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What Speakers That Cost $370,000 Sound Like | WIRED

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What does it sound like when you listen to a speaker that’s roughly the price of the home you put it in?

Primitive Technology: Making Charcoal in a Closed Pot

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I made charcoal in a clay pot by putting wood in it and heat the pot externally effectively making it like a retort.

Primitive Technology: Geopolymer Cement (Ash and Clay)

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I have made wood ash cement before under the assumption that it was the calcium in the ash that gave it its cementitious properties...

The Science of HELLDIVERS 2!

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Super Earth needs you, Helldiver! But of course, you wouldn’t just willingly jump into a hellpod and drop straight into the heart of battle without asking some important questions about the science and theory behind your new career, right?

What Makes Kurzgesagt So Special?

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We're finally revealing the secret sauce behind kurzgesagt videos.

Primitive Technology: Wet Season Destroys Thatched Workshop

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The thatched workshop where I produce bricks, pottery, cement and charcoal for various projects was destroyed by prolonged rain from the wet season.

Does Fallout's "Rule of Thumb" Work?

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Is #fallout 's famous Vault Boy actually hiding some accurate nuclear blast survival tactics?

Primitive Technology: One-Way Blower Iron Smelt & Forging Experiment

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I tested the one-way spinning blower in an iron smelt and it is more effective than the previous both way spinning blower.

Why Do All YouTube Videos Look Alike?

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Many crustaceans from all sorts of starting points evolve to end up looking similar, likely due to outside pressures. That’s sort of like what happens with YouTube videos.

Primitive Technology: One-Way Blower Iron Smelt & Forging Experiment

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I tested the one-way spinning blower in an iron smelt and it is more effective than the previous both way spinning blower.

How This Guy Runs a 5 and a Half Minute Mile...Backwards | WIRED

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Ever tried running backwards? Meet Aaron Yoder, one of the world's fastest backward runners who can complete a reverse mile in five and a half minutes.

Chandigarh a perfectly planned city?

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Explore the construction of the futurist city Chandigarh, a project of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and planned by Le Corbusier.

Did The Future Already Happen? - The Paradox of Time

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Is your future already written? Do your past, present, and future all exist right now? Surprisingly, the answer could be yes.

Primitive Technology: Crab and Fish Trap

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I made a fish trap from cane and tested it over the course of a year catching various aquatic animals.

How This Guy Makes the World's Best Puzzle Boxes | Obsessed | WIRED

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Kagen Sound is an artisan of remarkable skill, engineering and constructing incredibly intricate puzzle boxes made entirely of wood.

Inside Japan’s Earthquake Simulator

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This is the world’s largest earthquake simulator, here’s how it works.

Sherlock Holmes and the case of the Red-Headed League - Alex Rosenthal

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One day in the fall, you called upon your friend, Sherlock Holmes, and found him in conversation with Jabez Wilson. Wilson had been working for the mysterious League of Red-Headed Men.

The Power of Unconventional Thinking | David McWilliams | TED

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From World War II to the 2008 economic collapse and beyond, history shows that economists don’t always see the future as clearly as they think they do, says David McWilliams.

Primitive Technology: Volute Shaped Blower

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I made a volute shaped blower where the housing for the fan is volute shaped, that is to say a widening spiral to test the effectiveness of a one way spinning impeller.

Historian Breaks Down Napoleon's Battle Tactics | WIRED

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"Love him or hate him, Napoleon is a figure probably unrivaled in modern history." Today Jonathon Riley, a British General and historian, breaks down French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte's most prominent battles and utilized war tactics.

Can you solve the secret assassin society riddle?

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Your agent has infiltrated a life or death poker game in a hidden back room of a grand casino.