Building the impossible: Golden Gate Bridge - Alex Gendler
Adults ConstructionExplore the construction of California’s Golden Gate Bridge, and dig into the engineering innovations that made the structure possible.
Why do your jeans wear out so quickly?
Adults ConstructionTrace the life cycle of a pair of denim jeans, and discover the labor and environmental costs of this fashion staple.
Paving machine
Adults ConstructionTiger-Stone is a Dutch made paving machine that uses gravity and an electric motor to print stone and brick roads. It's a six meter wide machine that is capable of laying 300 square meters of road a day.
Why is this 2,500 year old shipwreck so well-preserved?
Adults ConstructionDiscover the unique conditions that make the Black Sea host to dozens of shipwrecks that date back thousands of years.
Could we build a wooden skyscraper?
Adults ConstructionExplore the viability of wooden skyscrapers, and see how cross-laminated timber (CLT) helps make these once impossible structures possible.
How Does A Carburetor Work?
Adults ConstructionAir flows into the top of the carburetor from the car's air intake, passing through a filter that cleans it of debris..
Web Originals : Ask History: Who Really Invented the Airplane? | History
Adults ConstructionTheir flight at Kitty Hawk made history, but did the Wright brothers invent the first airplane?
This Unstoppable Robot Could Save Your Life
Adults ConstructionThis robot has applications to archaeology, space exploration, and search and rescue — with a simple elegant design inspired by a plant.
Building the world's largest (and most controversial) power plant - Alex Gendler
Adults ConstructionExplore the creation of China’s Three Gorges Dam, and find out how the hydroelectric plant generates its power.
Why Hardwoods Are The Softest Woods
Adults ConstructionNot all hardwood trees have hard wood and softwoods soft wood, because these terms denote their taxonomic ancestry, not the wood's actual hardness.
How to Fight Fire or Flooding on a Nuclear Submarine - Smarter Every Day 244
Adults ConstructionThe US Navy put no restrictions on me about what I should say or how I should present what I learned on this trip. Other than making sure my footage was cleared for Operational Security, I am free to say whatever I want about this experience.
A brief history of plastic
Adults ConstructionTrace the history of the invention of plastic, and how the material ushered in what became known as the plastics century.
Inside the World’s Most Expensive Hotel Room
Adults ConstructionCome on in for a private stay at the Palms Resort, in Las Vegas' most expensive hotel room, where a private suite is $100,000 a night, and it's a 2 night minimum! This luxury hotel suite is for the wealthiest ballers who come to Vegas to party like a billionaire.
The Best Worst Energy Source
Adults ConstructionAlthough coal is such an amazing energy source that we've kept using it despite the harm it causes, today we may be better poised to stop using it than at any previous time in history.
How I Boarded a US Navy Nuclear Submarine
Adults ConstructionThe US Navy put no restrictions on me about what I should say or how I should present what I learned on this trip.
Can You Cut Glass Like Catwoman?
Adults ConstructionToday we find out if it's possible to cut glass as easy as they do in the movies.