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LEGO Telegraph / Printer Setup and Calibration

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How to calibrate and configure my LEGO Telegraph / Printer. This model can be built with a single LEGO Mindstorms EV3 set (31313). Building instructions and more information can be found on my website: http://jkbrickworks.com/telegraph-machine-and-printer
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Working LEGO Telegraph and Printer

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A working telegraph machine and printer built using the LEGO Mindstorms EV3 set (31313). It uses a touch sensor to interpret Morse Code sequences and prints the letters onto a sheet of paper using a gel pen. More information, building instructions and the
The Telegraph: The Civil War Text Machine

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Military leaders didnt just rely on carrier pigeons and messengers on horseback to share information during the American Civil War they texted each other using telegrams!Untold is a free collection of short, compelling, history videos and animations desig
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Adam Fulara Guitar Solo - Invention No. 13 in A Minor (J.S. Bach)

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Adam Fulara - Invention No. 13 in A Minor (J.S. Bach)
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Money Is A Technological Fiction (The Invention of $$$)

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This Ball Generates Electricity! | Did I Mention Invention?

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The new Da Vinci Kids App is here! Download it now: http://bit.ly/DaVinciKidsApp Jessica O. Matthews was inspired by a soccer game in Africa to invent... a football that works as a battery! Hurrah for kinetic energy! Don’t miss any uploads! Subscrib
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Stirling Engine | An ingenious invention

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The Scottish engineer Robert Stirling invented an amazing engine called Stirling engine long back. The specialty of this machine is that it works based on constant temperature difference. Let's learn about the details of this invention in this video.Be ou
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A call to invention: DIY speaker edition - William Gurstelle

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-call-to-invention-diy-speaker-edition-william-gurstelle There's a pleasure in making things for yourself -- especially something unexpected. At TEDYouth 2012, William Gurstelle shows how to make your own speak
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"It's My Own Invention" Eric Laithwaite 1974 RI Christmas Lectures, Lecture 6

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Professor Eric Laithwaite presents his second televised series of CHRISTMAS LECTURES exploring the world of engineering.A sequel to his 1966 series, 'The Engineer in Wonderland', Laithwaite was the first person to present two series of Lectures on nationa
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Children of Invention

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Please support our video productions: http://www.patreon.com/scifriThe UK-based educational non-profit organization Little Inventors gives children around the world a basic assignment: Invent something that would a solve problem and then draw it. Although
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Who Invented Pizza? | Invention of Pizza | The Dr Binocs Show | Peekaboo Kidz

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Invention Stories: These Boots Are Made For Talking … To The Internet | Joe's Big Idea | NPR

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Failure is always a part of invention. Hahna Alexander, CEO of SolePower, talks about how failure challenged her to come up with bigger and better solutions. In "Invention Stories" we explore the unexpected paths to discovery. • Read After A Failed Launch
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How One Horse Inspired the Invention of Movies

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This is a story about a horse—a horse whose fate was inextricably tied to the invention of film. It all started in 1872, when eventual Stanford University founder Leland Stanford made a bet with some colleagues. The bet in question concerned whether, at a
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The Invention of the Crisp | Ingenious Inventors | Horrible Histories

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When a customer complains about the size of his fries, George Crum gets rather angry, which soon leads to an invention of a new food we still eat today.Subscribe for more Horrible History: http://bit.ly/HorribleHistoriesSubscribeVisit our website: horribl
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MOSFET The Most significant invention of the 20th Century

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To get 73% off with the NordVPN 2-year deal plus 4 month free click on the link here: https://nordvpn.com/curiousdroid Coupon code: curiousdroid What makes a truly world-changing invention?. Of all the inventions of the 20th century just one could be said
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Powerpuff Girls | The Professor's New Invention | Cartoon Network

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Buttercup goes against the Professor's wishes and takes his new invention out of the lab. Will she be able to return it safely without The Gangreen Gang getting their hands on it? Episode: Hustlecup CN GAMES: http://cartn.co/ytgames SUBSCRIBE: http://cart
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Every Invention Plankton Used to Steal the Krabby Patty Secret Formula | SpongeBob

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For someone with access to unlimited technology, you'd think that Plankton would be a little more successful by now! Check out every invention that Plankton has used to try and steal the Krabby Patty secret formula from Mr. Krabs and SpongeBob! Subscribe
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Thomas Watson Explains the 1876 Invention of the Telephone - Enhanced Video & Audio

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For this video, I enhanced it using AI optimization software, speed-adjusted it and refined it with De Blur, Sharpness and Stabilization. For the audio, I remastered it using noise gate, compression, loudness normalization, EQ and a Limiter. Born in Salem
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The Invention of the Cardboard Box

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Invention Stories: How Sick Cows Led to a Blockbuster Drug | Joe's Big Idea | NPR

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A deadly bleeding disease in cows led to the development of the most popular blood thinner on the market: Warfarin. In "Invention Stories" we explore the unexpected paths to discovery. • Read When Cow Blood Held The Key To Saving The Future President at w
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The Invention Nobody Wanted That Became One of the Top Selling Office Products of All Time

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Why Lightbulbs Might Be The Best Invention Ever

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Lightbulbs might be the best idea ever just not for light. Head to https://brilliant.org/veritasium to start your free 30-day trial, and the first 200 people get 20% off an annual premium subscription.A huge thanks to David Lovett for showing me his aweso
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The Road to Invention

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Kommy Weldemariam knows how technology can change the world. As an IBM computer scientist and master inventor, he’s on the front line of the change revolution, harnessing the power of computing to tackle problems, big and small. Sometimes, that change sta
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The Invention of Dragons

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Watch my newest video, "The Game You Win By Losing (Parrondo's Paradox)": https://youtu.be/PpvboBJEozMVitality that is the test; and, whatever its components, mere truth is not necessarily one of them. A dragon, for instance, is a more enduring animal tha
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The Invention of Music

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Watch my newest video, "The Game You Win By Losing (Parrondo's Paradox)": https://youtu.be/PpvboBJEozM"All audible musical sound is given us for the sake of harmony, which has motions akin to the orbits in our soul, and which, as anyone who makes intellig
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The Invention Of Blue

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Watch my newest video, "The Game You Win By Losing (Parrondo's Paradox)": https://youtu.be/PpvboBJEozMCuriosity Box: https://www.curiositybox.com/Written, Produced, Edited and Hosted by Kevin LieberInstagram: http://instagram.com/kevlieberTwitter: https:/
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The invention that fixed lighthouses

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The most important part of a lighthouse might be one of the beautiful tools hidden inside: the Fresnel lens, a breakthrough that changed seafaring and saved lives.As the above video shows, these lenses satisfied a need for lighthouses that could shine far
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Transistors - The Invention That Changed The World

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Amazing Invention- This Drone Will Change Everything

