'Floppy disks are the best storage media ever invented' - dad modder creates an ingenious TV control system that lets toddler select shows with the iconic storage device

• The TV remote is replaced by labeled disks, and one simple action
• Toddlers can select shows without reading icons, tapping screens, or scrolling tiles
• Floppy disks limit options by design and reduce accidental content switching

Floppy disks were once a routine part of home computing, used to load software, save documents, and move data between machines.

They faded from daily use as optical discs, and later SSD-based storage replaced them for local file transfer, while cloud storage reduced the need for physical media altogether.

Developer Mads Chr. Olesen has repurposed floppy disks into a tangible selection system that allows his toddler to choose TV shows by inserting a disk into a drive.