- 9 months ago
What happens when a pump stops working? Join The Fixies as they explore the mystery behind a broken air pump! In this exciting episode, kids will learn how pumps work, why air pressure is important, and how teamwork and curiosity can fix everyday problems. A perfect blend of fun and learning for young minds! 🌬️🔍
💡 Great for preschoolers, toddlers, and early learners who love to discover how things work!
💡 Great for preschoolers, toddlers, and early learners who love to discover how things work!
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00:00The Pump
00:01Tell Thomas, how about we play cars?
00:12I don't want to.
00:13Then let's play soldiers.
00:15Not soldiers either.
00:20What's wrong with you today?
00:23It's that Katya, she didn't invite me to her birthday party.
00:26Why? Do you know?
00:27We were playing a game of chess, and I did this stupid move, and she didn't let me play it over.
00:33And then?
00:34Then I told her she was a meanie, so we had a fallout.
00:38Just apologize already. It's so easy. And then wish her a happy birthday.
00:43It's so easy for you to say. I don't have a present, so how can I go?
00:48Hmm. Do you have balloons?
00:50Sure, right here.
00:54Huh?
00:57Tell Katya you got her a sausage for her birthday.
01:03I can't bring this, can I?
01:06Wait a sec. I know a way that you could turn that into a doggie.
01:10Show me.
01:11Have you ever seen long balloons that look like sausages?
01:19It's possible to make animals, flowers, or even people out of them.
01:24Making things out of balloons has got a name.
01:27Twisting.
01:28That's because if you want to make them, the balloons need a twist.
01:31Take a balloon and inflate it.
01:33But not all the way.
01:34You need to leave a little bit of room for air to move.
01:37Otherwise, the balloon might burst.
01:39Make three short sausages at one end of the balloon.
01:43Next, fold and twist the two of them that are closer to the center.
01:46That will be the head and the ears.
01:49Now twist some more to make the neck, front legs, and the biggest part, the body.
01:54Then comes the back legs and the tail.
01:57And that's it. The doggie is done.
02:00Now go and try to do it yourself.
02:07It's not big enough for a gift.
02:09You need to give her more than that.
02:17The robot.
02:19A broken one?
02:20You think this car would be good?
02:24Maybe that could work.
02:29Oh, I forgot about this.
02:32It's a ball for exercising someone gave me a while ago.
02:35That'll work.
02:36Only you need to blow it up.
02:37It's prettier that way.
02:44I got dizzy from that.
02:47Then how about a hair dryer?
02:50Yeah, or a vacuum cleaner.
02:52You've got to be kidding me.
02:54Blow it up with a vacuum cleaner?
02:56Oh, right.
02:57Like you've got some better ideas.
02:59A pump would work.
03:00The only one I have is for a bike.
03:02Great. Get it.
03:03A pump is made up of a cylinder, a handle, and a hose with a nozzle on it.
03:12Inside hides a special part called the piston.
03:15When you pull the handle up, the air gets sucked inside.
03:18And when you push it down, the piston pushes it through the hose and into the ball.
03:23People can't blow air that hard or that quickly.
03:25By the way, the air doesn't get out of the ball because of a special valve.
03:30The valve only lets the air out when you press on it, like this.
03:41What inspired you to take out that old present after a year?
03:44Tom Thomas is going to give it to Katya for her birthday.
03:47Are you guys serious?
03:49You're going to give her some old thing you don't want?
03:52Come on, Simka.
03:53The ball is practically new.
03:55I'd say used is more like it.
03:58A present is something you should put your heart into.
04:01And what did you put into that?
04:03He put the air in it.
04:05Look how he's pumping.
04:06Anyway, you can't give presents like that.
04:09Yes, you can.
04:10No.
04:11Yes.
04:11No.
04:12Yes.
04:13Ah!
04:20Now there's just no way Katya will make up with me.
04:26No panicking.
04:28Oh, do you have more of those balloons?
04:30And we've got your pump.
04:34Everything's going to be all right.
04:38Tom Thomas?
04:41Happy birthday, Katya.
04:43Happy birthday.
04:46They're really pretty.
04:47And please forgive me about the chess.
04:50And you forgive me.
04:53Titties.
04:54Katya, how about we never fight again?
04:56All right.
04:57Peace.
04:58While you two are not fighting in here, there, your cake will be eaten up.
05:05Nolik.
05:06What, are you worried that you're not going to get any?
05:11The hologram.
05:13I think it's seven.
05:16Yeah.
05:17Oh, looks like I've got that number on my card.
05:20Ah, you're so lucky, Fire.
05:22I know, right?
05:24Whoa.
05:25Chewsocka!
05:25Hey, Chewsocka, no!
05:34Aw, and I was so close to winning.
05:36I'm so tired of Chewsocka ruining our games.
05:39Well, you know, dogs like playing their own games.
05:41And what?
05:42She has to play right here?
05:44Help me out.
05:44We'll put these back where they were before.
05:47Uh-huh.
05:48And then she'll just come in and mess it all up again.
05:51Hmm.
05:52We need a way to distract her somehow.
05:56So, we're going to feed her, huh?
05:58Not quite.
05:59We'll make a piece of candy for her.
06:01It'll be a hologram here on the phone.
06:03Chewsocka will be busy trying to figure out how to eat it the rest of the day.
06:07That's great!
06:08But a hologram, how does it work?
06:13A hologram is a three-dimensional image projected into the air.
06:18It looks like a real object from every side, only it's translucent.
06:22You can look at holograms in your own home.