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These folks engineering a much better way to deliver your basically anything. If you want to engineer your own creations with me every month, just head to https://www.crunchlabs.com where you can get 2 boxes FREE!Again, this was not sponsored in anyway no
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Containerization: The Most Influential Invention That You've Never Heard Of

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The intermodal container changed our world. We would never have the interconnected and global economy of today without Malcolm McLean and his system of containerization. Email: wendoverproductions@gmail.com Twitter: @WendoverPro Please consider subscribin
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HEAT MAP Microwave- a NEW invention

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Here's an idea I've had for over a year on how to make a waaaaay better microwave using Infrared and Heat Maps! I hope you guys like it. If you want one, sign the petition here: http://www.bettermicrowave.com/ FREE Audio Book- http://bit.ly/AudibleMarkRob
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How This Invention Could Save Natural Disaster Victims

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A group of college engineering students designed a box that can deliver supplies to natural disaster victims. It's called the Dazzle Box and could save lives. It comes in a unique shape and colorful camouflage that makes the container stand out in any sit
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How this 50-year-old NASA invention could kill cancer

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Ferrofluid is a bizarre, NASA-engineered material that was created for spaceships but never used. In this “lab practical” video, we’ll put ferrofluid through its paces, and explore some of the even stranger places it may yet be useful. Wanna know how we s
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I Rebuilt a 100 Year Old Invention

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Ben 10 | Animos Greatest Invention | Cartoon Network

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The Pizza Box: A Perfect Invention? | COLOSSAL INVENTIONS

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Imagine a world with cold pizza, with soggy pizza, with no pizza delivery at all! It may be hard to believe, but that world existed not that long ago...Images used under license from Shutterstock.comNarrated by: Laura WaddellWritten by: Claire DownsDirect
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Ben 10 UPGRADE in Smythe's Latest Invention! | Ben 10 Toys | Cartoon Network

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The Secret Invention | Jessica's Big Little World | Cartoon Network

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About Cartoon Network: Welcome to Cartoon Network's YouTube Channel, your destination for episode clips, behind the scenes footage, how to draw tutorials, toy videos, and more! Cartoon Network is home to your favorite shows and characters including Teen T
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Would YOU buy this? Richard's strangest invention on TV! | Gumball | Cartoon Network

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The Wattersons fear the worst when they are summoned to a Town Hall meeting, but are surprised when they're offered a new house until they discover it's in a different state. Click to watch more of The Amazing World of Gumball - https://www.youtube.com/wa
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Astronomers see baby planet being born for first time

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For the first ever time, Astronomers have been able to observe a baby planet being born. Scientists at the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope spotted the baby planet on a gas and dust cloud near the star AB Aurigae, located 520 lig
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'Kitchen robot' that will cook meals from scratch unveiled

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A London-based robotics company has unveiled a "kitchen robot" which it promises "cooks from scratch and even cleans up afterwards without complaint". The robot costs £248,000, about the same as the average house in Britain, a price tag the inventor
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'Invisibility cloak' that could hide tanks and troops looks closer to reality

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Harry Potter’s ‘invisibility cloak’ appears closer to reality as Canadian camouflage manufacturer Hyperstealth Biotechnology has applied for patents on its ‘Quantum Stealth’ material. The ‘inexpensive and paper-thin&rsq
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Delighted panda cub plays in the snow for the first time

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Bao Bao, a giant panda at Washington DC's Smithsonian National Zoo playfully tumbles down a hill as she experiences snow for the very first time Sixteen-month-old Giant panda cub Bao Bao played in the snow for the first time today at the Smithsonian's Nat
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Your Private Messages Might Travel Under This Beach

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In Porthcurno, Cornwall, there's an old telegraph cable landing station. It's how Britain talked to the Empire -- and it's now a museum. But the technology here isn't quite as obsolete as you might think. Thanks to Steve and all the team at the Porthcurno
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The playful wonderland behind great inventions | Steven Johnson

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Necessity is the mother of invention, right? Well, not always. Steven Johnson shows us how some of the most transformative ideas and technologies, like the computer, didn't emerge out of necessity at all but instead from the strange delight of play. Share
The History of Electrical Engineering: Crash Course Engineering #4

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Next stop on our tour of engineerings major fields: electrical engineering. In this episode well explore the history of telecommunications, electric power and lighting, and computers. Well introduce topics like magnetism, electrical conduction, telegraphy
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Futuristic straddling bus allows cars running underneath

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Tired of traffic jams and tail gas? The design of electric "straddling buses" lets cars drive underneath them, and can help reduce air pollution. Also known as land airbus, the new invention is less costly than subway systems.
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Indigo - A Simple Reusable Refrigerator that uses no Electricity or Ice.

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Bill Gates introduces the Indigo, the remarkable invention that uses no electricity, no ice, and no batteries to store vaccines at the precise temperature required to remain effective. Learn more at https://b-gat.es/2sDyOMv
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Birds that Talk!

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Birds can communicate with each other in lots of ways, but some types of birds can learn human words! But just because they learn human words, does that mean that they can understand them? ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a
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Footage of the First Martin-Baker Ejection Seat Test

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Bernard Lynch was an engineer fitter at British aviation firm Martin-Baker. But his main claim to fame was as the fearless test subject for their signature invention: the ejection seat. From the Series: Survival in the Skies: Ejection Seats http://bit.ly/
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Inventing the Jet Engine Came With a Few Disasters

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The invention of the jet engine was the crowning achievement of engineer Frank Whittle. But the path to glory was littered with countless obstacles - including a number of spectacularly failed experiments. From the Series: Survival in the Skies: The Jet R
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Fighting Firedamp - The Lamp That Saved 1,000 Lives

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With a beautiful, explosive experiment, Andy demonstrates how Humphry Davy's simple invention saved hundreds of lives from firedamp. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Firedamp is a flammable gas found in coal mines that contr
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Party in a Can: The Story of Silly String

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The invention of Silly String was a complete accident that nearly didn't happen. In 1972, inventor Leonard A. Fish and chemist Robert P. Cox set out to create an aerosol spray that would act as an instant cast for broken limbs. After dozens of tests, they
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Ancient Wonders Captured In 3D - Ben Kacyra

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Ancient monuments give us clues to astonishing past civilizations -- but they're under threat from pollution, war, neglect. Ben Kacyra, who invented a groundbreaking 3D scanning system, is using his invention to scan and preserve the world's heritage in a
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Sun Pictures: Henry Fox Talbot and the First Photographs | Pioneers of Photography

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The invention of the photograph, in 1839, would forever change the way people looked at the world. But this extraordinary breakthrough cannot be credited to a single individual—while William Henry Fox Talbot labored quietly in England, Louis Daguerr
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James Burke Connections, Ep. 1 "The Trigger Effect"

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"The Trigger Effect" details the world's present dependence on complex technological networks through a detailed narrative of New York City and the power blackout of 1965. Agricultural technology is traced to its origins in ancient Egypt and the invention
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The History of the Microwave Oven

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Weird History Food is going to radiate you with the history of the Microwave Oven.The microwave was invented accidentally by an engineer named Percy Spencer, who was leading a defense radar project. His invention would change the way Americans would eat f
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Walt Disney's MultiPlane Camera (Filmed: Feb. 13, 1957)

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Walt Disney explains his invention. Probably the most advanced tool ever made in the field of animation. (At least until the computer was made.) (C) Disney If you are the owner or the lawyer of the owner of this film, please contact me before Flagging the
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Why Do Kids Learn Faster Than Adults?

