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Earthquake in the Classroom

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Students learn how engineers design and construct buildings to withstand earthquake damage by building their own model structures using toothpicks and marshmallows. They experiment to see how earthquake-proof their buildings are by testing them in an eart
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Inside Japans Earthquake Simulator

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This is the worlds largest earthquake simulator, heres how it works. For a free trial to Shopify go to https://www.shopify.com/veritasium.If youre looking for a molecular modeling kit, head to https://ve42.co/SnatomsV to try Snatoms a kit I invented where
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This Earthquake Drowned the Pacific Northwest

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This earthquake drowned the Pacific Northwest long ago—and there’s still evidence of it today. Find out more in “Making North America: Human”: http://to.pbs.org/2tNUffc PRODUCTION CREDITS Digital Producer Saad Amer Animation Edgeworx Studios, LLC Fluid Pi
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Mass-Producing Ice Cream with Food Engineering: Crash Course Engineering #39

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In this episode, we looked at food engineering. We explored how foods capacity to spoil makes it a unique challenge from an engineering viewpoint. We saw how many branches of engineering come into play to process ingredients, ensure safety for consumers,
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What Is An Earthquake? | The Dr. Binocs Show | Learn Series For Kids

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Learn about Earthquake in detail with Dr. Binocs. Hey kids, learn interesting facts and details of Earthquake with Dr. Binocs. While Earthquake as a topic is serious to learn and understand, but Dr.Binocs as always makes things easy and explains earthquak
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The History of Chemical Engineering: Crash Course Engineering #5

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Today well cover the fourth and final of our core disciplines of engineering: chemical engineering. Well talk about its history and evolution going from soda ash competitions to oil refineries and renewable energies. Well also discuss some newer and emerg
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Changing the Blueprints of Life - Genetic Engineering: Crash Course Engineering #38

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Can we change the blueprints of life? This week we are exploring that question with genetic engineering. Well discuss how selective breeding can improve agricultural practices, and the potential DNA-level engineering could have on other fields of engineer
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Ancient Earthquake And Flood May Have Led To China's Earliest Empire

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One of the largest floods in human history might have started a civilization. It begins with an earthquake 4,000 years ago in what is now China. Learn more: http://scim.ag/2aW7D9W Read the research (free): http://scim.ag/2aoxvWt JOIN AAAS: http://scim.ag/
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Secret Of The Pagoda's Earthquake Resistant Design

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Built with many flexible joints, some pagodas have stood for hundreds of years in the world's most active earthquake zones. #ImpossibleEngineering Wednesdays 9/8 on Science http://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/impossible-engineering/ Subscribe to Scienc
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Computer Engineering & the End of Moore's Law: Crash Course Engineering #35

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This week were exploring a field of engineering that is essential to how youre watching this video: computers and computer engineering. Well explain differences between hardware and software, how engineers are working on making computers smaller and more
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To The Moon & Mars - Aerospace Engineering: Crash Course Engineering #34

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This week were exploring aerospace engineering and its two main fields: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering. Well explore life & buoyancy, propulsion systems, and the challenges of managing the human body in space.Crash Course Engineeri
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How Much Damage Can An Earthquake Do?

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Earthquakes are awful, but just how bad are they? Watch more: How Long Will Our Monuments Last? ►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geeTiovdXLQ&index=7&t=0s&list=PL8L0MzSk_V6JtEDRfRMyb6rFd1acqYSlO Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNoggin | Get your exclusiv
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Inside the World's Only Chile Pepper Institute

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Chile peppers spice up cuisines around the world, from Chile Rellenos to Hunan Kung Pao, but they can be surprisingly tricky to grow and harvest. In this episode of Hungry Planet, Niba chats with two teams increasing access to chile peppers: New Mexico St
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How Engineering Robots Works: Crash Course Engineering #33

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In this episode we looked at robots and the engineering principles of robots. We learned how robots use sensors to interpret their environment, how actuators and effectors allow a robot to manipulate the objects around it to accomplish a task, and how com
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Earthquake-proof toothpick structure construction contest

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This video from Japan shows a contest where people compete using toothpicks to build the strongest building structure against a strong earthquake. www.arch.sojo-u.ac.jp/tcon/
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The bigger the earthquake, the longer it takes to issue an alert

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Only warnings triggered by small ground motions provide time to act before shaking arrives learn more: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/03/earthquake-warning Read the research (free): http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/3/eaaq0504 ----------------
The History of Electrical Engineering: Crash Course Engineering #4

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Next stop on our tour of engineerings major fields: electrical engineering. In this episode well explore the history of telecommunications, electric power and lighting, and computers. Well introduce topics like magnetism, electrical conduction, telegraphy
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Earthquake | Regular Show | Cartoon Network

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The gang survives an earthquake but in the aftermath, all is not what it seems. CN GAMES: http://bit.ly/CNGames SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/109Y6wq WATCH MORE: http://bit.ly/CNRegularShow About Regular Show: Best friends, Mordecai (a six-foot-tall blue jay)
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Earthquake Mirror

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Deane shows how to make a pretend earthquake using a small mirror and some odds and ends from around the home. SUBSCRIBE NOW http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CuriosityShow CONNECT WITH CURIOSITY Facebook ➤ http://www.facebook.com/Curios
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The Future of Earthquake-Proof Buildings

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SciShow is supported by Brilliant.org. Go to https://Brilliant.org/SciShow to get 20% off of an annual Premium subscription. Earthquakes are almost impossible to predict. Luckily, engineers have come up with some amazing ways to protect people the next ti
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The World's Most Dangerous Engineering Mistakes | Massive Engineering Mistakes

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Check out some of the biggest and most dangerous engineering mistakes made throughout the world such as the Leaning Tower of Pisa and Venice's MOSE. Subscribe to Discovery UK for more great clips:http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=Discove
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Costume Institute

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The latest installment in Great Museums TV webisode series celebrating the Philippe de Montebello exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. For more information, visit http://greatmuseums.org.
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If Enough People Stomp At Once, Can It Cause An Earthquake?

