How This Guy Makes the World's Best Puzzle Boxes | Obsessed | WIRED
AdultsConstructionCreativityGamingArtDesignKagen Sound is an artisan of remarkable skill, engineering and constructing incredibly intricate puzzle boxes made entirely of wood.
Inside Japan’s Earthquake Simulator
AdultsConstructionCreativityTechnologyScienceNatural DisastersThis is the world’s largest earthquake simulator, here’s how it works.
Primitive Technology: Volute Shaped Blower
AdultsConstructionCreativityEducationDIYScienceTechnologyI 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
AdultsConstructionCreativityEducationDIYExperimentsIn this video I use the thatched hut to fire bricks and make charcoal in for the first time.
Primitive Technology: Wood Ash Insulated Furnace
AdultsConstructionCreativityNatureTechnologyEngineeringI 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?
AdultsConstructionEducationPhysicsScienceSportsProblem-SolvingModern roped rock climbing, one of the nerdiest sports, relies almost entirely on a single type of knot for safety: the figure eight knot.
How One Design Flaw Almost Toppled A Skyscraper
YouthCitiesConstructionTechnologyEngineeringArchitectureIndustryDig into the unique engineering of New York City’s Citicorp Center tower, and the design flaw that threatened to topple it.
Explaining concrete while getting buried in it
AdultsConstructionHistoryScienceEngineeringConcrete = cement + sand + gravel. Cement is the most important man-made material on Earth.
How NASA Reinvented The Wheel
AdultsConstructionCreativityScienceTechnologyEngineeringA 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 To Draw A Funny Apple
KidsArtConstructionHow-toEducationToday, we're learning how to draw a super funny apple folding surprise.
30 Days Building A Modern Underground Hut With A Grass Roof And A Swimming Pool
AdultsConstructionLifeNatureDIYArchitectureEnvironmentToday we show how to build an underground house with a pool and decorations, including an underground living room.
Primitive Technology: Iron Bacteria Cement
AdultsConstructionCreativityEducationScienceDIYI 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?
KidsConstructionHistoryMathDesignArchitectureLet'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
AdultsConstructionCreativityLifeScienceEngineeringDIYI 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?
AdultsConstructionScienceTechnologyEnvironmentEnergyDecarbonizing 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.
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.