Fixies go to Fixie schools And study to be masters.
There's so much they need to learn To save us from disasters.
There isn't one appliance That they don't know about.
But if you meet a Fixie, please, Don't let their secret out!
The Bar Code
And so, what do we do if we happen to see humans?
Hide from them, right?
And what if you've got nowhere to hide?
Then we turn ourselves into screws!
That’s correct.
Where could it be?
Were on Earth could I have put it?
I'm such a scatter brain!
Ah! It's Professor Eugenius!
There's no need to hide from him. He’s our friend.
Where has it gone?!
Did you lose something again, Professor?
Yeah, how did you guess?
It's just awful. Yesterday I started testing a new iron...
and today it's totally disappeared into thin air!
Where could you have put that thing?
I've got it down to two places. It could be in the warehouse, or…
not in the warehouse.
Yeah. That information will help us find it.
Or not help us find it.
Class, follow me!
To the warehouse!
Wow! Look at all these boxes!
If we have to look inside each one of them, it'll take us two days.
Maybe we’ll get lucky! Let's look in this one.
No! Inside there is a fan.
A fan?!
Wow, it's a fan!
And what's inside this one?
A mixer!
Yeah! Amazing!
And what's in this box?
An electric kettle!
Made in Germany, by the way!
He is right, there is a kettle in there!
Professor, is this some trick? I don't get it.
Grandpus, how do you do it?
It’s gotta be magic! What else?
Here's how I think he's doing it. I think the professor has glasses made to see through the boxes.
Of course not. I only know how to read the barcode that you can see on each of those boxes!
- Oh, that. - Exactly.
If you look at the printing on packages and boxes,
you will often find a symbol with a lot of black lines and numbers.
These symbols are called bar codes.
Each bar code has all sorts of information:
what the item is, what country it came from, and even in which factory it was made.
With the help of a special reading device - a scanner,
it's possible to read all the information the bar code holds.
It really is an excellent system for stores to know what they've got!
You don’t even need a scanner to do it?!
I can figure out barcodes without one.
I'll teach you if you want.
Class!
Let's see, we are looking for a box with an iron.
There!
Well, bring in the professor!
Today on almost everything that is sold, there is some kind of mark.
For instance, this kind of mark is called a bar code,
and this one - a QR-code.
These marks help us find out a lot of information.
Suppose you walk by a building and see a QR code on it.
Just point the camera on your mobile phone at it
and information about who built it and when it was built will appear on the screen.
Isn’t that great?
It's a shame not every phone can do this yet.
And that's not all. There are also marks that work without pictures.
There are electronic chips that can hold information.
These chips can be put inside of ID cards or travel passes,
and all you need to do is press the card near a reader
so it can check if you're allowed to go on through.
You just made my day! You found it so quickly!
What would I do without you?
Is something wrong?!
This... is not an iron.
- Whose sandwich is that? - Mine.
Yesterday I wanted to put into the fridge, only I guess I put it into my…
I just get distracted so easily.
Look, we need to think this through logically.
If you went and placed your sandwich into the box where the iron should have gone,
then you must have put your iron…
In the refrigerator!
Oh, here you are! Here you are, my new iron!
I looked everywhere for you.
Thank you, my friends, once again!
There's no need to thank us at all. You're always there when we need help.
You've even let us open our own school here in your laboratory.
And we don’t have to hide ourselves.
Yeah! That's because you’re so kind and you love Fixies.
Can you believe that Fixies are Such itty-bitty creatures?
Even when they’re magnified It’s hard to see their features.
They’re tiny, infinitesimal, So small it makes you doubt.
But if you meet a Fixie, please, Don’t let their secret out!
The Aquarium
The coast is clear.
The humans have left.
Come on, let's go!!
Masiya, why are the fish looking so tired?
Cause they're not getting enough air in there.
The water in the aquarium is dirty and it needs air, but the filter isn't working.
The filter?
Yes, that device over there.
This fish need our help and if we don't do something right now they could die!
Right! First I’ll fix that light,
while you and Masiya go over there and see what is wrong with the filter.
But I want to go and look at the filter too.
You’re too small for this!
Oh! Woh-who-woh!
And you're giant, I mean you're like six feet tall, huh?
That's enough arguing! Nolik, let’s go!
Well, let’s check it.
Not working.
Nolik, where are you?
I'm up here!
What are you doing up there?
Nothing. Holding on.
We don't have time for that. Get down!
We have to get this switch working.
Masiya, what's the matter with the filter?
Well, probably something is caught inside and it's stopping the motor from turning.
A filter is used to keep the aquarium water clean.
A motor in the filter turns the paddles and pumps water through a fine net or a sponge.
The dirt in the water gets trapped in there,
and the cleaned water is put back into the aquarium.
Many filters not only clean the water but also add air to it,
so there will be more oxygen in the water.
You see, even though fish live their lives in water,
they need oxygen just like all of us.
Tideesh!
Way to go there!
There are lots of ways for people to breathe under water.
As an experiment, try putting an empty glass upside down in water
and you’ll see that some of the air stays in there.
That's the idea behind the ancient diving bell.
An empty bell was lowered under the water,
and some of the air remained in there for the diver to breathe.
And about 200 years ago the first diving suits were invented.
The diver got air from a hose that started above the water.
This let the diver spend a long time under the water,
and even walk around on the bottom, but just not too far.
Later on people learned to squeeze a lot of air inside of metal tanks.
And that’s when scuba diving started.
Scuba divers breathe the air stored in these tanks,
so they can swim freely,
and even dive deep down below the water.
Our work is done!
The light is on, and the filter is working.
- And the fish look so excited! - As if they’re not fish but... monsters!
Thank goodness they’re behind glass!
Oh! Papus!!
Just hang on! We’ll be right there to save you!
But I don’t even have my pack-o-mat!
Look how they're chumping
They must be so hungry.
You're right! They’re hungry!
Nolik, come on!
I can't believe those fish, they're so ungrateful!
We went ahead and fixed their filter and all they wanted to do was gobble us up!
And I'm the one who saved you from them!
I was the one watching what was going on.
Oh, gee!
Hold it.
Do you think giving her some food will help?
As long as you're not thinking that food is me!