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Sporting events gather a lot of people into one place, and they can get pretty rowdy. Does all this commotion have an effect on the planet? Why Do Refs Make Bad Calls? - https://youtu.be/E7dOWwm3IUQ Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1
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1 Year of VR Research

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Wow, wasn't expecting so much when I started editing this together. Easy to forget how differently we thought about these technologies only a year ago. Which was so different from a year before that. And the year before that. We're now in our 4th year of
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WHAT TO DO in an Earthquake | SURVIVAL HACKS

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SITUATION: the ground beneath your feet starts to rumble and crumble, and you’ve found yourself in the epicenter of an EARTHQUAKE! Join host Grizzly Griddles as he bushwhacks and hacks his way through the DEADLIEST survival scenarios on Earth! → Credits ←
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Will a Swing Save You From an Earthquake?! | NUMBER CRUSHERS

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Will a Swing Save You From an Earthquake?! Izzy challenges you to solve this earth shaking problem. Will Jon wake up before the Zombie strikes? Will Gary sink into quicksand before his friend can save him? Take a guess or do the math to know what happens
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What's missing in medical research? - Greg Foot

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Dig into why ethnic diversity is so important to medical research when creating new treatments and medicines for diseases.--While all humans share 99.9% of our DNA, differences in the remaining 0.1% hold important clues about the causes of diseasesand the
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The Insane Engineering of Tokyo's First Supertall Skyscraper

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Building tall in Japan isn't easy.Skip the waitlist and invest in blue-chip art for the very first time by signing up for Masterworks - https://www.masterworks.art/theb1mThis video contains paid promotion for Masterworks. Purchase shares in great masterpi
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Psychological Research - Crash Course Psychology #2

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You can directly support Crash Course at http://www.subbable.com/crashcourse Subscribe for as little as $0 to keep up with everything we're doing. Also, if you can afford to pay a little every month, it really helps us to continue producing great content.
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Disney Pixar Finding Dory Water Toys Marine Life Institute Playset Swimming Nemo, Dory, And Bailey

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Disney Pixar Finding Dory Water Toys with Ryan and his family from Ryan ToysReview! The Marine Life Institute Playset comes with Nemo from Finding Nemo! We also open Swimming Dory and Swimming Bailey! These bath toys are perfect for kids who loves to play
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holoportation: virtual 3D teleportation in real-time (Microsoft Research)

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holoportation is a new type of 3D capture technology that allows high quality 3D models of people to be reconstructed, compressed, and transmitted anywhere in the world in real-time. When combined with mixed reality displays such as HoloLens, this technol
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Training to Become a NASA Research Pilot | WIRED

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It takes a lot of training to become an elite NASA research pilot. WIRED's Jack Stewart gets a crash course in flying and rolling F-18 jets for science, of course. Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► http://wrd.cm/15fP7B7 CONNECT WITH WIRED W
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How Drones Catch Whale Snot for Biology Research | WIRED

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Whale research is difficult, but a conservation organization is trying to make it a bit easier with drones. WIRED's Matt Simon talks with Ocean Alliance CEO Iain Kerr about the benefits of flying the "SnotBot" into a whale's blow spout.Still havent subscr
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Engineering with Origami

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Origami is inspiring a plethora of new engineering designs. Try yourself: https://ve42.co/Origami Thanks Audible! Start listening with a 30-day trial and your first audiobook, plus two Audible Originals free when you go to https://audible.com/veritasium o
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This House Was Built In Just 36 Hours | Impossible Engineering

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Impossible Engineering | Thursdays at 9/8c And it only cost $185! Full Episodes Streaming FREE on Science Channel GO: https://www.sciencechannelgo.com/impossible-engineering/ More of the Impossible! http://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/impossible-engine
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Floating Cities: Research Lab of the Future or Crazy Pipe Dream?

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The media seems to think the concept of floating cities is just around the corner. So are we really that close? Special thanks to Toyota for supporting Seeker - check out the all new Toyota C-Hr here: https://www.toyota.com/c-hr/ Can Pets Make Us Healthie
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The Disaster That Changed Engineering: The Hyatt Regency Collapse

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Today's guest video is from Grady at Practical Engineering! Go subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/gradyhillhouse The Hyatt Regency Hotel collapse was a disaster that changed engineering: it's taught in colleges and universities as a way to make it cl
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Two Research Vessels Leave for the Twilight Zone

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A project jointly funded by NASA and the National Science Foundation is heading west from Seattle, straight for the twilight zone. Using two research vessels, the Export Processes in the Ocean from Remote Sensing (EXPORTS) oceanographic campaign will stud
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Watch This 1940s Robotic Tortoise Navigate A Room By Itself | Impossible Engineering

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Impossible Engineering | Thursdays at 9/8c The "Tortoise" was built by William Grey Walter in 1948 and used sensors for light and movement to form a simple nervous system. Full Episodes Streaming FREE on Science Channel GO: https://www.sciencechannelgo.co
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Why It's Impossible To Engineer Earthquake-Proof Buildings | We The Curious

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What causes earthquakes? Why do buildings collapse? Can engineers design buildings that resist the forces beneath our feet? Ross Exton speaks to scientists and engineers to find out.From plants to prosthetics: the science of 3D printing https://youtu.be/H
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How life-span shifting insects are reshaping aging research

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Bees, termites, and ants can teach us a lot about cooperation, communication, and the skills that keep societies together. But these so-called social insects may also hold secrets that could reshape our understanding of human aging. Many social insects ex
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Playing Minecraft to Raise Money for Cancer Research

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Anna Maree Manciet has a dream job. She is a pro gamer for Alienware. And, yes, it is fun, but it also provides her opportunities to play with purpose. In Memphis, Anna Maree is on the campus of the St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital to play Minecraft.
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Treat Jabu's eye! | Living With Elephants | Botswana elephant rescue, research and education centre.

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Jabu has had a watery, sore eye lately. We have been treating it thrice daily with an antibiotic ointment and it is looking soo much better. Living With Elephants Foundation Botswana elephant rescue, research and education centre. 501C3 registered via The
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The New World of Human Genetic Engineering

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Tune in and join the conversation during the premiere of "CRISPR in Context: The New World of Human Genetic Engineering" on Friday, October 25th at 8pm EST.PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONIts happened. The first children genetically engineered with the powerful DNA-ed
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The Engineering of the Drinking Bird

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Bill reveals the operation and engineering design underlying the famous drinking bird toy. In this video he explores the role played by the water the bird "drinks," shows what is under the bird's hat and demonstrates that it can operate using heat from a
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Smart Tattoos & Tiny Robots: Crash Course Engineering #37

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This week we are exploring biodevices and the part they play in the healthcare world. Well look at the challenges of implantable biodevices, like biocompatibility, power and connectivity, packaging, structural design, delivery systems, and device manageme
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The robot finding earthquake survivors

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This is Zebro, an autonomous swarming robot developed at the TU Delft. Zebro robots work together like a swarm of ants or birds or a school of fish. They can be sent to search difficult terrain and find survivors after earthquakes. SUBSCRIBE: https://bit.
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What Is Real Engineering?

