Curated Video
IoT connects users to shoes, canes, safety boxes and punch bags
LEAD IN:
Everything's connected at Barcelona's Mobile World Congress - from smart shoes that let users send alerts with their toes, to connected canes that help the visually impaired navigate busy areas.
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Curated Video
Smart bracelet aims to limit unwanted behaviours
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A new, smart bracelet buzzes when it detects the wearer pulling their hair or picking their skin.
Keen, by Habitaware, is intended to bring awareness to unwanted behaviours.
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AFP News Agency
CLEAN : In Frankfurt an exhibition pays tribute to female surrealist artists
Female surrealist artists are featured in an exhibition at the Frankfurt Schirnhalle in Germany (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
National Science Foundation
Science of the Winter Olympic Games: Alpine Skiing and Vibration Damping
Alpine skiers have engineers looking out for their safety and for their performance. Physics and materials engineers consider how to dampen the vibrations that can be caused by bumps in the snow, vibrations that can cause the athletes to...
Scholastic
Study Jams! Sound
Listen in as Mia and Sam expound on sound. It is caused by vibrations and travels in waves. It has the qualities of pitch, frequency, and volume. This hip animation displays a graph to depict the frequency and amplitude of sound waves....
Veritasium
Can You Recover Sound from Images?
Amazingly, still images can produce sound. Watch as a video lesson describes the process scientists use to recover sound from still photography. The lesson includes discussion of sound waves, vibrations, and frequencies.
TED-Ed
Why Does Your Voice Change as You Get Older?
Most listeners can correctly identify the relative age and gender of speakers without being able to see them. How is it that the human voice is capable of producing such a range of sounds? Find out with a short video that examines the...
Be Smart
Why Is This Ice Blue?
What gives glaciers their blue hue? Study the phenomenon from the inside out with a video from an engaging science playlist. The narrator describes the conditions present in glacial ice, then explains how the substance affects visible...
Physics Girl
Singing Plates - Standing Waves on Chladni Plates
Here's a short video that hits all the high notes! Young scientists observe as amazing patterns appear in sand during a short demonstration. In addition to art and music, the resource explains standing waves, nodes, and how a 3-D model...
Physics Girl
How I Broke a Wine Glass with My Voice (Using Science!)
You've seen talented singers break glass with a single high note ... is it as easy as it looks? Discover the physics behind the phenomenon with a video from the Physics Girl playlist. The resource covers sound wave terminology, tensile...
American Chemical Society
The Science of the Avengers
Are superheroes science fiction ... or just really fancy science? Go even further behind the scenes with the characters from Avengers through a video from the American Chemical Society's Reactions playlist. Curious chemists learn the...
MinutePhysics
Why It's Impossible to Tune a Piano
Explore the physics of tuning most musical instruments. The video instructor explains the pitches of string and wind instruments with an emphasis on the sound waves. After discussing the ratios between pitches, it compares harmonics and...
TED-Ed
The Invisible Motion of Still Objects
Launching a study of molecules? Check out a short video that explores rotation, translation, and vibration—the three ways molecules move.
Steve Spangler Science
Water Whistle - Sick Science! #052
Intrigue your learners with this film. They can create a water whistle using a straw and a glass of water. This could be used as an introduction to a unit on sound waves and vibrations.
Curated OER
Singing Pipes - Hardware Store Music
Here is an interesting demonstration which shows how heat can create sound in a metal pipe! The principle of heat rising is the key to making this particular demonstration a success. A piece of metal mesh is lodged inside each of the...
Curated OER
Cornstarch Monsters
Using sound waves, Steve Spangler demonstrates the properties of a non-Newtonian fluid. When the fluid is placed on an amplifier, it changes into the most amazing shapes. Your class will love demonstrating this process in class.