06:24To do it, you need to make a pyramid out of clear plastic.
06:28Any clear plastic box will work.
06:31First, cut out the four sides and connect them.
06:33The next step is to look for a 3D hologram video on the internet.
06:38Start playing it and put your plastic piece on top of the phone.
06:41Pretty cool, isn't it?
06:46Class!
06:47It's like real candy!
06:49Chewsocka!
06:51Get over here!
06:52Oh well, it looks like your hologram's not interesting to her.
07:04Could it be that she just wants some different food?
07:07You're right!
07:08We forgot that she's a meat eater!
07:12It's done.
07:13Quiet.
07:14Quiet.
07:14I don't get it.
07:25What's wrong with it now?
07:27Nolik, how dumb are we?
07:29We made her some meat, but it doesn't have any smell.
07:34Done.
07:37Let's hide.
07:37You want to go play now?
07:47Uh-huh.
07:53Hmm.
07:55It wasn't the plan for the hologram to work like that.
07:58Fire, we've got to help her!
08:00Help her?
08:01How come?
08:01She's the one that did that to herself.
08:04Fire was just kidding!
08:05Kill her, Fire!
08:06Fire!
08:07I'm sure that you've seen how superheroes in the movies often use holograms.
08:15They might use them to call a partner or look at a map in 3D.
08:19But it isn't just in the movies.
08:21You can find this technology in real life today.
08:24With its help, scientists can make bottles of the human body that are easier to study than flat pictures.
08:30You can also find holograms in museums, both as items on display and as guides.
08:36There are teachers already giving holographic lectures, appearing to be right there in the hall.
08:41And at circuses, holographic images are being used to replace animals.
08:46Now instead of elephants, dolphins, and lions, their three-dimensional copies perform.
08:51And it's great!
08:52They're no less exciting than watching live animals.
08:55And this way the real animals can be free to roam in the wild.
09:01Chewsocka, no!
09:02Come on, stop chasing us, Chewsocka!
09:05Chewsocka, stop it right now!
09:08What's going on?
09:09You sad little thing!
09:14Who did that to her?
09:17Chewsocka, just hang in there.
09:18I'm going to save you.
09:27Whose idea was that?
09:29We thought Chewsocka would get distracted with a hologram.
09:32But then she put her nose in there and got stuck.
09:34It was her fault.
09:35She's the one that kept getting in our way.
09:37Maybe you were getting in her way, actually.
09:39Fire!
09:40Wouldn't the table have been fine for this game?
09:42No way in the world.
09:43I am going to play where I want.
09:46Come on, I'm sure we can work this out.
09:48So you Fixies are safe and Chewsocka has eaten.
09:55Well, let's see.
09:57Five!
09:58Bingo!
10:04Chewsocka really loves that catapult game you came up with.
10:06And I love how she beat us in bingo.
10:09Just like always, best at everything.
10:11Maybe you didn't notice, Fire.
10:12But I saw you win a game today.
10:14What game was that?
10:15That scary one.
10:16That game of tag with Chewsocka.
10:18He went with his mom to the post office to pick up a package from his grandma.
10:31Class, I can't wait to see it.
10:39Well, what did your grandma send you?
10:42It's the number one coolest present.
10:44Did you really get a pack-o-mat?
10:47What?
10:48I'm allowed to dream, right?
10:49I wish it was a pack-o-mat.
10:52It's a book.
10:56Oh, wow!
10:57That's Treasure Island.
11:01What's the difference?
11:03I think books are as boring as it gets.
11:05I agree.
11:07Guys, come on!
11:08Inside of this book are really cool adventures.
11:11What are you talking about?
11:12Inside that book are letters.
11:13So, you're really not interested at all?
11:23Nuh-uh.
11:24By the way, inside this book there aren't just letters.
11:27It's got pictures.
11:28Pictures?
11:29A lot of them.
11:30And they're exciting, colorful, and huge.
11:33How about we take a little peek at those pictures?
11:42Oh, pirates!
11:44Uh-huh.
11:45A gang of them.
11:48Simka, help me out!
11:53Whoa!
11:54Check out that skull!
11:56What's going on here?
11:58Well, if we want to find out, we'll have to read it.
12:01Will you read it to us?
12:03All right.
12:04Having taken a hold of the map,
12:06the pirates set off to find the stolen treasure.
12:10And they walked on and on.
12:13The road was winding and went up and down.
12:18Finally, that very pine appeared in the distance.
12:22It towered almost 200 feet above the thicket.
12:25Sensing that the treasure was close, the pirates rushed forward.
12:30Even silver hopped along on his peg leg.
12:34After a moment, everyone was standing at a huge pit.
12:38It was dug a long time ago.
12:40It's edges were already crumbling and grass was growing at its bottom.
12:45There were old boards from boxes lying around,
12:48but there was no chest filled with untold riches.
12:51Someone had already been there and had stolen the treasure right out from under the noses of the pirates.
12:59700,000 pounds had disappeared.
13:06So what happened after that?
13:08Yeah, who stole the treasure from there?
13:10Read it.
13:11Read it?
13:11But reading's boring, you said.
13:13Huh.
13:14Then don't read.
13:15I don't care.
13:16Me neither.
13:25Oh, it's the guy who thinks reading is boring.
13:28What?
13:28I wasn't reading.
13:29I was looking at the pictures.
13:33I can't believe you.
13:35You're reading it without me?
13:36Grab it.
13:43Chewsocka, this is not yours.
13:46Give me back my book.
