Inside Japan’s Earthquake Simulator
AdultsConstructionCreativityTechnology...This is the world’s largest earthquake simulator, here’s how it works.
Sherlock Holmes and the case of the Red-Headed League - Alex Rosenthal
AdultsCreativityHumanPsychology...One day in the fall, you called upon your friend, Sherlock Holmes, and found him in conversation with Jabez Wilson. Wilson had been working for the mysterious League of Red-Headed Men.
Primitive Technology: Volute Shaped Blower
AdultsConstructionCreativityEducation...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.
Historian Breaks Down Napoleon's Battle Tactics | WIRED
AdultsCreativityHistoryHuman..."Love him or hate him, Napoleon is a figure probably unrivaled in modern history." Today Jonathon Riley, a British General and historian, breaks down French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte's most prominent battles and utilized war tactics.
Can you solve the secret assassin society riddle?
AdultsBooksCreativityEducation...Your agent has infiltrated a life or death poker game in a hidden back room of a grand casino.
Primitive Technology: Brick and Charcoal Production
AdultsConstructionCreativityEducation...In this video I use the thatched hut to fire bricks and make charcoal in for the first time.
Primitive Technology: Downdraft Kiln
AdultsCreativityEnvironmentLife...A Phoenix kiln is a type of downdraft kiln where the firebox is below the ware chamber.
Primitive Technology: New Brick Kiln Design
AdultsCreativityEducationNature...I cleared an area as a workspace for making bricks, trialed a new source of clay for brick making and tested a new kiln variant that uses fewer bricks than the previous design.
The Fastest Maze-Solving Competition On Earth
AdultsCreativityIndustryScience...Welcome to Micromouse, the fastest maze-solving competition on Earth.
Primitive Technology: Roasted Ore and Shell Flux Smelt
AdultsCreativityLifeNature...I tested 2 ways of improving iron smelts by treating the ore, roasting the ore and using snail shells as a flux. Then finally I recycled old slag to see if it would produce any more iron.
How NASA Reinvented The Wheel
AdultsConstructionCreativityScience...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.
How Quantum Computers Break The Internet
AdultsCreativityScienceTechnology...A quantum computer in the next decade could crack the encryption our society relies on using Shor's Algorithm.
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 James Gandolfini Navigates Emotion
AdultsArtCreativityHuman...The Nerdwriter is a series of video essays about art, culture, politics, philosophy and more.
Why New Zealand is Finally Getting its First Subway
AdultsCreativityHistoryLife...New Zealand is building its biggest ever transport infrastructure project.
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.
The Science Behind James Cameron’s Avatar
AdultsCreativityMediaTechnology...James Cameron is diving into the deep: this time, into the oceans of an alien world. The director shares how Earth's oceans inspired The Way of Water—and his hope it will motivate viewers to protect our own planet.