Has anyone seen the show Everyday Edisons? It is about the engineering and design of products. Pretty interesting stuff. It airs on PBS in the US.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=UA6ncNR8TKY

Here is a link to some clips from the show and one of the engineering mishaps. I guess it was a behind the scenes blooper or something.

Hi GoatSmurf

to the Surface Engineering Forum.

that clip reminds me of a few similar incidents which were quite dangerous, but fortunately nobody being hurt except for pride. Why is that so funny? I suppose it just the strange reactions of people when things dramatically do something different from what they expect. Don't do this at home! this was done by professional experts supposedly knowing what they doing