Ep444: Beasts building big

Beasts building big We start our look at the building of big things, by looking at big things built by animals. Join us on patreon.com/thelabwithbrad for extra special extra stuff! Here are a few sites on large things built by animals. Supersized animal homes It spans 6000 km of the coasts of Portugal, Spain, France and Italy – the animal that builds cities Largest solitary animal burrow

Dead light, green light Things go sideways as our heroes work their way passed the guardians. Then, they enter the lands of the dead in search of the lich queen. Join us on patreon.com/thelabwithbrad for extra special extra stuff!

The very tiny, from the top down or bottom up From computer parts to walking DNA, We take a look at a couple of ways nanotechnology is constructed. Join us on patreon.com/thelabwithbrad for extra special extra stuff! We covered some of what we talked about today in more detail in a previous episode. Here’s a link. Ep 285: A lucky accident In fact, we did an entire series on computers computing and the history there of. Here’s a link to the first episode in that series. Ep270: Stone age computers And here are a couple of videos on using DNA for nanotech. DNA NANOTECH Could Change EVERYTHING DNA Nanostructures: From Design to Biological Function

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Lithography, photography, and a side order of engines The first application of nanotechnology was to build our modern computers. Join us for a look at how that got started. Join us on patreon.com/thelabwithbrad for extra special extra stuff! Here’s a link to an episode that covers what we do this time, but with slightly different details. Ep 286: Say cheese! And here are a couple of links on the Pyréolophore, one of the earliest internal combustion engines. The Pyréolophore: a new engine principle All hail the Pyréolophore

Don’t lick the stalagmite! Our heroes do battle down in the catacombs. Join us on patreon.com/thelabwithbrad for extra special extra stuff!

With a wee bit of quantum squinting With a very fine needle and lots of number crunching, you can see atoms by using the scanning tunneling microscope. Join us on patreon.com/thelabwithbrad for extra special extra stuff! Here’s some stuff on piezo electrics. Piezoelectric Effect Explained using a simple physical model Understanding Piezoelectric effect! And here are a few things about the scanning tunneling microscope. Classroom Aid - Scanning Tunneling Microscope Surface studies with a scanning tunnelling microscope

The battle of Boylston A mechanical fish, fancy pillow, marching gnomes, and flying arrows. Join us on patreon.com/thelabwithbrad for extra special extra stuff!

Lasers! We talk of the history of lasers, and a little bit about how they do what they do. Join us on patreon.com/thelabwithbrad for extra special extra stuff! Here are two videos on lasers, and their history and function. The History of Lasers - How Lasers Were Invented - Who Invented the Laser? A Brief History of Lasers

Using electrons instead of light When you want to see the very tiny, why not use something very tiny? Join us for a look at the hows and whys of electron microscopes. Join us on patreon.com/thelabwithbrad for extra special extra stuff! Here’s a video on the birth of the scanning electron microscope. The Difficult Birth of the Scanning Electron Microscope And here are a couple of articles about the beginning of electron microscopes in general. History of Electron Microscope The development of the electron microscope