Comments by "Archangel17" (@MDP1702) on "Veritasium" channel.

  1. yeah, but it only costs cents, a regular tool like that costs several dollars. And also how many people are going to repair this tool and how many are just going to buy another one?
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  2. No, they said thet don't know what was done with it (ie. whether or not it is being used), but it was designed for a specific plan obviously.
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  3. If contacting the clutch slows down the engine even a bit, you have underdesigned your engine.
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  4.  @davidgutierrez8297  the materials, employee hours, machinery maintenance, ... are definitely part of the production cost. Now the other things, sure, but everything else (including the same "usual" tool) has these costs too. Basically you could probably quite easily get things like this to a sale price of half a dollar, a dollar at most. Disposable plastic cups have a sale price of one cent. Now ofcourse this tool is a bit more complex, however similar very cheap methods would be used. As for storing, it shouldn't really be an issue, not for something as small as this. Packaging can be done really cheap if you go for large quantities and automated process, like I'd be surprised if this costs more than 2-3 cents per tool. Also plastic when bent enough just snaps. The entire point of this techniques is that it doesn't happen here. Their switches can go through a million cycles. I'd doubt you use it that often. As for bending it too much, how would that happen exactly? Only improper use would cause that.
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  5. Several of the models shown where 3d printed I believe, even the titanium piece.
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  6. It depends on the design, but these systems are designed to deal with this. In the video they said one of their switches could go through more than a million cycli before breaking.
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