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Engineering, Transport & Making

Home, DIY & practical skills

Home, DIY & practical skills sits within Engineering, Transport & Making. Look at how a practical problem becomes a design, a process, or a working physical object. This selection contains 61 catalog videos from 37 distinct channels. The examples below offer specific entry points into the subject, with their own vocabulary and scope, rather than a prescribed sequence of lessons.

Recurring catalog topics include diy, primitive technology, technology connections, bushcraft, detergent and dishwasher. These tags describe overlapping directions within the collection; an individual video may connect several of them. Recorded formats include commentary, demo, documentary, explainer, talk and tutorial. Use those differences to choose between approaches to the subject and to compare how different contributors frame related questions.

“Nebraska retiree uses earths's heat to grow oranges in snow”, listed under Kirsten Dirksen, is cataloged as documentary. Kirsten Dirksen visits retired mailman Russ Finch in Alliance, Nebraska, who grows oranges, figs and pomegranates in a backyard greenhouse without paying for heat. The greenhouse uses the stable temperature of the…

“The Car-Replacement Bicycle (the bakfiets)”, listed under Not Just Bikes, is cataloged as explainer. Not Just Bikes explains how an electric bakfiets (Dutch cargo bike) replaced the family car after a move back to Canada, saving thousands of dollars. It shows how much it can carry,…

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