Etching small patterns in Glass

Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommends it as a highly informative look at micro-etching glass and the smallest Tesla valves.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Huygens Optics

Topic

glass micro-etching

Format

demo

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

4

HN mentions in dataset

4

Recommendation years in dataset

2021–2024

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• There is an youtube video[1] by the excellent channel Huygens Optics which goes through trying to make a microscopic tesla valve. The valve does not work as a checkvalve (it is sufficiently small that surface tension and all that work differently than in a macroscopic …

• For a fun visual demonstration, check out nighthawkinlight's video where he runs a flamefront through one -- [LINK] Also seconding the Huygen's optics video osamagirl69 already posted below -- [VIDEO]

• I read that, then I saw this guys youtube channel: [VIDEO] on the bright side I've found something I have not been desensitized to no matter how many time I've watched it.