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Captions paid for by
Discovery communications
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Narrator:
Today on "How it's made"...
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Fencing masks...
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...Books...
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...Ocean drone transformers...
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...And 3-d puzzles.
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Fencing is one of the
Oldest forms of armed combat.
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In the late 18th century,
Fencing evolved into a sport.
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As fencing gained popularity,
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A steel mesh mask was invented
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To protect the eyes and face
From injury.
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Before fencers say "En garde,"
They don a face guard.
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Today, fencing is recognized
As an olympic sport,
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So special mesh masks are
Required to compete.
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Regulation fencing masks
Are made
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From rectangular pieces
Of tight steel mesh.
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A machinist uses
A guillotine blade
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To cut the corners of
The mesh piece on an angle.
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Then he transfers
The mesh to a press
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With a large mold that's
Shaped like a face.
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The hydraulically powered
Mold press bears down
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On the steel mesh and forces
It into a rounded shape.
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Using a special tool,
The machinist bends steel wire
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To a form.
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He brings the ends of the wire
Together to close the loop.
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An automated welder
Fuses the ends.
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The machinist transfers the hoop
To the next fixture
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And places the rounded
Steel mesh on top of the hoop.
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A frame descends,
Affixing the mesh to the hoop.
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Then multiple welding guns
Spot-weld the mesh
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To the hoop.
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A large welding gun closes
The gaps between the spot-welds.
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Once fused,
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The hoop will prevent the mesh
From fraying
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And add structural rigidity.
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Using a nibbler tool,
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The machinist trims the mesh,
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Revealing a clean edge.
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Next, the technician works
On the mask's side piece
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By bending steel wire
Into a rectangle.
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He places the rectangular
Frame in a fixture
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And sets a piece of mesh
Over the frame.
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He spot-welds
The mesh to the frame.
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This step provides
A more consistent weld
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Around the entire mask.
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Copper welding wheels fuse
And seal the mesh to the frame.
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Then the machinist uses
A grinding wheel
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To remove any sharp bits
Or protrusions.
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This is the result.
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A bending device rounds the part
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So that it will fit to
The sides and top of the head.
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He welds the rounded part to
The back of the fencing mask.
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A large welding gun
Spot-welds the assembly together
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In preparation for a final weld.
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Once complete, the machinist
Makes a full seam weld,
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Closing all gaps.
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This will prevent a sword
From piercing through the mask,
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Potentially wounding the wearer.
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Next, the technician
Pounds out any remaining dents
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With a hammer,
Restoring the mask
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To the desired contours.
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He places the fencing mask
On a rounded post
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And uses a plastic mallet
To hammer the mask
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Against the post.
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This step will improve
The overall shape of the mask.
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They big is made out of
High molecular polyethylene,
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Which is strong
And extremely light weight.
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The bib includes
A thick rubber band
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That attaches to the mesh mask.
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Once the mesh
Is coated with plastic,
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Another technician installs
Rubber trim
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Along the perimeter
Of the mask.
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The plastic coating
On the mesh
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Insulates the mask, preventing
Electrical interference
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From the scoring
System's wiring.
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The technician pipes epoxy glue
Around the mask
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Just above the rubber trim.
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He pulls the bib's
Rubber band over the mask
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And down to the bead of glue
At the bottom.
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He tucks the pieces of material
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Under the band
For a neater look.
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As the glue cures,
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The bib's rubber band
Adheres to the fencing mask.
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Another machinist
Drills rivet holes
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Through the bib and mesh
Along the sides of the mask.
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Then he inserts
And flattens the rivets
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To pull the bib flush
To the mesh.
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Each fencing discipline
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Requires its own
Uniquely designed mask.
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Regardless of the design,
Each mask will allow the athlete
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To safely enjoy the sport.
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Narrator: book-making
Has evolved over time,
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From scrolls
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To writing on sheets of paper
Bound together,
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To the invention
Of the printing press.
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People continue to develop
New ways of recording history.
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Today,
Thanks to digital technology,
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The possibilities
Of recording the spoken word
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Are endless.
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A fine book-making specialist
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Makes just a few
Limited edition books per year,
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Using traditional printing
And binding techniques.
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Production begins with a case
Of tiny brass molds.
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One mold,
Called a matrix,
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Contains letters, numbers,
And punctuation marks.
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A typecasting specialist inserts
The matrix case into a machine
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Called a monotype
Composition caster.
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And melts lead alloy ingots in
The machine's gas heated pot.
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Guided by a computer,
The machine casts
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One character at a time
For every word of the book.
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The computer program assigns
A location code to every matrix.
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To cast a character,
The program communicates
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A specific code
Through plastic tubes,
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While puffs of air
Align that character's matrix
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With the injection nozzle.
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The nozzle dispenses molten lead
Into the matrix
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While the machine ejects
The cast character
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Onto a tray
Called the galley.
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As the lines of text exit
The machine,
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The typecast specialist inserts
A strip of lead
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To create spacing, called
Leading, between each line.