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You can't teach an old dog new tricks, so the saying goes. Is this why kids pick things up so faster than adults? Get 15% off http://www.domain.com's domain names and web hosting when you use coupon code DNEWS at checkout! DNews Live Tickets Here ►►►► htt
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How to Make A DIY Electric Guitar for under $10

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How to Make a DIY electric guitar invention for under $10 that can be connected to speakers. This diy musical instrument idea can be used to rock out loud even if you don't play guitar like me. Don't wait, build your own guitar and rock out Parts: 2 Speak
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How Hollywood Made the T-Shirt ICONIC | COLOSSAL INVENTIONS

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Pants go back to the 6th Century BCE. The worlds oldest dresses go back to Ancient Egypt. Even sunglasses were worn over two millennia ago. But the T-Shirt, one of the most common garments worn today, is considered a new invention. So... what took so long
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TOP 77 Inventions from Bikini Bottom! | SpongeBob

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Bikini Bottom has some of the COOLEST inventions! Here are the top 77 inventions from Bikini Bottom. You never know, you may need to use Sandy's extend-o-boots invention, or Patrick's laser pants?... Stranger things have happened! Watch this compilation t
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Paper and string: the DIY centrifuge

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A centrifuge is a vital piece of kit for hospitals and labs across the world. But what if you could make one out of paper and string? The so-called ‘paperfuge’ is the cheapest and fastest hand-spun centrifuge ever designed — and it can reach speeds of up
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Unmasking Malaria With A Cheap Magnet And A Laser Pointer | Joe's Big Idea | NPR

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This video is from the Joe’s Big Idea series Changing The World One Invention At A Time. Check out the entire series at https://www.npr.org/series/571897138/watch-joes-big-idea-invention-stories. Read How A Cheap Magnet Might Help Detect Malaria at https:
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How Transistors Work - Gokul J. Krishnan

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-transistors-work-gokul-j-krishnan Modern computers are revolutionizing our lives, performing tasks unimaginable only decades ago. This was made possible by a long series of innovations, but there’s one found
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Machine learning breakthrough: Robot runs a 5k

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The OSU Dynamic Robotics Laboratory's research team, led by Agility Robotics’ Jonathan Hurst, combined expertise from biomechanics and robot controls with new machine learning tools to accomplish something new: train a bipedal robot to run a full 5K
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What is the Difference Between Turtles and Tortoises?

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Most people know what turtles and tortoises are can’t clearly tell the difference between the two creatures! People commonly refer to tortoises as land turtles. But what exactly is the difference between these two animals? Additional Notes (Thanks to user
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Genius Inventions You Didn't Know EXISTED

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Genius Inventions You Didn't Know EXISTED! What is your favorite diy idea or invention? Leave a Like if you enjoyed! Watch recreating my favorite tie toks https://youtu.be/CjI3uEHjJts Subscribe to join the Wolf Pack and enable notifications! http://bit.ly
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Behind the Scenes of 'The Great Sofa Caper' - Wallace & Gromit

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Nick Park and director Magdalena Osinka talk about creating a piece of classic Wallace and Gromit animation for DFS...and bringing back Lady Tottington for the first time since 2005 film The Curse of the Were-Rabbit! See how Wallace's new invention, the S
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Robot Hat PROTECTS You

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In this episode William drastically overestimates his abilities. Go watch Bobby's invention of Giant Wooden Hat that also is a Salad Bowl: https://youtu.be/Y27Jtbx6tKESupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/williamosmanWebsite: http://www.williamos
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Why Do London's Manholes Keep Exploding?

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Every month or so, somewhere in London, a manhole explodes. It's so common that it doesn't make the news unless it's spectacular or someone gets injured. Here's why, complete with gratuitous pyrotechnics. Filmed by Perspective Pictures Pyrotechnics by Pau
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What Was the Most Popular Junk Food From Every Decade In the 20th Century?

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Weird History Food is taking you on a Junk Food trip, through each decade, to see what were the most popular foods and snacks. The most impressive aspect of junk food developed throughout the 20th century is just how many of the inventions stuck around. B
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How does an Induction Motor work ?

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Please support us at https://www.patreon.com/LearnEngineering so that we can add one more member to the team and will be able to release 2 educational videos/month. The invention of induction motors permanently altered the course of human civilization. Th
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How Transistors Work

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The transistor is arguably the greatest invention of the last century, or perhaps, one of the greatest of all time. If it wasn't for transistors, we couldn't have developed smaller, faster and cheaper computers, telephones, GPS devices, radios, gaming con
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Gyotaku: The Ancient Japanese Art Of Printing Fish - K. Erica Dodge

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/gyotaku-the-ancient-japanese-art-of-printing-fish-k-erica-dodge How did fishermen record their trophy catches before the invention of photography? In 19th century Japan, fishing boats were equipped with rice pap
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Creative Girl Shows How to Make Coca Cola Drinking Hat

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Creative Girl Shows How to Make Coca Cola Drinking Hat In this video creative girl shows how to make coca cola drinking hat for 2 cans. This amazing invention allows you to drink your favourite soda or any beverage completly hands free. All you need is ca
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Genius FOOD Inventions You Didn't Know EXISTED

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Genius FOOD Inventions You Didn't Know EXISTED! What is your favorite diy idea or invention? Leave a Like if you enjoyed and comment your favorite! Watch photoshop fails https://youtu.be/NafVHa9pGKM Subscribe to join the Wolf Pack and enable notifications
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Stairway To Heaven (Led Zeppelin) - Luca Stricagnoli

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LEARN THIS SONGhttp://www.lucastricagnoli.com/shopGET YOUR OWN REVERSED SLIDE NECK (add-on neck seen in this video)If you are interested in owning a Reversed Slide Neck (RSN) just like mine, you can contact me at info@lucastricagnoli.comThe Reversed Slide
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Mr Olds Remarkable Elevator

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Olds Engineering, a traditional workshop and foundry, sits in Maryborough, Australia. It's not the sort of place you'd expect to find a new industrial invention in the 21st century: and yet the Olds Elevator, patented by Peter Olds, is just that. More abo
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Why Are Some People Afraid Of Clowns?

