Glimpses of How it's made, 6 Minute Manufacturing

ptorrone writes "We (MAKE Magazine) have released a free 35 minute film for download - "Glimpses of How it's made" - a tour of how many things in our world are made, each segment is 6 minutes (hence the full name "Six-Minute Manufacturing Glimpses of How it's made"). Learn about, get inspired, and see how stuff is made: LectroSonics (wireless microphones), Rose's Southwest Papers (paper converting), Accurate Custom (Injection Molding), Mega Corp. (water haulage equipment), Earthstone International (recycled glass abrasives), Butterman Tool (tool and die), Eclipse Aviation (small jet aircraft), Optical Insights (optical equipment). Downloads and more info."

166 MB file... somebody torrent it quick!

[patiwat]

I'm not sure of the wisdom of the site owners in posting a direct link to a 166MB file on Slashdot... Why don't people just use bittorrent for distribution of files like this?

It's a fascinating video though, conveniently formatted for ipods with video.

Re:6 Minutes

[Anonymous Coward]

I call bullshit!

See:

http://www.assemblymag.com/CDA/ArticleInformation/ features/BNP__Features__Item/0,6493,98596,00.html [assemblymag.com]

The industry average is 26.4 hours per car!!

Re:6 Minutes

[Anonymous Coward]

You sir, are an idiot...

Re:Apologies for dupe

[jpmkm]

And yet they both got modded up. :)