13:47Pull it harder, harder.
13:53Yes.
13:54Oh, this is bad.
13:58That book was his grandma's present.
14:01We'll fix it.
14:02In ancient times, people copied books by hand, but now they are made in printing houses.
14:11First, a mock-up is produced to place the text and pictures where they belong.
14:16The pages are then transferred to metal plates which are loaded onto rollers.
14:20Ink on the rollers is pressed onto paper as it passes through the printer.
14:24The pages are then trimmed to size and stacked into reams.
14:27Next, the pages are put into order, stitched together into the inner book, and finally glued to the cover.
14:38Good.
14:38Now, carefully.
14:41Great job.
14:45So now can you read the book to me?
14:47I think it's someone's time to go to bed right now.
14:50Just a little more, okay?
14:52So, it's not boring then?
14:54It's not.
14:55It's not.
14:57Tom Thomas, were you reading?
15:01Mom, Treasure Island is really great.
15:04You were right.
15:05It's the number one coolest present.
15:07I am so glad you like it.
15:09But why don't you continue reading tomorrow?
15:11Now it's time for bed.
15:13All right.
15:18Hmm.
15:19You've managed to wear it out already.
15:21Well, uh, me and Chewsocka, we were fighting over the book.
15:24I think she also wanted to read it.
15:27The Headphones
15:36Hi there, Tom Thomas.
15:41Hi there.
15:43You're not a friend of mine anymore.
15:45I said that to Johnny.
15:47I asked him to help me on my spelling test, to give me the answers through my headphones, but he said I just need to study.
16:03Wow, your new headphones! They're cool! Simco will love these!
16:12Hey, Nolan, do you think that you could help me out here?
16:15Of course I'll help you out.
16:17So what do you say? How do I get through the test tomorrow?
16:20You could say you forgot how to write with a pen.
16:23Come on.
16:24People learned how to write a very long time ago.
16:31One of the first to do so were the Sumerians.
16:33They used a special stick with a wedge-shaped tip to press characters onto clay tablets.
16:38This kind of writing is called junioform, which means wedge-shaped.
16:42How do we know what the author wanted to say?
16:44Scientists had to rack their brains to figure it out.
16:47In ancient China and Egypt, people invented hieroglyphics, where one symbol stands for a whole word.
16:53They're still used today.
16:55And of course, we can hardly imagine our world without the alphabet.
16:59Each symbol is called a letter, and these letters can be used to form words.
17:03There are a few dozen alphabets in the world and more than 7,000 languages.
17:08Although I think these days, instead of typing letters, people prefer to type emojis.
17:18How am I gonna pass? There's no time to learn all this.
17:21That's a shame.
17:21Sorry, but I don't know how to help.
17:23Hey, Nolik, I got it. You can read me the answers.
17:27Can I?
17:28Spell snowball.
17:30Not like that. I need you to spell the words in here.
17:33You mean go inside the headphones?
17:35No, you just gotta call me.
17:36You know, like from somewhere else.
17:38Like the TV.
17:39To test the connection.
17:41Ah, I get it.
17:46Let's go?
17:47Yeah.
17:48Great.
17:49Cucumber, basketball, artichoke.
17:50Hey, hey, stop.
17:52You gotta go slower.
17:53Mm-hmm.
17:53Absolutely.
17:54What absolutely?
17:55Will you tell me the next word?
17:57That's what I'm trying to do.
17:58Absolutely.
17:59Then tell me it, Nolik.
18:00Absolutely.
18:02Ah, with an O or an A.
18:05Where?
18:08Give me another word.
18:09Crook.
18:10Crook?
18:11Beh, crook.
18:12With a B.
18:14Is it possible to speak clear and louder?
18:16Excavator!
18:20Don't yell.
18:21Don't yell.
18:21Someone will hear you.
18:22You're the one who said loudly, Excavator.
18:26Escalator?
18:27V-Vader.
18:30Like Darth Vader?
18:31You said escalator.
18:33Not escalator.
18:34It's Excavator!
18:36Yeah!
18:37Yeah!
18:38Yeah!
18:38Yeah!
18:39Yeah!
18:39Yeah!
18:40Yeah!
18:40Yeah!
18:41Yeah!
18:41Hello!
18:42Hello!
18:42Hello!
18:43Hello!
18:43Hello!
18:44Why did you hang up the phone like that?
18:46Because I couldn't figure out a single thing that you said.
18:48Of course not!
18:49Your headphones are obviously broken.
18:52They are not.
18:53You just don't know how to spell.
18:55I'm telling you, these headphones are broken.
18:57But I'll fix them for you.
19:00Tom Thomas, you could be funny, you know?
19:02Hello!
19:03How can your headphones work if they don't have wires attached to them?
19:20Here you go!
19:22Now I'm sure that you'll hear me.
19:24What were you thinking?
19:26These headphones are wireless.
19:29Um, what are they?
19:32Wireless headphones get connected to a device via Bluetooth.
19:39This is the symbol for it.
19:41Click!
19:41And the gadgets each start sending radio waves so they can recognize each other.
19:46Contact May.
19:48Play your favorite music from your phone or tablet and the sound will be heard in the headphones.
19:53After using them, the headphones need to be recharged inside their case that works as a battery.
19:59And if the headphones are big, they'll need to get plugged into an outlet to get charged.
20:08Class.
20:09Thanks for nothing.
20:10Some friend you are.
20:12I was just trying to help you out here.
20:16School sent a message.
20:17The spelling test got rescheduled.
20:18I'll fix your headphones.
