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Curated Video
The Invention of Television: Philo Taylor Farnsworth and the Power of Visual Communication
This video explores the invention of television and the impact it has had on society. It highlights the story of Philo Taylor Farnsworth, a farm boy from Utah who had the idea to transmit images through parallel lines of light, leading...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Lori Bindig - Media Literacy and Body Image
Lori Bindig is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and Media Studies and Director of the M.A. in Communication at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut. She earned her doctorate in Communication at...
Curated Video
The Impact of Technology on Sports: Improving Accuracy and Enhancing the Fan Experience
This video discusses the impact of technology on sports, specifically in terms of statistics and referee decision-making. It highlights the use of advanced algorithms and computer-generated images to track player movements and provide...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Bill Yousman - Race and Media
Bill Yousman, Ph.D. is the Director of the Media Literacy and Digital Culture graduate program at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT. He earned his doctorate in Communication from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Yousman is...
Weird History
How The TV Show COPS Bent The Truth
Many of us can probably remember hearing "Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?" playing in the background at some point while Cops was on TV for more than 30 seasons. The reality show was the...
Science360
The Mission of the Office of Legislative and Public Affairs
What is the mission of the Office of Legislative and Public Affairs within the National Science Foundation? What is OLPA currently working on and what are its goals for the future? This video explains all the above and shows you what...
Curated Video
3 Signs That Most Depressed People Have
Depression comes with a number of symptoms that that cause a certain level of impairment in your day to day functioning. I talk about what it means to have functional impairment in this video on What is a Normal Depression?
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The Telegraph
How your television set has evolved over time | Tech Histories
In this video, we look back at the history of television sets and reveal some fun facts about the household staple, from John Logie Baird demonstrating live image transmission in the 1920s to the advent of plasma and LCD screens and...
NASA
NASA | New Eye on the Sun Delivers Stunning First Images
This compilation of video shows some of the first imagery and data sent back from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). Most of the imagery comes from SDO's AIA instrument, and different colors are used to represent different...
Curated Video
This is your brain on terrorism
We watch news coverage of terrorism because we think it'll make us better informed about how to keep ourselves safe. But what if it does the opposite? Follow Strikethrough on Facebook!https://www.facebook.com/CarlosMazaVox/'...
Gresham College
The Search for Meaning on the Web
The Atlantic
O.J.: The Pioneer Before the Prisoner
Before O.J. Simpson’s polarizing murder trial in 1994, he was America’s most beloved and famous collegiate athlete. With his Chevrolet commercials in 1969, he became the first black athlete corporate pitchman, paving the way for stars...
NASA
NASA | Thermonuclear Art – The Sun In Ultra-HD (4K)
It’s always shining, always ablaze with light and energy that drive weather, biology and more. In addition to keeping life alive on Earth, the sun also sends out a constant flow of particles called the solar wind, and it...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Rennie McQuilkin - Teachers Make a Difference
Rennie McQuilkin, has an extensive background participating in poetry readings and workshops in Connecticut, and beyond, has had a distinguished literary career with several published full-length collections of poetry. His work...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Karen Ritzenhoff - War and Media
Karen A. Ritzenhoff is professor in the Department of Communication at Central Connecticut State University. She is also affiliated with the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, as well as cinema studies and the Honors...
SciShow
Is An 8K TV Worth It?
The newest 8K TVs have 33 million pixels - but can you even see that many? Hosted by: Stefan Chin SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at href='http://www.scishowtangents.org' target='_blank'...
Curated Video
How your TV settings ruin movies
Your TV is ruining your TV. Make it stop. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videosf='http://goo.gl/0bsAjO' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>videos Your TV finds lots of ways to adjust your picture. You might...
Tom Scott
I promise this story about microwaves is interesting.
I found an article that said "The microwave was invented to heat hamsters humanely in 1950s experiments." And I thought, no it wasn't. ...was it? Pull down the description for thorough references and credits. Thanks to James Lovelock for...
Gresham College
Maths Goes To The Movies - Professor Chris Budd OBE
Professor Chris Budd OBE offers an insight into the world of Hollywood through the eyes of a mathematician.://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/mathematics-goes-to-the-movies' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>mathematician. An...
NASA
NASA | SDO's Ultra-high Definition View of 2012 Venus Transit
Launched on Feb. 11, 2010, the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is the most advanced spacecraft ever designed to study the sun. During its five-year mission, it will examine the sun's atmosphere, magnetic field and also...
Curated Video
Foetus in the Womb - Human Development
Subscribe to Naked Science -http://goo.gl/wpc2Q1' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Science - Every other Wednesday we present a new video, so join us to see the truth laid bare... Sample clip showing a “Six Month Human Fetus in the...
National Gallery of Art
By the Light of the Silvery Moon: A Century of Lunar Photographs
The Apollo 11 mission captivated audiences across the globe. Blastoff was a major televised event, and live broadcast of the arrival four days later, on July 20, 1969, was viewed by more than 500 million people. The source of some of the...