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Inside a wind turbine

Footage and description of a visit to the EcoTech wind turbine in Swaffham, Norfolk, UK - the turbine has a viewing platform open to the public, 65 metres above the ground.

Making an electric motor from scrap and reclaime...

Here's how to make a simple electric motor - the copper wire is reclaimed from an inductor component pulled from the PSU of a dead inkjet printer, the magnets are taken from a broken computer hard drive, the rest is just bits and pieces of timber and odd nails and screws. The captions describing construction have deliberately been kept in quick-fire form, to keep the video short - further details on making a motor like this one may be found on the website. A simple motor like this one could be...

Drink Can Tinwork

Here's how to make a charming little embossed metal box out of an aluminium drink can. It's really simple to do and requires no special tools. (The edges of the metal can be a bit sharp, so watch your fingers!)

Golden Ringed Dragonfly Laying Eggs

This is footage of a Golden Ringed Dragonfly I saw laying eggs at the bank of the river itchen (near Southampton, UK) in June 2009.Incredibly, the insect's wings actualy brush the water surface each time she plunges her abdomen in to deposit an egg.

The Tortoise And The Hare

A tabletop fable

Pom-Bear-obics

The Pom Bear Dance.Assembled from more than 100 photos of real Pom-Bear snacks

Watching Paint Dry - timelapse microscope experi...

This video documents the results of a series of time - lapse microscope photography experiments - the subject: Paint drying...Perhaps slightly more interesting than you may have been led to believe...

Pigeon Imprint On My Window

On 15 July 2008, something went bump in the night. It was a pigeon - it must have flown into the window glass at full speed, leaving a ghostly, pigeon-shaped imprint there.

CD Spindle Case Propagator

How to make a mini propagator from an empty CD spindle case.