20:25Now you have plenty of time to study for your test.
20:27Uh-huh.
20:28I can start tomorrow.
20:31Hello, Johnny.
20:33Want to come over and play?
20:35Come here to study?
20:36Tomorrow's a science test?
20:39Really?
20:40Come on over.
20:46The swing.
20:54Masiur, check out what I can do.
20:56Sit down right now.
20:57You're going to fall.
20:58I'm not going to fall.
21:00Did you hear what I said, Nolik?
21:01There's no need to worry at all.
21:05We're right here with him.
21:06Oh, yeah.
21:08Hold on tight.
21:09Do you hear?
21:10I'm good.
21:11Great.
21:12We're almost done here.
21:13Bye.
21:14Bye.
21:15Bye.
21:18Papus, look at you.
21:20Nolik.
21:22Are you okay?
21:23It looks like his head's still on his shoulders.
21:26I'm sure next time he'll be more careful.
21:28There won't be a next time, you guys.
21:30That's all.
21:30We are done with swings here.
21:32And that's that.
21:33No, Masiur.
21:35Don't you have something to say?
21:37Uh, yeah.
21:39We are done with swings here.
21:40Go inside the television and think about your behavior.
21:43You are grounded.
21:47You're being too hard on him.
21:49Have you forgotten how much you loved to swing when you were kids?
21:52I?
21:53Never ever.
21:54I love to swing.
21:56What?
21:58Who came up with the swing?
22:03It may have been the monkeys.
22:05They would swing on vines to jump as far as possible.
22:09And just for fun.
22:12Prehistoric man saw that and decided to give it a try.
22:15He even added a board.
22:18Then people thought of putting one log on top of another.
22:21And the seesaw was invented.
22:23Many years have passed, but the basic designs haven't changed.
22:26Only the materials are stronger now.
22:39Nolik, how are you?
22:40Did you hurt yourself?
22:41Maybe we could play a chess game.
22:51You're upset, huh?
22:52You see, your parents, they worry about you a lot.
22:56You could have hurt yourself there.
22:57But nothing bad happened.
22:59Masi and Papu's act like they were never kids before.
23:02Like they never played on a swing.
23:03It's just, uh, it's just that everyone grows up and forgets what it was like.
23:08It's more like you grown-ups are boring.
23:14Hmm.
23:16Boring, he said.
23:20Nolik, did you think about what you did wrong?
23:36What in the world is going on?
23:37Where?
23:39Ah, you mean these swings.
23:41They turned out nice, right?
23:43Yeah, well made.
23:46Move over.
23:46No.
23:47What are you doing, honey?
23:48Woohoo!
23:49This is great.
23:50I haven't flown like this in a long time.
23:52Take apart that thing this instant before someone gets hurt.
23:59Masiya, why don't you give it a try?
24:01Visit your childhood.
24:03Foolishness.
24:04I'm not doing this.
24:05I don't want to.
24:08Only not real high.
24:10Don't push that hard.
24:13Make it go higher.
24:16Are you sure you won't fall?
24:18I won't.
24:19Don't worry.
24:23Masiya and Papus met each other at university.
24:28At the time, Masiya was working at the library, keeping the computers running smoothly.
24:33One evening, when nobody was left in the building, she noticed a lamp still lit in the center of the hall.
24:40She flew up to the lamp to turn it off and saw a book on the table about space with a fixie studying it intensely.
24:48Papus was so absorbed in his studies that when Masiya approached him to say hello, he jumped in fear.
24:54They spent all night sitting on a window sill.
24:58He was telling her about the stars and about his dream to visit a faraway galaxy.
25:04And that's how they became friends.
25:06What happened next?
25:07I think you know about that.
25:08Oh, it's so fun!
25:17Woohoo!
25:20Masiya!
25:21Oh, you're swinging?
25:23You said we can't have a swing in here.
25:25This isn't fair.
25:26No, Lick.
25:28I didn't mean to.
25:29I was afraid you'd get hurt and made a mistake.
25:32Sometimes adults can act really annoying.
25:34So, now I'm allowed to swing?
25:37You're allowed.
25:39Just hold on tight this time around.
25:41Of course!
25:42I don't want phone number two!
25:49Are you ready to fly into space?
25:51Yeah!
25:52One, two, three, go!
25:58The Weather Station
26:04So, what's the word?
26:05Did you finish your homework yet?
26:08Uh-huh.
26:09Way to go!
26:10So, now you'll finish drawing us, yeah?
26:11I don't know.
26:14Let's go outside.
26:15Finally, we have some nice weather.
26:17Our weather station says it'll be sunny for the rest of the day.
26:21What weather station?
26:22Our new home one.
26:23I just bought it yesterday.
26:24Come on, I'll show you.
26:31She's never got time for us.
26:32It's always school or homework or who knows what.
26:35Like sleep.
26:36And right now, she's going out for a walk.
26:39Thanks to new technology this time.
26:41You gotta admit, that device is pretty cool.
26:47A home weather station is a smart thermometer.
26:50It measures the current weather conditions outside
26:53and predicts what the weather will be like over the next few hours.
26:57It's not just the temperature, but also the speed of the wind
27:00and whether you can expect any rain or snow.
27:03In order to do this job, the station needs two parts.
27:06An outdoor sensor and an indoor bay station with a screen to display the information.
27:11Many of today's weather stations can also send this information to your smartphone.
27:19Told you, it's a great gadget.
27:21I'll shoot a review after our walk.
