rimitive Technology: Decarburization of iron and forging experiments
AdultsConstructionCreativityLife...I took a brittle, high carbon/iron alloy (cast iron) made from local ore and used a decarburization method to reduce it's carbon content making it malleable and forged it flat by hammering.
How Can We Store Renewable Energy?
AdultsConstructionScienceTechnology...Decarbonizing our power production is vitally important if we want to curtail climate change, but there are some major logistical issues we’re going to have to overcome before we can do that.
Primitive Technology: Cane Water Filter/Siphon
AdultsConstructionEducationNature...I made a water filter from cane that siphons clean water from a dirty water while simultaneously using the xylem present in the the cane as a filter.
How This Chalk Artist Creates Illusions on Pavement | Obsessed | WIRED
AdultsArtConstructionCreativity"Everything we think is real is, in some way, an illusion." Former NASA illustrator Kurt Wenner makes incredible, brain-busting chalk illusions. His works start with diligent planning, beginning with pencil and paper.
I tested the US Military’s secret space weapon
AdultsConstructionHistoryScience...An engineer came up with a plan to drop tungsten telephone poles from space - the idea has been seriously considered on multiple occasions, so we tested it.
World's Largest Horn Shatters Glass
AdultsConstructionCreativityScience...I might upgrade my car horn to this.
Civilian Tries on NASA Spacesuit For the First Time
AdultsConstructionScienceSpace...How does WIRED's Brent Rose feel about being the first person outside of the space program to try on a pressurized space suit?
Mineral Extraction: Crash Course Geography #44
AdultsConstructionHumanScience...Today we're going to take a look at mineral extraction -- or the removal of rocks and minerals from the Earths' crust -- and examine how this human activity impacts all aspects of Geography.
Empty Skyscraper In Times Square
AdultsConstructionLifePolitics...Why There’s An Empty Skyscraper In The Middle Of Times Square
Deep Dive Dubai
YouthSpeakingConstructionTechnology...Dubai's latest record-breaking construction project is really making waves.
How Does A Carburetor Work?
AdultsConstructionCreativityPhysics...Air flows into the top of the carburetor from the car's air intake, passing through a filter that cleans it of debris..
How Could We Get To Mars In Only 28 Hours?
AdultsConstructionScienceSpace...There's a cheat code to getting to Mars. Can humans handle the harsh conditions that space will throw at them?
Why doesn’t the Leaning Tower of Pisa fall over?
AdultsConstructionHistoryHuman...Dig into the 800 year history and architecture of the Leaning Tower of Pisa and find out what gives the tower its infamous tilt.
Primitive Technology: 4 years of primitive technology
AdultsConstructionHumanNature...4 years of primitive technology.
Engineering with Origami
AdultsConstructionCreativityScience...Origami is inspiring a plethora of new engineering designs.
Why the Future of Cars is Electric
AdultsConstructionFutureScience...Electric cars are now ready to take over thanks to advances in battery technology and their inherent benefits: torque, handling, maintenance.
World's Lightest Solid!
AdultsConstructionMediaScience...Aerogels are the world's lightest (least dense) solids. They are also excellent thermal insulators and have been used in numerous Mars missions and the Stardust comet particle-return mission.
Why Are 96,000,000 Black Balls on This Reservoir?
AdultsConstructionDesignScience...I took a boat through 96 million black plastic balls on the Los Angeles reservoir to find out why they're there.