Why do all the pictures you take underwater look blandly blue-green? The answer has to do with how light travels through water. Derya Akkaynak, an oceangoing engineer, has figured out a way to recover... continue reading

posted by newtboy 17 hours 27 minutes ago • 186 views • 3:56

YouTube description: There’s no telling what you can do when you put your mind to it. Take Richard Hull, he built a small-scale fusion reactor—in a shed, in his backyard. A retired electronics engineer,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 week ago • 1,395 views • 3:32

We went inside this exclusive R&D lab to see an engineering marvel that's about to shake up Silicon Valley.

posted by bobknight33 2 weeks 4 days ago • 62 views • 11:52

YouTube description: Hi :) I’m a student in Network & Systems Engineering (Robots, networks and programming and stuff) and I built a dinosaur in my spare time. I got the idea in my head, thought... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 month 3 weeks ago • 1,253 views • 2:37

(H/T @eric3579)

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 months ago • 264 views • 11:39

YouTube description: This footage is from inside the kerosene tank in the S-1 first stage of SA-5, the fifth Saturn 1 launch. This mission was the first orbital Saturn launch, and the first flight of... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 months 2 weeks ago • 364 views • 1:49

YouTube description: Continuing the series on the power grid by diving deeper into the engineering of large-scale electricity generation.

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 months 3 weeks ago • 573 views • 9:59

YouTube description: A decade ago, engineers found the Humber Bridge had the same problem as many of the world's suspension bridges: unexpectedly fast corrosion. Here's how they fixed it, and how they're... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 months 3 weeks ago • 933 views • 5:05

YouTube description: Making a faster plane takes more than building better engines and structures. To go supersonic, engineers had to solve hundreds of problems -- including ditching one of the biggest... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 months 1 week ago • 532 views • 4:36

YouTube description: The Citicorp Center repair is a classic engineering case study of how mistakes must be avoided in engineering and construction of public works. A skyscraper in New York City needed... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 months 2 weeks ago • 1,268 views • 8:24

YouTube description: We normally build a dam to hold water back and store it for use in water supply, irrigation, hydropower, or flood control. But sometimes we have to let some water go. Whether we... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 months 3 weeks ago • 1,026 views • 8:15

YT: Bill describes how the minimization of surface area and inertia compete to form droplets. He then shows how engineers use this knowledge to create precisely-sized droplets in a commercial inkjet printer... continue reading

posted by Fantomas 5 months 3 weeks ago • 707 views • 5:52

YouTube description: A quick overview of how we build underwater structures.

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 months 3 weeks ago • 417 views • 8:18

Mazda's screaming 4-rotor 787B She's a thirsty girl, but produces nearly twice the output of piston engines of the same displacement, and manages to be reliable.

posted by newtboy 7 months 2 weeks ago • 169 views • 7:51

YouTube description: Dams serve a wide variety of purposes from hydropower to flood control to storage of water for municipal and industrials uses. But when a dam’s useful purpose fades away, the... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 months 3 weeks ago • 1,279 views • 8:40

YouTube description: In an effort to retain heritage, reduce waste and overcome the challenge of finding sites in urban areas, architects, engineers and developers are breathing new life into existing... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 months 2 weeks ago • 618 views • 7:15