27:23And what do you think Katya and her mom will do if we go and change the weather a little?
27:37With the power of our minds?
27:39Not quite.
27:40With the power of a fixie tab.
27:41Time for a little magic.
27:55We did it!
27:57There we go.
28:00You're going?
28:01Tweak, I promise you, I'll draw you after my walk.
28:05All right?
28:06Of course that's all right.
28:07It's only that I saw the forecast as predicting rain.
28:10Uh-huh.
28:11Like I really believe that.
28:12Katya, grab an umbrella.
28:17The forecast just changed.
28:19But that's not a big deal, right?
28:21Who cares?
28:22A little rain won't hurt us.
28:23That's what we've got umbrellas for.
28:25Actually, I forget where I saw it last.
28:27Will you help me find it?
28:32All right.
28:33What are you going to say now?
28:34It's here.
28:40What?
28:41Mom, check it out.
28:43Wow, did it get colder.
28:44Let's grab our scarves.
28:47Geek, let me do it.
28:48Since ancient times, people have tried to predict the weather.
29:04At first, their predictions were made by interpreting signs.
29:08If birds were flying low, it meant it would rain.
29:10If the night sky was clear, it would be freezing the next day.
29:14In the 17th century, when Galileo Galilei invented the thermometer,
29:19the science of meteorology was born.
29:21In those days, a weathercock or weathervane was used to show what direction the wind was blowing.
29:28And a device called a hydrometer would show how humid the air was.
29:32Today, all of the changes in the weather are registered by sensors.
29:37Their data is being collected every second and is processed by powerful computers.
29:42And that's not all.
29:43There are satellites orbiting the earth that are collecting data about the weather down here
29:48from up in outer space.
29:52I'm not sure if the weather's gone crazy or if this weather station has.
29:58Should we check what it says on the internet?
30:00Good idea.
30:01Where's my phone?
30:02Hey, Fixies, what are you planning on doing next?
30:10Get out of there or just forget about me drawing you.
30:14What else could we do to keep you at home?
30:16Stop your sulking.
30:17I can draw an extra picture of you after my walk.
30:22But only if you fix the weather station you broke.
30:25What do you mean?
30:26We didn't break it.
30:28So you two, peace?
30:30Peace.
30:32It looks like our weather station got it all wrong.
30:38I just made peace with it.
30:40It needed a restart.
30:42Now it's working fine.
30:43What a smart girl you are.
30:45Then let's go before the weather changes again.
30:53What shall we do while they're away?
30:55Go stroll together?
30:58Hey look, Tweak, now it's really showing rain.
31:01And they forgot to take umbrellas.
31:03That's why the forecast must have changed.
31:05If you forget your umbrella, count on getting rained on.
31:07The voice assistant.
31:16Tweak, Thomas' mom is over there.
31:18Today at 10 a.m. you planned on going shopping.
31:22Oh, you're right.
31:23I totally forgot.
31:24Alyssa, thanks.
31:26You're welcome.
31:29Is that Simka joking around in there?
31:31Peek-a-boo, Simka, Nolik, are you here?
31:37Hang on a sec.
31:38That wasn't Simka's voice.
31:39Could there be some new fixie in there?
31:41Let's pay her a visit and we'll find out.
31:44How about we introduce ourselves first from here?
31:50It's great to go and visit your friends.
31:53And it can be a pleasant time for everyone if you follow a few simple rules.
31:57For instance, you should set a time in advance and not be late.
32:02Your host will be very happy if you bring something delicious for everyone to eat.
32:07And of course, you should be polite and well-behaved when you're visiting someone.
32:12Otherwise, just imagine you open the door and one of your guests go straight inside
32:18without even saying hello to anyone.
32:20He sits at the table and eats with dirty hands.
32:24Then proceeds to jump on the sofa with the shoes on.
32:27Makes noise, grabs everything without asking for permission,
32:31and doesn't say please or thank you at that.
32:34Would you be happy with a guest like that?
32:37I don't think so.
32:42Her name was, uh, Alyssa. Is that it?
32:45Alyssa?
32:47Alyssa, hi there.
32:48Hello.
32:49Oh wow, we've made contact.
32:52Are you a fixie?
32:53It's possible.
32:54Do I look like one?
32:56We haven't seen you yet.
32:58Come on out.
32:59I'm fine in here.
33:00She's a strange fixie.
33:02She'll talk to humans and won't come out and play with us.
33:05Alyssa, we've got pack-a-mats out here.
33:08Come on out and we'll show you.
33:10I'm not in the mood.
33:12What?
33:12You're kidding me, right?
33:14And how about racing on fixie boards?
33:16Maybe some other time.
33:17Oh, Alyssa, do you like cartoons?
33:21I do.
33:22Yeah, we'll definitely get her out this time.
33:29What kind do you like?
33:30I just don't get her.
33:34Fine.
33:34We'll pick one ourselves.
33:36Turn on a cartoon about cowboys.
33:38One moment, please.
33:39Now you're in the TV?
33:41How's that possible?
33:42Hey, say something, will you?
33:46I wonder if she ran back over there.
33:48Hey, are you in here?
33:52Ah, she could have gone in the remote.
33:55Enough of the hide and seek, Alyssa.
33:56Come on out.
33:57I have a headache and I'm very tired.
34:00How are you doing that?
34:02She's just punking us, I think.
34:03Stay right here.
34:04If you see her, catch her.
34:05Mm-hmm.
34:07Alyssa, come out of there right now.
34:11In your dreams.
34:12Are you mocking us, Alyssa?
