Machines have pretty much taken over the world, as they’re involved in almost every aspect
of our daily lives.
Of course, that’s because they make our lives easier, but there’s an added benefit
to them: they have a level of speed, precision and finesse that humans usually just aren’t
capable of.
Watching these machines function is guaranteed to mesmerise you.
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Ice cream, even in its simplest form is easily one of the most satisfying things on earth.
But we forget it comes in all shapes and sizes, so there’s bound to be some amazing things
going on in those factories.
Watching these ice cream sandwiches be created in one of the best things you’ll ever see.
The machines move so smoothly, it’s like they were designed to be as soft and creamy
as the ice cream itself.
We all know how honey is made on a basic level - the bees do it.
Sure it’s mysterious, but we don’t need to worry about it because they have it covered.
But we still need to extract it from the waxy honeycomb.
Have you ever thought about how that’s done?
This machine takes care of it.
You just feed a slab of honeycomb into it, and then you get to watch all that gooey liquid
gold drip down the shiny metal sides.
It seems that the things we never think about are the things we should be seeking out if
we want to see a truly mesmerising video.
I’d bet you’ve never imagined how manufacturers add colours to silicone - why would you unless
it’s your job?
But you’ll definitely think about it from now on.
This simple rolling machine becomes one of the most satisfying things ever when the silicone
rubber starts squishing around it, and it’s even better when the colour is added and slowly
marbles through the strange, soft material.
The words satisfying and comfort food go hand in hand.
Sure comfort food is different for all of us, but bread is always a pretty safe bet.
But there’s one kind of bread that has an extra satisfying element behind the scenes.
This plaited bread when made in bulk, is formed with an amazing bulk extruder.
And it’s not just the bread being plaited that’s so nice to watch - the pipes moving
around each other could distract most people for days on end.
This might be one of the most surprising videos on here.
Most people would never even think this is something that people have to do, never mind
imagining that it’s so satisfying to watch.
It’s such a simple thing, they’re just cutting slabs of ice down to little cubes
with an electric saw.
It shouldn’t be so nice to watch, but seeing the shiny, sparkling ice going past that saw
and coming out perfectly formed and totally uniform is amazing.
Candy always requires precision to make, so you just know that any machine designed to
form those delicate sugary treats is bound to be amazing to watch.
But the thing that always surprises me is how smooth they can be.
Watching that almost-liquid sugar of this honey candy snake along, bend, roll, and fold
is so soothing and mouth watering at the same time.
The shiny, smooth texture and caramel colour just adds to wonderful movements of that seriously
complex machine.
Supermarkets need to constantly find ways to speed up production of the products we
all know and love, otherwise they’d never keep up with demand.
Something as simple as a cake takes so much time for a baker to assemble by hand, that
these amazing machines have been designed to help frosting all kinds of cakes, from
the filling to the decoration.
So you can sit back and watch all the pretty colours and smooth textures as they touch
the cake, all perfectly shaped in just a matter of seconds.
Oftentimes, the most satisfying things to watch are the simplest things you can possibly
imagine.
And why not?
There’s no reason to get complicated when watching a line of white paint being put on
a road is as relaxing as this.
These machines give you things that humans just can’t: perfectly straight, evenly spaced,
smooth lines.
Add in a curve, and the contrast of the light paint on the dark asphalt, and you have some
of the most satisfying viewing you’ll ever encounter.
There are some things in life that we assume can’t be made any easier.
They’re usually the biggest or the smallest jobs, things that machines can’t be built
to scale for.
But then someone comes along and builds something like this: it’s a road printing machine.
It lays bricks.
Seems pretty simple, but to anyone who spent their life bent over to pave a road, this
must be the most beautiful thing in the world - they get to watch the bricks just slide
into position.
3D printing is all the rage at the moment.
People love it, because it seems like something out of a sci-fi movie, so there’s definitely
no shortage of 3D printing videos on the internet.
But don’t worry, you probably haven’t seen this kind of 3D printing.
People are now 3D printing houses, and it’s so satisfying to watch.
A giant machine lays wet concrete snakes on top of each other so smoothly and in all kinds
of interesting lines as the builders watch the walls go up.
Amazing.
There are some things in this world that most people would never imagine could be satisfying.
Roadworks are one of them - nothing creates more road rage than that.
But if you just stopped and looked, you might see something truly mesmerising.
Ever wondered why newly laid asphalt has that dark black sheen?
It’s because of this machine - it sprays a layer of bitumen onto the road.
I don’t know why it’s so satisfying to watch a grey road turn black, but it is.
With so many products, tools, and gadgets existing in the world, it sort of becomes
impossible to wonder how each one of them is made.
You just pick things up and use them, no questions asked, especially with functional items.
Like a suitcase for example.
But that kind of stuff might just be the things with the most amazing processes behind them.
I bet you never imagined something like this when you get your suitcase out the back of
your closet, but now you know.
We all think of cute animals when we think of farming, even though we know that farms
have had huge machines to help them out for years.
There’s just this thought that it’s a simple job.
But have you ever seen those big harvesters working?
It’s surprisingly beautiful to watch, especially from the sky.
Weirdly, it doesn’t feel very far off from the stereotypical views of idyllic farm life,
even though it’s so industrial.
It’s amazing what happens when people work together, even in giant trucks.
There are some parts to factory manufacturing we just never consider.
For example, if you produce a product with egg in it, who’s standing there breaking
hundreds or thousands of eggs open?
It’s this surprising little machine.
This egg breaker is one of the most surprising machines you’ll ever see, and even better,
watching those egg yolks slide down that chute could mesmerise you for much longer than you’d
expect.
Bet you never imagined something like this existed.
Remember how hypnotists used to use spinning spirals to put people into a trance?
There’s a reason for that - there’s just something endlessly pleasing about watching
a moving circle.
So be warned, you might decide to just keep watching this video of a wooden bowl being
carved for the rest of your life and never do anything else.
A few seconds of watching this and you’re instantly more relaxed than before.
This machine must be used a lot, because there’s definitely no better way to do this job.
Of course, if you’re watching things from so far away, it’s probably easy for it to
look mesmerising.
What about farming equipment up close?
It can’t be as good right?
Well, just have a look at this little corn harvester.
It’s only small, but it’s still seriously satisfying to watch it work.
It goes straight through the rows of corn, and the plants just disappear leaving only
the corn on the cob flying into the back of the machine.
It’s so good.
People have been carving wood for thousands of years, but that doesn’t mean it’s the
only thing that’s able to be carved.
Some things are obvious, like stone to make sculptures, but others are things you wouldn’t
think of.
Technology now lets us carve metal too.
These tools carve out metal slabs to the perfect, precise shape.
But the best part is how shiny the new metal pathways are as they’re formed - it’s
almost like watching liquid metal, but that could never be as precise as this.
There are some machines that really attract a lot of love, and one of the best examples
is airplanes.
But no matter how beautiful you think they are, you’ll never have imagined that watching
them be made can inspire the same kind of awe.
This machine is carving a wooden airplane propeller.
It’s interesting to know that something designed to spin starts its life by turning
round and round.
To everyone except dogs and small children, mud is usually something we think is worth
avoiding.
But that’s because you’ve never seen a bulldozer clearing clay.
It’s way more satisfying than you’d expect, and that’s because it doesn’t just collect
into a gloopy dirty lump.
Instead, it smoothly rolls up out of the rugged ground into a huge, delicate spiral as the
big machines make their way along.
It’s definitely unexpected, but I’ll bet you’re glad you’ve seen it now.