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How Everyday Things Are Made

Posted by michael on from the no-slide-rules dept.

OckNock writes "The Alliance for Innovative Manufacturing at Stanford University in conjunction with Design4x has released online courses on design and manufacturing that include over 4 hours of streaming video (Flashplayer required). Some of the topics include airplanes, crayons, and waterjet cutting. If only they had this when I had studied mechanical engineering - maybe I would have stayed awake in class more."

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  1. So... by cliffy2000 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ...it's a live action How Stuff Works? Neat.

  2. Fun stuff. Don't forget howstuffworks.com by WoTG · · Score: 1, Redundant

    This rather reminds me of HowStuffWorks.com - I've just noticed that they have done a site redesign. A whole lot of neat documents there...