34:15You've got nerve.
34:16Well, I've had enough.
34:17But how can we go in uninvited?
34:25Over there.
34:32She got away.
34:33The TV, let's go.
34:36Tweaky, I've been waiting and waiting.
34:39What's going on with you guys?
34:41We're chasing the new fixie.
34:43Chasing who?
34:44Alyssa, that's who.
34:45What, you didn't hear?
34:46You've got a new fixie living with you.
34:50A fixie?
34:51Alyssa is what they call their voice assistant.
34:54Who?
34:55Not a who, a what.
35:00A voice assistant is a super smart program.
35:04It's designed to work almost like a brain.
35:07It understands what you tell it and it carries out commands.
35:10Turn on a cartoon.
35:12What's the weather for today?
35:14And now, please, check on the internet how many legs a spider has.
35:17If you feel like it, you can just talk or play with it.
35:21Voice assistants live inside of smart speakers, telephones, and televisions.
35:25And can run appliances.
35:26For instance, turn on the lights.
35:28We're a vacuum.
35:33We're such dummies.
35:34We thought it was a live fixie.
35:36Uh-huh.
35:36We asked her to come play.
35:38But there's tons she can do.
35:40Alyssa, turn on that ditty about the wheel.
35:46Oh no!
35:47We gotta fix this before the humans get back.
35:50Alyssa, hi there.
35:58I need a good waffle recipe.
35:59Guys, faster!
36:02Alyssa?
36:04I don't know.
36:06Cause electricity is my only food.
36:08Stop!
36:08What?
36:10Alyssa, I need a recipe.
36:13I can help you cook lots of different meals.
36:16Cool.
36:16The quadcopter.
36:22Katya, would you like to go with me?
36:25No.
36:26I suppose that you wanted...
36:28Nah.
36:30Just say what you want to say.
36:31Katya, let's go to the movies.
36:33That's easy for you to say.
36:34This is about asking her to go to the movies, not a walk.
36:37Ah.
36:39Well, in that case, just send a text to her.
36:42Or better, write a letter and send it.
36:44By the time it gets to her,
36:46the movie will be over already.
36:48And what if we...
36:50send it by quadcopter?
36:52Class!
36:52And I can send back Katya's marker too.
36:59Now launching our postal quadcopter.
37:06Let me help!
37:08Nolik!
37:12Steer the other joystick!
37:16Ah, that was a good job.
37:24A quadcopter looks like a helicopter, only it's smaller and it has four rotors.
37:30They can also carry a camera, which means they can not only fly fast, but can shoot videos and photos too.
37:37These devices are used by journalists to help document their stories.
37:41And by cameramen to shoot from high above the action.
37:45Quadcopters also help rescuers find missing people.
37:48And soon they'll be delivering groceries and packages.
37:59She's taping a note on it.
38:00Let's fly it back here.
38:07Thank you for the marker.
38:10What about the movies?
38:12Nothing at all.
38:13She doesn't want to go.
38:15Maybe Katya doesn't want to go with me, but with Johnny.
38:21Huh, your imagination is awesome.
38:26All right, we'll check with the quadcopter.
38:29But that's spying and that's not good.
38:31Only that Johnny.
38:35Someone's not answering your call.
38:37I'm sure it's Johnny.
38:39He never hears his phone when it rings.
38:42Now she's writing him a note?
38:45So that's how it goes.
38:51Katya, now I know everything.
38:53Enjoy the movies with Johnny.
38:56But the friendship between you and I...
38:58Will always be strong?
39:00Is now over.
39:01And that is that.
39:03What?
39:04When ancient people needed to send a message,
39:10they would make signals with loud drums
39:13or with smoke from fires.
39:15The signals were then sent repeatedly in a long chain,
39:18moving from one settlement to the next.
39:20Later, people started using messengers and carrier pigeons
39:24to deliver the news.
39:25It was not until the 16th century
39:27that a real postal service appeared in Europe.
39:29A postman would travel in a carriage.
39:32Only there was so far that he could go.
39:35With time, ships and trains started carrying letters.
39:39But today, most everything is sent through the internet.
39:42One second and the message is already in an electronic mailbox
39:46or on social media.
39:48Paper letters are becoming rarer and rarer.
39:51But you got to admit, to get a real letter feels great.
40:02You sure you want to send that back to her?
40:08No.
40:09I want to hand it to her.
40:11But then she'll find out that we were spying.
40:15Katya?
40:15Tom Thomas, how come you wouldn't answer your phone?
40:30You were calling Johnny.
40:32You didn't call me.
40:33And why would you think that?
40:40Uh, seven missed calls?
40:42That means...
40:43I was thinking that you and I, uh, could just open this.
40:48But you were writing this note to Johnny.
40:51Hey, were you spying on me?
40:52No, I...
40:53Katya, it's all my fault.
40:56Please forgive me.
40:58Tom Thomas wanted to send you a letter.
41:01But it never got to you.
41:02It fell off the quadcopter.
41:10Come on, read already.
41:12Tom Thomas, let's go to the movies.
41:18Promise you won't spy on me ever again.
41:23You pick the movie out.
41:30The Fly Trap.
41:33Now look and learn.
41:38Haha, you missed again.
41:40Because I'm not warmed up, Nolik.
41:44Lucky shot.
41:45And that time?
41:51What about it?
41:52That was luck too.
41:58Hey, why are you mistreating that lovely plant, huh?
42:01Are you talking about that monstrosity?
42:04That's no monstrosity.
