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1 online resource (streaming video file) (24 min. 3 sec.) ; 144660028 bytes |
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This week on Scope we are giving you a guided tour of some ultra-important, mega-awesome BIG MACHINES! We get behind the wheel of some huge mining trucks, head down to the docks to see how big ships are made and Dr Rob is on location checking out the Air Force Fire Truck! SPAGHETTI MACHINE CONTESTThe spaghetti machine has nothing to do with pasta and a lot to do with designing a machine that completes a relatively simple task in an overly complicated way. Lilith and Jusleen from Ivanhoe Girls Grammar School along with other school groups show us the machines they have designed to make a basic cup of instant coffee.ODOUR CONTROL UNITThe odour control unit is a machine you can find at a sewerage plant that has one big important job - to keep the air fresh and clean. Niloshree Mukherjee from Unity Water shows us how this big machine keeps everyone breathing easy. MINING TRUCKSMines are gigantic and have some big machinery to match! Diesel Fitter Heath Tanis from Xstrata Copper introduces us to some of the huge mining trucks that help dig and move the raw materials from the mine.CSIRACComputers seem to be getting smaller and smaller but there is one computer that reminds us how big computers actually used to be. David Demant from the Melbourne Museum shows us the world's oldest complete computer, CSIRAC. NMRResearch Assistant Jenny Chambers from the University of Melbourne introduces us to the NMR or nuclear magnetic resonance. Jenny uses this really big machine to study organisms that are miniscule like tiny parasites. This way she can find out all about them and help develop drugs that will stop them in their tracks. BUILDING NAVAL SHIPSNaval ships are the big machines of the ocean so it makes sense that you would need a big place and some big machines to build them. Gerald Byrne from ASC shows us the steps involved in building naval ships and some of the amazing machines that make it |
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Broadcast 2011-10-22 at 09:00:00 |
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Classification: G |
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CSIRAC (Computer)
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Fire engines.
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Machine design.
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Machinery industry -- Technological innovations.
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Shipbuilding -- Design and construction.
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Shipbuilding -- Equipment and supplies.
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Australia.
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Streaming video
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Bell, Robert, host
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Milne, Steven, contributor
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