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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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   15 How does a wing generate lift? You're wrong.We've all heard, and probably believe this explanation of how a wing works: airflow is split at the leading edge of a wing, that part of the stream which flows over the top curved section of a wing must... more inside Copy & Paste: | | Embedding on your site will get you linked here 
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25 Jim Henson's RobotJim Henson made this film in 1963 for The Bell System. Specifically, it was made for an elite seminar given for business owners, on the then-brand-new topic — Data Communications. Copy & Paste: | | Embedding on your site will get you linked here 
17 Hockey Rink Roof CollapsesFrom Youtube: 22 January 2012 -- Roof of the recently opened ice rink in Námestovo, Slovakia couldn't support the weight of snow and collapsed. Young hockey players were training on the ice just before the accident together with former Florida Panthers right wing Richard Zednik. Copy & Paste: | | Embedding on your site will get you linked here 
13 Scientists Learning How to Program CellsYoutube - "Scientists are engineering e-coli bacteria to behave in a way that will one day allow living cells to be programmed to act logically, just like a computer." Copy & Paste: | | Embedding on your site will get you linked here 
13 Volkswagen Electric BicycleWith Volkswagen „Think Blue stands for ecological and sustainable mobility. But that is not necessarily a car as Wolfsburg demonstrated at the Auto China 2010 in Beijing. Their latest „Think Blue-project is a bicycle... Copy & Paste: | | Embedding on your site will get you linked here B R I E F Copy & Paste: | | Embedding on your site will get you linked here 
15 Skyrim on a TI-84 CalculatorGamesdot.org description:
"YouTube user no9sniper has — to the consternation of high school teachers everywhere — created a simple, text-based RPG that lets you wander around “Skyrim” doing many... more inside Copy & Paste: | | Embedding on your site will get you linked here 
17 Tiny Origami apartment in Manhattan unfolds into 4 roomsYT Description:
In 2005, third-grade-teacher Eric Schneider bought as big as an apartment as he could afford in Manhattan. He paid $235,000 for a 450-square-foot studio with a tiny kitchen.
Then he... more inside Copy & Paste: | | Embedding on your site will get you linked here 
14 Time lapse: Chinese rocket caught on videoDuring this time-lapse taken from the VLT complex at Paranal observatory, I caught an small sequence of a rare blurred object (0:14-0:18). The object is probably related to the launch of the FengYun-2F... more inside Copy & Paste: | | Embedding on your site will get you linked here 
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26 This Animatronic Baby Will Haunt Your DreamsTech Buzz KILL IT WITH FIRE! Or just disconnect its power source. You know, whatever. YouTube Description: Animatronic baby mechanism for anonymous job.. Copy & Paste: | | Embedding on your site will get you linked here Copy & Paste: | | Embedding on your site will get you linked here 
11 Quintron's Weather-Controlled Singing House SynthA new and as-always fun and functional project from New Orleans genius musician/inventor, Quintron. It’s really a beautiful idea, especially the rain drop trigger. In my perfect parallel universe every... more inside Copy & Paste: | | Embedding on your site will get you linked here 
52 Dorkly Bits: Sim City Monster Hates Your City"I think we can all agree that gridlock is the real monster here." From http://www.dorkly.com/video/17907/dorkly-bits-sim-city-monster ... Copy & Paste: | | Embedding on your site will get you linked here 
30 Burning Man: Beyond Black RockIn the words of eric3579, who LOVES this (and I don't blame him):
BURNING MAN: BEYOND BLACK ROCK goes behind the scenes of a social revolution to explore the philosophy that fuels it, the social contract... more inside Copy & Paste: | | Embedding on your site will get you linked here 
13 Liquid-piston-driven concept watchYT Description: The H1 is the first timepiece ever to combine mechanical and liquid engineering. H1 is a proprietary Swiss movement with a 65 hour power reserve and manual winding - driving a unique high-tech fluidic module. HYT- a new dawn in watchmaking Copy & Paste: | | Embedding on your site will get you linked here |  Top New Engineering Videos by Vote Videos Being Viewed Right Now Subscribe Top 15 Engineering Sifters of All Time Top 15 Engineering Sifters of the Past Week Top 10 Lounge Lizards  Newest Appreciated Comments         |
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