42:05It's just a beautiful Venus flytrap.
42:08Only it's not Venus's.
42:09It's Lisa's, right?
42:10Hahaha.
42:12How do we collect your trash now?
42:15We use our hands.
42:16Are you joking?
42:18A Venus flytrap is a predator.
42:23Not only animals can be predators, but plants can be too.
42:27For instance, a Venus flytrap eats insects and spiders.
42:32On the leaves of the flytrap are super thin hairs growing.
42:35And as soon as a fly touches them, bang, the leaves clamp shut like a trap.
42:40Thank goodness it doesn't need food like this very often.
42:43Just like other plants, it takes most of what it needs to eat from the ground.
42:48And also, the flytrap uses sunlight to make food for itself.
42:52Tula, next you're gonna tell us it's a fire-breathing dragon.
43:01Save me!
43:02Help me, please!
43:03I've been eaten by a horrible monster!
43:06Get out of there quickly!
43:09Nobody's going to eat me.
43:12Nolik!
43:14Come on, come on, come on!
43:16Open!
43:16Nolik, push!
43:18Don't stand there, help!
43:19You're gonna hurt the poor plant doing that!
43:21Your little poor plant ate Nolik just now!
43:24Well, the flytrap must have thought he was a fly!
43:26You gotta get me out!
43:28Now there's this sticky stuff in here!
43:30Poor Nolik!
43:36Not a crowbar, stop!
43:38Maybe use a hook?
43:40Nolik, grab it!
43:42Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!
43:48Well, do you have any other ideas?
43:50The flytrap is hungry, so why don't we offer it some food?
43:53Maybe then it'll let go of Nolik.
43:56Huh, candy!
43:57Fire!
43:58You can't feed candy to plants!
44:02He would love to eat that fly for sure.
44:05That would be sad.
44:06I'm scared in here.
44:08Stay calm, we'll figure out how to get you out of there.
44:10By the time you figure it out, there won't be anything left of Nolik to save.
44:15Oh, you dear flytrap, be nice.
44:17How about you go and let out our Nolik?
44:21It's closing its mouth even tighter!
44:23Not for long!
44:24Fire, stop!
44:26The flytrap will die if you cut it like that!
44:28I just don't understand.
44:30Are you worried for your friend or the plant?
44:32For both of them, Fire!
44:33Will you get me out of here?
44:35Nolik, wait a second!
44:36You always gotta butt in!
44:38Now why?
44:39Because you always do such stupid things!
44:41Well, you're a nuisance!
44:42And you're just...
44:43Just what?
44:44A dumbbell!
44:47Nolik!
44:54Growing a plant is a long process.
44:56The first thing you'll need is to get yourself a pot.
45:00At the bottom you can add small rocks to help the water drain better,
45:04so the roots of the future plant won't rot.
45:06Next, pour soil over the rocks, place a seed in a small pit, cover it, and then water it.
45:12And continue to water it whenever the soil dries up.
45:16But it's important not to overwater.
45:19To make the plant grow faster, put the pot in a warm and sunny place.
45:24In the winter and fall, when there are less sunny days, you can put your plant under a special grow light.
45:30Just remember not to rush.
45:32Try to be patient, and then one day your sprawl will break through the dirt and then grow into a healthy plant,
45:39if you take care of it.
45:40Nolik, wake up!
45:45Nolik?
45:47Nolik!
45:48Oh, he's all right.
45:49I...
45:50Did it get eaten?
45:51No, you didn't.
45:52You figured a great way to get out of there.
45:54You turned into a screw, and the plant spit you out.
46:00Don't ever try that again, predator!
46:03Who are you calling a predator?
46:05You're right, Tula.
46:06Forgive me.
46:08And Flytrap, I'm sorry for what I did.
46:10Maybe we should feed her?
46:12After what you did to her, let her rest.
46:15Although...
46:17I know how you could be nice to that plant.
46:27Splendid!
46:32Recharging
46:40If you'd be so kind, could you please take those up faster?
46:44Are you tired, Professor?
46:46Eh, not at all.
46:47Only we're not in the same good shape we used to be.
46:50We?
46:51As a matter of fact, I am still in awesome shape.
46:54Ah, fixy elders like yourself can just use an appliance to recharge.
47:02Only if you agree to come and join me in there.
47:06You can count me out.
47:07I prefer actively recharging.
47:13But you certainly can't handle this.
47:15Are you serious?
47:16That's what I do every day at home.
47:18Oh, really?
47:22Based on your shape, I'd never have guessed.
47:25Oh, are you done?
47:27I'm only doing my warm-ups.
47:32What is this?
47:33Oh, a wireless charging station.
47:37What a lucky break.
47:38I'd never outlast him without it.
47:40What'd you say?
47:40I said, should we continue charging up?
47:48Do you know the secret of a wireless charger?
47:51It has coils of copper wire hidden inside.
47:55Coils like this can also be found inside of other gadgets, like a telephone.
47:59When you plug the charger into an electrical outlet, electricity starts running through the wire,
48:05creating a magnetic field inside of the coil.
48:08If you put your phone on top of the charger, the phone's coil will pick up that field from the charger.
48:14Which means electricity is being produced in the phone to charge it.
48:18Which also means no more tangled wires.
48:21Isn't that cool?
48:22By the way, phones aren't the only thing that charge this way.
48:26You can do it with smart watches and with wireless headphones.
48:30It seems like before we know it, wired appliances will become a thing of the past.
48:37Are you ready?
48:46Ready!
48:47Let's go!