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Clowns are usually brightly-colored, goofy, raucous characters designed to be the life of any party. However, it’s no secret that they’re not universally adored. In fact, some people find clowns downright frightening. But why? Learn more at HowStuffWorks.
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Why we say “OK”

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How a cheesy joke from the 1830s became the most widely spoken word in the world. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO OK is thought to be the most widely recognized word on the planet. We use it to communicate with each other, as well as our te
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Man Born in 1866 Talks About the Late 1800s

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0:00 Introduction1:38 Main VideoThis is Eugene D. Nims, born in 1866. When the United States Government opened Oklahoma for settlement in 1893, he was there and made the run on horseback into the Cherokee strip. Here he got into the lumber business. All t
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Can You Solve The Viral 1 + 4 = 5 Puzzle? The Correct Answer Explained

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This problem was shared on Facebook with the claim that only one in a thousand could figure it out. It went viral and generated over 3 million comments. Here is the problem. If 1 + 4 = 5, 2 + 5 = 12, 3 + 6 = 21, what is 8 + 11 = ? This video presents what
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First 3 Films Ever Made

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First 3 films ever made - oldest footage ever This film shows the three oldest surviving films shot from a single camera. The first is called Roundhay Garden Scene and was was shot on October 24, 1888 in Roundhay, Leeds, England. Within 4 years, one of th
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First Motion Picture Ever Made

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By definition, a motion picture is a series of pictures, projected onto a screen, creating the illusion of movement. By the 1800's humans had discovered photography, projection and motion. We just hadn't put them together. Then, in 1878 a guy called Edwar
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How Long Can Fingernails Grow?

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Josh gets to the bottom of a question we've all had at some point in our lives: how long would your fingernails grow if you stopped cutting them completely? Learn more at HowStuffWorks.com: http://health.howstuffworks.com/skin-care/nail-care/health/finger
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A 20 cent tool could save lives and transform health care

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Scientists at Princeton University invented a low-cost medical device that could save lives and revolutionize health care. The paperfuge is centrifuge made of paper, string, and plastic that can separate blood cells with no electricity. And it only costs
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The Crazy Secrets of the Cashew (Why Cashews Are Never Sold in Their Shells)

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Cashews have many secrets. Why aren't they sold in their shells? Are they ever really raw? (Spoiler alert: no!) What's this "cashew apple" you've heard about?? We take a quick dive into the world of cashew processing. HELP US MAKE THESE VIDEOS: http://bit
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What's a Meteor Shower?

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Have you ever looked up at night and seen a streak of light flash across the sky? Some people call that a "shooting star," but it's not actually a star at all! Join Jessi and Squeaks to learn what shooting stars really are and how they happen! ----------
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Transistors, How do they work ?

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Dear friends, Please support us at Patreon, so that we can continue our free educational service https://www.patreon.com/LearnEngineering The invention of transistors revolutionized human civilization like no other technology. This video demonstrates work
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Why widescreen feels epic

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Widescreen feels cinematic. When black bars come down and a show goes into widescreen, it feels more like a movie. More intense. More epic. The shape of a screen changes how we feel about it, and wide just feels different. But that feeling is an invention
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The Extraordinary Origins of Ordinary Things

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In this reel, we investigate the curious beginnings of a few everyday objects. We begin with the WWII origins of instant ramen, learn about the accidental invention of Silly String, and meet the voice behind the Kool-Aid Man. SUBSCRIBE: https://goo.gl/vR6
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Sat nav - without a satellite - in 1971? | Tomorrow's World | Retro Tech | BBC Archive

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Michael Rodd demonstrates an extraordinary new invention that could transform the way drivers negotiate the roads forever. A nifty control unit reads information from the car's milometer and relays instructions to the driver using pre-recorded phrases sto
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The Runways of Fire That Let WW2 Planes Land In Fog: FIDO

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Landing on a runway surrounded by fire might not sound like a good idea, but it's better than trying to land without modern instruments in thick fog. This was FIDO: "Fog, Intensive, Dispersal Of" (originally "Fog Investigation and Dispersal Operations"),
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Unikitty | Kitty Robot | Cartoon Network

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Dr. Fox shows off her amazing invention! Will it save the day? CN GAMES: http://bit.ly/CNGames SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/109Y6wq WATCH MORE: http://bit.ly/1RBYuNi About Cartoon Network: Welcome to the Cartoon Network YouTube Channel, the destination for al
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The Mystery Of Paperclips

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As an innovation, the modern paperclip has a peculiar history.HISTORY OF PAPERPaper was first created in China during the first century A. Initially made from cotton and linen, these fabric papers were expensive to produce and were generally reserved for
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The Railroad Journey and the Industrial Revolution: Crash Course World History 214

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In which John Green teaches you about railroads, and some of the ways they changed the world, and how they were a sort of microcosm for the Industrial Revolution as a whole. Prior to the invention of steam powered railroads, pretty much all locomotion had
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Oldest Footage Of A President - US

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Who was the first US President on film? This clip is the first known and oldest surviving footage of a US President, the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The inaugural procession of William McKinley was filmed on March
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Velcro Plants! How Velcro Was Discovered.

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Velcro is pretty cool, but what would you think if the idea for it came from living things? Jessi and Squeaks talk about the origin of velcro! Hi there! We at SciShow want to learn more about you and your opinions! If you have time, please take a moment t
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Five Stories to Noodle Over

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Were going deep into the carb overload red zone with this reel about noodles. Youve got to indulge sometimes. Or, better yet, every day. Eating is one of the great joys in life, after all. Among the highlights on our noodle-centric video menuthe surprisin
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The ancient history of the modern hamburger | Edible Histories Episode 4 | BBC Ideas

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We tend to think of the burger a quintessentially American invention - the fastest of fast food. But the story of the hamburger goes back further than you might think - right back to the Romans. Food historian Annie Gray gets stuck in.Made by Somethin' El
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Feb 17, 1890 - P.T. Barnum's address to the future (Remastered w/ transcript)

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Early phonograph of circus legend PT Barnum testing out the phonograph. I made the sound less harsh and added in a transcript. Thanks to the internet, I was able to find an accurate transcript from The Roscommon Constitutionalist February 22, 1890 which s
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Apple & Onion | Drone Shoes | Cartoon Network UK

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Apple and Onion decide to steal power in order to charge their new invention, the drone shoes. Welcome to the official Cartoon Network UK YouTube channel!Get ready to laugh out loud and have loads of fun by subscribing to the channel! -https://goo.gl/hRAV
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How to Make a Scribbling Robot | Do Try This at Home | We The Curious

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This week we're making robots! Alice Barber takes you through how to build your own scribble-bot that can draw an infinite variety of patterns.This video was presented by: Alice Barber Produced by: Ross Exton and Seamus FoleyBig thanks to the Exploratoriu
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Horrible Creations | Horrible Histories

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Subscribe for more Horrible History: http://bit.ly/HorribleHistoriesSubscribeVisit our website: horrible-histories.co.ukFrom the invention of the sandwich to the creation of aBook, let's take a look at some of the most amazing creations from Horrible Hist
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Could Playing Music DRASTICALLY Change Your Brain?

