The Engineering of the Drinking Bird

So it converts Whiskey or Water into useful energy? Seems quite useful.

So soothing to hear your voice explaining the fundamentals of engineering, looking forward for your future videos!👍

My bird run 4 hours and 45 minutes without water.

Why did I think this was going to be about lemon demon

Can someone please absolutely clarify, one thing....

A change in temperature (energy) of 3/10’s (.3) between the top and bottom (micro climate zones separated by the liquid) will cause the bird to barely/slowly function,

Is that .3 (3/10’s) * F? Or .3 * C?

Big difference,

Aristotle: "The bird drinks whisky more because it's an alcoholic bird"

came here to see if the drinking bird aboard the Nostromo could still have been running while the crew were in hypersleep for several months.
It appears so, as there was a light source behind the bird the entire time.

That inventor was a thinker😊. I've subscribed

Okay, so to sum everything up it's magic and you're obviously trying to cover up that fact with all this scientific mumbo-jumbo. FAIL. I know magic when I see it.

Currently have this toy sitting (something I bought at a science museum) at my desk and Ive noticed heat and pressing against the bottom seems to push the liquid upwards, and something about the face being completely wet attributing to the liquid constantly being pushed up and down but had yet to figure out why. This video pretty much answered every query I had about the toy and now I love it even more

Sometimes I’d like the pressure in my head to drop too.

"It's drinking the water!"

Birds are alcoholics

I like how he took off the head for demonstration, but left the full tail feathers.

The explanation is scientifically sound. The evaporation coefficient is why i drink whisky faster than water too.

How long it takes for water in glass to go below beak tip level

I love science, I watching in awe the whole video

I had a dream about Dippy Bird the other night. My Granny had one when I was a child and it’s such a treasured memory of mine because I loved watching it and trying to figure out how it worked. I just received mine from Amazon today and as I watched it drinking, I decided to look up how it works.

Thank you for explaining something that mesmerized me as a child. At 37 years old I finally know how Dippy Bird functions and I’m even happier that I bought it.

so does the felted head ever get moldy?

I liked the video but that was a waste of good wiskey

the water in mine doesn't go up

You can copy this on alcoholics 😂😂😂😂

I tried to keep up with Tweety once but I lost badly,never again !

This is a great video. I was puzzled when I saw this toy as a child and never managed to understand it. I happy to learn that Einstein didn't managed to understand it either !
Thanks Bill !

I have no clue how it took so long for Albert Einstein to figure this out when it took me less than a minute.

The man was at least 30 IQ points above me.

Excellent advice, thank-you.
I have carried a small pocket knife since I was in the cub scouts (55 years ago). Its a very handy tool to have in one's pocket. In recent years I have taken to leaving it at home either if going out in the evening or for a drink at any time.
As a member of the UK target shooting community I did hear of someone stopped by the police to have his car searched. The two full bore rifles were of no interest but they gave him a hard time over keeping a Swiss army knife in his glove box. Such a dangerous object in comparison to a rifle which can kill at a range of a mile or more. Strange times we live in...

Add some alcohol, his face fills with a red liquid, and then he tips over. Sounds a lot like people

Awesome explanation, thank you ❤

That lonely bird needs a drinking buddy.

"The reason the bird drinks whiskey faster than water is that it has lost its feeling of control over its own life."

Bill 🙏

But who was the one who designed this bird first time.i never knew birds movement was because of complex thermo dynamics.

So the bird prefers whisky instead of water!

You forgot to mention Homer Simpson on this one. When he had the bird do his keyboard work. Seriously this was a great presentation! Subscribed!

Our high school physics class had one of these on display. The teacher presented it as a puzzle for any of us to explain. Recollections are hazy after all the years but... was an icebreaker topic at the beginning/end of class iirc... don't recall if one of us 'kids' ever solved it or if mr.teacher did or didn't explain it near the beginning of summer recess.

thank you bill!

Globalized world? He could not resist saying that. Thumbs down.

Brilliant explanation, I had one as a kid. We were always discussing how it worked.

I remember seeing one of these when i was very young.very amazing!

It is best described as a 'Fluidine' type of heat engine. Very closely related to the principles of a Stirling engine.

Perfect explanation, bravo !

i gained a lot of weight to get disability and be able to work from home. basically, all my 'job' consisted of was hitting the 'N' key on the keyboard every so often. so i got the idea to use this crazy 'drinking bird' i'd seen advertised on YT to hit the key for me. now i can enjoy spending the entire day snacking and drinking beers on the sofa with my pet monkey.

It works because God wills it

I figured this out when saw it at school for the first time. It took me a few minute to figure it out. Modern education made me smarter then Einstein

Hard to believe that Einstein himself didn’t figure out the operating principle behind the drinking bird….

Very interesting! Excellent tutorial 👍🇨🇦

Or the birds an alcoholic

Photonic Physics paper "... measurements were taken using a DBP..."
Reviewer: "What is a DBP , I don't think I have encountered that instrument before."
Researcher: "DBP? A Drinking Bird Photometer ,of course."
Reviewer: "Of course. What units is it calibrated in?"
Researcher: "Slurps per minute."