Video Post Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/category/video-post/ Mechanically-minded travel Sat, 22 Nov 2025 10:32:41 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 DIY Road Traffic Monitoring for Citizens https://mechtraveller.com/2024/03/diy-road-traffic-monitoring-for-citizens/ https://mechtraveller.com/2024/03/diy-road-traffic-monitoring-for-citizens/#respond Wed, 13 Mar 2024 12:37:55 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=9846 Ever wondered just how busy your street is? Telraam is a clever technical initiative that enables ordinary residents to gather data on the traffic passing their window. The Telraam sensor continuously monitors a street from a citizen’s window, providing crucial data on various types of transport, including motorised vehicles, cyclists, pedestrians, and more. It can […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2024/03/diy-road-traffic-monitoring-for-citizens/feed/ 0 Wind-powered beach animals at the Kunstmuseum in The Hague https://mechtraveller.com/2022/04/wind-powered-beach-animals-at-the-kunstmuseum-in-the-hague/ https://mechtraveller.com/2022/04/wind-powered-beach-animals-at-the-kunstmuseum-in-the-hague/#respond Tue, 12 Apr 2022 10:16:03 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=7383 These so-called Strandbeesten, ‘Beach Animals’, are the work of artist Theo Jansen from The Hague in the Netherlands. They are extraordinary ‘animals’ built out of electrical tubing and cloth… with a few squillion cable ties holding things together! They can regularly be seen walking on one of the beaches of The Hague. Jansen has been […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2022/04/wind-powered-beach-animals-at-the-kunstmuseum-in-the-hague/feed/ 0 How an Enigma Machine works https://mechtraveller.com/2021/12/how-an-enigma-machine-works/ https://mechtraveller.com/2021/12/how-an-enigma-machine-works/#respond Thu, 16 Dec 2021 18:24:01 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=7223 Next time you go to Bletchley Park, you might want to take a look beforehand at this really clear and simple explanation of how the WW2 German Enigma machine worked. It’s the latest video in Jared Owen’s series of 3D animations explaining how things work, and it caught my eye because back in the late […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2021/12/how-an-enigma-machine-works/feed/ 0 New movie in production about Lidiya Litvyak – legendary Soviet female fighter ace https://mechtraveller.com/2021/09/new-movie-in-production-about-lidiya-litvyak-legendary-soviet-female-fighter-ace/ https://mechtraveller.com/2021/09/new-movie-in-production-about-lidiya-litvyak-legendary-soviet-female-fighter-ace/#respond Mon, 20 Sep 2021 08:14:18 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=7019 This looks good! It’s a behind-the-scenes video about a new crowd-funded movie called ‘Litvyak’ about WW2 Soviet fighter pilot, Lidiya Litvyak, flight commander of the 3rd Aviation Squadron and a Hero of the Soviet Union. Before she was shot down and killed, aged just 22, on 1st Aug 1943 near the town of Orel during […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2021/09/new-movie-in-production-about-lidiya-litvyak-legendary-soviet-female-fighter-ace/feed/ 0 Restoration videos can be…restorative! https://mechtraveller.com/2020/04/restoration-videos-can-be-restorative/ https://mechtraveller.com/2020/04/restoration-videos-can-be-restorative/#respond Tue, 14 Apr 2020 09:35:00 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=6007 I didn’t realise restoration videos were a ‘thing’, but our new surreal circumstances act as a catalyst for new discoveries and experiences. Where many have used self-isolation as an enforced opportunity to binge-watch movies and TV series, I have found myself wading through a backlog of Youtube videos in my ‘Watch Later’ folder. On the […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2020/04/restoration-videos-can-be-restorative/feed/ 0 Car Manufacturer, FCA Italy, has created a Heritage Collection in Turin https://mechtraveller.com/2019/04/car-manufacturer-fca-italy-has-created-a-heritage-collection-in-turin/ https://mechtraveller.com/2019/04/car-manufacturer-fca-italy-has-created-a-heritage-collection-in-turin/#respond Mon, 15 Apr 2019 09:43:48 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=4424 This month, FCA Italy, the Turin-based subsidiary of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, finished converting a former 15,000 m2 workspace at their Mirafiori manufacturing plant into a home for 250 historic Fiat, Lancia and Abarth cars. Some of the cars have been arranged into specific themes. Each theme displays eight cars from different brands and eras… Small […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2019/04/car-manufacturer-fca-italy-has-created-a-heritage-collection-in-turin/feed/ 0 The World in Miniature, in New York https://mechtraveller.com/2018/04/the-world-in-miniature-in-new-york/ https://mechtraveller.com/2018/04/the-world-in-miniature-in-new-york/#respond Mon, 09 Apr 2018 14:59:19 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=3154 Gulliver’s Gate is a miniature world in Times Square, New York. I love a good modelscape. How did I miss this one? How did I miss this one for a whole year?? It turns out NYC launched its own version of Hamburg’s fabulous Miniatur Wunderland back in May 2017. As highlighted in this Mashable video, […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2018/04/the-world-in-miniature-in-new-york/feed/ 0 Swapping out a Cruise Ship Crankshaft https://mechtraveller.com/2017/10/swapping-cruise-ship-crankshaft/ https://mechtraveller.com/2017/10/swapping-cruise-ship-crankshaft/#respond Wed, 04 Oct 2017 12:23:04 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=2722 Engineers can be SO cool! This is a fascinating video of a company called ALE*, who specialised in moving/lifting/sliding heavy stuff, swapping out a 7.5 ton crankshaft from an engine on the cruise liner MS Zaandam. This is small-scale, bread & butter stuff (they did two cruise ship crankshaft replacements last year – MS Amsterdam & […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2017/10/swapping-cruise-ship-crankshaft/feed/ 0 Star Wars Land unveiled https://mechtraveller.com/2017/07/star-wars-land-unveiled/ https://mechtraveller.com/2017/07/star-wars-land-unveiled/#respond Fri, 14 Jul 2017 10:46:40 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=2470 Yesterday, Disney Parks & Resorts unveiled a detailed model of Star Wars Land, scheduled to open at Walt Disney World and Disneyland in 2019. Star Wars Land is not based on a specific location in the Star Wars canon, but instead recreates a remote trading port on a previously unknown planet with elements and characters […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2017/07/star-wars-land-unveiled/feed/ 0 360-degree Video Tour of HMAS Onslow https://mechtraveller.com/2016/05/360-degree-video-tour-hmas-onslow/ https://mechtraveller.com/2016/05/360-degree-video-tour-hmas-onslow/#respond Fri, 27 May 2016 11:15:25 +0000 http://mechtraveller.com/?p=1541 This is a rather technically impressive 360-degree AR tour of submarine HMAS Onslow, moored at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney’s Darling Harbour.  Onslow was one of six Oberon-class submarines operated by the Royal Australian Navy. She was built in Scotland and commissioned in 1968. The guide is ex-submarine commander John Dikkenberg.     […]

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