Educational film series
Titles in this series
192 films
2011 · 5m 3s
3D Stonehenge
Researchers are using lasers and high-tech photography called photogrammetry to make the most accurate and detailed 3D models…
2011 · 4m 48s
Aeros Blimp
Aeros is building a more maneuverable blimp the size of a football field that should revitalize the blimp…
2011 · 5m 28s
Afterlife vs Afterburner
Monster truck meets jet truck when Grave Digger races Shockwave in a drag race between two massive engines.
2011 · 3m 32s
Airbus C-295
This plane's highly configurable and highly customizable interior makes this "minivan of the sky" able to take on…
2011 · 4m 59s
Alpha Sphere
Musician and inventor Adam Place has designed the Alpha Sphere to make electronic music a more hands-on experience.
2011 · 6m 24s
Ancient Beer
Fossil Fuels is the newest oldest beer in the world, brewed with yeast extracted from 45-million-year-old tree resin.
2011 · 5m 57s
Apogee
One of the world's most advanced infared spectrometers is giving researchers a new look at the stars in…
2011 · 6m 2s
Aqua Loop
The race to build the ultimate thrill ride has been turned up a notch by this extreme combination…
2011 · 6m 26s
Autobahn Robot Car
Researchers from the Free University of Berlin have developed a robot car that can drive all by itself…
2011 · 6m 23s
Avalanche Lab
In a sub-zero lab in Montana, researchers reconstruct avalanches in order to better understand the specific weather patterns…
2011 · 5m 4s
Aviation Water Training
US Navy pilots undergo a rigorous training program to learn how to survive a crash in water.
2011 · 3m 46s
Bamboo Structures
Engineers at the University of Pittsburgh believe that bamboo is the building material of the future.
2011 · 4m 36s
Baseball Deglossing
Former batboy Cameron Kruse has developed a machine that quickly and uniformly "muds" baseballs before use in a…
2011 · 4m 31s
Bat Sonar
Researchers at China's Shandong University are trying to solve the mystery of how horseshoe bats use their shapeshifting…
2011 · 3m 42s
Bat Wings
Engineering student Colin Smith is hoping to synthetically reproduce a bat's wing.
2011 · 3m 42s
Belly Landing
Results from experiments with a model airplane simulator could help with belly landings of real aircraft in emergency…
2011 · 6m 49s
Blog of the Ring
Dale Lomas is an blogger who loves hot wheels. He writes about fast cars and sets fast lap…
2011 · 5m 20s
Bonneville Salt Cat
This extreme high-speed machine sets land speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats with an engine that's more…
2011 · 3m 57s
Boxer Jocks
Got a score to settle with someone? How about using these life-sized Rock 'em Sock 'Em Robots?
2011 · 4m 15s
Brain Controlled Wheelchair
Researchers in Switzerland are developing a wheelchair for severely motor-impaired persons that can be controlled using brain signals…
2011 · 5m 12s
Bricklaying Machine
Paving streets with paving stones by hand is a backbreaking job but the Tiger-Stone bricklaying machine makes the…
2011 · 4m 8s
Bucking Bronco-Matic
Thrill Engineers at the Thrill Laboratory of the University of Nottingham are developing the next generation of thrill…
2011 · 5m 13s
Buckman Direct Diversion Project
Get an inside look at the unique waterworks system in the desert of New Mexico.
2011 · 4m 29s
Burning Down the House
The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety has a unique research centre in Florida that studies how…