Glossary / General

reverse engineering

9 Episode Mentions

Too Afraid to Ask

It means taking something apart to see how it works so you can make a better version or copy it.

Technical Definition

Reverse engineering is the process of dissecting a product to understand its components, materials, and design for improvement or replication.

Hear It Discussed

"and this was only possible, you know, since a couple of years, right, because reverse engineering and 3D scanning and all of those techniques were available before that,"
409: Building Modern Legends at Vigilante 4x4 with Daniel van Doveren The Collector Car Podcast 10:18

"and reverse engineering into that's why I think [2818.7s] they just keep feeding off of what they've previously built from the street side"
Boom Goes the Engine: Motor Swaps, Factory Failures, and Toy Story Liveries P-Car Talk Podcast 46:51

"thousands of those owners organized what amounts to a volunteer run automaker, reverse engineering proprietary systems, and publishing open source tools to keep their vehicles on the road,"
Episode 565: A Tesla-SpaceX Merger? What Would it Mean for Tesla Vehicles? Ride the Lightning: Tesla and EV Podcast 53:18