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You might've heard that playing an instrument makes you smarter. Is this true? Watch more: What Is It Like To Be Deaf? ►►https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITOg8keMKrA&list=PL8L0MzSk_V6JtEDRfRMyb6rFd1acqYSlO&index=42&t=0s Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNog
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Before I Got My Eye Put Out - The Poetry of Emily Dickinson: Crash Course English Lit #8

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In which John Green concludes the Crash Course Literature mini-series with an examination of the poetry of Emily Dickinson. Sure, John explores the creepy biographical details of Dickinson's life, but he also gets into why her poems have remained relevant
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The First Manned Rocket | Horrible Histories

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Subscribe for more Horrible History: http://bit.ly/HorribleHistoriesSubscribeVisit our website: horrible-histories.co.ukOttoman scientist Legari Hasan Celebi details the wow-factor for his invention: the first manned rocket!Get more episode of Horrible Hi
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Reshaping Cities: The Maglev Multi Elevator That Goes Up, Down and Left to Right | WIRED

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Standing over a medieval town in Germany is one of the country’s tallest towers and inside, an invention that its creators hope will revolutionise the shape of cities, the ThyssenKrupp Multi Elevator Subscribe to WIRED►► http://po.st/SubscribeWired Read m
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Ben 10 | Trapped in a Cage | Cartoon Network

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Steam Smythe tests out his latest invention on Ben 10! Subscribe to the Cartoon Network UK YouTube channel: https://goo.gl/hRAVDf Visit the Cartoon Network UK website: http://www.cartoonnetwork.co.uk Check out all the amazing apps from Cartoon Network: ht
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Is time travel real? - with Colin Stuart

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We can easily travel back and forth in space, but can we travel back and forth in time? Colin Stuart explains why time travel is real and happening all around us.Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibeColin Stuart is an award-winni
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The Surprising Thing You Never Knew About Cheetos

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Cheetos have been called "one of the most marvelously constructed foods on the planet" and even if that is hyperbole, there's no denying that this snack food is incredibly popular. There's quite a bit of science and some interesting history behind this ch
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Imaginary Numbers Are Real [Part 1: Introduction]

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More information and resources: http://www.welchlabs.com Imaginary numbers are not some wild invention, they are the deep and natural result of extending our number system. Imaginary numbers are all about the discovery of numbers existing not in one dimen
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Eric Laithwaite's 1974 Christmas Lectures: The Engineer Through the Looking Glass

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In this video, I have combined all of Professor Eric Laithwaite's 1974 lectures from the Royal Institution's annual Christmas Lectures series. There are 6 lectures in total and the series is entitled "The Engineer Through the Looking Glass". Eric mirrors
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Who Is Koko The Gorilla & Is She Really That Smart?

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Koko the Gorilla is famous for her love of kittens and use of sign language. So just how did she get so smart? Animals Have Human Emotions ►►►► http://bit.ly/1RAo6hG Sign Up For The TestTube Newsletter Here ?►►►► http://bit.ly/1myXbFG Read More: An audien
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The bold plan to end malaria with a gene drive

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How genetically engineered mosquitoes might defeat a disease that kills millions of children. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The invention of the CRISPR gene editing tool has injected new life into a line of research called gene drive. Gen
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The Power Nap Machine | Life Device #2 | Joseph's Machines

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I love napping. Here are some devices so I can nap more often. ► Welcome to my channel! I am an inventor of useless machines. ► Subscribe so that you never miss a new one! http://bit.ly/2vVFVQe Music is by the Jews Brothers Band, tracks "Tchavolo Swing" a
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Powerpuff Girls | Project Slumber | Cartoon Network

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When the Professor's latest invention wreaks havoc in the house, it's up to The Powerpuff Girls to stop it before it escapes. About The Powerpuff Girls: Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup, the original arbiters of girl power, are back on Cartoon Network! The
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The Coolest Machine Ever!

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Jessi and Squeaks have a new invention to show you! They built it using what they know about simple machines and with a little inspiration from a cartoonist named Rube Goldberg! ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a patron on
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The Moiré Effect Lights That Guide Ships Home

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I'd never heard of moiré effect beacons until I got an email asking me about them. It seemed like a really clever idea - but it was really hard to research. Or at least it was, until I stumbled upon one magic phrase that revealed its history. It tu
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ROLLERMAN Extreme Downhill Rollerblading Suit

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The Rollerman suit is Jean-Yvess own invention, he was a student at an industrial design school in Paris in 1994, and for his final graduation project, he created the rollerman suit. He wanted to create something that didnt yet exist, perhaps even somethi
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Mechanical Television: Incredibly simple, yet entirely bonkers

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You can support this channel on Patreon! Link belowJohn Logie Baird is often considered to be the inventor of television, but not of television as we know it. His mechanical television is a remarkable invention for its simplicity, but as you'll soon see,
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How To Drink Coffee In Space

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You can learn more at https://curiositystream.com/smart SUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More info and sources below I love coffee. Like, a lot. You know who else loves coffee? Astronauts! And also the people who help them do aw
INSANE WATERFALL SWING! | Kids Invent Stuff

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6-year-old Seren challenged us to build her crazy water spraying swing, complete with high-powered fans! It fires 1 tonne of water every minute and here's what happened when we tested it out!A big THANK YOU to our partners for this challenge Autodesk: htt
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Turtle Time with Dr. Turtleman!

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Jessi and Squeaks are on a beach vacation, so they've called in their pal, Dr. Lawrence Turtleman, to take over the show for today! And what is he going to teach you about? Turtles, of course! ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Beco
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The fisheye lens, explained

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The fisheye album cover is a modern music staple. This is the story of where it came from.Become a Video Lab member! http://bit.ly/video-labWhen Harry Styles released the album cover to his sophomore project, Fine Line, fans began dissecting everything ab
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Who Invented the Bicycle Kick?

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The bicycle kick might be the most difficult move in soccer. Requiring acrobatic prowess coupled with precision and force, only a select few players have been able to turn this play into a successful goal. But where did this move come from? The origins of
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The Ocean Cleanup celebrates first haul of plastic from the Great Pacific garbage patch

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The Ocean Cleanup's System 001/B has successfully captured 60 1-cubic-meter bags of plastic from the Great Pacific garbage patch and returned it safely to Vancouver, British Columbia, where the organization held a press conference today to discuss its pla
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Why Is That Song Stuck In My Head?!

