|
| |
|
|
August 30, 2013
Meet the Natives: Wild Bees
Follow University of Wisconsin-Madison Entomologist Claudio Gratton as he studies native bees and their habitats in search of new options for pollinating plants.
Link |
| |
|
|
August 29, 2013
Climate Name Change
Since 1954, the World Meteorological Organization has been naming extreme storms after people. But we propose a new naming system. One that names extreme storms caused by climate change, after the policy makers who deny climate change and obstruct climate policy.
Link |
| |
|
|
August 28, 2013
The Solar System — Our Home in Space
An infographic trip through the solar system, visiting planets, asteroids and the sun.
Link |
| |
|
|
August 27, 2013
Mysteries of Vernacular: Pants
Link |
| |
|
|
August 26, 2013
The Eagleman Stag
The Eagleman Stag is the 2011 BAFTA award winning Royal College of Art thesis film of director / writer Mikey Please. It's mostly made out of some strange white stuff, found in the back of a stress cushion. Mikey worked with his brother Benedict Please who composed the soundtrack and score, as well as the vocal talents of cult actor David Cann who lends his voice here to Peter Eagleman.
Link |
| |
August 23, 2013
Science, Religion, and the Big Bang
All about the everywhere stretch.
Link |
| |
August 22, 2013
Earl Sweatshirt: A Leaf in the Wind
Earl Sweatshirt is a nineteen-year-old m.c., one of the more popular members of the Los Angeles-based hip-hop group Odd Future. Here, Earl riffs on inspiration, solidifying one’s identity, and what he’s (not) looking forward to.
Link |
| |
August 21, 2013
Garbage Doesn't Lie
A story about our collective time capsule.
Link |
| |
August 20, 2013
Drone Boom
When you hear the word drone you may immediately think of bombs being dropped in the Middle East or the surveillance of citizens here in the United States, but engineers and aviation geeks have wondered for decades if unmanned flight might solve a few of our world's problems or just make our lives a little easier.
Link |
| |
August 19, 2013
Coast Modern — Trailer
Travelling along the Pacific North West coastline from LA to Vancouver, Coast Modern showcases the pioneers of West Coast Modernist Architecture, and the homes that have become their legacies. Interviewed in Coast Modern are some of the most respected names in architecture, including James Steele, Ray Kappe, Hernik Bull, Pierluigi Serraino, John Cava, Barbara Bestor and Dion Neutra, son of the legendary Richard Neutra.
Link |
| |
August 16, 2013
Motion Sculptures
Motion Sculptures for CCTV Documentary Channel is a digital metaphor of phenomenal blinks and moments of which life consists. In four Idents follow a visual performance of organic and vital substance using data of actors movements.
Link |
| |
August 15, 2013
The Story of Physics
A short animation, which was part of the Science Club series on BBC2 hosted by Dara O Briain.
Link |
| |
August 14, 2013
Pacific Light
Link |
| |
August 13, 2013
The Innovation of Loneliness
What is the connection between Social Networks and Being Lonely? A video inspired and Based on the wonderful book by Sherry Turkle, Alone Together.
Link |
| |
August 12, 2012
The Birdman
With CDs, VHSs and old cassette tapes stacked head high, Rainbow Music is a hoarder's paradise. However, its quirky owner, known as 'The Birdman', knows exactly where everything is. Amidst the Starbucks and Subways popping up on every corner of the East Village, Rainbow Music maintains its mom and pop feel, and is a hidden gem to its patrons. Due to the weak economy, online music sales and pirating, and the changing neighborhood, this charismatic curmudgeon is struggling to sell what he has in his store. Despite these challenges, The Birdman carries on to his own tune.
Link |
| |
August 9, 2013
Orson Welles | The Hearts of Age
Orson Wells 1st movie produced independently in 1934, The Hearts of Age ia a cryptic glimpse into the soul of an artistic genius.
Link |
| |
August 8, 2013
Compton Cricket Club | Grantland Channel
The Grantland Channel presents the story of how the sport of cricket and the formation of the Compton Cricket Club has changed lives in Compton, California.
Link |
| |
August 7, 2013
"Untrust Us" Crystal Castles covered by Capital Children's Choir
They wanted to cover Crystal Castles because they liked the idea of replacing the synths and percussion using only voices and hands. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios.
Link |
| |
August 6, 2013
Oversight: Thank you for volunteering, citizen.
Tom Scott considers what happens when you privatise Big Brother.
Link |
| |
August 5, 2013
Porcelainia
The story of Teacher, Scientist, Artist- Bobby Jaber
Link |
| |
August 2, 2013
Blinkity Blank
A Norman McLaren film experiment in the use of intermittent animation and spasmodic imagery. McLaren plays with the laws relating to persistence of vision and after-image on the retina of the eye. He engraves pictures on blank film, with percussive effects added in the same way.
Link |
| |
August 1, 2013
Microworld HD
German microphotographer Stefan Diller looks at a three-dimensional microworld with his innovative electron microscope work. Diller has spent years creating software to stitch together single SEM images into vivid sculptures of microscopic life.
Link |
| |
