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Finding the Missing Memristor - R. Stanley Williams47:52

Finding the Missing Memristor - R. Stanley Williams

The Qualcomm Institute

2010Hardware & Electronics17 HN mentions
Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED33:45

Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED

Veritasium

2024Hardware & Electronics15 HN mentions
Revolutionary Paint: How to Make Surfaces Stay Cool in the Sun49:39

Revolutionary Paint: How to Make Surfaces Stay Cool in the Sun

Tech Ingredients

2023Physics, Space & Chemistry10 HN mentions
Mystery of Prince Rupert's Drop at 130,000 fps - Smarter Every Day 866:39

Mystery of Prince Rupert's Drop at 130,000 fps - Smarter Every Day 86

SmarterEveryDay

2013Physics, Space & Chemistry10 HN mentions
Smelting Iron in Africa (A DEMONSTRATION)1:44:44

Smelting Iron in Africa (A DEMONSTRATION)

Christopher Roy

2014Engineering, Transport & Making8 HN mentions
Making Infrared Cooling Paint From Grocery Store Items (w/Novel CaCO₃ Microsphere Synthesis)40:14

Making Infrared Cooling Paint From Grocery Store Items (w/Novel CaCO₃ Microsphere Synthesis)

NightHawkInLight

2023Physics, Space & Chemistry8 HN mentions
How To Make Infrared Cooling Paint (Electricity Free Air Conditioning)25:34

How To Make Infrared Cooling Paint (Electricity Free Air Conditioning)

NightHawkInLight

2022Physics, Space & Chemistry6 HN mentions
The Infinite Pattern That Never Repeats21:12

The Infinite Pattern That Never Repeats

Veritasium

2020Mathematics & Theoretical CS4 HN mentions
Nokia Morph Concept (long)5:57

Nokia Morph Concept (long)

Alexander Budde

2008Hardware & Electronics6 HN mentions
The Liquid Metal Battery: Innovation in stationary electricity storage1:04:12

The Liquid Metal Battery: Innovation in stationary electricity storage

School of Convergence Science

2019Earth, Energy & Environment5 HN mentions
Was Roman Concrete Better?9:34

Was Roman Concrete Better?

Practical Engineering

2018Engineering, Transport & Making6 HN mentions
The Ridiculous Engineering Of Jet Engines39:34

The Ridiculous Engineering Of Jet Engines

Veritasium

2025Engineering, Transport & Making6 HN mentions
Etching small patterns in Glass14:40

Etching small patterns in Glass

Huygens Optics

2021Hardware & Electronics4 HN mentions
Glass engineering - designing and making photochromic glass38:18

Glass engineering - designing and making photochromic glass

Applied Science

2017Physics, Space & Chemistry4 HN mentions
What is Concrete?9:11

What is Concrete?

Practical Engineering

2018Engineering, Transport & Making3 HN mentions
Demo and teardown of an X-ray fluorescence gun (measures chemical composition)22:48

Demo and teardown of an X-ray fluorescence gun (measures chemical composition)

Applied Science

2020Physics, Space & Chemistry6 HN mentions
MOLTEN GLASS VS Prince Rupert's Drop - Smarter Every Day 28529:48

MOLTEN GLASS VS Prince Rupert's Drop - Smarter Every Day 285

SmarterEveryDay

2023Physics, Space & Chemistry5 HN mentions
For the undying 9/11 MORONIC JET FUEL ARGUMENT2:08

For the undying 9/11 MORONIC JET FUEL ARGUMENT

purgatoryironworks

2015Engineering, Transport & Making4 HN mentions
The Material Science of Metal 3D Printing15:00

The Material Science of Metal 3D Printing

Real Engineering

2019Physics, Space & Chemistry4 HN mentions
Making uranium glass30:03

Making uranium glass

NileRed

2020Physics, Space & Chemistry4 HN mentions
A Day Made of Glass... Made possible by Corning. (2011)5:33

A Day Made of Glass... Made possible by Corning. (2011)

Corning Incorporated

2011Ideas, Learning & Language3 HN mentions
DIY Scanning Electron Microscope - Overview14:57

DIY Scanning Electron Microscope - Overview

Applied Science

2011Engineering, Transport & Making3 HN mentions
The Snowflake Myth18:49

The Snowflake Myth

Veritasium

2021Physics, Space & Chemistry3 HN mentions
A Boy And His Atom: The World's Smallest Movie1:34

A Boy And His Atom: The World's Smallest Movie

IBM

2013Physics, Space & Chemistry12 HN mentions
Attempting to make transparent wood35:49

Attempting to make transparent wood

NileRed

2018Physics, Space & Chemistry6 HN mentions
[593] Gallium vs. Titalium - Abus Padlock Meets a Gruesome End13:42

[593] Gallium vs. Titalium - Abus Padlock Meets a Gruesome End

LockPickingLawyer

2018Physics, Space & Chemistry6 HN mentions
I Grew Real Spider Silk Using Yeast32:47

I Grew Real Spider Silk Using Yeast

The Thought Emporium

2020Life Sciences, Mind & Health5 HN mentions
Richard Feynman "Tiny Machines" Nanotechnology Lecture - aka "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom"1:19:47

Richard Feynman "Tiny Machines" Nanotechnology Lecture - aka "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom"

Muon Ray

2012Physics, Space & Chemistry5 HN mentions
Space Shuttle Thermal Tile Demonstration1:31

Space Shuttle Thermal Tile Demonstration

Roscket Tasartir

2011Physics, Space & Chemistry4 HN mentions
Making YBCO superconductor19:37

Making YBCO superconductor

Applied Science

2018Physics, Space & Chemistry4 HN mentions
How the pyramids were built in Egypt4:42

How the pyramids were built in Egypt

Geopolymer Institute

2006Engineering, Transport & Making4 HN mentions
.38 Special vs Prince Ruperts Drop at 170,000 FPS - Smarter Every Day 1696:00

.38 Special vs Prince Ruperts Drop at 170,000 FPS - Smarter Every Day 169

SmarterEveryDay

2017Physics, Space & Chemistry4 HN mentions
Your toothbrush is worn-out!8:39

Your toothbrush is worn-out!

Applied Science

2015Physics, Space & Chemistry4 HN mentions
Making purple gold53:20

Making purple gold

NileRed

2023Physics, Space & Chemistry3 HN mentions
The Battery That Refuses to Explode | NOVA2:07

The Battery That Refuses to Explode | NOVA

NOVA PBS Official

2017Earth, Energy & Environment9 HN mentions
Quantum Levitation1:56

Quantum Levitation

Association of Science and Technology Centers

2011Physics, Space & Chemistry7 HN mentions