C · Explained
Curious things, explained.
- What it is
- Short videos that take apart the things people are talking about: how they work, and what's real.
- Where
- On the Modus Lab YouTube channel, with a written page for each video here.
- Categories
- C1Cars & vehicles · C2AI & infrastructure · C3Phones & gadgets · C4Big builds.
Cars & vehicles
New cars and machines, and the engineering behind the headlines.
AI & infrastructure
The machines, power and money behind artificial intelligence.
Phones & gadgets
The parts inside the devices everyone wants, and why they're hard to make.
Big builds
Railways, tunnels and bridges: how the biggest projects are actually built.
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C4C4.1 · 23 Oct 2026NewPremieres today · 7:15 PM IST
How India's Bullet Train Tunnels Under the Sea in Mumbai
India's first undersea rail tunnel: 21 km under Mumbai, about 7 km beneath Thane Creek. We draw the 13.6 m boring machine, the slurry that holds back the sea, and how far it has really got.
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C3C3.1 · 22 Oct 2026NewPremieres Thu 22 Oct · 7:15 PM IST
Why Apple Can't Make Enough iPhone Duos
Apple's first foldable sold out in minutes. We draw the 100-part hinge, the glass thinner than a hair, and the yield maths that turns 99.5% per part into about 60% good hinges.
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C2C2.1 · 21 Oct 2026NewPremieres Wed 21 Oct · 7:15 PM IST
If the AI Bubble Pops, This Is What Survives
$750 billion this year, mostly on AI data centres. We take a one-gigawatt campus apart: what it costs, what wears out first, and what would still be standing if the bubble pops.
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C1C1.1 · 20 Oct 2026NewToday · 7:15 PM IST
Tesla's New Roadster Can Fly?! The Engineering Explained
Fans that suck it onto the road, SpaceX thrusters that fire it to 60 mph in 0.81 seconds, and a version that flies. How the new Tesla Roadster works, and what's real.
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