48:50If you want to stay real strong, energize the whole day long.
48:54Keep your day from getting sour.
48:58Routines are the key for getting energy.
49:02For charging up with power.
49:06Charge those gadgets round the house, have the telephone and mouse.
49:11Don't forget to charge your car, or you won't get very far.
49:15Charging is the one thing they need to keep on running.
49:19When you feel the need to eat, try to stay away from treats, find some good food to keep power.
49:33Eating healthy food will elevate your mood, and charge you up with power.
49:40Charge those gadgets round the house, tablet, telephone and mouse.
49:45Don't forget to charge your car, or you won't get very far.
49:50Charging is the one thing they need to keep on running.
49:54Do you give up?
49:56It's not a chance for the world.
49:58When the working day is through, you know what you have to do.
50:03Go to bed at all your power.
50:07With a full night's rest, you will feel your best.
50:10I'll charge that with power.
50:15Charge those gadgets round the house, have the telephone and mouse.
50:19Don't forget to charge your car, or you won't get very far.
50:24Charging is the one thing they need to keep on running.
50:41Professor!
50:44Hey, what's going on?
50:49You are heavy.
51:00Oh, that was spooky.
51:02You can't overstrain yourself like that.
51:04You're saying that like you weren't exercising yourself.
51:09Where do you get all of that energy?
51:12From, well…
51:13Wait, is this a wireless charger?
51:21I should have guessed that.
51:24Just a little unsportsmanlike trick.
51:27It sure was.
51:29Please, don't be angry.
51:32Perhaps another round?
51:34No cheating, I promise you.
51:42Snow.
51:48Well, where do you think the tree should go?
51:51Let's put it over here this time.
51:53But it was right there two Christmases ago.
51:55And so what?
51:55It was nice there.
51:57Every year is the same old thing.
51:59How about we have a snowball fight instead?
52:01Like humans.
52:02Uh-huh.
52:03You'll go get buried in a drift and then we'll have to find you.
52:06Here's an idea.
52:07Why don't we celebrate this Christmas in the refrigerator?
52:10Even better in the freezer.
52:12The humans will be done with their cooking and they won't bother us in there.
52:15And what about snow?
52:16We'll find you that snow.
52:21What is snow?
52:22When water evaporates from seas and rivers, it flies into the sky turning back into liquid again.
52:29The drops are so tiny and so light that they just hang in the air and form clouds.
52:35But if the drops and the cloud join together, they become big and heavy and fall down as rain.
52:42But these heavy drops freeze when it's cold out and they turn into ice crystals.
52:47They grow spikes in all directions, forming what we call snowflakes.
52:52Snowflakes come in a variety of shapes.
52:55Stars, needles, columns, and even triangles.
52:59Each one of them has its own unique design.
53:02By the way, not one scientist yet has been able to find two identical snowflakes.
53:11The
53:12The
53:28The
53:30Refrigerators are the best if you love chilly air.
53:33You love chilly air.
53:35You love chilly air.
53:38Penguins go there for a rest.
53:40So do polar bears.
53:42So do polar bears.
53:44So do polar bears.
53:46Summertime or wintertime, there is always frost.
53:50And inside you just might find dear old Santa Claus.
53:54It's chilly.
53:57Cleaning this freezer yesterday was a great idea.
53:59Yeah.
54:00Yeah.
54:00No, I don't like it.
54:01It's just way too cold in here.
54:03Ha!
54:04We fixies are frost-hardy.
54:07Uh-huh.
54:07Nolik's turning blue already.
54:09Look.
54:09That's my natural color.
54:11Stop arguing.
54:12We're moving to the refrigerator.
54:13It's warmer there.
54:14The fridge is great for cardinals, and for chickadees, and for chickadees, and for chickadees.
54:26Winter birds will come to feed any day they please, any day they please, any day they please.
54:34Summer time or winter time, there is always frost.
54:38And inside you just might find dear old Santa Claus.
54:47Well, where should I put it?
54:49How about right there?
54:50There's no snow in here.
54:52It's more important that nobody sees us.
54:55In the fridge the weather is a walrus's dream.
55:04Walrus's dream.
55:06Walrus's dream.
55:08They love jumping in the water.
55:10And the sour cream.
55:12And the sour cream.
55:14And the sour cream.
55:16In summer time or winter time, there is always frost.
55:20And inside you just might find dear old Santa Claus.
55:26If they put in one more pot of food, then there won't be any room left for us at all in here.
55:30Or snowball fight either.
55:32There's no snow in here anyhow.
55:34This was a bad idea.
55:36Let's just go home.
55:37The television will be cozier.
55:43Masiya, let's go back to the freezer.
55:45It'll be fun for the kids.
55:47There won't be any snow in there, but we'll be able to find some frost.
55:51And to keep ourselves from getting cold, we can dance in a circle.
55:56You convinced me.
55:57Quickly, Christmas will be here soon.
56:02Everybody needs a fridge.
56:04It has ice and snow.
56:06It has ice and snow.
56:08It has ice and snow.
56:10Only we could use a smidge more room for the food to go.
56:14Room for the food to go.
56:15Room for the food to go.
56:17Oh, let's all climb inside of there like one big happy fruit.
56:21But there's no space.
56:23No space.
56:23Who cares?
56:24We'll just eat the food.
56:26Room for the food to go.
56:40Why did I open the freezer?
56:41The food's already out.
56:46Oh, those humans.
56:47The real humans.
56:50The.
56:52The.
56:56The.
56:57The.
56:58The
56:58Ho.