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The Engineering of the Drinking Bird

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Bill reveals the operation and engineering design underlying the famous drinking bird toy. In this video he explores the role played by the water the bird "drinks," shows what is under the bird's hat and demonstrates that it can operate using heat from a
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How A Wind Up Music Box Works

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Bill reveals the engineering inside a toy music box. He describes how the comb is mass manufactured, details the spring, gears and governor that drive the box, and shares some history of early music boxes. Outtakes are included at the end of the video.
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Apollo: The Alignment Optical Telescope

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Bill describes the Alignment Optical Telescope used in the Lunar Module on the Apollo missions to the moon. This telescope took star sightings which were used to align the Module's guidance system. Bill shows how the telescope used an Archimedes spiral in
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How a Microwave Oven Works

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Bill details how a microwave oven heats food. He describes how the microwave vacuum tube, called a magnetron, generates radio frequencies that cause the water in food to rotate back and forth. He shows the standing wave inside the oven, and notes how you
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Plastic Injection Molding

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Bill details the key engineering principles underlying plastic injection molding. He describes its history and, then, reveals the intricate details of the process. He shows viewers where to found, on any injection-molding product, the markings created by
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How A Retractable Ballpoint Pen Works

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A ballpoint pen seems simple: press a button you can write, press again and put it in your pocket. Yet inside a clever mechanisms turns that simple push into all sorts of other motions. This video uses detailed animation to look inside the iconic Parker J
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NERF Blaster: Air Restriction Mechanism

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Bill reveals the engineering design of a NERF blaster, including how it shoots only one dart at a time using a novel air restriction mechanism. Links mentioned int he video View Steve's original video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4he8Pfywd0 You can
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(2/4) Synthesis: A Machine That Uses Gears, Springs And Levers To Add Sines And Cosines

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(1/4) Intro/History: Introducing A 100-year-old Mechanical Computer

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(3/4) Analysis: Explaining Fourier Analysis With A Machine

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RMS Titanic: Fascinating Engineering Facts

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Bill shares fascinating images and information gleaned from the 1909 to 1911 editions of the Journal The Engineer. It includes photos of the construction of the Titanic and its twin the Olympic, the launching of these Olympic-class ships, and accidents th
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The Mechanics Of The Film Projector

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Bill tears apart a film projector to reveal the amazing mechanisms used in the pre-digital age to trick the mind into seeing a moving image. He uses high speed photography and animations to show how the projector moves the film intermittently, how a shutt
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The Ingenious Design of the Aluminum Beverage Can

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Bill details the engineering choices underlying the design of a beverage can He explains why it is cylindrical, outlines the manufacturing steps needed to created the can, notes why the can narrows near it lid, show close ups of the double-seam that hold

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