Bill opens up a computer hard drive to show how it is engineered. He describes how the "head" reads the magnetic information on the disk; reveals how a voice coil motor and a slider controls the position of that head. He also discusses how smooth a disk must be, and briefly mentions a mathematica...
After months of hot and heavy rumors, the iPad 2 has arrived, and we didn't waste any time tearing it down. This video gives an overview of iFixit's iPad 2 teardown, and highlights a couple of special differences (a 1 ghz, dual core A5 processor, for example!). For complete technical details and ...
Teardown of the Nintendo Wii video game console conducted by Semiconductor Insights. Check out our Full Product Teardown report for the Nintendo Wii here: www.ubmtechinsights.com
Bill takes apart an LCD monitor and shows how it works. He explains how it uses liquid crystals, thin film transistors and polarizers to display information. EngineerGuy's new book is at www.engineerguy.com
In this two part video I do a complete teardown of a Roomba Discovery 4000 series robot vacuum and explain how the parts can be used to build your own robot.
Reagan at Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin, Germany. June 12, 1987. "Mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall."