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Why choose engineering as a career path? I believe engineers have the power to make this world a better place to live. This video was created to inspire current and future engineers to continue making this world a better place. Join the facebook page: htt
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The US Actually Funded Research For This Effect

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Get your Henson AL13 razor here: http://hensonshaving.com/actionlab and use code "actionlab" to receive 100 free blades with the purchase of a razor. That's 3-4 years worth of shaves. Both items must be in the cart for the code to take effect.The publishe
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Biomaterials: Crash Course Engineering #24

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Weve talked about different materials engineers use to build things in the world, but theres a special category of materials they turn to when building things to go inside our bodies. In this episode well explore the world biomaterials like titanium and t
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Can We Stop An Earthquake? -- Extreme Science #3

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Twitter: http://twitter.com/vsaucethree My Instagram: http://instagr.am/jakerawr ***Click "SHOW MORE" for links*** Previous Extreme Science videos: https://youtu.be/iJwZ3uBzQV0?list=PLiyjwVB09t5wZefTIskYEBtsnoMN8WQvm Companion article on PopSci: http://ww
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RMS Titanic: Fascinating Engineering Facts

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Bill shares fascinating images and information gleaned from the 1909 to 1911 editions of the Journal The Engineer. It includes photos of the construction of the Titanic and its twin the Olympic, the launching of these Olympic-class ships, and accidents th
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How Scientists Manipulate Research With P-Value

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Numbers don’t lie, right? Or are scientists intentionally using statistics to mislead us? Top 5 Things Wrong With Science ►►►►http://bit.ly/1pILTAB Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit.ly/1myXbFG Read More: The ASA's statement on p-val
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The Brilliant Engineering of FIRST FLIGHT !

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When you examine the Wright Flyer, the first successful flight closely you will be amazed by the numerous ingenious technologies these high school dropouts developed 100 years ago. Their design was so complete that even the current modern aircraft use the
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Engineering & Curiosity

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Hey everybody. This is not a regular Kurzgesagt video. We made this clip for the National Academy of Engineerings video contest. http://www.nae.edu/e4u/ The goal of the contest was to make a video about how engineering changed our lifes to the better. Thi
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How To Become An Engineer: Crash Course Engineering #45

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Hopefully this course has gotten you excited about all the things we can do with engineering. If so, today were going to try to help you answer a very important question: how do you become an engineer? What are the steps? What kinds of careers can you pur
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Should AI Research Try to Model the Human Brain?

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Flat Earth PROVEN By Independent Research

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WE PROVED THE EARTH IS NOT ROUND!!!!!!!!!!!!SUBSCRIBE IF YOU WERE LIED TO!New Merch - https://mrbeast.storeCheck out Viewstats! - https://www.viewstats.com/SUBSCRIBE OR I TAKE YOUR DOGFor any questions or inquiries regarding this video please reach out to
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How to save 51B lives for 68 cents with simple Engineering

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Using the power of engineering and brilliant inventions to save lives!!! Great times collab-ing with Bill and Melinda Gates! You should check out the Gates Annual Letter here: http://b-gat.es/2lhhtmJ Pre-order a paper microscope here- https://www.foldscop
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Heat Engines, Refrigerators, & Cycles: Crash Course Engineering #11

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Cycles are a big deal in engineering. Today well explain what they are and how theyre used in heat engines, refrigerators, and heat pumps. Well also discuss phase diagrams and the power of using renewable energy resourcesCrash Course Engineering is produc
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360 Polar Bear Research on Chukchi Sea

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Watch our short documentary about Arctic polar bear researchers: http://www.sciencefriday.com/polarbears *** Please help support our video productions on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/scifri ***
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Meet the Sharpshooter Research Team | #DeepLook #Shorts

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Producer Mimi Schiffman collaborated with UC Berkeley researcher Liz Clark and Georgia Tech researcher Elio Challita for our episode about sharpshooter pee. Watch the full video here https://youtu.be/AWLIlc-IRK4Merry Go - Silent Film Light by Kevin MacLeo
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Physics and Engineering - Summer of STEM - Triangle Building Blocks and Lego Parachutes

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Physics and Engineering! This week we make triangle building blocks and lego parachutes! Physics Book: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-GbYsz_QH2WeGtsMjZGcTlVM3c/view?usp=sharing Printable Board Game and Stickers: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/fold
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Are GMOs Good or Bad? Genetic Engineering & Our Food

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Are GMOs bad for your health? Or is this fear unfounded? Support us on Patreon so we can make more videos (and get cool stuff in return): https://www.patreon.com/Kurzgesagt?ty=h Kurzgesagt merch here: http://bit.ly/1P1hQIH Get the music of the video here:
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Build the Best Solar Oven Ever! | Engineering Project

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Mister Brown and Squeaks decide to design a solar oven, so they can cook their lunch while they play outside!----------Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a Patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowIf you have a question for Jes
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The Engineering Inside Noise-Canceling Headphones

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The engineering inside noise-canceling headphones is rather intricate. Let's see how.Check out https://www.pcbway.com/ for all kinds of PCBs, easy ordering, and quick delivery.Take a look at their PCB Assembly, for an inexpensive population of the compone
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This algorithm decodes rat squeaks and could revolutionize animal research

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Rats are social and chatty critters, but most of their chatter is above the frequency that human ears can hear. If researchers could listen to what rats are saying, it could change countless experiments. This week, we try our hand at recording ultrasonic
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Q&A with Greg – Black Holes, Consciousness, My Research, and More!

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We did something a little different in this episode and answered questions from you, our viewers. If you have a questions about the universe, past videos, or life as a scientist, leave a comment below! Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/WhatThePhysics?sub
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Origami: Art, Engineering or Both?

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How can one sheet of folding paper inform engineering and the future of space travel?Subscribe so you never miss an episode: https://bit.ly/3mOfd77More info below Jinkyu JK Yang sees endless possibilities in a single sheet of paper. The aeronautics and as
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How Seawater Sabotages Ships: Crash Course Engineering #43

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This week were headed out to sea for some marine engineering. How do we design ships to handle aquatic environments? How do we deal with marine life and corrosion and all of the other problems that come with engineering in the ocean? How can large maritim
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The Insane Engineering of the SR-71 Blackbird

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Get a year of both Nebula and Curiosity Stream for just 11.99 here: http://www.CuriosityStream.com/realengineering and using the code, "realengineering"New streaming platform: https://watchnebula.com/Vlog channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMet4qY3
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Building a Desalination Plant from Scratch: Crash Course Engineering #44

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An essential part of engineering is engineering design. Today well see how design synthesis helps you put together the components of a process and decide what techniques are needed to solve your problem. Well explain the need test things on a smaller scal
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An engineer in Chile created a device that could use earthquake vibrations to charge phones

