Batteries! (Patreon)

Alright folks, the poll had a dead tie between v chip and batteries, but I started down the rabbit hole when batteries was in the lead.

I think videos like these are mainly about setting the right expectations for the YouTube audience. I'm not really that interested in the technology that powers batteries, but more the history, policy, and applications (which intersects with tech, obviously, but I'm not gonna have like wires in my hands in the video talking about positive and negative charges). So you'll see me hyping up the history mysteries in the intro.

There's some neat background though - the Constitution, World War I, and one particular invention all connect to battery sizes.

Polls are crazy though! I would have though Bush vomiting would win, but it was last of the fleshed out ideas. Interesting stuff - thanks for the votes, it was more conclusive than I thought.