How to Build A Jumbo Jet Engine

An interesting look inside a Rolls Royce manufacturing plant in the UK, and a fascinating and detailed examination of the design and construction of the components and assembly of a jet engine.

This is part 1 of 4. See part 2 for some nice examples of computer modeling and simulation. Be sure to watch parts 3 and 4 for a review of the incredible communication network by which they monitor the performance of thousands of engines via satellite in near real-time.

(If you have shared this lately or seen it elsewhere, please inform me because I can’t remember who shared it with me.)

[Ted Talk] This guy designs and builds open source industrial equipment and machinery. Kind of feels like re-inventing the wheel, but this could be a major boon for third world countries and/or developing nations. Also, would be a necessity in the case of an economic apocalypse after which we all revert to an agrarian culture.

Amazing robot that balances on a ball.

A simply superb short film of a man executing his craft from start to finish. The hand-made custom bike frames are impressive on their own, but everything about this video is inspirational. From the expert use of tooling to the well refined processes, the camera angles to the soundtrack, this really adds fuel to my dimly burning creative fire.