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written by Bill Hammack
This website features a collection of YouTube videos developed by author/engineer Bill Hammack to explain various technological marvels. Watch as Bill tears down a hard drive, dissects an LCD monitor, delves into a quartz wristwatch, blows up a light bulb filament, explores a fiber optic cable, and constructs a replica of the first transistor ever built. The site also acts a repository of the radio interviews that the author hosted at Illinois Public Media's morning and afternoon talk shows.
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Free access
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© 2001 William S. Hammack Enterprises
Keywords:
Cell Phone, Chair, Coffee Maker, Concrete, Copier, Copper, Fiber Optics, Filament, Geiger Counter, Golfball, Hard Drive, LCD Monitor, Matches, Plasma, Pop Can Tab, Quartz Watch, Smoke Detector, Tantalum, Thermostat, Transistor
Record Creator:
Metadata instance created August 7, 2011 by Taha Mzoughi
Record Updated:
February 18, 2012 by Caroline Hall
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when Cataloged:
June 26, 2011
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AIP Format
B. Hammack, (2001), WWW Document, (http://www.engineerguy.com).
AJP/PRST-PER
B. Hammack, EngineerGuy.com (2001), <http://www.engineerguy.com>.
APA Format
Hammack, B. (2011, June 26). EngineerGuy.com. Retrieved December 14, 2024, from http://www.engineerguy.com
Chicago Format
Hammack, Bill. EngineerGuy.com. June 26, 2011. http://www.engineerguy.com (accessed 14 December 2024).
MLA Format
Hammack, Bill. EngineerGuy.com. 2001. 26 June 2011. 14 Dec. 2024 <http://www.engineerguy.com>.
BibTeX Export Format
@misc{ Author = "Bill Hammack", Title = {EngineerGuy.com}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {14 December 2024}, Month = {June 26, 2011}, Year = {2001} }
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%A Bill Hammack %T EngineerGuy.com %D June 26, 2011 %U http://www.engineerguy.com %O text/html

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%0 Electronic Source %A Hammack, Bill %D June 26, 2011 %T EngineerGuy.com %V 2024 %N 14 December 2024 %8 June 26, 2011 %9 text/html %U http://www.engineerguy.com


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