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He transfers the galley
To the press room,
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Where a proofing press
Spreads ink on the type.
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He places a sheet of
Newsprint over the galley
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And releases
An impression roller.
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The roller prints the characters
On to the paper,
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Generating a proof.
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Meanwhile, a typesetter
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Assembles the larger
Display copy manually
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By placing individual letters
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Into a composition stick.
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This method was used for all
Copy prior to the invention
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Of the automatic typecasting
Machines in the 1890s.
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Books printed
In large sizes of type
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Must be made entirely
By manual typeset.
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Once complete,
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Multiple galleys that make up
Several pages of the book
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Are placed in a steel frame
Called a chase
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And loaded into
The printing press.
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This cylinder press feeds
One sheet of paper at a time
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To grippers that pull the paper
Around a cylindrical roller.
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As the roller rotates,
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The paper drops
Onto the inked type,
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Printing the characters
Into the sheet.
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One press sheet typically
Contains eight pages per side.
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Another machine
Folds the sheets,
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Then bookbinders
Manually collate groups
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Of 16 consecutive pages to form
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Sections of the book
Called signatures.
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Next, a bookbinder sews
The signatures together
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One at a time
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Until the book is
Fully assembled.
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This method of bookbinding,
Called smyth sewn binding,
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After its 19th century inventor,
Is of the highest quality
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Because pages can't
Fall out or be removed.
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Like the binding,
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The book cover is
Meticulously handcrafted.
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A book binder hot glues
A piece of cloth
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To the back of the cover.
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The cover is made
Of flexible paper
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And thick cardboard.
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Then she flattens the cloth
On all sides.
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Using a razor blade,
The book binder makes a slit
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For the cloth,
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Where she'll place
A recessed label later.
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This enables the cloth
To spread out
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And form to the spine's
Rounded shape.
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The cloth is pressed
Firmly against
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The structural components with
A plastic tool called a bone.
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Another book binder
Attaches the cover
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To the bound pages,
Called the book block.
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First, she applies glue
To both components.
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Then she positions
The book block on the cover...
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...And presses them together.
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She places the book
In a nipping press.
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That puts pressure
Around the spine,
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Fusing the book block and cover
Together.
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Then the front and back
Of the cover
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Are glued to the first and last
Pages of the book.
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The book then sits in
Another press overnight,
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Bringing this book-making story
To a close.
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Narrator: there's a new class
Of autonomous vehicles
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That can travel the ocean.
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Some dive and some sail,
But very few can do both.
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An ocean drone transformer
Shifts from sailboat
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To submarine
By rearranging its shape
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And altering
Its mode of operation.
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This is an autonomous
Underwater and surface vehicle.
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It's an information-gathering
Machine
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Capable of propelling itself
Over and under waves,
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Using nothing but wind
And solar power.
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To create the vehicle's hull,
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Technicians unroll sheets
Of fiberglass over a mold,
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Which has been machined
From a block of styrofoam.
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They fiberglass fabric
Is cut to fit
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The interior of the hull.
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Thanks to its
Extraordinary durability,
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The fiberglass will allow
The watercraft
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To spend months at a time
At sea.
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And it won't interfere
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With the vessel's
Electronic signals.
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Technicians carefully tape
The material to the mold.
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This yellow material will allow
Liquid resin to flow easily.
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Then technicians unroll
A strip of gray ribbon
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Which will help
Direct the flow of resin.
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Next, an incision is made
In the middle of the ribbon
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For the nozzle,
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Which will be
The entry point for the resin.
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A layer of plastic
Is taped onto the hull,
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Which will help to vacuum seal
The assembly together.
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A shut-off valve is added
To control the flow of resin.
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The resin is poured
Into a container.
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And as the resin infuses
The flow media,
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It displaces the vacuum
Until it has completely
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Saturated
The fiberglass material.
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The resin is cured for 12 hours.
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The mold splits open
At the bottom
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So technicians can easily
Release the hull assembly.
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A technician paints
The vehicle's keel,
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Which is made of
Marine-grade aluminum.
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The torpedo-shaped keel bulb
Is made of lead.
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Electric cables run through
A hole drilled length-wise
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Down the center of the keel.
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The interior structure
Of the vehicle starts
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As a flat material made from
A combination of fiberglass
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And epoxy which they
Form into large sheets
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Using intense heat and pressure.
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Then water jet technology
Precision cuts the sheets
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Into the required shapes
And sizes.
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Technicians assemble
The shapes into a structure
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That supports the hull
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While housing
The vehicle's equipment.
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In-house technicians build
The multiple circuit boards
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That make up the central
Processing unit, or cpu.
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Each board controls a separate
Element of the vehicle,
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Such as the sensors, the wing,
Or the communications system.
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Electronics and water are not
A compatible combination,
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So the manufacturer designed
A water-tight acrylic tube
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To hold all 10 of the circuit
Boards that make up the cpu.
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Specialized cable connectors
Are installed
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So water doesn't leak
Through the cover plate.
