Victor Boulanger presents the work of his students at the ISC
This is the trailer for a documentary called Float which features teams competing in World Championships towards flying motor-less model airplanes for the longest time possible. These planes weight approximately a gram on average.
[Source: Boing Boing - Float: ultralight rubber-band-powered duration model planes by Andrea James 9/2/2011]
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A very impressive arc hits the ground in super slow motion:
Makes you wonder about the physics behind these doesn’t it? Check this website out: http://regentsprep.org/regents/physics/phys03/alightnin/
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Drinking soda will make you fat. It is a fact which is well depicted in this video:
A great video created by the website http://good.is and submitted by Malishka for extra-credit. It will explain to you how much potable water is available in the world (a teaspoon full) and demonstrate how much water is used in the western countries compared to the rest of the world. Don’t get fooled by the old style, this was made for world water day in 2008 so all the numbers are recent and accurate. Great find!
This is Jane McGonigal explaining how the skills learnt while playing video games can help you fix bigger problems in real life:
The three games which according to her will change the world are:
Evoke – http://www.urgentevoke.com/
World without oil – http://www.worldwithoutoil.org/start.aspx
SuperStruct – http://www.superstructgame.org/
I certainly wish they paid more heed to this advice in dushi Curacao!
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you don’t want to lose everything at the flick of a switch…
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This video was taken in one shot from a camera phone and made without using any special effect. Can you figure out how they did it?
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I think this is the perfect time to turn your head inside out to start grasping the size of the universe around us.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4495546151448213121Category : Life Explorers
Pavan discovered this great video depicting the production of bubble gum. Did you know bubble gum is made out of plastics? Do you know why it’s pink? Follow this video to find out the answers to these questions.
Depict: to represent
Sree sent a very informative video about the changes taking place in the industry of fishing. New fishing techniques deplete entire areas of the fish regardless of sustainability. The trawler fishing boat are so destructive that their path can be traced by satellite! Nothing bigger than 3 cm make it through their nets.
Deplete: to empty out
Sustainable: capable of being continued with minimal long-term effect on the environment
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This excellent song from Tom Lehrer (he has a few other funny ones such as his version of the tango…) was sent to us by Divina who is obviously making some great discoveries on the Internet and earning some extra credit. Well done Divina! The song itself is a stop-motion animation made with a lego character moving to the tunes do the Elements song by Tom Lehrer. You can easily do stop-motion animation at home with a digital camera and Windows Movie Maker.
This video discovered by Amrit follows the fascinating whale shark underwater. It also earns Amrit the first extra-credit for the Life -Explorers section!
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An animation by Tomas Nilsson.
