You Don’t Need A Degree In It To Appreciate Fine Engineering (18 Vids)

I’ve been a fan of cool engineering videos for a long time, even though I have no knowledge of engineering whatsoever. I used to think I wanted to be an engineer, but then I found out it involved math. Like, the really hard math with letters and shit. So, yeah, now I enjoy these engineering videos.

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Carbon nanotube is so light it floats.

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Two-wheeled self-balancing gyroscopic car from 1967

3.

Omnidirectional conveyor

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Handheld printer

5.

Old air multiplier loop.

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Prototype crawler with omni-directional wheels can move in any direction

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Glassworker’s torch

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amazing feat of engineering

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Mechanical seven-segment display made from cardboard

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Model to show how earthquake dampeners work on building structures

12.

Why train wheels have conical geometry

13.

Flatpacking a wind turbine

14.

F-35 thrust vectoring

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Colibri motion sculpture

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Tensile Weld testing at 26 tons

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Making big rope

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Wire bending in 2D and 3D

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