A Look Inside Apple's $130 USB-C Cable

Adam Savage’s Tested October 25, 2023
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Adam Savage’s Tested is a content platform and community playground for makers and curious minds. On Tested.com, the highly- engaged Tested YouTube channel, and at conventions and events, dynamic makers share ideas and inspire each other to build their obsessions. Led by Adam Savage, the Tested team explores the intersection of science, popular culture, and emerging technology, showing how we are all makers. Adam also takes viewers behind the scenes of films, TV shows, theater, and museums, shining a spotlight on the craftspeople and artists who make the magic we all enjoy. Tested is also: Norman Chan, Joey Fameli, Josh Self, Kristen Lomasney and Thomas Crenshaw.

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Apple's new Thunderbolt 4 USB-C cable costs a staggering $130, more than ten times the price of a generic USB-C cable. But what's the difference between Thunderbolt and USB-C? Adam is joined by electrical engineer Zach Radding to examine Lumafield's CT scans of Apple's cable as well as three non-Thunderbolt USB-C cables to understand the engineering and components that make up these cables. This video is part of a sponsored series with Lumafield. Learn more about these scans at: https://www.lumafield.com/article/usb-c-cable-charger-head-to-head-comparison-apple-thunderbolt-amazon-basics Apple Thunderbolt 4 cable: https://app.lumafield.com/project/fedc9b09-b696-4a7f-8270-95762abd1d1d Amazon Basics USB-C cable: https://app.lumafield.com/project/a0fd9731-994a-403f-9710-a03aa2f31cc1 $5.50 USB-C cable: https://app.lumafield.com/project/f6ec539a-2775-44d1-a9e3-54a118093b69 $3.90 USB-C cable: https://app.lumafield.com/project/3c087b61-34e3-4836-9d2d-38b1f14b9bf3 How industrial CT scanning is used: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eesZBRW4u0 Thanks to Zach Radding for joining us in this episode! http://buildcoolstuff.com/ Shot and edited by Joey Fameli Additional media courtesy Lumafield Music by Jinglepunks Subscribe for more videos (and click the bell for notifications): http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=testedcom Join this channel to support Tested and get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiDJtJKMICpb9B1qf7qjEOA/join Tested and Adam Savage Ts, stickers, (de) merit badges and more: https://tested-store.com About Tested: https://www.tested.com/about TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@testedcom Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/testedcom/ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/testedcom Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/testedcom Discord: https://www.discord.gg/tested Amazon Storefront: http://www.amazon.com/shop/adamsavagestested Intro bumper by Abe Dieckman Thanks for watching! #adamsavage #apple #usb

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