For most of us, our average day is an experience unlike any other in human history. The world we interact with and engage with is a culmination of millennia of curiosity, probing and discovery. The story of how we got here, the layers of seeking and exploration; that are too often displaced as a triviality of life, is a massive part of the human story.
New Mind is a celebration of that journey; the telling of slivers of that human story. Each composition is a careful telling of a slice of our technological world, exploring not just the “how it works” but the evolution of the why – the series of historical events that made it this way
From New Mind. ▶️ Visit https://brilliant.org/NewMind to get a 30-day free trial and 20% discount on the annual premium subscription This video traces the engineering evolution of the modern head gasket, a an intricate hybrid mechanical seal system engineered to fill the space between a reciprocating engine’s head and block. PURPOSE AND SEALING DYNAMICS •…
From New Mind. ▶️ Visit https://brilliant.org/NewMind to get a 30-day free trial and 20% discount on the annual premium subscription This video traces the engineering evolution of right-angle power transmission, from the primitive pin-and-face drives of Roman watermills to the complex split-torque systems of modern aviation. ORIGINS OF ORTHOGONAL POWER • First conceptualized by Roman…
From New Mind. ▶️ Visit https://brilliant.org/NewMind to get a 30-day free trial and 20% discount on the annual premium subscription An exploration of the evolution and mechanics of vehicle braking systems. ORIGINS The first wheeled vehicle brake systems consisted simply of a block of wood and a lever mechanism. To stop a vehicle, the lever…