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Picture this: a domed city with conveyor belt sidewalks and self-driving cars in the middle of the Minnesota wilderness? Does this futuristic city ...
- Added: Aug 29, 2024
- Length: 05:58
They told me, "Let 'er rip, guy!"
"Tighten up that zip tie!"
This is Episode 103 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fas...
- Added: Jan 13, 2021
- Length: 05:14
The chemical reaction we smell from afar
that gives satisfaction is named Maillard.
This is Episode 102 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informa...
Bought by KWMR
- Added: Jan 04, 2021
- Length: 04:46
- Purchases: 1
Stack your your stones and let walls join
to make an old-school building quoin.
This is Episode 99 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal sh...
- Added: Dec 01, 2020
- Length: 03:18
You might see some programmers scurrying
when trying to implement a little currying.
This is Episode 98 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informa...
- Added: Nov 13, 2020
- Length: 08:22
Every product has flaws and some quirks,
but are products better if they come from skunkworks?
This is Episode 97 of Engineering Word Of The Day, ...
- Added: Nov 05, 2020
- Length: 05:01
Get an engineer and a chiropractor
if you're going to move that bioreactor.
This is Episode 95 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on...
- Added: Oct 08, 2020
- Length: 04:36
To prevent your frustration
have good fenestration.
This is Episode 93 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, ...
- Added: Sep 22, 2020
- Length: 04:26
A robot arm may have a prehensile length
that should be tested for its tensile strength!
This is Episode 87 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an inf...
- Added: Apr 21, 2020
- Length: 02:56
Engineers take a ton of tests. They're thinking: Can I pass it all?
They do, and they build tons of things, and some are made of acetal.
This is...
- Added: Feb 25, 2020
- Length: 03:25
That frog is not frenetic; it floats and is diamagnetic. This is Episode 79 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinati...
- Added: Sep 20, 2019
- Length: 06:09
Messing with this gas of a word isn't ideal. This is Episode 75 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny...
- Added: Mar 15, 2019
- Length: 04:55
Engineers Sadhan and Pius continue an ongoing series of discussions on the fundamentals of mechanical engineering. Today they talk about what they ...
- Added: Dec 14, 2018
- Length: 41:26
Berberis fremontii is in the Barberry family or Berberidaceae…that’s fun to pronounce. Fremont barberry has quite a range north of the Salt River i...
- Added: May 30, 2018
- Length: 05:16
I like the name sumac and I’ve known it since I was a kid in Kentucky. The most talked about sumac of my youth was poison sumac or poison ivy, but ...
- Added: May 02, 2018
- Length: 05:42
Engineers who study this know how to rub you the right way. This is Episode 60 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascin...
- Added: Apr 02, 2018
- Length: 04:18
Picture this: a lightning bolt shoots out about 10 gigawatts of power. This is Episode 58 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favor...
- Added: Mar 18, 2018
- Length: 03:44
Quarter for your thoughts about quaternions?
This is Episode 57 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fascinating, or funny...
- Added: Mar 11, 2018
- Length: 05:01
Let's take a poll. Who knows what this engineering word means?
This is Episode 56 of Engineering Word Of The Day, an informal show on favorite, fas...
- Added: Feb 26, 2018
- Length: 05:08
And a heliotrope used to describe a flower that turns toward the sun.
Bought by WETD
- Added: Sep 26, 2017
- Length: 03:27
- Purchases: 1
One who hugs apples? Or average planar linear heat generation rate?
Bought by WETD
- Added: Sep 26, 2017
- Length: 04:11
- Purchases: 1
When astronomical data becomes hard to pronounce.
Bought by WETD
- Added: Sep 26, 2017
- Length: 04:46
- Purchases: 1
Sia's new music video for "Viscoelastic Heart" is pretty weird.
Bought by WETD
- Added: Sep 26, 2017
- Length: 04:41
- Purchases: 1
An interview with David Wilson, the creator and curator of the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles.
- Added: Aug 20, 2004
- Length: 13:23