Bloomberg
Porsche, BMW or Audi: Which Luxury SUV Should You Buy?
Sep.13 -- Is the best luxury SUV a Porsche, BMW, or Audi? Bloomberg Pursuits' Hannah Elliott test-drove three popular models to find out which car blends the very finest in convenience, comfort, and performance. (video by Brian...
Bloomberg
Plug-In F-150 Will Expand Customer Base, Says Ford's Galhotra
Sep.16 -- Ford Motor is spending $250 million to expand its new factory producing the battery-powered F-150 Lightning as demand surges for the pickup truck. Kumar Galhotra, Ford Motor Co. president of the Americas and international...
Bloomberg
Ford Focus RS: Most Affordable Way to Lose your License
Aug. 24 -- Matt Miller hits the track in the Focus RS, at the Ford test track in Dearborn, Mich.
Bloomberg
Is the Perfect Sports Car a Porsche, Jaguar or Mercedes?
Jun.21 -- Porsche, Jaguar and Mercedes have three of the top sports cars on the market right now. But which one is right for you? Bloomberg Pursuits' Hannah Elliott has the answer. (video by Zach Goldstein, Matt Goldman)
Curated Video
Astronauts float out for first spacewalk. More
1. Various of astronauts during spacewalk
2. Various of International Space Station
3. Various of astronauts during space walk
Two astronauts floated out for the first of a series of spacewalks on Tuesday to carry out complex...
National Science Foundation
Science of the Winter Olympic Games: Physics of Slope-Style Skiing
Many mechanical phenomena are explained by a physics professor using Nick Goepper, a Winter Olympics 2014 slope-style skier, as the model. Beginning with kinetic and potential energy, the professor goes on to explain angular momentum and...
Physics Girl
Bizarre Spinning Toys
Objects don't always behave the way we think they will. A video lesson gives some clarity to the movement of spinning objects. The instructor applies the concepts of torque and angular momentum in an episode of a physics playlist.
National Science Foundation
Aerial Physics—Science of the Winter Olympics
Take a leap into the science of motion! An intriguing lesson explains how Newton's third law of motion allows skiers to turn in mid-air. The narrator gives learners skills to practice on their own.
Veritasium
Gyroscopic Precession
Helicopters fly with the help of gyroscopic precession. An uplifting Vertasium video explains two common forces, momentum and torque. Demonstrations of both forces—along with scientific explanations—help develop an overall understanding...
Veritasium
How Does A Boomerang Work?
Boomerangs make nice round trip flights thanks to physics. The Veritasium video explains the science of how a boomerang works. It focuses on lift, relative velocity, and gyroscopic precision.
Crash Course
Torque: Crash Course Physics #12
It's all about how you pull—not how hard! The 12th installment in a physics series explains the importance of the direction and angle of force when calculating torque. The narrator includes a discussion of the moment of inertia as...
Real Engineering
Why Do Wind Turbines Have Three Blades?
Two is too few, four is too many, but three is just perfect. Individuals watch a Real Engineering video to see why wind turbines typically have three blades. This requires consideration of both cost and speed of blade rotation.
Real Engineering
Steam Engine—How Does It Work?
Full steam ahead! A video in the Real Engineering playlist shows viewers how steam engines work. the video starts with an explanation of the inefficient steam engines from before the Industrial Revolution and ends with modern steam...
SciShow
Skateboarding Science: Master the Ollie!
Ollie is that name given to the move when a skateboarder jumps into the air with the board but without using any hands. This video breaks down each part of the ollie and the science behind it, beginning with force and torque, and...
SciShow
Why Do Boomerangs Come Back?
Humans have been using boomerangs for at least 20,000 years. The video looks at the structure and use of the boomerang to analyze the aerodynamics involved. It stresses the importance to torque and the difficulty in throwing them...
Curated OER
STEMbite: Conservation of Angular Momentum
Showcase a few classic demonstrations of angular momentum with this two-minute film. Using a gyroscope, a bicycle, and a tire removed from a bicycle, the narrator explains how angular momentum keeps an object up in a way that defies the...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Blossoms: How Mosquitos Fly in the Rain
By viewing high-speed videos of raindrops hitting mosquitos, learn how insects are able to fly in the rain by calculating the impact forces of raindrops on flying mosquitoes.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Blossoms: The Physics of Boomerangs
This learning video explores the mysterious physics behind boomerangs and other rapidly spinning objects. Students will get to make and throw their own boomerangs between video segments! A key idea presented is how torque causes the...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Moments, Torque, and Angular Momentum: Cross Product and Torque
Learn how to find the direction component of torque with this video. Review vector quantities to understand how to apply the right hand rule to a torque problem. [10:00]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Moments, Torque, and Angular Momentum: Introduction to Torque
Learn that a torque is applied when a force causes an object to rotate around an axis in this video. Video overviews net torque and how to determine if torque is positive or negative. [9:24]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Moments, Torque, and Angular Momentum: Moments
Solve problems by using the Law of Moments in this video. Understand that moments is essentially the same concept as torque as explained in this video. [14:13]