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ephemerides
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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When astronomical data becomes hard to pronounce.

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 1
viscoelasticity
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Sia's new music video for "Viscoelastic Heart" is pretty weird.

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 1
inclinometer
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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A tool for pirates navigating the oceans, and more, yarrr...

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 1
operator
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Not just telephone operators, folks!

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 03:48
  • Purchases: 1
sensitivity
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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When you're almost done designing something, do you start to feel very sensitive?

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:24
  • Purchases: 1
UNF
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Acronyms galore! The UTC defines UNC and UNF standards in the USA. Oof.

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:26
  • Purchases: 1
stem cell
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Both a target and a tool of biomedical engineering nowadays.

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:06
  • Purchases: 1
UX
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Another design buzzword? Or important field? Both?

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 1
breadboard
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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You use it to help design devices that end up in more than your kitchen.

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2017
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 1
valence
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Atomic poetry in the electron cloud model.

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  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 03:51
  • Purchases: 1
daemon
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Is there a program called Matt Daemon that secretly translates everything you say around your computer into a Boston accent?

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  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 1
tappet
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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No, it's not an alternative slang form of "tap that," but it is a part that really gets us going.

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  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 05:37
  • Purchases: 1
brogrammer
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Is being a brogrammer a good thing?

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  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 03:18
  • Purchases: 1
Kelvin
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Discussing this scale to measure average kinetic energy of matter.

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  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 1
autogyro
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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How is an autogyro different from a helicopter?

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  • Added: Sep 25, 2017
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 1
magic smoke
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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All hail and all fear the magic smoke!

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 1
revolute
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Describing revolute joints.

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 02:52
  • Purchases: 1
polymorphism
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Not to be confused with biological polymorphism, polymorphism in programming languages can add robustness to your engineering code.

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 1
adiabatic
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Compare and contrast: "adiabatic" versus "a diabetic"?

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 02:44
  • Purchases: 1
SWE
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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SWE wants to "stimulate women to achieve full potential in careers as engineers and leaders," among other goals.

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 02:05
  • Purchases: 1
eutectic
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Talking about eutectic points of solid mixtures.

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 1
Wronskian
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Discussing the "Wronskian" of differential equations.

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 1
brainwriting
From: Pius Wong
Series: Engineering Word Of The Day
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Explaining the collaborative idea generation technique of brainwriting.

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 04:05
  • Purchases: 1
Ep. 17: Women Helping Women
From: The Story Exchange
Series: Good on the Ground
Caption: Budget Buddies
Kathy Brough and Anita Saville created Budget Buddies to help homeless women break free of poverty, aided by a sisterhood of volunteer personal-fin...

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  • Added: May 25, 2017
  • Length: 15:00
  • Purchases: 1
Break Away From Tradition
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Caption: Jewish students at Syracuse University celebrate the culture during a pre-orientation program , Credit: Alyssa Goldberg
24% of Syracuse University is Jewish. See how some students embrace the stereotypes of being Jewish, while also breaking away from celebrating Juda...

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  • Added: Dec 08, 2016
  • Length: 03:17
  • Purchases: 1