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Why do songs get stuck in our heads? And what can we do to get rid of them!? Michael Aranda explains current scientific thought on the subject (and also does a pretty good Shia LaBeouf impression). Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go
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We Found the Oldest Stars in the Universe and They’re Not What We Expected

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After the Big Bang, there was darkness. This is what came next. Starquakes Prove Space Is Violent and Metal AF - https://youtu.be/sBkJ0ItoCmA Read More: First Light Which Ever Shone in Universe Picked Up By Astronomers in 'Revolutionary' Breakthrough http
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The Cloud Chamber - Christmas Lectures with Frank Close

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The cloud chamber is an incredible piece of equipment that allows us to visualise ionising radiation. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full lecture: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1993/the-cosmic-onio
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The First Man To Record Sound #sound #shorts

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Do you know who recorded the first-ever sound?If you answered, 'Thomas Edison', you are mistaken! It was actually a bookseller in Paris, in the mid-1800s. douard-Lon Scott de Martinville invented a device called the Phonautograph, which recorded audio. He
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ALADDIN THE MUSICAL | How does Aladdin’s Magic Carpet Fly? | Official Disney UK

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Would you like to explore A Whole New World using Aladdin’s magic carpet? Go behind the scenes and delve into the magic to find out the secret of how the magic carpet flies in Disney’s Aladdin the Musical! Physicist Maggie Aderin-Pocock has been investiga
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Looking for Dark Matter - Christmas Lectures with Frank Close

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Frank Close looks at how observations from galaxy rotation and gravitational lensing can imply the existence of dark matter. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full lecture: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/wat
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Visualising Antimatter with Bubble Chambers - Christmas Lectures with Frank Close

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You can use a bubble chamber to visualise the passage of negatively charged electrons and their positively charged antimatter counterparts - positrons. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full lecture: http://www.rigb
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Jumbo Boomerangs !! (New Design)

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Share This Video: https://youtu.be/VmAp29z2A7oNot too long ago we made a GIANT boomerang that was 6 feet tall (1.8M). We were really impressed with the fact that we were able to make a giant boomerang flew so well and was able to be caught HOWEVER the exp
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6 tips for making amazing flipbooks | We The Curious

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Flipbooks are amazing. Books of still images that look like theyre moving when flipped through. What could be simpler? And yet since the humble flipbook was patented in 1868, its paved the way for the invention of the films, TV, and computer games we know
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The Genius Behind Karaoke

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Grab a mic, pick a song and unleash your inner singer. Thats all you need for a great time at a karaoke bar. Karaoke is everywhere, but have you ever wondered where it came from?Karaoke originated in 1968 in Osaka, Japan and by definition it literally des
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Flip-Flops Made From Plants And Algae Can Help Reduce Plastic Pollution | World Wide Waste

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Researchers at the University of California San Diego have figured out how to turn algae into flip flops. They founded a startup to sell the shoe, but face a challenge in getting their invention mass produced: There aren't enough algae farms to support th
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What Keeps a Nucleus Together? - Christmas Lectures with Frank Close

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Positive charge repels other positive charges. So what kind of force keeps the proton filled nucleus from exploding apart? Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full lecture: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch
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Quantum Eraser Lottery Challenge | Space Time | PBS Digital Studios

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Matt challenges you to use quantum physics to win the lottery. Are you up to the task? Previous Episode on Quantum Eraser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ORLN_KwAgs Get your own Space Time tshirt at http://bit.ly/1QlzoBi Tweet at us! @pbsspacetime Faceb
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French Inventor Flies Across English Channel on Hoverboard

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French inventor Franky Zapata successfully flew from France to England on an airborne flyboard, Sunday, August 4. The 40-year-old completed the 35 kilometer journey in under a half hour. This was Zapata’s second attempt to cross the English Channel,
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Drip Rifle (Weird Weapons)

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During the evacuation of Gallipoli by the Allies, which started in December 1915, an ingenious invention was constructed on the battlefield by ANZAC forces to deceive the ottoman enemy into thinking a large force was still firing back at them, when in rea
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Are Hand Dryers Sanitary?

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Public bathrooms are teeming with microbes! You know to wash your hands, but when choosing between a hand dryer or a paper towel to dry them off— what’s your cleanest bet? Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: h
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Why danger symbols can’t last forever

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How to design fear, explained with 99% Invisible. Check them out here: http://99pi.org Correction: The correct spelling of “warning” in Persian is هشدار. Watch the previous episode from this series: http://bit.ly/2DDIQAL Subscribe to our channel! http://g
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Electron Microscopy - Christmas Lectures with Frank Close

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What does the world look like at an atomic level? Frank Close dons his 'atomic spectacles' and takes a look at copper and iron atoms. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Watch the full lecture: http://www.rigb.org/christmas-lec
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What Did Men of Mid Victorian Era Look Like? Watch Them Come To Life!...

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What Did Men of Mid Victorian Era Look Like? Hello everyone and welcome back to Mystery Scoop. You might be wondering what men looked like in the mid 19th century. What was their sense of style and fashion like? Well, thanks to the invention of photograph
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The Woman Who Invented Stuffed Animals

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In which John discusses the extraordinary life of Margarete Steiff and the invention of stuffed animals. I first learned about Margarete Steiff while researching the (genuinely astonishing) history of teddy bears; you can listen to my essay on them here:
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AT&T Archives: Introduction to the Dial Telephone

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See more from the AT&T Archives at http://techchannel.att.com/archives This short subject newsreel was shown in movie theaters the week before a town's or region's telephone exchange was to be converted to dial service. It's extremely short—a li
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Old CRT TVs as instruments "Ei WADA"

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In this video Ei WADA uses different old CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) TV sets to play music in Korea. 茨城県北芸術祭#KENPOKU エレクトロニコス・ファンタスティコス！ in 日立役割を終えた古い家電を新たな電子楽器として蘇生させ、合奏する和田永のプロジェクト「エレクトロニコス・ファンタスティコス！」。常陸多賀駅前の商店街には、そのプロジェクトの基地となる、「NICOS LAB in 日立」があります。地元
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Fixing Daylight Saving Time Is THIS Easy

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Were on PATREON now! Join the community https://www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmartSUBSCRIBE so you dont miss a video! http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub More info and sources below Every year, hundreds of millions of people voluntarily turn their lives upside down by
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The Transistor: a 1953 documentary, anticipating its coming impact on technology

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Made between the 1947 invention of the transistor at Bell Labs and the 1956 awarding of the Nobel Prize for Physics to its creators, this documentary is less about the discovery itself than its anticipated impact on technology and society. The intent of t
How an Egg Hatches

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See the remarkable way hatchlings are able to break out of their eggs. Please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE if you enjoyed! http://bit.ly/1Adl6ht **More info & videos below**The Egg: Lifes Perfect Invention premieres Wednesday, April 10 online and on-air at 8|7c on
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Inspired By A Fungus, Inventor Creates Biodegradable Packaging | Joe's Big Idea | NPR