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Luciano Chiang, a Chilean engineer, built a machine that turns the earth's vibrations into energy that can be used to charge phones and small electronics. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/sai FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/techinsider TWITTER
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Reversibility & Irreversibility: Crash Course Engineering #8

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How do we design the most efficient machines and processes? Today well try to figure that out as we discuss heat & work, reversibility & irreversibility, and how to use efficiency to measure a system. Crash Course Engineering is produced in association wi
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Heat Transfer: Crash Course Engineering #14

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Today were talking about heat transfer and the different mechanisms behind it. Well explore conduction, the thermal conductivity of materials, convection, boundary layers, and radiation. Crash Course Engineering is produced in association with PBS Digital
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11-Year-Old Gets 3D-Printed Hands After Dad Meets Engineering Student in Uber

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An 11-year-old girl born with a one finger on each hand has gotten a new pair of 3D-printed hands. Her father drives an Uber and after picking up a Notre Dame engineering student one night, the stranger offered to help the driver's daughter by designing h
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Plants can grow their own glow-in-the-dark cotton, no genetic engineering required

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Method could pave the way for new smart clothing. Learn more: http://scim.ag/2xBTrgl Read the research ($): http://scim.ag/2xB3L8f
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Engineering Compilation: Crash Course Kids

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Maybe you'd like to just hear about one topic for a while. We understand. Thus, we've created our Compilation Series. In this first (and longest) compilation video, we look at some of our videos about Engineering. Sabrina helps us to understand how engine
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How Not to Set Your Pizza on Fire: Crash Course Engineering #15

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Today were going to explain how exchangers...exchange heat. Well look at concentric tubes, finned tubes, plate heat exchangers, and shell-and-tube heat exchangers. And well look at some equations to help us sort through heat transfer and decide what heat
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Why It's So Hard To Make Better Batteries: Crash Course Engineering #32

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There are batteries powering so many parts of our everyday lives, so today were going to talk about how they work and how we can make them better. Well explain how they provide power by discharging ions between a cathode and an anode, and how reversing th
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Cheese, Catastrophes, & Process Control: Crash Course Engineering #25

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Engineering, like life, could really use a lot more cheese. This week we are looking at a cheese factory in Toronto and what it can teach us about process control systems. Well explore feedforward and feedback systems, and see how integrating them both wi
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Stress, Strain & Quicksand: Crash Course Engineering #12

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Today were talking all about fluid mechanics! Well look at different scales that we work with as engineers, mass and energy transfers, the no-slip condition, stress and strain, Newtons law of viscosity, Reynolds number, and more!Crash Course Engineering i
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Genetic Engineering Will Change Everything Forever – CRISPR

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Designer babies, the end of diseases, genetically modified humans that never age. Outrageous things that used to be science fiction are suddenly becoming reality. The only thing we know for sure is that things will change irreversibly. Support us on Patre
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Sociology Research Methods: Crash Course Sociology #4

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Today we’re talking about how we actually DO sociology. Nicole explains the research method: form a question and a hypothesis, collect data, and analyze that data to contribute to our theories about society. Crash Course is made with Adobe Creative Cloud.
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The Mighty Power of Nanomaterials: Crash Course Engineering #23

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Just how small are nanomaterials? And what can we do with stuff that small? Today well discuss some special properties of nanomaterials, how some can change at different sizes, and the difference between engineered nanomaterials and ones that occur natura
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The Insane Engineering of the Perseverance Rover

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Get a year of both Nebula and Curiosity Stream for just 14.79 here: http://www.CuriosityStream.com/realengineering and using the code, "realengineering" Watch this video on ad free on Nebula: Vlog channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMet4qY3027v8Kjp
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Software Engineering: Crash Course Computer Science #16

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Today, we’re going to talk about how HUGE programs with millions of lines of code like Microsoft Office are built. Programs like these are way too complicated for a single person, but instead require teams of programmers using the tools and best practices
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How the Leaning Tower of Pisa Was Saved: Crash Course Engineering #40

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This week were going underground to explore geotechnical and seismic engineering. Well look at how structures connect to the ground and transmit loads through their foundations, and how those foundations need to provide a high bearing capacity. Well see h
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The Engineering Process: Crash Course Kids #12.2

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So, how do we go about being engineers? In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks to us about the Engineering Process and why we should do things in order, as well as many of the questions we should ask along the way. This first series is based
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The Insane Engineering of James Webb Telescope

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Get the CuriosityStream x Nebula bundle deal for just 11.59 until December 24th https://curiositystream.com/realengineering New streaming platform: https://watchnebula.com/ Vlog channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMet4qY3027v8KjpaDtDx-g Patreon: ht
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YouTube Couldn't Exist Without Communications & Signal Processing: Crash Course Engineering #42

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Engineering helped make this video possible. This week well look at how its possible for you to watch this video with the fundamentals of signal processing. Well explore things from Morse Code, to problems like bandwidth capacity and noise, to how we arri
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Engineering Games: Crash Course Kids #29.2

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So how can a game teach us about engineering? Pretty easily! When you're trying to solve a game, or a puzzle, or whatever, you will have a bunch of variables. The trick is knowing how to change one variable at a time to see what changes. In this episode o
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Why We Can't Invent a Perfect Engine: Crash Course Engineering #10

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Weve introduced the 0th and 1st laws of thermodynamics, so now its time to move on to the second law and how we came to understand it. Well explain the differences between the first and second law, and well talk about the Carnot cycle and why we can never
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Andrea Ghezs Black Hole Research Confirms Einsteins Theory of Relativity | Short Film Showcase

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The Engineering Secrets of the World's Toughest Beetle

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Go to http://Brilliant.org/SciShow to try their Scientific Thinking course. The first 200 subscribers get 20% off an annual Premium subscription.This arthropod may look modest, but it actually used brilliant engineering to become the worlds most resilient
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How to Engineer Health - Drug Discovery & Delivery: Crash Course Engineering #36

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Engineers are problem solvers, and our own health is full of problems to be engineered. In this episode we discuss drug discovery and drug delivery. Well explore everything from classical and reverse pharmacology to the new field of synthetic biology. Wel
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Skyscrapers, Statics, & Dynamics: Crash Course Engineering #26

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What if you were on a high floor of a skyscraper and the building started swaying? Today well explore statics and dynamics, and what they mean for the structures we design. We look at the idea of static equilibrium, forces, and torques, and how free body
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Metals & Ceramics: Crash Course Engineering #19

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Today well explore more about two of the three main types of materials that we use as engineers: metals and ceramics. Well discuss properties of metals, alloys, ceramics, clay, cement, and glass-ceramic materials. Well also look at the applications of our
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One of the most epic engineering feats in history - Alex Gendler

