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Building the impossible: Golden Gate Bridge - Alex Gendler

AdultsConstructionHistoryHuman...
Explore 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?

AdultsConstructionDesignLife...
Trace the life cycle of a pair of denim jeans, and discover the labor and environmental costs of this fashion staple.

Most People Don't Know How Bikes Work

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Why are bicycles stable? The most common answer is gyroscopic effects, but this is not right. This video was sponsored by Kiwico.

Paving machine

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Tiger-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?

AdultsConstructionHistoryScience
Discover 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?

AdultsConstructionCreativityHuman...
Explore the viability of wooden skyscrapers, and see how cross-laminated timber (CLT) helps make these once impossible structures possible.

How Does A Carburetor Work?

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Air 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

AdultsConstructionCreativityHistory
Their flight at Kitty Hawk made history, but did the Wright brothers invent the first airplane?

How one design flaw almost toppled a skyscraper - Alex Gendler

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

This Unstoppable Robot Could Save Your Life

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This 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

AdultsConstructionDesignIndustry...
Explore the creation of China’s Three Gorges Dam, and find out how the hydroelectric plant generates its power.

Why Hardwoods Are The Softest Woods

AdultsConstructionEducationNature...
Not 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

AdultsConstructionCreativityScience
The 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

AdultsConstructionHistoryIndustry
Trace the history of the invention of plastic, and how the material ushered in what became known as the plastics century.

Building The Most Creative Luxury Villa And Decoration Private Living Room

AdultsConstructionCreativityEducation...
About 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 our Building The Most Creative Luxury Villa And Decoration Private Living Room with very simple tools and skill !

Inside the World’s Most Expensive Hotel Room

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Come 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

AdultsConstructionIndustryWorld
Although 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

AdultsConstructionCreativityDesign
The 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?

AdultsConstructionMediaScience
Today we find out if it's possible to cut glass as easy as they do in the movies.

How Weed Eaters Work

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How Weed Eaters Work (at 62,000 FRAMES PER SECOND)

Luxury Underground Swimming Pool

AdultsConstructionCreativityNature...
Building Luxury Underground Swimming Pool With Underground House