Resources that fall into either of the following are not directly related to academia or industry.
A catalogue of information for mostly creators who just build cool stuff and upload it to YouTube.
Academia is feudal (Talk by a professor at Cornell)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYUN104W3Io
My main gripe with Academia: It is too feudal, and the academics haven't realized that a court jester is not just amusing but an absolutely vital part of the feudal system. Fools existed for a reason: To speak that which others would not. How is one supposed to address problems without knowing they exist?
Allen Pan
https://www.youtube.com/@allenpan
Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l86zE5MXgoI
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Chris Boden/PhysicsDuck
https://www.youtube.com/@Physicsduck/videos
Example: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8e3sIJIorrc
Swears a lot. Electrician. Turned insults into poetry.
The Backyard Scientist
https://www.youtube.com/@TheBackyardScientist
Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxbzdFdip1c
Does fun stuff in his backyard.
AvE Engineering
https://www.youtube.com/@arduinoversusevil2025
Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCC1zjwCUr4
Engineering. It's in the title. Pretty cool.
Colin Furze
https://www.youtube.com/@colinfurze/videos
Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjyJRTM0knE
Builds fun stuff with rocket engines, but not only fun stuff with rocket enignes.
Integza
https://www.youtube.com/@integza/videos
Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyKideyU64c
Builds rockets. So many rockets. And likes 3D-Printers.
NileRed
https://www.youtube.com/@NileRed/videos
Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzP3vx8XadU
Chemistry how it should be: weird.
Alec Steele
https://www.youtube.com/@AlecSteele/videos
Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYCxYPNpL2k
Titanium. Damascus. Axe.
I did a thing
https://www.youtube.com/@Ididathing/videos
Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSfUUqNkrOQ
A spoon is just a very small shovel!
How to make everything
https://www.youtube.com/makeeverythingtv/videos
Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncpSSr9xLOQ
Not a unique problem! I have it too!
The Plasma Channel
https://www.youtube.com/@PlasmaChannel
Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yftKjkZHirc
What would happen if one were to take a bottle of butane, hook it up to the thruster and use it as a pre-stage for a device from Integeza or something? Fire is conductive after all.
Primitive Technology
https://www.youtube.com/@primitivetechnology9550
Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1799Rqn71A8
A high-tech low-tech caveman. Turn on subtitles!
Thy Labs
https://www.youtube.com/@THYZOID
Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKkStXg0RK4
Welcome to the future.
Hackaday
https://www.hackaday.com
Fresh hacks every day.
Hilarious comment sections.
More to come.
To qualify a channels content must be educational and show the process of making their weird contraptions, or disassemble stuff and explain how it works. Bonus points for not using things for their intended purpose.
Qualification criteria to be reconsidered.