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This video is from the Joe’s Big Idea series Changing The World One Invention At A Time. Check out the entire series at https://n.pr/2U6iwXU. • Read "Inventor Inspired By Childhood Memories Of Fungus" at https://n.pr/2R77Q9M. -----------------------------
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The Lumiere Brothers: Crash Course Film History #3

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As cinema started to take off, things like "single viewer" devices weren't going to cut it as the medium advanced. In this episode of Crash Course Film History, Craig talks to us about the Lumiere brothers, their invention of the Cinematographe, and the i
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3 People Who Probably Saved Your Life

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Today we are talking about 3 scientists who, through their collective inventions and discoveries, have saved millions of lives. Hosted by: Michael Aranda Annotation How Measles Made a Comeback https://youtu.be/kjFPUoIXd80 ---------- Support SciShow by bec
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Zap, Crackle And Pop: The Story Of Electricity

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Dr Marty Jopson leads us through the story of electricity in a show buzzing with demonstrations. Have we tamed electricity? From the Ancient Greeks to Faraday’s genius, this show puts the awesome back into electricity. Subscribe for regular science videos
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YouTube Couldn't Exist Without Communications & Signal Processing: Crash Course Engineering #42

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Engineering helped make this video possible. This week well look at how its possible for you to watch this video with the fundamentals of signal processing. Well explore things from Morse Code, to problems like bandwidth capacity and noise, to how we arri
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Family Reunion | Ben 10 | Cartoon Network

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Watch more Ben 10 http://cartn.co/YTBen10Team Tennyson stops in at a fringe family reunion, and Ben encounters a whole lot more than kooky cousins namely, Kevin 11 and the Bugg Brothers, whose latest crackpot invention sparks a series of hilarious head-sw
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The First Man To Record Sound

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Do you know who recorded the first-ever sound?If you answered, 'Thomas Edison', you are mistaken! It was actually a bookseller in Paris, in the mid-1800s. douard-Lon Scott de Martinville invented a device called the Phonautograph, which recorded audio. He
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The SHOCKING Truth About Ben Franklin and the Kite

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Thank you to Target for supporting PBS. You can learn more at: https://target.com/communityShare your story today: https://to.pbs.org/3izZeXh More info and sources below Youve probably heard of Ben Franklin and the kite. But do you know the TRUE story of
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Why You Should ALWAYS Unplug Your Electronics

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Your microwave clock might not use *that* much power, but add it to your plugged in tv, computer, DVR, etc.? That's a lot of wasted energy. Is Your House Causing Global Warming? - http://bit.ly/1UDLsSk Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.l
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A Solar-Powered Step In The Fight Against Water Scarcity | Joe's Big Idea | NPR

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This video is from the Joe’s Big Idea series Changing The World One Invention At A Time. Check out the entire series at https://n.pr/2U6iwXU. • Read "WATCH: This Device Pulls Clean Water Out Of Desert Air" at https://n.pr/2oEfZYC --------------
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Chemical Electricity | Szydlo's At Home Science

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Starting with the Ris own Michael Faraday, Andrew explores the varied and sometimes explosive chemistry of batteries and electricity. From the pioneering work of Volta, right up to most recent Nobel prizes, join Andrew Szydlo for this exciting electrical
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Daguerreotype Beauties From The 19th Century Brought To Life

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Hello everyone and welcome back to Mystery Scoop. Today we're looking at the early photography of the 19th century and few beautiful examples from that era, brought to life using colorization and AI animations. Daguerreotypes, as earliest forms of photogr
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How We Eradicated Cattle Plague

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As a species, we’re getting better at preventing viral diseases. But eradication or, eliminating them completely is much harder. So how did we eradicate the Cattle Plague? Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: h
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It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's a DINOSAUR!

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Dino's back to share more dinosaur facts with you, and this time he has some incredible news: birds are the descendants of dinosaurs! Join him to learn the whole story! ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a patron on Patreon:
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Split Decision | A Mickey Mouse Cartoon | Disney Shorts

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In the latest short, Mickey is forced to wrangle two very different Donalds after Professor Von Drake's latest invention splits him in half. SUBSCRIBE to get notified when new Disney Shorts videos are posted: http://di.sn/SubscribeDisneyShorts Watch clas
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Incredible Classical Paintings Brought To Life (AI)

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Incredible Classical Paintings Brought To Life Hello everyone and welcome back to Mystery Scoop.Today we're focusing on incredible classical paintings created between the Renaissance and Romantic Eras. Prior to the invention of photography, the only relia
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Conserving one of the oldest photographs in MoMA's collection | CONSERVATION STORIES

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Tarnish is slowly engulfing one of the oldest objects in MoMA's collection, a daguerreotype from 1842 capturing two separate images—the Arch of Septimius Severus and Capitoline Lion in the Roman Forum. Within two years of the invention of photograph
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How A Children's Toy Led To An Essential Medical Device

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Inspiration for inventions sometimes come from unusual places. Stanford researcher Manu Prakash needed to create a centrifuge that could run without electricity. He found the answer by studying toys. In "Invention Stories" we explore the unexpected paths
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Men vs. Women: Who Really Gets Sicker?

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Do illnesses really affect men worse than women? As it turns out, they do! Why does this happen? Why Men Never Get Over A Breakup - https://youtu.be/lCSjuylaYUk Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: Man flu is no myth a
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What If You Fell From Space to Earth?

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If you fell from space, what would happen to your body? The first 200 people to sign up get 20% off Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/lifenoggin/ Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNoggin | Get your exclusive Life Noggin merch: http://keeponthinking.co Suppo
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The Courage To Invent: A NASA Roboticist Tells Her Story | Joe's Big Idea| NPR

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Growing up, Howard was obsessed with creating robots. She earned her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and by the time she was 27 she landed her dream job at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Howard describes an experience early on in her career at JP
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Patents, Novelty, And Trolls: Crash Course Intellectual Property #4

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This week, Stan teaches you about patents. It turns out, they're patently complicated! So, patents have some similarity to copyright, in that they grant a limited monopoly to people who invent things. The key difference in patents and copyright is that pa
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Why Do Humans Have Less DNA Than This Flower?

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More DNA means more complexity, right? Scientists say not necessarily! Why is that the case? Your Face is Made of Junk DNA! ►►►►http://bit.ly/1OeUfuu Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here ►►►► http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: World's Oldest Known DNA Dis
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The 10 Equations that Rule the World - with David Sumpter

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Is there a secret formula for getting rich? For making something a viral hit? For deciding how long to stick with your current Netflix series, job, or even relationship? David Sumpter has the answers.David's book "The Ten Equations: And How You Can Use Th
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Top New Species For 2016, And A Perching Robot!

