Saturday, December 14, 2013

THE STORY OF EARTH

This documentary uses computer animated time lapse video to show the history of the plant Earth. From it's inception to the first ancestor of humanity.


Friday, December 13, 2013

THE MARS UNDERGROUND

This documentary makes the case for why mankind/NASA should travel and eventually colonize Mars. The title is about a "underground" movement of scientist (who became the Mars Society) that want to go to Mars. They talk about the stagnation of NASA for the last thirty/forty years. How not having a clear goal and leadership has stop them from going back to the moon and been detrimental to Mars missions. If you have an interest in space travel, in the idea of Mars missions and colonization this is a video for you.


Life in the Future

This is a BBC Horizon documentary on the science and technology that are believed will have the biggest impact on human everyday life. Biotech, Nanotechnology, Energy and Space are the four areas of technology focused on.


How Robot WIll Change the World (NHK)

This is a documentary made by the Japanese channel NHK. It is about how many organizations where pushed into making humanoid robots after the Fukushima nuclear incident. Japan, North Korea, and USA are the top contenders to create the first humanoid robots to help in emergency disaster situations.



The video above stop short. The video below has the remainder of the show.


Sunday, December 1, 2013

NOVA MAKING STUFF WILDER

This is a PBS Nova special called Making Stuff. This particular episode is about bioengineering looking at nature to inspire form, movement, behavior, materials, and manufacturing. If you are interested in engineering or what the future will possible look like this show is for you.