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A Look at the Amazing Technology Behind Vertical Take-Off and Landing Aircraft
On a high flying episode of Real Engineering, host Brian McManus of Galway, Ireland takes a look at the amazing technology behind vertical take-off and landing aircraft (VTOL)
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Would You Live In A Concrete Water Pipe?
An architect in Hong Kong is turning concrete water pipes into temporary apartments. He calls his design this OPod, and it’s intended to help ease the housing shortage in one of the most expensive
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Is There Anything More Powerful Than The Hydrogen Bomb?
A bit of science to entertain your brain!
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What Happens To Vac-man In a Vacuum Chamber?
The Action Lab took on a new challenge where they documented what happened when they inflated and deflated Vac-Man, an action figure created as the nemesis of Stretch Armstrong, in a vacuum chamber
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How a Fluorescent Lamp Turns On
From Youtube I was always vague on how a fluorescent lamp worked, so I did some research!
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2017 In Google Search Terms
A handy way of tracking what even happened this year, is looking at the most popular search terms from the most popular search engine
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Traffic Flow Measured On 30 Different 4-way Junctions
YouTuber euverus created a fascinating dynamic computer model that measures and scores 30 different ways to address traffic flow from four directions. Using two sets of data points from the Steam community , euverus
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A Guitar For One Measly Dollar?
Well, to be fair, the sizing is something you’ll have to get used to. But apart from that, the thing is pretty damn useful. Never spend a small fortune in a guitar shop again,
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Tesla Shows Off its Christmas Light Show
With the holiday season upon us, lucky owners of the Tesla Model X have discovered the wonderful Christmas mode built as an Easter Egg right into their cars
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Sounding the Sumburgh Foghorn
The Sumburgh Head Foghorn is a striking landmark. Recently restored and re-painted, the bright red trumpet points out to sea as it has since it was built in 1905 and put into operation in
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