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Dig into the history of the construction of the iconic Brooklyn Bridge and how John Roebling designed a hybrid suspension system to build it. --In the mid-19th century, suspension bridges were collapsing all across Europe. Their industrial cables frayed a
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Mass Separation: Crash Course Engineering #17

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It can be really important to separate out chemicals for all kinds of reasons. Today were going over three different processes engineers use to achieve that separation: distillation, which separates substances based on their different boiling points; liqu
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Why Moving People is Complicated: Crash Course Engineering #41

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Transportation is a big part of our world and engineers play a big role in making it happen. Today well explore how transportation systems are designed and some things transportation engineers have to take into consideration, like signaling, user behavior
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The Law of Conservation: Crash Course Engineering #7

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Today Shini explains the law of conservation, beginning with simple, steady-state systems. Well discuss conversion and yield, accumulation, and how generation and consumption can affect how much accumulation there is in a system.This episode is sponsored
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Silicon, Semiconductors, & Solar Cells: Crash Course Engineering #22

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Today were looking at silicon, and how introducing small amounts of other elements allow silicon layers to conduct currents, turning them into semiconductors. Well explore how putting two different types N and P semiconductors together gives us electrical
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This Is the Engineering You’d Need to Cross the Pacific Ocean | The Swim

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The secrets to converting a twenty-meter racing yacht into a vessel seaworthy of a historic voyage? Reverse osmosis and fiberglass batteries, of course. Could the Biggest Ocean Recording Ever Made Redefine Marine Science? - https://youtu.be/-GWVmk-U-kk Fo
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Disney Secrets Revealed: Inside the Animation Research Library | Disney LIVE

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Disney’s Pinocchio is now available for the first time on Digital HD and Disney Movies Anywhere, and on Blu-ray January 31. SUBSCRIBE to get notified when new Disney videos are posted: http://di.sn/Subscribe More about Pinocchio: Pinocchio, as he embarks
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Engineering the Perfect Pop

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Using scissors, tape, and reams of creativity, Matthew Reinhart engineers paper to bend, fold, and transform into fantastic creatures, structures and locales. By adjusting the angles of folds and the depth of layers, Reinhart animates his subjects to tell
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Engineering the Most Annoying Sound Ever

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Alarms come in many forms; from the gentle ping of a text message notification to the wake-up wail of a bedside clock, these sounds are a part of our lives. That's why an alarm that could actually save your life needs to be so attention-grabbing—and inten
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Reverse Engineering Europa

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http:/www.sciencefriday.comIt could be at least 15 years before NASA lands a mission on Europa, one of Jupiter's moons, to search for signs of life beneath its icy crust. In the mean time, a team led by astrobiologist Kevin Hand of NASA's Jet Propulsion L
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The Engineering Puzzle of Storing Trillions of Bits in your Smartphone / SSD using Quantum Mechanics

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It's a puzzle as to how your smartphone or the solid-state drive in your laptop can store gigabytes to terabytes of data by the click of a button! It's amazing that your devices work flawlessly, and the information doesn't leak out. In this video, we'll l
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Unit Vectors and Engineering Notation

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Using unit vectors to represent the components of a vector More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=2QjdcVTgTTA
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Without These Engineering Tricks Spacecraft Would Die Out There

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Space is an extreme environment. With the severe temperatures, endless debris, and harsh radiation, how do spacecraft survive? Is There Space for 12,000 More Satellites Up There? - https://youtu.be/BMoH_zr2y8A For more epic stories of innovation that shap
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The Engineering Marvel That is the Sewing Machine!

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Today we are looking at the inside of a sewing machine to figure out how exactly it works. How does it sew two fabrics together without passing a needle through to both sides?Check out all of our socials: https://linktr.ee/tkorsocialsSend Us Some Mail:TKO
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How does this SSD store 8TB of Data? || Inside the Engineering of Solid-State Drive Architecture

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Imagine storing every single video, movie, and picture you have ever seen in your entire life on a single solid-state drive. Well, these high-end solid-state drives [30TB] can do that. But how can SSDs organize so much information? Well in this video we a
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All the Engineering in a Driverless Car | WIRED

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If an automated car was only designed to transport goods, what would that look like? In theory, it wouldn't need windows, or steering wheels, or seats. Nuro is doing just that, they've engineered a vehicle that's sole purpose is delivering things. How did
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Teenage engineering OP1 - Live looping [Thoj]

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Hope you will enjoy my first live with the OP-1 Listen to the final version: https://soundcloud.com/thojj/thoj-with-you Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Thoj.music/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/__thoj__/ :)
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How Can We Make The Perfect City? ft. Real Engineering

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Could we create the perfect city? Let's find out! Watch more: Why Planes Crash ►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ_jGGD-DX8 Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNoggin | Get your exclusive Life Noggin merch: http://keeponthinking.co Support Life Noggin on P
The First & Zeroth Laws of Thermodynamics: Crash Course Engineering #9

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Engineering the Worlds Fastest Solar Race Cars

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Welcome to LIGHT SPEED! Join Derek Muller of Veritasium to meet the minds (and understand the physics!) behind the worlds most advanced solar vehicles. Theyll race 2,000 miles across the Australian Outback to test their tech and teamwork, risking life and
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Bringing a fossil to life: Reverse engineering locomotion

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You can tell a lot about an animal from the way it moves, which is why scientists have been recreating the movements of an extinct crocodile-like creature called Orobates pabsti. Orobates lived well before the time of the dinosaurs and is what’s cal
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SpaceX Falcon Heavy- Elon Musk's Engineering Masterpiece

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Tens of thousands of spectators made the pilgrimage from across the country & 22 million people around the world on Youtube witnessed the thunderous roar of the SpaceX's new 23-story-tall jumbo rocket as it has blasted off on its first test flight, ca
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Yard Game For the Poor And Rich - Skittles Full Gameplay - Engineering America

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Skittles, or what we might call the predecessor to bowling, was extremely popular in the 18th Century. It was played among all classes with several sets of rules depending on where you were from and who you were. It can be extremely complicated, or a simp
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The Engineering Inside Wireless Earbuds || How do Wireless Earbuds and Audio Codecs Work?

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Let's take apart these wireless earbuds [Apple AirPods 2] and see all the components. Then we'll explore audio codecs and the world of digital audio, and see how it all works.Check out https://www.pcbway.com/ for all kinds of PCBs, easy ordering, and quic
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Do Jellyfish Sleep?

