Why Locomotives Don’t Have Tires

From “Practical Engineering”. ( YouTube / Nebula ) Friction is the final frontier of vehicle/rail interaction! Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/practical-engineering Watch the latest Practical Construction episode now! https://nebula.tv/videos/practicalconstruction-installing-a-water-main-below-railroad-tracks?ref=practical-engineering A single modern diesel freight locomotive can deliver upwards of 50 tons of forward force (called tractive effort) into…

Discussing Digital Twins – Computerphile

From Computerphile. Digital Twin – a new buzz word or a useful piece of technology? We asked Dr Steffen Zschaler, Reader in Computer Science at Kings College London. #ComputerScience #DigitalTwin #CS #computing https://www.facebook.com/computerphile Tweets by computer_phile This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley. Computer Science at the University of Nottingham: https://bit.ly/nottscomputer Computerphile is…

120Nm 3D Printed Cycloidal Drive

From James Bruton. Ad: Thanks to PCBWay for sponsoring this video:https://www.pcbway.com/ Do you remember when I built openDog version 3 and I designed cycloidal drives – there’s 12 of them in that machine and it’s still going strong. The motors are brushless motors controlled by ODrives and I‘ve got some more projects coming up this…

Lackadaisy Stream: Nerds Making a Cartoon

From Lackadaisy. It’s February and to show how much we love our audience, we’ve got a veritable box of chocolates of a stream for you. Tracy and Fable will be working on production materials for Lackadaisy Season 1 and more while answering your questions, and afterwards our crew will be running amok in Don’t Starve…