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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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Display as: Listing | Gallery        20 iPhone Running on PocketPCThis talented fellow wrote custom software using PPL (Pocket Programming Language) for his Pocket PC (which runs a PDA version of Windows) to make it look, feel, and act almost exactly like an Apple iPhone.... more inside  18 Construction of an Airbus A380 in just seven minutesDuration 7 minutes 14 seconds. Nice video of an A380 being assembled and transported between hangers.  29 Purdue University models the 9/11 WTC attack computationallyhttp://www.rcac.purdue.edu/news/news_wtc.cfm Researchers at Purdue University have created a simulation that uses scientific principles to study in detail what likely happened when a commercial airliner crashed into the World Trade Center's North Tower on Sept. 11, 2001.  119 Marble binary adding machine... in wood!A great adding machine based on binary numbers made of wood and marbles. It remembers me of the pachinko, lol. It adds number up to 63 and if you try to add more it overflows and starts back from 0, just like a computer.  19 Building the World Trade Center Towers (18:11)Le Brick S..thouse. 3 in history, collapsed from fires.....WTC 7, and these two...  27 155 mph electric motorcycle - listen to that burnoutIt has a 161 pound lithium ion battery and uses 10 cents of electricity to burn out and run down the track and back. Read about them at killacycle.com.  25 Megacity Tokyo PyramidJapanese engineers have proposed a plan to develop a city house within a giant pyramid.   86 The Falkirk Wheel - Engineering MarvelThe Falkirk Wheel was designed to lift boats from a lower canal to an upper canal - a vertical distance of 24 meters. It does so marvelously well. Informative viddy.  98 Two Trains Hit Head OnAn engineer fails to see the signal to stop in time. If you look close you'll see an engineer jump out right before the collision. No one was killed. All crews jumped before impact.  20 RC Twin Pulse JetScratch built RC Twin pulse jet powered delta. 230mph top speed. 10 mins duration.  88 5 Storey Building Falls Over In Indiathis building in Surat, India seemed to just give up and lean over.  67 Video enhancements from digital photosWe received this by email:
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I'm a graduate student at the university of washington and a big fan of VideoSift. Lately I have been working on video enhancement algorithms and I would love... more inside  22 Star Wars Asciimation With SoundThis is incredible. A guy named Simon Jansen re-created the movie Star Wars using nothing but Ascii text and he calls it "Asciimation."  17 Air-Launched Pegasus Sends AIM on Its WayAfter a flawless countdown and flight, NASA's AIM spacecraft is ready to begin a two-year mission to study Earth's highest clouds. The 430-pound satellite's ride into orbit was provided by a Pegasus XL... more inside | Top Sift for Dec 8th, 2009Friends O' the Sift Top New Engineering Videos by Vote  Subscribe Top 15 Engineering Sifters of All Time Newest Appreciated Comments        |
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