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Primitive Technology: One-Way Blower Iron Smelt & Forging Experiment

Adults Construction
I tested the one-way spinning blower in an iron smelt and it is more effective than the previous both way spinning blower.

Chandigarh a perfectly planned city?

Adults Construction
Explore the construction of the futurist city Chandigarh, a project of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and planned by Le Corbusier.

Primitive Technology: Crab and Fish Trap

Adults Construction
I made a fish trap from cane and tested it over the course of a year catching various aquatic animals.

How This Guy Makes the World's Best Puzzle Boxes | Obsessed | WIRED

Adults Construction
Kagen Sound is an artisan of remarkable skill, engineering and constructing incredibly intricate puzzle boxes made entirely of wood.

Let's Engineer A Gingerbread Fort

Kids Construction
Jessi and Squeaks enjoy the winter season by constructing a model of the Fort out of gingerbread.

Inside Japan’s Earthquake Simulator

Adults Construction
This is the world’s largest earthquake simulator, here’s how it works.

Primitive Technology: Volute Shaped Blower

Adults Construction
I made a volute shaped blower where the housing for the fan is volute shaped, that is to say a widening spiral to test the effectiveness of a one way spinning impeller.

Primitive Technology: Brick and Charcoal Production

Adults Construction
In this video I use the thatched hut to fire bricks and make charcoal in for the first time.

Primitive Technology: Wood Ash Insulated Furnace

Adults Construction
I made a furnace insulated with wood ash to smelt iron in. Furnace insulation stops heat being lost from the walls of a furnace and so increases the heat within the furnace.

The Figure 8 Knot Has Never Failed. Why?

Adults Construction
Modern roped rock climbing, one of the nerdiest sports, relies almost entirely on a single type of knot for safety: the figure eight knot.

Building a Sled | Alaska: The Next Generation

Adults Construction
Daniel Apassingok, along with Chase and his family and friends help build a sled to help their every day lives.

How One Design Flaw Almost Toppled A Skyscraper

Youth Construction
Dig into the unique engineering of New York City’s Citicorp Center tower, and the design flaw that threatened to topple it.

Ancient Humans Made Millions Of These - We Don’t Know Why

Adults Construction
The Acheulean handaxe was the most common tool of early humans, but we still don’t know what the heck they used it for.

Explaining concrete while getting buried in it

Adults Construction
Concrete = cement + sand + gravel. Cement is the most important man-made material on Earth.

Primitive Technology: Making Charcoal (3 Different Methods)

Adults Construction
About This Video: With more iron smelting experiments coming up, I demonstrate 3 different methods to make charcoal, ranked easiest to hardest.

How To Draw A Funny Apple

Kids Construction
Today, we're learning how to draw a super funny apple folding surprise.

How NASA Reinvented The Wheel

Adults Construction
A huge thanks to everyone at NASA Glenn Research Center for having us at the SLOPE Lab, showing their work on this indestructible tire, and helping with the science and animation.

30 Days Building A Modern Underground Hut With A Grass Roof And A Swimming Pool

Adults Construction
Today we show how to build an underground house with a pool and decorations, including an underground living room.

Primitive Technology: Iron Bacteria Cement

Adults Construction
I developed a cement made from iron bacteria, then made pots from it to test its ability to set and not dissolve in water.

Shall We Fix The Leaning Tower Of Pisa?

Kids Construction
Let's learn about symmetrical and asymmetrical designs though looking at the example of the leaning Tower of Pisa.

rimitive Technology: Decarburization of iron and forging experiments

Adults Construction
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.