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More Info: http://www.caltech.edu/news/surprising-ancient-behavior-jellyfish-79701 Three Caltech graduate students have discovered that jellyfish sleep. The work was a collaboration between three Caltech laboratories led by: - Paul Sternberg, Thomas Hunt
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How to image atoms

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In the basement of MIT.nano there is a specialized microscope able to image materials at the atomic level. In this video we go through each step of how to image the tiny building blocks for all materials: atoms. (Learn more about MIT.nano: https://mitnano
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Understanding neural networks

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MIT-IBM Watson AI lab research team member David Bau explains how computers show evidence of learning the structure of the physical world.Watch more videos from MIT: http://www.youtube.com/user/MITNewsOffice?sub_confirmation=1The Massachusetts Institute o
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Blood testing via sound waves

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A multi-disciplinary team of researchers from MIT, Duke University, Magee-Women's Research Institute, and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore has developed a novel way to analyze blood, for signatures of cancer and other diseases, using sound wa
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A light rain can spread soil bacteria far and wide

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Using high-resolution imaging, researchers from MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering observed the effect of raindrops falling on dry soil laden with bacteria. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2017/light-rain-spread-soil-bacteria-0307) Watch more vid
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Scaffolding of the Galaxies

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In the Center for Theoretical Physics at MIT, researchers develop ideas for describing the fundamental physical laws governing our universe, from perspectives spanning nuclear and particle physics, string theory, gravity, and quantum information. (Learn m
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The MIT Intelligence Quest

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The MIT Intelligence Quest seeks to discover the foundations of human and machine intelligence and drive the development of technological tools that can positively influence society. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2018/mit-launches-intelligence-quest-02
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Nikola Tesla's Mysterious Electricity Generator | The Complete Physics

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Nikola Tesla claimed that one machine he developed for producing constant frequency electricity caused earthquake in NewYork city. Is his claim true? Let's explore the working of this beautiful piece of technology and also try to find out the truth behind
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Making Medallions at MIT

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Each year, the Department of Materials Science and Engineering gives its graduating students a bronze medallion of the MIT seal. These medallions are entirely prepared, cast, and finished by students in the Merton C. Flemings Materials Processing Laborato
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Forest search-and-rescue

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A group of researchers from MIT and the NASA Langley Research Center has developed an autonomous system for a fleet of quadrotor drones that enables them to search collaboratively under dense forest canopies using only on-board computation and wireless co
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Glowing plants provide light to read

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MIT engineers have been able to induce plants to give off a dim light for nearly four hours. And they believe that, with further optimization, such plants will one day be bright enough to illuminate an entire workspace. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/20
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New system can sterilize medical tools using solar heat

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A team of researchers from MIT and the Indian Institute of Technology has developed a device that could provide pressurized steam to run autoclaves without the need for electricity in off-grid areas such as the developing world. (Learn more: https://news.
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How We Design Buildings To Survive Earthquakes

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Attempts to build earthquake-proof buildings keep getting better and better, but how exactly do these methods of preventing collapse work? How Does the Richter Scale Work? ►►►►http://bit.ly/1QEwsTV Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit.
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Superman (1940's Cartoons) - #7

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Electric Earthquake June 15, 1942
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James Burke - The Neuron Suite

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The mysteries of the brain and nervous system are explored by James Burke and experts in brain researchScience historian James Burke roams the Hotel del Coronado, using its services as a metaphor for the neuro-chemical activity of the human brain.With exp
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Movable microplatform floating on droplets

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A new approach to microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), developed by a team of researchers at MIT, could offer a new way of making movable parts with no solid connections between the pieces, potentially eliminating a major source of wear and failure. (Le
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Light-based therapy for Alzheimer's disease

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Researchers in Li-Huei Tsai's laboratory at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have shown that disrupted gamma waves in the brains of mice with Alzheimer’s disease can be corrected by a unique non-invasive technique using flickering light. (Lea
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Pasta Quake | Science Snack Activity

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The energy released in an earthquake ranges over many orders of magnitude. Earthquakes are measured on a magnitude scale that is exponential: Each additional unit multiplies the energy released by 32. In this Snack, breaking spaghetti creates a “pasta mag
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The language of color

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Cognitive scientists from MIT and elsewhere have found that people can more easily communicate warmer colors than cool ones. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2017/analyzing-language-color-0918) Watch more videos from MIT: http://www.youtube.com/user/MITNe
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Robots learn to use their hands

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Having robots learn dexterous tasks requiring real-time hand-eye coordination is hard. Many tasks that we would consider simple, like hanging up a baseball cap on a rack, would be very challenging for most robot software. What's more, for a robot to learn
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#MacroMonday: Angles

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Things aren’t always what they seem . . . or are they? Extreme close-ups often obscure the full picture. Cloaked in mystery, this new video series introduces a variety of objects and moments — found at MIT — that invite you to take a second look. Watch mo
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Robo-thread

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MIT engineers have developed a magnetically steerable, thread-like robot that can actively glide through narrow, winding pathways, such as the labyrinthine vasculature of the brain. (Learn more: https://news.mit.edu/2019/robot-brain-blood-vessels-0828)Wat
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Possible signs of life on Venus

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Scientists at MIT, Cardiff University, and elsewhere have observed what may be signs of life in the clouds of Earth's planetary neighbor, Venus. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2020/life-venus-phosphine-0914)Watch more videos from MIT: http://www.youtube
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Secrets of the conch shell and its toughness

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The shells of marine organisms take a beating from impacts due to storms and tides, rocky shores, and sharp-toothed predators. But as recent research has demonstrated, one type of shell stands out above all the others in its toughness: the conch. Now, res
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Extracting drinkable water from the air

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Researchers at MIT and elsewhere have developed a solar-powered device that can extract drinkable water directly from the air even in dry regions. (Learn more: https://news.mit.edu/2020/solar-extracts-drinkable-water-1014) Watch more videos from MIT: http
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A paper-thin loudspeaker plays "We Are the Champions" by Queen

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MIT engineers have developed a paper-thin loudspeaker that turn any surface into an audio source. This thin-film loudspeaker produces sound with minimal distortion while using a fraction of the energy required by a traditional loudspeaker. Watch more vide
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What Causes Earthquakes?

