Ever wondered how a hard drive works? I mean, we know it has something to do with frikkin' magnets, but how do they work? Luckily, the Engineer Guy is here to explain, and also to help you spend five ...

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pM6uD8nePo&w=640&h=390] Quartz watches are one of the little marvels of our age, the kind of thing you have around you at all ...

It may be that filament-based bulbs are on their way out, what with CFLs and LED bulbs taking over, but there’s still a lot to appreciate about the classic tungsten bulb. Apart from how reliable it’s ...

Want to improve the finished look of your projects? There’s a lot you can learn by looking at the choices made in consumer electronics. [Bill Hammack] explores what is perhaps the most refined ...

For those of you that don't know who The Engineer Guy is, his name is Bill Hammack and he's made it his business to pull back the shroud of mystery from the world of science and engineering. He's done ...

It’s over 100 years since the Titanic final, fateful journey. But tucked away in engineering journals dating even further back are some fascinating details about how the ship was built—and in this ...