Best Movies for Engineering

What are the best movies and TV shows in entertainment for inspiring your thinking in engineering? Rachel, Sadhan, and Pius talk about their top suggestions, and they discuss how they affect perceptions of engineering. Mentioned in this episode: • Star Trek Voyager (TV show): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112178/ • The Matrix (film): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/ • Hidden Figures (film): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4846340/ • The Imitation Game (film): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2084970/ • Ex Machina (film): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470752/ • Five Nights at Freddy’s (video game): http://fivescarynights.com/five-nights-at-freddys • The Terminator (film): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088247/ • Terminator 2: Judgment Day (film): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103064/ • Big Hero Six (film): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2245084/ • The Lego Movie (film): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1490017/ • Interstellar (film): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816692/ • Contact (film): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118884/ • 2001: A Space Odyssey (film): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062622/ • How a differential gear works video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4JhruinbWc • Star Trek TNG (TV show): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092455/ • Minority Report (film): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181689/ • The Martian (film): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3659388/ • MacGyver (TV show): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088559/ • MythBusters (TV show): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383126/ • Spider-Man (Movie): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0145487/ • Bill Nye the Science Guy (TV show): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0173528/ • Beauty and the Beast (film): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2771200/ The “Engineering Word Of The Day Podcast” mentioned in the post-show notes is linked here: • Engineering Word Of The Day (podcast site): http://engineeringwordoftheday.com • Engineering Word Of The Day (podcast on iTunes): https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/engineering-word-of-the-day/id1237773605 • Engineering Word Of The Day (podcast on Facebook): https://www.facebook.com/EngineeringWordOfTheDay/ Our closing music is from "Late for School" by Bleeptor, used under a Creative Commons Attribution License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. Subscribe and find more podcast information at: http://www.k12engineering.net. The K12 Engineering Education Podcast is a production of Pios Labs: http://www.pioslabs.com. Check out the book and ebook “Engineer’s Guide to Improv and Art Games” by Pius Wong, on Amazon, Kindle, Apple iBooks, Barnes & Noble Nook, and other retailers: http://www.pioslabs.com/improv4design.html