. There, I learned more about the stuff than any man should know. They stuck things to cars, boats, subway trains, airplanes, well just about anything that remained static long enough to get their sticky fingers on. The last I checked, they were working on adhesives for the tops of cereal bags, and if you've tried to open one lately, you know they're doing well. Do you know how difficult it is to type when your fingers are stuck together with CA?

[@MarkFraserWeather]

Red, blue and yellow?

[@EyesOfByes]

18:18 There was...

[@phillwainewright4221]

There was once an experiment in which someone didn't wash for a year. At the end of the experiment, guess what? He *didn't* smell.

[@ludecom-cz1wz]

That was groovy in a far out happening kind of way.

[@Cornz38]

10 years ago my camera had 13 mega pixels. 1mp was about the turn of the century.

[@hermannhigh7365]

you'd think someone could have taught him how to say the words he was reading out before he started

[@jspaceemperor420]

"The dirty Fokkers"

[@johnkean6852]

Any relation to Theresa?

[@sm0lvoicc958]

beautiful

[@handyhippie6548]

is there anything james may won't do?

[@Scott_Silver]

Cheese!

[@shark_is_screaming]

Captain slow teaching science?? W h a t

[@Istandby666]

Some people are actually attracted to the natural body order.

[@AjaxPSG]

why is he not in a sportscar

[@MaxFrisch84]

What happens when AI May gets self aware?

[@satakrionkryptomortis]

as usual for james...not even a car in sight and slower as a snail...

[@RemyRAD]

Oh hey yeah. I use Radar, every day. Every waking moment. It's called hearing. It's like radar. You can tell where everything is. Just by listening. Just ask Stevie Wonder. I did. In an interview. But that's neither here nor there. I use the same radar.. Because as an, Audio Engineer. I know sound is bouncing around at, 1100 ft./s. Approximately. And that's all I need to know. Where I can put my microphones. And what I want them to pick up and how. And so I also realized. Quite by happenstance. I think I can see sound moving around the room. Look over there! Oh you missed it.. It goes around really fast. It's like going down a concentric circle. And disappearing up its own ass hole. It would be a crazy thing to see. And I can see the sound rushing around. I can even see the sound coming out. From in front of my speakers. As you can't hear it coming, directly from your speakers. As it shoves the sound out. In front of your speaker. And I can usually see the focal point where it, emanates from. It's strange. I know. But I've been doing it for 50 years. Though? You might think I have Synesthesia? I don't. I don't see any colors. I only see the sound. I can see it coming toward me. Rushing away from me. Bouncing back and forth sideways.. As an, Audio Engineer. I only Mix for, 2 Channel Stereo. I don't mess with, Surround Sound.. But I discovered. In my Mixing Technique. I was always mixing for Surround. Without knowing it. As my 2 Channel mixes. I heard pass through a Dolby Professional Sound Surround Processor. And I was amazed to hear. What I wanted to hear. Coming out of the rear speakers. Yup. Exactly as I intended the listener to hear it in stereo. Now in, Dolby 5.1 Surround. I was completely amazed. As they also didn't tell me. It was my mix. I thought they had contracted somebody else to mix the multitrack master I had recorded for them. And they did. Released on CD. But I'm watching the DVD. And it's definitely a different mix. I told the producer. An assumed the other guy had mixed it differently for the video? He said nope it's your mix. My mix? I only give you a stereo mix. He said yes but we put it to the Dolby Surround Processor. It came out perfectly. Who knew? I just achieve the same thing in stereo. You can also. So it was around 30 years ago. I realized I was much better than I had given myself credit for. As that recording was nominated for both a Grammy a Soul Train Nominations. And it was only a rough mix I supplied to the producer. In stereo. Just a rough one. I never expected that. He said my mix worked better for television than the guy who mixed the CD. He did a great job. I love what he did. Those are my tracks? Those are my tracks. I recorded. That's all I was hired to do. Record the multitrack. And provide a rough mix for the video editors to work from. It stayed with the video. It wasn't supposed to. They were supposed to stripe on, the CD mix. He said it didn't work as well. They opted to keep mine. You just never know when things like that are going to happen. I was having conversations with my partner. Eating pizza and drinking beer. During that whole live recording. Little did I realize? My mixes are the ones that got nominated. I thought that was very funny. Voted best engineered? It definitely was not my best engineering. Hmmm? I guess I'm not a hack? I reckoned? Since then I've gotten a couple more. Not bad for a high school dropout with a GED. I'd say. I did say. RemyRAD PS Like what? Stuff like this: soundcloud.com/remyrad/track08 soundcloud.com/remyrad/somtimesa-session-1-over-the-tr-fm soundcloud.com/user-135130368/sets/live-at-electric-church-fm-sessions-vol-1 just a smattering. A small, smattering.

[@MihanTheNoob]

Also it smells nice :-)

[@coleytoons]

Why do a lot of peoples armpits smell like chicken noodle soup if they don't use deoderant (or forget to put it on after they shower)?

[@tfrowlett8752]

On the subject on timekeeping, the most accurate pendulum clocks ever made, the Shortt Synchronomes, are accurate to one second in five years. A quartz watch is accurate to within 10 minutes a year. To be fair the Synchronomes use two separate pendulums

[@chuckratkay43]

Those Dirty Fokkers 😂

[@Mariazellerbahn]

0:29 Nice to hear someone pronounce "controversy" properly.

[@mazdavorot]

Put some glue into a plastic bag and take a deep breath. You will know how it works