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  1. Smart Resistant Materials (2012)

    Subject
    Design; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 35 minutes), £40.00

    Educational video. With access to the latest research and development, this resource explores cutting edge smart materials finding out how they are made, how they work and what their potential applications...

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  2. Nova: Power Surge - Are we Finally on the Brink of a Clean Energy Revolution? (2011)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 60 minutes), $24.99

    A Nova investigation into emerging technologies that might help defeat global warming, such as artificial trees as well as green reboots of familiar technologies like coal and nuclear energy.

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  3. Plug & Pray (2011)

    Director
    Jens Schanzer
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 91 minutes), 99 euros

    A documentary film about the promise, problems and ethics of artificial intelligence and robotics. Computer experts around the world, like Raymond Kurzweil and Hiroshi Ishiguro, strive towards the...

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  4. Typeface (2011)

    Subject
    Crafts; Design; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 60 minutes), $24.99

    The Hamilton Wood Type Museum in rural Two Rivers, Wisconsin, receives very few visitors except for one weekend a month when carloads of artisans arrive to attend printmaking workshops led by, and filled...

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  5. Transcendent Man (2011)

    Director
    Barry Ptolemy
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 83 minutes), $29.95

    Technology will accelerate exponentially. Within 25 years, computers will have consciousness. Humans will soon be bionic. These predictions make bestselling author Ray Kurzweil a prophetic genius to some and...

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  6. The BBC - Old Values, New Technologies (2011)

    Subject
    Media studies; Technology

    A video recording of the 2011 Royal Television Society Fleming Memorial Lecture delivered by BBC Trust Chairman, Lord Patten of Barnes. In it he sets out his vision for the BBC and considers the relevance of...

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  7. Solar Sinter (2011)

    Subject
    Energy; Technology

    In a world increasingly concerned with questions of energy production and raw material shortages, this project explores the potential of desert manufacturing, where energy and material occur in abundance. In...

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  8. Making Stuff: Stronger, Smaller, Cleaner, Smarter (4 Parts) (2011)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 4 x 60 minutes), $19.99

    We are facing a revolution in the science of materials. From carbon nanotubes to spider silk, sticky gecko feet to bulletproof foam, scientists are combining high-technology with nature’s most incredible...

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  9. Audio Recording History Compilation (2011)

    Subject
    Film studies; Media studies; Technology
    Distribution
    DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 240 minutes), $14.49

    A compilation of 8 classic audio innovation films of the 1940s and 1950s, redigitised and included on 2 DVDs. Contents: A REVOLUTIONARY NEW TRIUMPH IN TAPE (1958, 14:54)- Before the diminutive audio...

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  10. What we Learned from 5 Million Books (2011)

    Subject
    Social Studies; Technology

    The research in this 14-minute video was made possible by Google’s book digitization efforts. Researchers Jean-Baptiste Michel and Erez Lieberman Aiden show in a light-hearted way that reading isn’t the...

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