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Believe it or not, the ground you’re walking on is always on the move! Join Jessi and Squeaks to learn how this movement can sometimes lead to earthquakes! ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a patron on Patreon: https:/
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How to get conductive gels to stick when wet

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A team of engineers at MIT has developed a new way of making polymers adhere to surfaces even with the introduction of moisture, that may enable better biomedical sensors and implants. (Read more: http://news.mit.edu/2020/conductive-gels-stick-wet-0320)Wa
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Rare footage of seven-armed octopus eating jellyfish

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Biologists Henk-Jan Hoving (GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel) and Steve Haddock (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute) caught some rare footage of the popularly called "seven-armed" octopus. In the last 27 years, there have only been 3
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Sliding through a syringe

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MIT researchers have developed a simple, low-cost technology to administer powerful drug formulations that are too viscous to be injected using conventional medical syringes. (Learn more: https://news.mit.edu/2020/syringe-concentrated-biologic-drugs-0824)
Insect-like robots

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A team of researchers has developed a new generation of tiny, agile drones that look, act and maneuver like actual insects allowing them to operate in cramped spaces and withstand collisions. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2021/researchers-introduce-new
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Robot takes contact-free measurements of patients' vital signs

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A team of researchers from MIT and Brigham and Women's Hospital have developed a system that allows a robot to take contact-free measurements of patients' vital signs. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2020/spot-robot-vital-signs-0831)Watch more videos fro
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Make way for Little HERMES, the lightweight bipedal robot

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Engineers at MIT have designed a new lightweight bipedal robot, that can lean from side to side, walk in place, and jump while keeping its balance. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2019/two-legged-robot-mimics-human-balance-while-running-jumping-1030)Watc
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How to mass produce cell-sized robots

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A team of engineers at MIT have developed a novel method to mass-produce tiny robots, no bigger than a cell, quickly, easily and accurately with little to no external stimulus. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2018/how-mass-produce-cell-sized-robots-1023)
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Can you solve the virus riddle? - Lisa Winer

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-you-solve-the-virus-riddle-lisa-winer Your research team has found a prehistoric virus preserved in the permafrost and isolated it for study. After a late night working, you’re just closing up the lab when a
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New method removes micropollutants from water

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A team of MIT researchers has developed a new way to clear pollutants from water, even when present in extremely low concentrations. (Learn more about their novel method: http://news.mit.edu/2017/electrochemical-clear-pollutants-water-0510) Watch more vid
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Particle robots

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Researchers from MIT, Columbia University, and elsewhere have developed computationally simple robots that connect in large groups to move around, transport objects, and complete other tasks. (Learn more: https://news.mit.edu/2019/particle-robot-cluster-s
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Backflipping MIT Mini Cheetah

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MIT'S new mini cheetah robot is the first four-legged robot to do a backflip. At only 20 pounds the limber quadruped can bend and swing its legs wide, enabling it to walk either right side up or upside down. The robot can also trot over uneven terrain abo
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Giving bug-like, flying robots a boost

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A new fabrication technique, developed by a team of electrical engineers and computer scientists, produces low-voltage, power-dense artificial muscles that improve the performance of flying microrobots. (Learn more: https://news.mit.edu/2021/micro-robots-
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Revolutionizing Agriculture with Low Emissions, Resilient Crops

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This project is working to revolutionize the agricultural sector with climate-resilient crops and fertilizers that have the ability to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from food production. Learn more about this project: https://climategrandch
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A new way to mix oil and water

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A team of researchers in the Varanasi Lab at MIT has developed a way to create nanoscale emulsions, of oil and water, stable enough to last indefinitely, and with no mixing required. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2017/new-way-mix-oil-and-water-1108) Wa
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Jell-O-like, expanding pill

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MIT engineers have designed an ingestible, Jell-O-like pill that, upon reaching the stomach, quickly swells to the size of a soft, squishy ping-pong ball big enough to stay in the stomach for an extended period of time. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/20
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Plug-and-play diagnostics

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Researchers at MIT’s Little Devices Lab have developed a set of modular blocks that can be put together in different ways to produce diagnostic devices. These “plug-and-play” devices, which require little expertise to assemble, can test blood glucose leve
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Watch this origami fish grabber nab a deep-sea squid

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New robotic claw can scoop up delicate sea creatures without harm. Learn more - https://scim.ag/2zOKxOm Read the research - http://robotics.sciencemag.org/lookup/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.aat5276 CREDITS ---------------------- producer Jessica Hubbard anima
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One giant leap for the mini cheetah

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A new control system, designed by researchers in MIT's Improbable AI Lab and demonstrated using MITs robotic mini cheetah, enables four-legged robots to traverse across uneven terrain in real-time. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2021/one-giant-leap-mini
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Lab on a LEGO

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A team of MIT engineers turned to LEGO bricks as the basis of their new microfluidic design because of their precision and consistency. No matter where in the world they are found, LEGO bricks are guaranteed to line up, and snap seamlessly and securely in
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Lining the GI tract

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By making use of enzymes found in the digestive tract, MIT engineers have devised a way to apply a temporary synthetic coating to the lining of the small intestine. This coating could be adapted to deliver drugs, aid in digestion, or prevent nutrients suc
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Origami-inspired medical patch for sealing internal injuries

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Taking inspiration from origami, MIT engineers have designed a medical patch that can be folded around minimally invasive surgical tools and delivered through airways, intestines, and other narrow spaces, to patch up internal injuries. (Learn more: https:
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Vision-free MIT Cheetah

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MIT's Cheetah 3 robot can now leap and gallop across rough terrain, climb a staircase littered with debris, and quickly recover its balance when suddenly yanked or shoved, all while essentially blind. Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2018/blind-cheetah-rob
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Plant-to-human communication

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MIT engineers have transformed spinach plants into sensors that can detect explosives and wirelessly relay that information to a handheld device similar to a smartphone. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2016/nanobionic-spinach-plants-detect-explosives-103
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Magnetic shape-shifters

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MIT engineers have created soft, magnetic 3-D-printed structures that can transform their shape almost instantaneously by the wave of a magnet. The structures are flexible, yet strong and could be used to develop remotely controlled biomedical devices. (L
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Robo-picker grasps and packs

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A team of engineers from MIT and Princeton University has developed a robotic system that can successfully localize and pick up any item, amid clutter, and move it to another location. This technology earned them a first place spot at the 2017 Amazon Robo
Robotic fibers can make breath-monitoring garments

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A new kind of fiber developed by researchers at MIT and in Sweden can be made into cloth that senses how much it is being stretched or compressed, and then provides immediate tactile feedback in the form of pressure or vibration. Such fabrics, the team su
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Slime Oobleck - The science of cornstarch and water

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When you mix cornstarch and water, weird things happen. Sometimes it acts like a liquid and sometimes it acts like a solid. Now, a team of MIT engineers have developed a mathematical model that can accurately predict this material's behavior under various
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Testing wastewater to help detect Covid-19

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In a project that will run through the fall semester, wastewater from seven buildings on campus will be tested each day for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19. The project is designed to determine if wastewater testing can be an effective early wa
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Self-folding printable structures

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A team of researchers from MIT and Umass Amherst have designed 3-D printed structures that can fold themselves up without any outside stimulus, and the folding begins the instant it is peeled off the printing platform. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/201
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System can 3-D print an entire building

