MinutePhysics
Extraterrestrial Cycloids - Why Are They on Europa?
Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and Space Telescope Science Institute for supporting this video. This video is about the cycloid curves on Jupiter's moon Europa - they're ridges or valleys in the icy surface that formed...
TED Talks
Nikolai Begg: A tool to fix one of the most dangerous moments in surgery
Surgeons are required every day to puncture human skin before procedures — with the risk of damaging what's on the other side. In a fascinating talk, find out how mechanical engineer Nikolai Begg is using physics to update an important...
TED Talks
Arthur Ganson: Moving sculpture
Sculptor and engineer Arthur Ganson talks about his work -- kinetic art that explores deep philosophical ideas and is gee-whiz fun to look at.
MinutePhysics
La Demostración de Einstein para E=mc²
¿Alguna vez te has preguntado por qué E=mc²? Te lo explicamos. ¡Muchas gracias a Marcelo Enrique Anguita Fuentes por apoyarnos en Patreon! Ayudas a que MinutoDeFísica sea posible. ¡Eres el mejor! Siempre tratamos de usar lenguaje fácil...
MinutePhysics
Albert Einstein y la Teoría de la Relatividad Especial
Hablamos sobre cómo Einstein (et al.) descubrió la Relatividad Especial. ¡Muchas gracias a Marcelo Enrique Anguita Fuentes por apoyarnos en Patreon! Ayudas a que MinutoDeFísica sea posible. ¡Eres el mejor! Siempre tratamos de usar...
SciShow
5 Groundbreaking Women in Engineering
After many years of quietly changing the world, women are finally receiving recognition for contributions in STEM. Let’s celebrate these 5 groundbreaking women, and their contributions to the field of engineering
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How do hard drives work? - Kanawat Senanan
The modern hard drive is an object that can likely hold more information than your local library. But how does it store so much information in such a small space? Kanawat Senanan details the generations of engineers, material scientists,...
TED Talks
TED: Why helmets don't prevent concussions -- and what might | David Camarillo
What is a concussion? Probably not what you think it is. In this talk from the cutting edge of research, bioengineer (and former football player) David Camarillo shows what really happens during a concussion -- and why standard sports...
TED Talks
Regina Dugan: From mach-20 glider to hummingbird drone
"What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?" asks Regina Dugan, then director of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. In this breathtaking talk she describes some of the extraordinary projects -- a...
TED Talks
Burt Rutan: The real future of space exploration
In this passionate talk, legendary spacecraft designer Burt Rutan lambasts the US government-funded space program for stagnating and asks entrepreneurs to pick up where NASA has left off.
SciShow
Neil Armstrong Tribute
Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on a world that was not Earth, has died. Getting his pilot's license before his driver's license probably didn't hurt when it came to becoming one of the world's most famous men - certainly the...
Crash Course
The Biggest Problems We're Facing Today & The Future of Engineering: Crash Course Engineering #46
In our final episode of Crash Course Engineering we are going to take all the tools and ideas we’ve discussed throughout this series and try to imagine where we’re headed. We’re going to explore some of the biggest problems that today’s...
Crash Course
Why It's So Hard To Make Better Batteries: Crash Course Engineering #32
There are batteries powering so many parts of our everyday lives, so today we’re going to talk about how they work and how we can make them better. We’ll explain how they provide power by discharging ions between a cathode and an anode,...
TED Talks
TED: A new superweapon in the fight against cancer | Paula Hammond
Cancer is a very clever, adaptable disease. To defeat it, says medical researcher and educator Paula Hammond, we need a new and powerful mode of attack. With her colleagues at MIT, Hammond engineered a nanoparticle one-hundredth the size...
TED Talks
Alan Eustace: I leapt from the stratosphere. Here's how I did it
On October 24, 2014, Alan Eustace donned a custom-built, 235-pound spacesuit, attached himself to a weather balloon, and rose above 135,000 feet, from which point he dove to Earth, breaking both the sound barrier and previous records for...
TED Talks
Paul McEuen and Marc Miskin: Tiny robots with giant potential
Take a trip down the microworld as roboticists Paul McEuen and Marc Miskin explain how they design and mass-produce microrobots the size of a single cell, powered by atomically thin legs -- and show how these machines could one day be...
MinutePhysics
Teoría del Todo: ¿Qué es la materia?
¿Qué es la materia? ¿Qué tiene que ver con las matemáticas? ¿Y por qué no estás hecho de Jesús? Nos zambullimos en la teoría de (casi) todo: el Modelo Estándar de la física de partículas. ¡Muchas gracias a las siguientes personas que nos...
MinutePhysics
¿Qué es la dualidad onda/partícula? Parte 1
En este episodio discutimos la dualidad onda-partícula y por qué la mecánica cuántica es más extraña que lo que acostumbramos a ver en nuestra vida diaria MinutoDeFísica proporciona una visión energética y entretenida para los viejos y...
MinutePhysics
Telekinesis en el Mundo Real (feat. CdeCiencia)
¡Muchas gracias a Martí de CdeCiencia por narrar este vídeo! Seguro que ya lo conocéis, pero su canal: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC52hytXteCKmuOzMViTK8_w ----------------------- Video Anterior: Teletransportes y Teleportación...
SciShow
The Future of Driving | Compilation
Self driving cars and self-repairing roads: the future of driving is bright, or at least less aggravating.
TED Talks
Jonathan Trent: Energy from floating algae pods
Call it "fuel without fossils": Jonathan Trent is working on a plan to grow new biofuel by farming micro-algae in floating offshore pods that eat wastewater from cities. Hear his team's bold vision for Project OMEGA (Offshore Membrane...
MinutePhysics
The No Cloning Theorem
Why you can’t clone Schrödinger’s cat: this video presents the full proof of the “No Cloning” Theorem in Quantum Mechanics – without any fancy math! (stereotypical qubit has been replaced with Schrödinger’s cat). The full proof relies on...
TED Talks
Ivan Poupyrev: Everything around you can become a computer
Designer Ivan Poupyrev wants to integrate technology into everyday objects to make them more useful and fun -- like a jacket you can use to answer phone calls or a houseplant you can play like a keyboard. In a talk and tech demo, he lays...
TED Talks
TED: Adventures of an interplanetary architect | Xavier De Kestelier
How will we live elsewhere in the galaxy? On earth, natural resources for creating structures are abundant, but sending these materials up with us to the Moon or Mars is clunky and cost-prohibitive. enter architect Xavier De Kestelier,...