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This video demonstrates how the Bronze age people of Britain in perhaps 2,000 BCE would have made a sword out of bronze: The following video shows the steps you would take after casting to create a finished sword: Bronze age Britain was an amazing time for human beings, as bronze is hard enough to make [...]
The post on bell-mouth spillways mentions a number of dams, and brought to mind one the most impressive dams in the world – the Hoover Dam. This video explains its construction and many of the challenges faced: The first five minutes are a little slow, but then the construction process starts and it is impressive. [...]
Blast from the past – reverse engineering the 6502 microprocessor
by Marshall Brain | January 3, 2011
Back in the early 1980s, the 6502 microprocessor dominated the microprocessor landscape. The 6502 powered everything from the Apple II to the Nintendo NES. It contained just a few thousand transistors (compared to microprocessors today that exceed a billion transistors), but at the time it was quite powerful. Fast forward to today, and there are [...]
The process of making a Japanese sword is fascinating for many reasons. The swords are legendary for their strength and sharpness. The process of making the traditional steel for the sword is interesting both from the metallurgical standpoint and the historical standpoint. And then there is the art/beauty of the swords.
This video shows how a smith fashions a sword from a chunk of metal using only heat and a hammer…
Blast from the past – GM’s jet-powered Firebird cars
by Marshall Brain | December 17, 2009
There’s something appealing about unbridled optimism, especially when it translates into a car that can go 240 MPH. Also note that the key fob to automatically open the doors and start the car was invented in 1959: It appears in the video that the Firebird 3 has the ability to drive itself. This page has [...]
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