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6456 550 86 2018-01-25 BY-SA SBP English C2 3868 2 26:52 A 40 year plan for energy 0 6274 390 81 2018-01-11 2020-07-21 BY-SA fred English C2 660 2 3 Art made of storms Artist Nathalie Miebach takes weather data from massive storms and turns it into complex sculptures that embody the forces of nature and time. These sculptures then become musical scores for a string quartet to play. 0 10884 153 29 2022-09-10 2022-09-12 BY-SA fred English C2 891 0 3 BIRGIT – training on Building Information models integrated with Geographical Information BIRGIT – training on Building Information models integrated with Geographical Information 3 394 2275 116 2012-06-25 2014-04-19 BY-SA mpe English C2 2912 2 17:23 birth of computer Historian George Dyson tells stories from the birth of the modern computer -- from its 17th-century origins to the hilarious notebooks of some early computer engineers. A historian and philosopher of science, George Dyson takes a clear-eyed and deeply researched view of our recent scientific past -- while showing where it may lead us. Full bio » 0 421 1751 3 2012-08-22 2019-11-20 BY-SA Kent English C2 1077 2 10:22 Boaz Almog “levitates” a superconductor How can a super-thin 3-inch disk levitate something 70,000 times its own weight? In a riveting demonstration, Boaz Almog shows how a phenomenon known as quantum locking allows a superconductor disk to float over a magnetic rail -- completely frictionlessly and with zero energy loss. Experiment: Prof. Guy Deutscher, Mishael Azoulay, Boaz Almog, of the High Tc Superconductivity Group, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University. Boaz Almog uses quantum physics to levitate and trap objects in midair. Call it "quantum levitation. 0 5378 877 14 2017-04-24 BY-SA DOMENEC English C2 3369 2 19:51 1 COMPUTING A THEORY OF ALL KNOWLEDGE Stephen Wolfram takes on the grand project of computing a general Theory of All Knowledge, an overarching epistemic structure which would subsume all sciences and fields of practical and cognitive endeavour known or that could be known. 0 8090 567 54 2020-01-03 2022-02-01 BY-NC-ND etimalta English C2 2476 0 1 COOL - Malta The Lost Atlantis 2 1160 1055 21 2013-05-16 2013-05-16 BY-SA fred English C2 1026 2 David Pogue: 10 top time-saving tech tips Tech columnist David Pogue shares 10 simple, clever tips for computer, web, smartphone and camera users. And yes, you may know a few of these already -- but there's probably at least one you don't. 0 6145 391 20 2017-11-11 BY-SA luciacollado English C2 2739 2 18:54 How to escape education's death valley Sir Ken Robinson outlines 3 principles crucial for the human mind to flourish -- and how current education culture works against them. In a funny, stirring talk he tells us how to get out of the educational "death valley" we now face, and how to nurture our youngest generations with a climate of possibility. 0 1169 1146 17 2013-05-27 2013-05-27 BY-SA fred English C2 869 2 5:58 Juan Enriquez: Your online life, permanent as a tattoo What if Andy Warhol had it wrong, and instead of being famous for 15 minutes, we’re only anonymous for that long? In this short talk, Juan Enriquez looks at the surprisingly permanent effects of digital sharing on our personal privacy. He shares insight from the ancient Greeks to help us deal with our new “digital tattoos.” 0 10040 88 5 2021-12-12 2021-12-15 BY-SA shhosseini English C2 212 1 1 Listening, brainwaves 0 7847 316 16 2019-10-11 2019-10-11 BY-SA shinue English C2 221 0 1 2 National sports in English speaking countries 0 2367 1073 62 2014-11-11 2014-11-11 BY-NC-ND fred English C2 1874 2 10:00 2 Plant cells Hank describes why plants are so freaking amazing - discussing their evolution, and how their cells are both similar to & different from animal cells. 1 4703 540 19 2017-01-27 BY-SA Wjk English C2 320 2 Race Trailer Trailer 0 6512 901 6 2018-02-21 2018-03-09 BY-NC-ND elicottero English C2 11402 2 2 2 RENEWABLE ENERGY TANCREDI 0 433 1056 25 2012-08-22 2019-11-20 BY-SA grisezv English C2 3006 2 Rob Legato: The art of creating awe Rob Legato creates movie effects so good they (sometimes) trump the real thing. In this warm and funny talk, he shares his vision for enhancing reality on-screen in movies like Apollo 13, Titanic and Hugo. Rob Legato creates surprising and creative visual illusions for movies. 0 420 1265 8 2012-08-22 2012-08-22 BY-SA Sake English C2 2996 2 1 Rob Legato: The art of creating awe; TED lecture TED Lecture, used for training purposes Rob Legato creates movie effects so good they (sometimes) trump the real thing. In this warm and funny talk, he shares his vision for enhancing reality on-screen in movies like Apollo 13, Titanic and Hugo. Rob Legato creates surprising and creative visual illusions for movies 0 7512 196 1 2019-06-18 BY-SA Linkdeles English C2 3 2 22:55 1 Technique critique - emergency room and operating room scenes from a variety of television shows Annie Onishi, general surgery resident at Columbia University, takes a look at emergency room and operating room scenes from a variety of television shows and movies and breaks down how accurate they really are. Would the adrenaline scene from Pulp Fiction actually play out that way? Is all that medical jargon we hear in shows like Grey's Anatomy and House true-to-life? Is removing a bullet really a cure-all for a gunshot wound? 0 4475 670 15 2016-07-29 2016-08-05 BY-NC-SA GuthanNanEilean English C2 313 2 3:19 3 The Birlinn of Clanranald: Alan Riach at Loch Eynort Before his evening recital at Kildonan Museum, South Uist, Alan visited Loch Eynort, from which the birlinn sailed, with some friends, and read some short extracts from his English version of the famous poem by Alasdair Mac Mhaighstir Alasdair. 0 10352 158 10 2022-04-01 2022-04-01 BY-SA etimalta English C2 53 0 1 The Maltese Farmhouse 1 243 3154 89 2012-02-09 2023-05-09 BY-SA fred English C2 881 2 6:28 1 The world's biggest Jacob's Ladder! 2 6146 272 23 2017-11-12 BY-SA luciacollado English C2 1316 2 7:53 Tour the solar system from home Want to navigate the solar system without having to buy a spacecraft? Jon Nguyen demos NASA JPL's "Eyes on the Solar System" -- free-to-use software for exploring the planets, moons, asteroids, and spacecraft that rotate around our sun in real-time. Jon Nguyen is an award winning aeronautics and graphics engineer at NASA. 0 6281 300 20 2018-01-18 2018-01-18 BY-SA KULESHOV English C2 3204 0 Unit 1 0 848 868 18 2012-11-01 2012-11-01 BY-SA Claisneachd English C2 376 1 3 Whale Song Peter Kerr is a resident of Berneray in the Outer Hebrides. His blog showcases his poetry, prose, and pictures. Here he gives "a reading of a piece reflecting upon a recent experience…" 0 1378 1334 353 2013-09-13 2013-09-13 BY-SA KentAndersen English C2 3514 2 20:26 Why do we sleep? Russell Foster is a circadian neuroscientist: He studies the sleep cycles of the brain. And he asks: What do we know about sleep? Not a lot, it turns out, for something we do with one-third of our lives. In this talk, Foster shares three popular theories about why we sleep, busts some myths about how much sleep we need at different ages -- and hints at some bold new uses of sleep as a predictor of mental health. 0