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Showing posts with label videos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label videos. Show all posts
Thursday, 16 February 2017
Thursday, 30 June 2016
Thursday, 2 June 2016
What Happens After We Die
What happens after
we die? Whether you are rich or poor, king or pauper, this is how we all end.
( Some might find
this morbid )
Friday, 8 August 2014
How Cooking Can Change Your Life
Did you know there’s a way to have
your cake and eat it too without feeling guilty over calories, sugars, and
fats? Food writer Michael Pollan explains why home-cooking is the way to go
even if you’re craving burgers and fries with cake for dessert.
Video courtesy of www.wimp.com
Friday, 13 June 2014
A Dedicated Farmer
Chris, an enthusiastic farmer at
Apricot Lane Farms in Moorpark, California, was born without arms or legs.
Despite the challenges he faces, Chris remains independent and hardworking,
even operating a tractor with ease.
Video
courtesy of www.wimp.com
Friday, 6 June 2014
Possibly The Biggest Technological Revolution Since The Silicon
"The One Show", a topical daily news program on the BBC, investigates the promising new applications of grapheme. Known for its incredible strength-to-size ration, grapheme is 1,000 times stronger than steel when both are sliced to be one atom thick.
http://www.wimp.com/technologicalrevolution/
Video
courtesy of www.wimp.com
Friday, 30 May 2014
Can A “Drinkable Book” Solve The World’s Water Crisis?
WATERisLIFE, a charity focusing on providing clean drinking water to developing countries, has created a book that can help stop the spread of waterborne diseases. costing only pennies to produce, the book educates while also acting as a filter.
http://www.wimp.com/drinkablebook/
Video courtesy of www.wimp.com
Friday, 23 May 2014
How To Multiply Numbers By Using Straight Lines
Mathematician and game theoist PResh Talwalkar demonstrates how to multiply numbers using straight lines on a piece of paper. This ‘trick’ is rumoured to be one of the ways Japanese learn to multiply, and it will work with any two numbers.
Friday, 16 May 2014
How To See Without Glasses, No Matter How Bad Your Vision is
MinutePhysics provides an easy way
to temporarily focus your vision when you don’t have glasses or contact lenses
with this one simple trick. For anyone familiar with camera technology, this
trick uses the same principles to achieve better eye focus.
Video
courtesy of www.wimp.com
Wednesday, 7 May 2014
The New Bionics That let Us Run, Climb And Dance
Hugh Herr knows
first-hand how old prosthetic technology does not provide the support need for
everyday tasks. As head of the MIT Midea Lab’s Biomechatronics group, he
demonstrates where the future is heading with bionic limbs and exoskeletons.
Video
courtesy of www.wimp.com
Friday, 2 May 2014
Cells vs. Virus: A Battle for Health
In this medieval-themed look at
staying healthy, educator Shannon Stiles travels inside the human body to show
what happens when an invading virus comes into contract with defending cells.
The ensuing battle determines whether the body becomes sick.
Video
courtesy of www.wimp.com
Friday, 25 April 2014
The Time You Have In Jelly Beans
Online personality Ze Frank uses
jelly beans to paint a picture of the average American life span taking into
account factors such as sleep and travel. Frank is considered to be a pioneer
in the video blogging field that gained popularity with YouTube.
Click on the link to watch the
video.
Video
courtesy of www.wimp.com
Sunday, 20 April 2014
Our Recent Past
British Pathe has uploaded 3,500 hours of historic footage to YouTube. Stephen Moss dives into the archive and discovers the mind-boggling strangeness of our recent past.
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/apr/18/10-stone-toddler-british-pathe-archive
Friday, 18 April 2014
Why Is Glass Transparent?
Mark Miodownik, a British
materials scientist at University College London, explains why glass is solid
and transparent at the same time. In this lesson, discover where glass comes
from and how it gets treated to become an ‘amorphous solid’.
Click on the link to watch the
video.
Video
courtesy of www.wimp.com
Sunday, 13 April 2014
How Many Ways Can You Arrange A Deck Of Cards?
Educator Yannay Khaikin explains
why every time you shuffle a deck of cards, you could potentially be holding a
combination that has never existed before. There are over 100,000,000 decks
produced annually with casinos using hundreds of new decks a night.
Click on the link to watch the
video.
Video
courtesy of www.wimp.com
Friday, 11 April 2014
Why Do Humans Yawn?
AsapScience explains the leading
theories as to why humans yawn and why it’s so contagious when someone sees it.
Ranging from biological to psychological answers, the popular science channel
even adds a few notes on yawning when it comes to our pets.
Click on the link to watch the
video.
Video
courtesy of www.wimp.com
Sunday, 6 April 2014
The Illusion of Time
Based on the book ‘The Fabric of
the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality’ by renowned physicist
Brian Greene, this PBS documentary explores the concept of space-time as it
relates to our common understanding of the past, present, and future.
Click on the link to watch the
video.
Video
courtesy of www.wimp.com
Friday, 4 April 2014
Poison vs Venom: What’s the difference?
Blogger and science education
writer Rose Eveleth explains the difference between poisons and venoms. While
they’re sometimes used interchangeably because they’re similar, there is a
technical difference that places them in two separate categories.
Click on the link to watch the
video.
Video
courtesy of www.wimp.com
Friday, 28 March 2014
What Percentage Of Your Brain Do You Use?
American neurologist Richard Cytowic debunks the commonly held
belief that humans only use 10% of their brains to perform everyday tasks.
While retired from clinical practice, Cytowic continues to conduct research on
the brain while mentoring students.
Video
courtesy of www.wimp.com
Friday, 21 March 2014
Gravity Glue
The Secret Behind How This Guy Balances
Rocks Is Very Unusual.
Video
courtesy of www.wimp.com
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