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Snapshot from 19 Oct 2026.
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Electron microscope slow-motion video of vinyl LP
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Drill through anything (conductive) with Electrical Discharge Machining
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Waterjet cutter built with a cheap pressure washer
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A refrigerator that works by stretching rubber bands
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How to TIG weld aluminum beverage cans together
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Tutorial: How to design a transistor circuit that controls low-power devices
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A close look at supercritical carbon dioxide CO2
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Building a liquid crystal display (LCD)
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Making silica aerogel at home
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Cryogenic treatment of drill bits: tested 2X lifetime and microstructure analysis
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Decapping ICs (removing epoxy packaging from chips to expose the dies)
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Engineering magnetics -- practical introduction to BH curve
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Alpha radiation makes sparks, detects smoke, and eliminates static cling
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Hybrid rocket engine with acrylic and gaseous oxygen
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How anti-theft tags work - magnetostriction
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Ruby laser design process
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Make vacuum pre-loaded spherical air bearings without special tools
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LED mounted in a contact lens for possible virtual / augmented reality displays
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Identify chemicals with radio frequencies - Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance (MRI without magnets)
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Extreme wood bending with ammonia
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Ultrasonic soldering bonds glass, titanium, stainless steel, ceramics, tungsten, nichrome...
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Tutorial: Electrical impedance made easy - Part 1
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Making Pop Rocks candy at home
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Intro to sputtering (process to create clear, conductive coatings)
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The physics of floating screwdrivers
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"Bouncy" sulfur hexafluoride gas in tennis balls?
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Making YBCO superconductor
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DIY Scanning Electron Microscope - Overview
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Cookie Perfection Machine
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Hypercentric optics: A camera lens that can see behind objects
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E-paper hacking: fastest possible refresh rate
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Atomic Layer Deposition of copper - If you like sputtering, you'll love this!
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How to make fondant cakes - complete tutorial - Part 1
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DIY Custom LCD
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Viewing an active electronic circuit with a scanning electron microscope
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Build an electroluminescent glass panel display -- an Apollo DSKY
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Glass engineering - designing and making photochromic glass
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Explanation of how kilowatt-hour meters work (electromechanical)
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Electro-osmosis: pumping water with electricity and no magnets
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Electroluminescent paint and multi-channel control circuit
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Making astronaut ice cream in my home shop
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How Digital Light Processing (DLP) works
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Laser diode self-mixing: Range-finding and sub-micron vibration measurement
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How to make precise sheet metal parts (photochemical machining)
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Shooting an electron beam through air
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Optical finish for acrylic -- vapor polishing and other techniques
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X-ray timelapse of fluid movement in plants, stop-motion animation, sensor teardown/repair
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Welding visualization system uses intense pulsed lighting to outshine electric arc, laser cutter
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Liquid Nitrogen Generator - Overview
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Intro to heat treatment of steel (hardening and tempering)