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Tim Hunkin, The Ingenious World of Novelty Automation
Dive into the whimsical universe of Tim Hunkin, a cartoonist and engineer who creates homemade arcade machines with a satirical twist.
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Antikythera Mechanism and Mysteries of Ancient Technology
The Antikythera mechanism, discovered in a shipwreck off the coast of the Greek island Antikythera in 1901, is an ancient Greek device designed to predict astronomical positions and eclipses for. Recent research suggests it may have been...
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Revolutionizing Biofuel Production: A Look at Argentina's Biodiesel Innovation
In the heart of Argentina, engineer Edmundo di Ferrari has revolutionized biofuel production with a cost-effective plant using soybeans. His innovative approach produces biodiesel at half the cost of conventional diesel, offering farmers...
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Technology – Good or Bad?
Dr. Forrester compares and contrasts the positive and negative effects of technology by recognizing such outcomes as inventions, efficiency, pollution, and replacement of jobs with robots.
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ChatGPT Mastery - Crafting Effective Prompts for Optimal Results - Systematic Prompt Engineering
This video explores various systematic techniques and methodologies to optimize our prompts for better performance. You will learn to apply systematic prompt engineering to achieve more consistent and desired outcomes with ChatGPT. This...
The Guardian
Snowflake, Arizona: where the residents are allergic to life
A small community in Snowflake, Arizona, has retreated into the desert to escape modern life. Residents say they have multiple chemical sensitivities and environmental illness, which have not been scientifically proven as real illnesses...
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Differential explained - How differential works open, limited slip
Learn how a differential gear works, open differential, limited slip differential, locked differential
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The Ideal Milling Machine for the Model Engineer?
In this video, we discuss the Dore Westbury milling machine and why it is an excellent choice for the model engineer or machinist. The Dore Westbury is a mini milling machine that pairs well with a Myford lathe. We highlight several...
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Finding Your Niche
MacArthur Fellowship-winning luthier and acoustical researcher Joseph Curtin describes how he became a violinmaker.
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Project Based Learning
Project-Based Learning is a method that involves students in a long-term in-depth investigation of a real world challenge. Instead of raw memorization of facts or following instructions that present a smooth path to knowledge, students...
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Models and Simulations in Engineering
Models and Simulations in Engineering” will explore the different methods that engineers use in order to represent and test their designs.
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The Engineering World and Work
The Engineering World and Work examines the use of energy of tools, manufacturing technologies, products, and systems in the integral part of the engineering world by describing how each produces work.
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Fundamental Research or Glorified Engineering?
Quantum physicist Artur Ekert (Oxford and NUS) describes how quantum information science is a combination of theoretical and applied investigations.
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Perfect Timing
SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) astronomer and former longtime research director Jill Tarter describes the history of scientific searches for extraterrestrial life and how she became involved shortly after completing her...
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Engineers: Trial and Improvement
“Engineers: Trial and Improvement” discusses the steps of the engineering design process.
Zach Star
New Research on Tesla Semi Truck Energy Usage, Microrobots, and more - Today In Engineering 5
This episode of today in engineering includes: 1. Tesla Semi Truck Energy Usage 2. Autonomous Flying Microrobots 3. Floating Island
Zach Star
Making $80,000 per Year Right Out of College
In this video I discuss my personal starting salary as an engineer right out of college as well as my expenses. Of course these numbers are unique to me and will different a lot from person to person and especially country to country....
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Jobs and occupations | What Am I? Quiz | ESL Kids | 4K
Jobs and occupations | What Am I? Quiz | ESL Kids | 4K Hi all 😊 Let's learn all about jobs and occupations. There are 21 talking flashcards with fun facts about each occupation to help you learn about each job and occupation. After...
APMonitor
Find Equation Roots with Excel
Two examples show how to (1) find the roots of a cubic equation and (2) find the roots of the Redlich Kwong equation of state that relates pressure and temperature to molar volume for read gasses.
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Solve Linear Equations with Python
Linear equations such as A*x=b are solved with NumPy in Python. This tutorial demonstrates how to create a matrix (A) and vector (b) as NumPy arrays and solve the set of equations with linalg.solve
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Nonlinear Regression in Python
A three parameter (a,b,c) model y = a + b/x + c ln(x) is fit to a set of data with the Python APMonitor package. This tutorial walks through the process of installing the solver, setting up the objective (normalized sum of squared...
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MathCAD Functions and Matrices
Mathcad is a tool to arrange, calculate, and visualize engineering calculations and functions can help with reusing expressions in subsequent evaluations. Use the following worksheets to step through example problems related to using...
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Curve Fit with Excel and Python
Nonlinear regression with heart rate data is shown in both Microsoft Excel and Python. GEKKO and SciPy curve_fit are used as two alternatives in Python. Heart rate data is available at...
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Fit Nonlinear Model to Data with Excel
Microsoft Excel adjusts parameters to minimize the difference between measured and predicted values. This tutorial demonstrates how to calculate the sum of squared errors and minimize error with the Solver add-in. See...