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Once the enclosure is sealed,
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Technicians vacuum out
Flammable oxygen
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And pump in non-flammable
Gases to protect the cpu.
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A technician
Prepares the battery,
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Which is an off-the-shelf
Lithium ion unit.
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A battery housing is 3-d printed
Out of a.B.S.
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And infused with epoxy
To ensure
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That it's completely
Water tight.
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Next, a technician installs
The battery
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In its designated spot.
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Solar panels on
The vehicle's surface
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Will recharge the batteries.
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A hose will allow
The cpu to transfer water
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From one ballast tank to another
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To control the boat's
Up and down motion or pitch.
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The vehicle's tails
Serve as housings
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For the backup
Communications antenna system.
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In stealth mode, the vehicle
Can sit below the water surface
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With only its tails
Above the waves.
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Designed to fold down
And tuck into the body
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Of the vehicle,
The rigid wing multi-tasks
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As the primary antenna
And the sail,
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Which propels the vehicle
When it's above water.
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Due to its user-friendly
Technology,
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An operator can program
A mission
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At any time
From any location
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Via satellite or wi-fi.
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Narrator: the first jigsaw
Puzzle was invented
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In europe in 1760.
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Nearly two centuries later,
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A canadian inventor reshaped
The popular pastime.
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His puzzle pieces, made of thick
Foam rather than cardboard,
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Could stand upright,
Turning the puzzle
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Into a three-dimension model.
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Constructing a 3-d puzzle
Yields impressive results.
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To do so, two 800-piece
Puzzle sets are used to create
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This spectacular
Castle replica.
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An industrial designer creates
The puzzle's
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Three-dimensional structure.
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An illustrator uses techniques,
Such as visual textures
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And shading, to transform
Flat graphics
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Into a three-dimensional
Rendering.
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The industrial designer prepares
The printing and cutting layout,
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Fitting up to three
Puzzles per sheet.
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The puzzle pieces are made
From rigid foam.
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The foam
Is specifically engineered
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To be chemically compatible
With the paper graphics
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And proprietary adhesive.
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A technician feeds one
Sheet at a time
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Into a custom designed
Lamination machine.
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The first station
Spreads hot glue
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Over the top of the foam sheet.
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An automated arm with
Vacuum suction cups
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Lifts a single sheet
Of printed paper
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And places it on
The glue-coated foam sheet.
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As soon as the paper
Adheres to the foam,
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The she is released
From the suction cups.
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Then the foam moves
Under a roller
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That presses down the paper.
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As the laminated foam
Exits the machine,
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A technician rolls a tube
Over the foam, pressing out
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Any remaining air bubbles
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To ensure the paper
Adheres fully.
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In the development phase,
The industrial designer
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Assembled a blueprint
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For how the puzzle pieces
Would be shaped
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And laid out.
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That design
Went to a toolmaker
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Who produced a corresponding
Cutting die
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Out of steel knives.
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The die is mounted
Inside the cutting machine.
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A technician feeds the machine
One laminated foam sheet
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At a time,
Paper side down.
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Grippers grab
The edge of the paper,
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Pulling the sheet
Into the machine.
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The cutting die slices
The puzzle pieces
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Into the foam.
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Even though the cutting pressure
Compresses the foam,
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It immediately bounces back,
Keeping the sheet intact.
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Thanks to a high-quality
Rubber sheet
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Inserted between the blades,
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The pieces don't get stuck
In the die.
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The stiff rubber
Provides counter-pressure
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To help remove
The foam sheet.
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If the sheet has two or three
Puzzles printed on it,
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The cutting die
Separates them.
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Then a technician places
The puzzle
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On a semi-automatic
Conveyor belt
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That moves it
To the dismantling machine.
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The machine infuses
The die-cut puzzle sheet
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With steam.
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The steam prevents
Static electricity,
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Which causes pieces
To cling together
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Or to the inside of the machine.
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The machine
Separates the pieces.
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And dispenses them
Into a puzzle box.
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A technician adds the standard
Instructions sheet,
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And seals the box.
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The instructions are
In black and white,
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But can be viewed
In color online.
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The first step is to sort
The pieces by color and design
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And set aside the ones
Marked with a red dot
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Which is part of
The manufacturing process,
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Not the puzzle itself.
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The next step is to assemble
The puzzle, section by section.
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All the sections are flat,
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So the final step is to
Attach the flat sections
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To make the puzzle
Three-dimensional.
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For an additional challenge,
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You can forgo
The step-by-step instructions
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And refer only to
The photos on the box.
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If you happen to
Lose a puzzle piece,
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You can go to
The company's website
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To trace the number
Of your missing piece,
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Then order a new piece online.
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The company will mail it to you
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So that you can
Complete your puzzle.
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Unlike a traditional
Flat puzzle,
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You can move your 3-d puzzle
Without it falling apart.
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It takes four to six months
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To develop and design
This incredible 3-d puzzle.
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Now it's time to spend
Even longer
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Piecing this puzzle together.
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