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  1. Computerphile Streaming

    Link
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW4f1x6IQ9o
    Category
    Science and Technology
    Subject
    Computing, Technology
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    Streaming/Download

    This channel on YouTube features videos about computers and information technology and is the sister site of Numberphile. The videos, which are presented by academics and experts, are visually interesting and cover various aspects of the subject, including programming, the history of computers, the origins of computer science as an academic subject, as well as more philosophical questions, such as What if the Universe is a Computer Simulation.

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  2. Ask the Techies Streaming

    Link
    http://ask-the-techies.blogspot.co.uk/
    Category
    Science and Technology
    Subject
    Computing, Technology
    Medium
    Film/Video, Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Podcasting, Streaming/Download

    This series of podcasts and accompanying videos explains aspects of technology, specialising in multimedia. The focus is on Macs but the podcast deals with PC Windows issues as well. It began in 2005 and the last podcast was in 2011 but the archive of 150 episodes is still available. The site requires Blip Player but the series is also available on YouTube.

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  3. Global Lab Podcast Streaming

    Link
    https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-global-lab/id445573792?mt=2
    Category
    Science and Technology, Social Sciences
    Subject
    Computing, Development Studies, Geography, Information Studies, Law, Mathematics, Social Studies, Technology
    Medium
    Film/Video, Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Podcasting, Streaming/Download

    Produced by the Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at UCL, this series of podcasts considers the impact of technology on cities and global connectivity. Drawing on the expertise of mathematicians, information scientists, lawyers, digital humanities researchers and museum curators amongst others, the podcast, which follows a magazine format, looks at how technology affects all our lives, but is of particular interest for those interested in urban analysis and social complexity.

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  4. IBM Research Streaming

    Link
    http://www.research.ibm.com/
    Category
    Science and Technology
    Subject
    Computing, Physics, Technology

    A platform to disseminate the work of IBM researchers and scientists, this useful resource features a page on Cognitive Computing, giving an overview of the subject, accompanied by a number of videos. Elsewhere viewers can see A Boy And His Atom, a stop-motion film, made by nanophysicists researching data storage, which has been described as the world’s smallest movie.

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  5. Namathis Streaming

    Link
    http://en.namathis.com/
    Category
    Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
    Subject
    Business Studies, Computing, General Science, Languages, Mathematics
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    Streaming/Download

    This site gathers together over 10,000 educational videos from the internet: 2,000 in English, 8,000 in Spanish and 800 in Portuguese. Maths, Computing and Science are particularly well represented. Inactive as of December 2013.

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  6. Compucast Streaming

    Link
    https://computersciencepodcast.com/
    Category
    Science and Technology
    Subject
    Computing, Technology
    Medium
    Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Podcasting, Streaming/Download

    There are many science podcasts, but very few dedicated to computer sciences. Created in 2010 by researchers and students at Edinburgh University, Compucast is a lively and varied podcast about computer science and related technologies. Presented in a magazine format and aimed at an audience with a reasonable grounding in the subject, the programmes cover subjects such as robotics, systems biology, semantics, artificial intelligence and energy efficient data centres, amongst others. The podcasts are in MP3 format and are free to download.

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  7. Imperial College Podcasts Streaming

    Link
    http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/media/podcasts
    Category
    Science and Technology
    Subject
    Biology, Computing, Economics, General Science, Mathematics, Medicine, Physics, Technology
    Medium
    Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Podcasting

    This podcast is presented in a magazine format and features interviews with researchers and scientists at Imperial College, London, as well as round-ups of the latest science news. The podcasts are distinguished by their variety: a typical example covering how gene therapy could treat a rare form of blindness, how economics shapes discourse on climate change and how to protect creative industries while fostering innovation. The podcasts can be streamed or downloaded free of charge and can be listened to as a whole or in individual chapters.

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  8. DIOMEDES Streaming

    Link
    http://www.holografika.com/R-D-Projects/DIOMEDES.html
    Category
    Science and Technology
    Subject
    Computing, Media Studies, Technology
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    Streaming/Download, Technology

    DIOMEDES (DIstribution Of Multi-view Entertainment using content aware DElivery Systems) is an EU funded project to investigate and demonstrate new techniques for the compression and delivery of 3D immersive entertainment for home viewing. A collaboration led by the University of Surrey, the project involves academic institutions, research bodies and the television industry. The website features a number of videos explaining the background to the initiative and demonstrating how 3D media capture works.

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  9. Khan Academy Streaming

    Link
    https://www.khanacademy.org/
    Category
    Arts and Humanities, Science and Technology
    Subject
    Art, Biology, Chemistry, Computing, Economics, Engineering, General Science, History, Mathematics, Music, Physics
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    Courses, Streaming/Download

    Offering over 3,000 free courses, consisting of video lectures and tutorials stored on YouTube, this website, the brainchild of MIT and Harvard Business School Graduate, Salman Khan, claims to be at the vanguard of education’s digital future, along with other websites like Coursera, and Udacity, proferring a model of learning based on Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs). The Khan Academy offers largely courses in Maths, Science, which includes Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Cosmology and Astronomy, Electrical Engineering, Health and Medicine, Computing, Economics & Finance, and Arts & Humanities, with individual section on Grammar, World History, Art History and Music.

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  10. Chrome Web Lab Streaming

    Link
    http://www.chromeweblab.com/
    Category
    Science and Technology
    Subject
    Computing, General Science, Technology
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    Streaming/Download

    A joint project between the Science Museum and Google Chrome, Web Lab consists of five interactive experiments, each designed to illustrate a particular aspect of Internet technology. The interactive nature of the exhibition - which ranges from Universal Orchestra (an eight piece robotic orchestra designed to show the collaborative potential of the Internet), to Sketchbots, in which a robotic arm sketches portraits of users in sand - aims to educate users about web technology while simultaneously illustrating, in a creative, stylish and stimulating way, its potential applications. The site features live, 24-hour streaming of the experiments as well as explanatory videos describing the technology behind each experiment.

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