Engineering

Home - A documentary about planet Earth

EduTube — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:51:01 +0200

Click here to watch in HD. A beautiful copyright free, non-profit documentary about planet earth, balance, climate change, melting glaciers, deforestation, energy and agriculture.

Volkswagen's Transparent Factory in Germany

EduTube — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:54:55 +0100

Watch how cars are assembled in this state-of-the-art 'transparent factory' in Germany, which is part manufacturing facility, part museum and exhibition.

How the Differential Gear works - 1930s video

harvey — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:37:22 +0200

An excellent engineering video on how the differential gear works in an automobile, allowing each of the driving wheels to rotate at different speeds. This was an important innovation for cars to be able to smoothly turn corners.

Theo Jansen: The art of creating creatures

EduTube — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:32:46 +0200

Dutch artist and engineer Theo Jansen uses plastic tubes and bottles to create amazangly lifelike creatures moved by windpower.

TEDTalks

How marbles are made

harvey — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:10:05 +0100

This episode of How It's Made first shows how regular marbles are produced in a factory. The next part shows how more intricate marbles are handcrafted.

15 year old from Malawi builds windmill using spare parts

EduTube — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:44:30 +0100

William Kamkwamba, a school drop-out (his family couldn't afford the fees) who lives in a remote village with no electricity, built his family a windmill using bicycle parts and scrap materials. The young inventor only had a photograph in a primary school textbook on energy to guide him.

Top Gear: Atom

Mark — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:07:39 +0200

Is the Atom more fun than a motorbike? Jeremy Clarkson finds out in this episode of Top Gear.

Little Red Riding Hood For Engineers

samosama — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:09:20 +0200

This is Little Red Riding Hood as you have never seen before - from an engineering perspective.

Data Visualization

The Secret Life of Machines: internal combustion engine

EduTube — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:38:11 +0100

This 1990 video is part of TV series on the workings and history of machines. This episode focuses on the internal combustion engine.

The Secret Life of Machines: internal combustion engine - Part 2

EduTube — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:15:47 +0100

Part 2 of a 1990 TV episode on the internal combustion engine, from the 'Secret Lives of Machines' series.