TED Talks
TED: Is Pivot a turning point for web exploration? | Gary Flake
Gary Flake demos Pivot, a new way to browse and arrange massive amounts of images and data online. Built on breakthrough Seadragon technology, it enables spectacular zooms in and out of web databases, and the discovery of patterns and...
Curated Video
The Impact of Jonas Salk's Polio Vaccine: A Turning Point in Medical History
This video highlights the groundbreaking work of Dr. Jonas Salk and his team in developing a safe and effective vaccine for polio. It discusses the impact of the vaccine in drastically reducing polio cases in the United States, from...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Transforming Teaching with Research-Informed Technology Strategies
In the video, Liz Kolb, a clinical associate professor at the University of Michigan, shares her journey of transitioning from using technology as a gimmick to integrating it effectively in the classroom through research-informed...
Curated Video
Operation Pluto: The World's First Offshore Pipeline in WWII
Operation Pluto was a groundbreaking engineering feat during World War II, where an offshore pipeline was laid across the English Channel to supply fuel to the Allied forces in Normandy. With innovative technology and secrecy, steel...
Primitive Technology
Primitive Technology: Lime
At the old hut site (the new one being temporarily cut off by flooding) I made lime mortar from the shells of rainforest snails by firing them in a kiln, slaking them in water, mixing them into lime putty. Limestone is basically calcium...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The physics of the "hardest move" in ballet - Arleen Sugano
In the third act of "Swan Lake", the Black Swan pulls off a seemingly endless series of turns, bobbing up and down on one pointed foot and spinning around and around and around thirty-two times. How is this move - which is called a...
TED Talks
TED: Forget Wi-Fi. Meet the new Li-Fi Internet | Harald Haas
What if we could use existing technologies to provide Internet access to the more than 4 billion people living in places where the infrastructure can't support it? using off-the-shelf LeDs and solar cells, Harald Haas and his team have...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How to unboil an egg - Eleanor Nelsen
It's so obvious that it's practically proverbial: you can't unboil an egg. But actually, it turns out that you can -- sort of. Eleanor Nelsen explains the process by which mechanical energy can undo what thermal energy has done.
Oxford Online English
How to Improve Your English Writing - English Writing Lesson
Learn some simple but effective ways to improve your English writing in this lesson. Contents: 1. Understand your audience 0:33 2. Plan your writing 3:12 3. Organise your ideas into clear paragraphs 5:55 4. Cut empty words and sentences...
Healthcare Triage
Doctors Have Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, Too.
"Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Experiences of Academic Medical Faculty". This study will depress you. This is Healthcare Triage News.
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Eric Mazur - Peer Instruction
Eric Mazur is the Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Harvard University, Dean of Applied Physics at Harvard, and Vice-President of the Optical Society. Mazur is a prominent physicist known for his contributions in...
The Wall Street Journal
Inflation, Markets and the Economy
UBS chairman Axel Weber discusses resurgent inflation around the world and what it means for business, markets, politics and the economy.
Curated Video
How to Get More People Into Recycling with Gamification and “Smart” Bins
In this segment, we're exploring how the principles behind smartphones can revolutionize recycling through 'gamification' and smart bins. These aren't just ordinary bins; they're equipped with the technology to differentiate between...
APMonitor
Machine Learning IOT/OT Cybersecurity
Operational Technology (OT) includes computer systems and equipment that make changes to the physical world. Sensors, actuators, and computer control systems are critical to safe operation and are increasingly under threat of attack....
XKA Digital
Strive to make your own products redundant
Julian has spent his entire working career working in information technology and turning ideas into software services or businesses at Apple, AT&T Unisource, the UK Government and as the founder of his own Internet software companies....
Curated Video
A1 English Listening Practice - Social Media Apps
This video serves as English listening comprehension practice for beginner students. In this video, a native English speaker talks slowly and clearly about the topic of social media apps. The subtitles are included at the bottom of the...
Zach Star
What You Should Know About Getting a Career In Astronomy Astrophysics
This video will cover how to get into space research (such as astrophysics or astronomy) and some research that is going on. For those looking into space related majors, your best options are astronomy and astrophysics. However, as an...
World Science Festival
Cells To Silicon: Your Brain In 2050
At present, our brains are mostly dependent on all the stuff below the neck to turn thought into action. But advances in neuroscience are making it easier than ever to hook machines up to minds. See neuroscientists John Donoghue and...
Curated Video
How the World Cup’s AI instant replay works
A new hyper-accurate technology, and referees' eternal quest for objectivity. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The offside rule, which requires attacking players to be behind either...
Kids Academy
WEATHER | Educational Videos For Kids | Kids Academy
It's Kids Academy, and welcome back to our channel! What’s the weather? In today’s technology-laden world we can start the day by simply asking our digital assistants “What’s the weather going to be today?” But weather goes far deeper...
Seeker
Could Black Holes Made of Light Power Our Spaceships?
What exactly would it take to create our very own Swartzchild Kugelblitz? Could a Dyson Sphere Harness the Full Power of the Sun? - https://youtu.be/jOHMQbffrt4 Read More: Kugelblitz! Powering a Starship With a Black Hole...
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
Safe and Sorry – Terrorism & Mass Surveillance
Sources: Terrorist surveillance program: Original press release: http://1.usa.gov/1p0lZXT Assessment of potential effect of surveillance measures if implemented before 9/11: Interview with FBI director Robert Mueller:...
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
Safe and Sorry – Terrorism & Mass Surveillance
Sources: Terrorist surveillance program: Original press release: http://1.usa.gov/1p0lZXT Assessment of potential effect of surveillance measures if implemented before 9/11: Interview with FBI director Robert Mueller:...