What is so special about silicon? Why are some materials more conductive to electricity than others? Where does static electricity come from? This 14-video lecture series introduces electronics from a materials perspective, and is based on a course which all freshman engineering students take at the National University of Singapore.
In this video:
03:22 Power output of Great Laxey Wheel water mill
05:51 The Great Laxey Wheel versus a Ford Pinto
Nearly 70 additional practice problems are available in the MOOC version of this course, along with supplemental videos:
https://www.edx.org/course/electronic...
Aaron Danner is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the National University of Singapore.
http://danner.group
Videos were filmed by NUS Centre for Instructional Technology with additional editing by Cheryl Lim.
@randomcheryl