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Today, we're recapping some of the International Institute for Species Exploration's Top 10 New Species of 2016, and talking about some tiny flying robots that can stick to things using electricity! Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Support SciShow by
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Don't Take Another Bite Of Peanut Butter Until You Watch This

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You never really outgrow the taste of peanut butter, and we bet there are still days when you eat a spoonful right out of the jar. But how much do you really know about the stuff? Well, start spreading the news because this is the untold truth of peanut b
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Here’s What It Would Take for Helicopters to Be as Big as Planes

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Since the invention of flight, planes seem to have only gotten bigger. But what about helicopters? Why are they still so small? How Do Helicopters Fly Without Wings? - https://youtu.be/pVMT4hqFzQg For more epic stories of innovation that shaped our future
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The Science Of Cardboard

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Visit brilliant.org/NewMind to get started learning STEM for free, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscriptionIn 2020, the United States hit a record high in its yearly use of one the most ubiquitous manufactured materials
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A brief history of plastic

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Trace the history of the invention of plastic, and how the material ushered in what became known as the plastics century.--For centuries, billiard balls were made of ivory from elephant tusks. But when excessive hunting caused elephant populations to decl
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We Tried Smell VR - and It's Better Than You Think!

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Can you imagine watching your favorite cooking show and being able to smell the aromas? Well, a new bit of technology could make this possible - the Escents!Power couple Anastasia and Ivan are the inventors behind the London-based startup Scentient, that
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Why are earthquakes so hard to predict? - Jean-Baptiste P. Koehl

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Take a look at the theories behind why earthquakes occur, what makes them so hard to predict and the warning system technologies we rely on today. -- In 132 CE, Zhang Heng presented his latest invention: a large vase he claimed could tell them whenever an
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Dolby Presents: Escape, an animated short

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Learn more about Dolby Laboratories http://www.dolby.com To purchase MagicMe by Imogen Heap http://www.imogenheap.com/magicme/ Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/dolby Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/dolby A cinematic poem about the w
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Could You Survive In Ancient Egypt?

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Pyramids, the Nile River, and strange worms. The Life Noggin gang travel to ancient Egypt in this Deblocked Episode. Watch more: “Trapped In Space” ►►https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PevXm5qYCk Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNoggin | Get your exclusive
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The Horse Horseshoe Boots Viral Algebra Problem - The Correct Answer Explained

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A lot of people are arguing over the correct answer to this algebra problem involving horses, horseshoes, and boots. A Facebook post with this problem has over 500,000 comments. Can you figure it out? In this video I explain the correct answer. Blog post:
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What Are the New Discoveries in Human Biology? - with Dan Davis

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Recent and dramatic breakthroughs in our understanding of the body will profoundly change the experience of being human in the coming century. Dan's book "The Secret Body" is available now: https://geni.us/I185YgWatch the Q&A: https://youtu.be/SAzpyLLrEwQ
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The Greek myth of Talos, the first robot - Adrienne Mayor

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Get to know the myth of Talos, a robot powered by ichor and created by Hephaestus to defend the island kingdom of Crete from intruders. --Hephaestus, god of technology, was hard at work on his most ingenious invention yet. He was creating a new defense sy
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The World Under a Microscope - with Marty Jopson

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Marty Jopson makes an entire world invisible to the naked eye visible in this demo and image filled talk. Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Take a journey from everyday life, down into the realm of microscopical wonders with
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5 everyday inventions you didn’t know came from DARPA

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A lot of things you use on a daily basis have their roots in DARPA projects that were intended for military purposes. Sharon Weinberger, the author of the book "The Imagineers of War," describes a few of these inventions that you might not have been aware
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History of Bionics

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The history of bionics **** SOURCES AND LINKS **** Nyctalope http://www.coolfrenchcomics.com/nyctalope.htm Cyborg http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/09/the-man-who-first-said-cyborg-50-years-later/63821/ http://web.mit.edu/digitalapollo/Do
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How insulated glass changed architecture

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No pane, no gain. Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Today, it’s easy to take big glass windows and doors for granted, whether they show up in commercial buildings or in our homes. But this use of
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Could You Survive In These Extreme Conditions?

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Could you run for a year? Just how far can you push the human body? Watch more: What Do Performance-Enhancing Drugs Do To Your Body? ►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg_cDmCOBm8&list=PL8L0MzSk_V6JtEDRfRMyb6rFd1acqYSlO&index=103 Subscribe: https://bit.ly
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The Truth About 10 Famous Inventions

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Did Thomas Edison invent the lightbulb? I mean... kind of... but also... no. Every great, world-changing invention is the culmination of efforts by dozens or hundreds of people, spanning decades or centuries. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciSh
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What If We Made A New Continent?

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What would it take to build an entire continent from scratch? Check out all Blocko approved classes on CreativeLive! ►► http://cr8.lv/2AaLIY6 Visit CreativeLive and save up to 30% today! Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNoggin | Get your exclusive Life No
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The 4 greatest threats to the survival of humanity

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Dig into the 4 biggest existential risks that threaten the survival of humanity, and explore how we can safeguard our future.--With the invention of the atomic bomb, humanity gained the power to destroy itself for the first time in our history. Since then
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The history of poker: Bluffing, betting, and busting - James McManus

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Dig into the history of poker, from the games invention in the American South to its explosion of popularity across the world.--From its earliest incarnations, poker has always been a contest of guile, guts, and gambling. The game first emerged around 180
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The Truth About Clothes Moths

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If you happen to like our videos and have a few bucks to spare to support our efforts, check out our Patreon page where we've got a variety of perks for our Patrons, including Simon's voice on your GPS and the ever requested Simon Whistler whistling packa
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Heat Engines, Refrigerators, & Cycles: Crash Course Engineering #11

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Cycles are a big deal in engineering. Today well explain what they are and how theyre used in heat engines, refrigerators, and heat pumps. Well also discuss phase diagrams and the power of using renewable energy resourcesCrash Course Engineering is produc
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What Happens If You Drink Mercury?

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Mercury poisoning can have some devastating effects on your body! Watch more: How this 50-year-old NASA invention could kill cancer ►► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh6ZSQytxbU Subscribe: https://bit.ly/SubLifeNoggin | Get your exclusive Life Noggin mer
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The Surprisingly Interesting Story Behind the Filet-O-Fish Sandwich

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→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the wate
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What If Your Airplane Door Burst Open Mid-Flight?

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Flying may be more horrifying than you think. Watch Our Latest Videos! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oCQn2VkStI&index=3&list=UUC552Sd-3nyi_tk2BudLUzA Subscribe for more science! http://bit.ly/asapsci Created by: Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown Writte
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The (mostly) true story of ghost photography"

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William Mumler claimed he could photograph ghosts ... and no one could prove he couldnt.Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO In the mid-1800s, the development of exciting new forms of communication, like p

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