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The list of materials that can be produced by 3-D printing has grown to include not just plastics but also metal, glass, and even food. Now, MIT researchers are expanding the list further, with the design of a system that can 3-D print the basic structure
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Tunnel Vision: The Borderline Mural Project at MIT

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During the 2017 spring semester a group of students organized to design and paint interactive murals covering a 200-foot long stretch of wall in the tunnel system located under the campus of MIT. The interactive portion comes in the form of augmented real
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What Do Antarctic Explorers Wear? (Then and Now!) | Maddie Moate

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Join me at the Polar Research Institute in Cambridge to find out first hand what Antarctic Explorers wore over 100 years ago! Greg helps me to see how modern expedition clothing works using the help of our thermal imaging camera and I get to try on polar
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Maps of a now-submerged land help reconstruct the lives of ancient Europeans

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A region beneath the rough waters of the North Sea, known as Doggerland, holds archaeological clues to the past. Watch how researchers are using advances in mapping and leads from dredging sites to piece together the history of this vanished landscape.Rea
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AUDIO: New AI model detects asymptomatic Covid-19 infections

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A team of MIT researchers have developed an AI model that can distinguish asymptomatic people with Covid-19 from healthy individuals without the disease through forced-cough recordings. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2020/covid-19-cough-cellphone-detect
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Haiti's Heroes: Saving Lives at 6,000ft

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In Haiti, medical access is a daunting challenge. Not only does the majority of the population live outside of the capital and amongst mountainous landscape, but Haiti itself sits on a major tectonic fault line, making it prone to catastrophic earthquakes
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Lending a Hand

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An Inflatable robotic hand design gives amputees real-time tactile control and enables a wide range of daily activities, such as zipping a suitcase, shaking hands, and petting a cat. The smart hand is soft and elastic, weighs about half a pound, and costs
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Neutron stars collide

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For the first time, scientists have directly detected gravitational waves – ripples in space-time – in addition to light from the spectacular collision of two neutron stars. This marks the first time that a cosmic event has been viewed in both gravitation
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Meet Boston Jedi

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Meet Boston Jedi, a Boston-based lightsaber stage combat club that meets weekly to practice on MIT's campus. Members of the club, which include MIT students and alumni, use lightsaber props to create visually engaging battle sequences to perform for audie
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Do High Fives Help Sports Teams Win?

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A UC Berkeley psychology professor examined NBA games to see if high fives actually help teams win. How Power Makes People Selfish: https://youtu.be/0vvl46PmCfE Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1fUWHyY The research highlighted in this video has been supported in
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One of the strongest lightweight materials known

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A team of MIT engineers has successfully designed a new 3-D material with five percent the density of steel and ten times the strength, making it one of the strongest lightweight materials known. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2017/3-d-graphene-stronges
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The Illumination Problem - Numberphile

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Featuring Professor Howard Masur from the University of Chicago. Filmed at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI). Part 2 of this interview: https://youtu.be/AGX0cLbHaog Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/numberphile Numberphile is supported by
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3D printing with living organisms

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A method for printing 3D objects that can control living organisms in predicable ways has been developed by an interdisciplinary team of researchers at MIT and elsewhere. This technique may lead to 3D printing of biomedical tools that can be customized to
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The search for a safer mosquito spray

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Safer, cheaper, better-smelling insect repellent is coming thanks to recent research from UC Riverside that lets researchers know what a bug’s nose knows. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1fUWHyY How Do Our Bodies Fight Off Dangerous Chemicals? https://youtu.be/8
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Fast and forceful gel robots

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Engineers at MIT have fabricated transparent gel robots that can perform a number of fast, forceful tasks, including kicking a ball underwater, and grabbing and releasing a live fish. (Learn more:https://news.mit.edu/2017/transparent-gel-robots-catch-rele
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Curious about Curling? Meet the MIT club

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For many people, including those that participate, the sport of curling is somewhat of a mystery. "There's a lot of science behind curling, including some that's actually not so well understood," says graduate student Nate Bailey, a member of the MIT Curl
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Furry Wetsuits

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Inspired by hairy, semiaquatic mammals such as beavers and sea otters, a group of MIT engineers are fabricating fur-like rubbery pelts learn how these mammals stay warm and even dry while diving underwater. (Learn more: http://news.mit.edu/2016/beaver-ins
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Could Poop Power Our Cars?

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Is brown the new green? UCLA researchers are using waste matter (yes, including poop) to make a new generation of advanced biofuels. Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1fUWHyY The Climate Change Facts You Need to Know: https://youtu.be/6SRMiMb1xgI The U.S. alone an
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Muscles made of nylon

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MIT researchers have come up with one of the simplest and lowest-cost systems yet for developing artificial muscles, in which a material reproduces some of the bending motions that natural muscle tissues perform. The key ingredient? Nylon fiber. (Learn mo
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A Squid's Eye View

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CEPHALOPOD WEEK IS HERE From June 21 to 28, celebrate our favorite undersea creatures with Science Friday. https://www.sciencefriday.com/cephalopodweekFor most people, the red irididescent sepioteuthis squid serve an single purpose as delicious calamari.
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New coating could prevent pipeline clogging

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Researchers at MIT have developed a coating that could stop the buildup of hydrate ices that slow or block oil and gas flow. These hydrates are potentially explosive and are largely responsible for the initial failure to contain the oil spill that rocked
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How Dust Is Holding Science Back

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To most of us dust is just something we clean off our furniture, but to scientists dust can cause big problems in the lab. Computer chips are put together and tested in what are called clean rooms. These environments use filters to limit the amount of par
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This tiny camera can show the world from a bugs point of view

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Steerable arm helps save energy while capturing panoramic views Read the research: https://scim.ag/3fVOotOCreditproducerMeagan Cantwellsupervising producerJoel GoldbergresearchIyer et al., Science Robotics 2020DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.abb0839special thank
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Watch: Drone captures video of melting Greenland glacier

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Study could help scientists track sea level rise Researchers aboard the Adolf Jensen spent this summer setting up instruments along the Helheim glacier and taking ocean samples from within its fjords. The data they gleaned from the expedition could help p
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The Four "New" Elements & How We Got Them–Speaking of Chemistry

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Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions The periodic table just got four new elements, but this isn't as groundbreaking as recent headlines would have you believe. Join Speaking of Chemistry's resident killjoy to find out why. Seriously, though, this is som
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How Road Barriers Stopped Injuring Drivers

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We've gotten way better at engineering and designing road barriers — often in surprising ways — to dramatically reduce driving deaths. To understand crash costs better, NPR has a great podcast on how life is valued: https://www.npr.org/2020/04

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