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  1. 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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  2. Let My Dataset Save Your Mindset (2009)

    Subject
    Economics

    Talking at the US State Department in August 2009, Hans Rosling uses his fascinating data-bubble software to burst myths about the developing world. He offers new analysis on China and the post-bailout...

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  3. John Whitney Collection, The (2009)

    Subject
    Art; Information technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 57 minutes), $39.95 ($89.00 Institutional use)

    From his earliest experiments with the medium of computer graphic systems, John Whitney Sr. balanced a cutting edge use of technology with integrity and a strong sense of artistic control. Considered by many...

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  4. Cyark 3d Heritage Archive Network (2007)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Information technology

    This film introduces CyArk, a project of the Kacyra Family Foundation that is preserving the world’s most valued cultural heritage sites in three-dimensional digital form. Realizing that World Heritage...

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  5. History of Animation in Court Series (2006)

    Subject
    Information technology; Law

    A continuing series of video podcasts of some of the computer animations that have been used in USA courtrooms over the last 20 years. Z-Axis Corporation was a pioneer in the creation of animated trial...

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  6. Engineering the Impossible (2004)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 107 minutes), £19.99

    An exploration of the feasibility of several extraordinary engineering projects, such as a Europe to Africa bridge, a 170-storey skyscraper and floating ocean cities. The programme uses computer graphics to...

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  7. Websites That Work (1999)

    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    Hire, VHS (16 minutes), free

    Aims to help website designers make the Internet accessible for people with serious sight problems. Technology is available to make computers talk, have Braille output or put large characters on the screen.

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  8. Polytopia II: Honeycombs and Polytopes (1997)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, CD-ROM (PC Version, 2004), £49.0

    This CD-ROM continues the theme of TESSALATIONS AND POLYHEDRA (POLYTOPIA I) to space-filling arrangements of polyhedra and the 4D equivalents of the Platonic Solids. Topics include Face Centred Cubic and...

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  9. Polytopia I: Tessalations and Polyhedra (1997)

    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Sale, CD-ROM (PC Version), £49.00

    This CD-ROM explores the history and scientific applications of geometry. Topics include Plato’s Geometrical Alchemy, Kepler’s Universe, Polyhedra and the Natural World and Buckminsterfullerine. The text...

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  10. Artware: Computers in the Arts (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Andrew Law
    Subject
    Art; Information technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min.

    Looks at some of the key proponents of the use of computers in the arts, whose reactions indicate a productive and evolving relationship between art and computing. Shows the work of the British abstract...

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