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How This Craftsman Weaves Huge Wooden Sculptures | Obsessed | WIRED
175 views / 0 likes - addedCharlie Baker is an artist and builder who weaves materials found in nature to make astonishing and beautiful wooden structures. Charlie's creations are made so they look like they could've grown that way, and this ethos permeates the majority of his work
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How the Blind Woodsman Crafts Wooden Works of Art
859 views / 0 likes - addedJohn Furniss is a master craftsman who turns gorgeous wooden bowls on his lathe. The only thing that separates him from other fine woodworkers? He's blind. After surviving a suicide attempt as a teenager, Furniss lost his sight. Then he discovered woodwor
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What Causes Economic Bubbles? - Prateek Singh
1,037 views / 0 likes - addedView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-causes-economic-bubbles-prateek-singh During the 1600’s, the exotic tulip became a nationwide sensation; some single bulbs even sold for ten times the yearly salary of a skilled craftsman. Suddenly, though,
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The Peacock Clock
110 views / 0 likes - addedFor more than two centuries now the Hermitage has been adorned by a unique exhibit that never fails to evoke the enchanted admiration of visitors - the famous Peacock Clock. The figures of a peacock, cockerel and owl that form part of this elaborate timep
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This Mirror Reflects Your Truest Self
289 views / 0 likes - addedYou havent really seen yourself until youve gazed into an Aranmula kannadi. These mysterious mirrors have been made in India, for centuries, and are said to reflect your truest self. Unlike plane mirrors, Aranmula kannadi are front-reflecting, meaning the
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Crafting Indias 120-Foot-Long Snake Boats
434 views / 0 likes - addedFour hundred years ago, the snake boats of India were warships, used by battling kings along the backwaters of Kerala. Today, the long, canoe-like boats are used exclusively for racing. Reaching up to 120 feet in length, each snake boat can accommodate 10
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70 Years of Ferrari: How Craftsmen and High-Tech Robots Build the World’s Most Famous Cars | WIRED
743 views / 0 likes - addedTo mark the 70th anniversary of Ferrari, Ferrari and the Design Museum in London invited WIRED inside Ferrari's car factory in Maranello, Italy to see how it builds iconic cars like the 488 GTB and LaFerrari using a combination of high-tech, autonomous ma
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Building Ancient Robots in Switzerland
674 views / 0 likes - addedIn a country known for their intricate watchmaking, one man is taking the mastery of machinery to another level—and to another era. Meet François Junod, a craftsman bringing back the ancient art of automata. Building automata dates back to ancient Egypt a
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