TED Talks
Gabe Barcia-Colombo: My DNA vending machine
Vending machines generally offer up sodas, candy bars and chips. Not so for the one created by TED Fellow Gabe Barcia-Colombo. This artist has dreamed up a DNA Vending Machine, which dispenses extracted human DNA, packaged in a vial...
Visual Learning Systems
The Three Types of Muscles in the Human Body
In this video, the different types of muscles (skeletal, smooth, cardiac) in the human body are explained. The video highlights how muscles work in pairs, contracting and relaxing to allow movement, and provides a basic understanding of...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
John Cassidy - The Market/State Pendulum
John Cassidy, writer from the New Yorker Magazine, says that because of the recent recession, the economic rise of China and India, and issues like climate change, the role of the state in capitalist societies is being reevaluated. He...
Curated Video
What is Civil Engineering?
In this video I discuss "What is civil engineering?" Most people probably know this major consists of working on bridges, buildings, dams, and so on. But you may not know that civil engineering is broken up into different subfields that...
Curated Video
Civil Vs Mechanical Engineering - How to Pick the Right Major
What is Civil Engineering - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFljMHTQ1QY What is Mechanical Engineering - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W74y1RxN6BA In this video I discuss "Civil Vs Mechanical Engineering." These two majors start off...
Next Animation Studio
Mexico City is sinking fast and it can’t be stopped
North America’s most populous city is sinking fast under its own weight, and has already sunk too low to be saved.
Crash Course
Civil Engineering: Crash Course Engineering #2
You might have Hippodamus of Miletus to thank for your city blocks. An informative video explains the history of civil engineering, from the Pyramid-builder Imhotep to the Greeks (including Hippodamus) and the Romans, and to the first...
Crash Course
How the Leaning Tower of Pisa Was Saved: Crash Course Engineering #40
It's really not okay for buildings to start leaning. An informative video describes how geotechnical and seismic engineers consider the underlying bedrock and soil type when designing foundations for buildings. It looks at the Leaning...
Museum of Science
Ei E: A Stick in the Mud: Evaluating a Landscape Lesson 1
A storybook introduces the engineering challenge and context. In this story, Suman, a boy from Nepal, learns about geotechnical engineering as he helps evaluate a site for a TarPul. [13:09]
Museum of Science
Eie: A Stick in the Mud: Evaluating a Landscape Lesson 2
Students think like geotechnical engineers as they take core samples of a model building site and decide how deeply the pier foundations for a model skyscraper should be anchored into the soil. [17:22]
Museum of Science
Ei E: Tar Pul Storybook
A storybook introduces the engineering challenge and context. In this story, Suman, a boy from Nepal, learns about geotechnical engineering as he helps evaluate a site for a TarPul. [13:57]
Museum of Science
Ei E: A Stick in the Mud: Evaluating a Landscape Lesson 2
Students think like geotechnical engineers as they take core samples of a model building site and decide how deeply the pier foundations for a model skyscraper should be anchored into the soil. [11:40]
Museum of Science
Ei E: Evaluating a Landscape (2)
Students focus on the geotechnical engineering problem of evaluating a landscape as they imagine, plan, create, test, and improve a site for a wire cable bridge called a TarPul. [15:26]
Museum of Science
Ei E: Evaluating a Landscape (1)
Students focus on the geotechnical engineering problem of evaluating a landscape as they imagine, plan, create, test, and improve a site for a wire cable bridge called a TarPul. [16:18]