Historian Breaks Down Napoleon's Battle Tactics | WIRED
Adults Creativity"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?
Adults CreativityYour agent has infiltrated a life or death poker game in a hidden back room of a grand casino.
Primitive Technology: Brick and Charcoal Production
Adults CreativityIn this video I use the thatched hut to fire bricks and make charcoal in for the first time.
Primitive Technology: Downdraft Kiln
Adults CreativityA Phoenix kiln is a type of downdraft kiln where the firebox is below the ware chamber.
Primitive Technology: Wood Ash Insulated Furnace
Adults CreativityI 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.
Primitive Technology: New Brick Kiln Design
Adults CreativityI 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
Adults CreativityWelcome to Micromouse, the fastest maze-solving competition on Earth.
Primitive Technology: Roasted Ore and Shell Flux Smelt
Adults CreativityI 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
Adults CreativityA 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
Adults CreativityA quantum computer in the next decade could crack the encryption our society relies on using Shor's Algorithm.
Primitive Technology: Iron Bacteria Cement
Adults CreativityI developed a cement made from iron bacteria, then made pots from it to test its ability to set and not dissolve in water.
rimitive Technology: Decarburization of iron and forging experiments
Adults CreativityI 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
Adults CreativityThe Nerdwriter is a series of video essays about art, culture, politics, philosophy and more.
Why New Zealand is Finally Getting its First Subway
Adults CreativityNew Zealand is building its biggest ever transport infrastructure project.
How This Chalk Artist Creates Illusions on Pavement | Obsessed | WIRED
Adults Creativity"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
Adults CreativityJames 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.
Testing Shoes That Make You Walk 250% Faster
Adults CreativityWhat if you could walk way faster without trying any harder? Moonwalkers basically put an electric moving sidewalk right under your feet.
Primitive Technology 0:02 / 9:21 #PrimitiveTechnology #pottery #potterywheel Primitive Technology: Pottery Wheel
Adults CreativityI made a small pottery wheel to form pots on. A pottery wheel is a small table on which pottery is formed that is able to be rotated about an axis to form more symmetrical pots.
What Is The Best Shape For A Farm?
Adults CreativityThe shape of a farm can tell you a surprising amount about the land it's on and the people that use it.
5 Day Build with Fish Pond
Adults CreativityAbout Primitive Survival Tool : We Have 3 People In the wild , Mr Pen Sann : ( Actor ) Mr Sophal : ( Actor ) Mr Kimhout (Camera Man). In this video we going to show you about Build Fish Pond In front of Underground Roof Grass Hobbit House With Simple Tool as full video with very simple tools and skill!
A Molecule-Thick Coating Changes What a Surface Does, Thanks to Nanoscience
Adults CreativityThis episode was made in partnership with The Kavli Prize. The Kavli Prize honors scientists for breakthroughs in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience — transforming our understanding of the big, the small, and the complex.