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The agony and the ecstacy of engineering
by oxdottir

Engineering brings us so many joys and so many problems. This channel is for discussion of the good and the bad of engineering, and even for times when people claim they are using sound engineering arguments and most certainly are not. It is also for discussions of the ethics of the use of engineering and the societal repercussions of engineering decisions.


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DARPA contractor shows off tiny robo-hummingbird UAV
posted by kronosposeidon 12 hours 8 minutes 45 seconds ago • 162 views
tags: aerovironment, nano, uav, nav, darpa, hummingbird, mercury, skynet
 
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From Engadget: AeroVironment recently showed off its prototype of a nano-UAV (also called NAV) dubbed Mercury. It is able to fly about and hover in place by mimicking the wing movement of a real hummingbird... more inside
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Huge homemade Tesla coil
posted by brycewi19 20 hours 7 minutes 18 seconds ago • 631 views
tags: homemade, tesla, coil, cnn, newcastle, oklahoma, kevin eldredge
 
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I'm not sure the CNN reporter even knew what they were looking at when they called it simply "a high voltage transformer". It's quite impressive that this guy made this himself, considering how large it is.
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Uncut interview with Craig Venter, by Richard Dawkins
posted by BicycleRepairMan 2 days 12 hours 32 minutes ago • 268 views
tags: darwin, venter, dawkins, human genome, genes, evolution
 
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Richard Dawkins interviews Craig Venter for "The Genius of Charles Darwin", the Channel 4 UK TV program which won British Broadcasting Awards' "Best Documentary Series" of 2008. Craig Venter founded The... more inside
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LOLrio Kart - 45mph shopping cart
posted by Seric 2 days 7 hours 55 minutes ago • 919 views
tags: lolrio kart, shopping cart, MIT, Want
 
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From Buzzfeed: The LOLrioKart is a shopping cart pimped out with a motor and wheels that's rigged to go up to 45MPH. I'm quite sure there's life-changing brilliance coming from the great minds at MIT.... more inside
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Million Dollar Motorcycles, Each a Work of Art
posted by kronosposeidon 1 day 15 hours 58 minutes ago • 384 views
tags: motorcycles, million dollar, chicara nagata, japan, japanese, current
 
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From Current TV: This video is a profile of custom motorcycle builder Chicara Nagata. Chicara has won numerous awards for his custom motorcycles, which take him over 7000 hours to build. They sell for over $1 million each and can be seen at the Ippodo Gallery in NYC.
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Chicago's Sears Tower Unveils 'Glass Balconies'
posted by Duckman33 1 day 14 hours 59 minutes ago • 669 views
tags: Chicago, Sear, Tower, Unveils, Ledges, Glass, Balconies
 
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I put this is fear because I'm scared if heights. :P
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TTXGP - World's First Electric Motorcycle Race -Race Footage
posted by antonye 2 weeks 2 days ago • 249 views
tags: electric, motorcycle, race, isle of man, 2009
 
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The TTXGP is the first ever electric motorcycle road race, held at the historic Isle of Man circuit. The race consists of one lap of the 37 mile road circuit. This clip includes on-board race footage and rider interviews.
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Ridiculous Bandsaw Skills -- You Won't Guess The Result
posted by EDD 2 days 15 hours 14 minutes ago • 6680 views
tags: bandsaw, wood work, crazy skill, fast
 
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Part of the skill is arriving at final product with all of your fingers intact.
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Computer game car made into real car
posted by cybrbeast 3 days 1 hour 23 minutes ago • 1943 views
tags: Gran Turismo, futuristic, GTbyCITROEN, GT by CITROEN, Citroen
 
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With GTbyCITROEN, a show-car presented at the 2008 Paris Motor Show, Citroen becomes the first vehicle manufacturer to cross over to the virtual worlds: An original take on a road car, GTbyCITROEN is a... more inside
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How to start and drive a Model T Ford
posted by arvana 3 days 18 hours 21 minutes ago • 219 views
tags: ford, model t, antique, car
 
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I remember Jeremy Clarkson mentioning on QI how difficult it is to drive a Model T. He wasn't far wrong.
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30 ton truck @ 50 mp/h vs. Roadblock
posted by maatc 4 days 13 hours 58 minutes ago • 320 views
tags: roadblocker, heald, truck, crash test, HCR4M1200RB
 
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Mini crashes during race at 200+ km/h, rolls over 8 times
posted by radx 5 days 3 hours 4 minutes ago • 352 views
tags: thomas winkelhock, mini, nordschleife, nuerburgring, barrel roll, schwedenkreuz
 
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Driver was fine, got out of the car on his own.
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Top Gear: Bugatti Veyron vs. McLaren F1.
posted by therealblankman 4 days 15 hours 40 minutes ago • 4529 views
tags: mclaren, bugatti, top gear, hammond, the stig
 
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The two fastest supercars ever created square off in a rip-roaring drag race to over 300 kmh. Which will reign supreme?
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Traffic Pole vs Truck (Amazing!)
posted by vidimeister 2 years 10 months 4 weeks ago • 1980 views
tags: test, destruction, truck, pole
 
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Aliens Of The Deep - Mission To Europa
posted by demon_ix 4 days 22 hours 53 minutes ago • 332 views
tags: james cameron, aliens of the deep, europa, jupiter, probe, nuclear, ocean, submarine
 
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The most memorable scene from James Cameron's Aliens of the Deep for me, describes a potential unmanned NASA exploration mission to Europa for the sole purpose of discovering what's underneath it's ice.
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