Episode Details

When Daniel bought his son Ezra a toy shipping container and model forklift for his first birthday, he realized the bit only lands if the operator wears a hi-vis vest. Problem: nobody sells baby-sized safety gear. This episode follows the absurd engineering rabbit hole — from glass bead vs. microprismatic reflective fabric to the ANSI 107 geometry that requires more reflective surface area than a toddler's entire torso. What starts as a joke about a one-year-old forklift operator becomes a fascinating case study in how safety standards encode assumptions about adult bodies, and what happens when the entire global supply chain has no answer for a dad with a sewing machine.