Real life sunken cities
AdultsCitiesHistoryScience...Though people are most familiar with Plato's fictional Atlantis, many real underwater cities actually exist. Peter Campbell explains how sunken cities are studied by scientists to help us understand the lives of our ancestors, the dynamic nature of our planet, and the impact of each on the other.
Introducing the self-driving bicycle in the Netherlands
AdultsSportsTechnologyTransportation...This spring, Google introduced the self-driving bicycle in Amsterdam, the world's premier cycling city. The Dutch cycle more than any other nation in the world, almost 900 kilometres per year per person, amounting to over 15 billion kilometres annually. The self-driving bicycle enables safe navigation through the city for Amsterdam residents, and furthers Google's ambition to improve urban mobility with technology. Google Netherlands takes enormous pride in the fact that a Dutch team worked on this innovation that will have great impact in their home country.
How to Build a Better City
AdultsCitiesConstructionSocietyThere are things that all of us can do. Check them out.
Sparks: A Honda Celebration of Light Story
AdultsCitiesFilmEntertainment...A miniature story of three friends meeting up for a memorable night on the beach at the Honda Celebration of Light.
This Amazing Video Takes You Through The City Of Barcelona In 2 Minutes
AdultsCitiesCreativityFilm...YouTuber Robert Whitworth pulls off his incredible "Flow Motion" technique and spent 363 hours to create this 2-minute clip. It totally worths it.
Google Self-Driving Car on City Streets
AdultsCitiesSelf-Driving CarsTechnology...Jaywalking pedestrians. Cars lurching out of hidden driveways. Double-parked delivery trucks blocking your lane and your view. At a busy time of day, a typical city street can leave even experienced drivers sweaty-palmed and irritable. We all dream of a world in which city centers are freed of congestion from cars circling for parking and have fewer intersections made dangerous by distracted drivers. That's why over the last year we've shifted the focus of the Google self-driving car project onto mastering city street driving.
The Making of Unnumbered Sparks I Vancouver
AdultsArtCitiesTechnology...Learn about the making of Unnumbered Sparks, a monumental interactive sculpture in the sky created by artists Janet Echelman and Aaron Koblin for TED's 30th anniversary. Choreographed by visitors in real time through their mobile devices, at night, the sculpture becomes a crowd-controlled visual artwork on a giant, floating canvas powered by Google.
Fingerboarding in Taiwan
AdultsCitiesSportsEntertainmentFingerboarding Is Like X Games For Your Hands
Amazing Performance by man drumming on buckets
AdultsCitiesCreativityMusic...When you think of a street performer playing drums on a bucket, you'd expect to be dealing with some kind of charity case. Instead, this guy plays better on buckets that a lot of professional drummers play in bands! Watch the video to witness some mind blowing skill.
London New Year's Eve Fireworks 2014
AdultsCitiesSocietyFestivities...As Big Ben strikes midnight, full coverage from the Thames Embankment of one of the most spectacular firework displays to be seen anywhere in the world, choreographed to fit beautifully to specially edited music.
Hong Kong's bamboo scaffolding
AdultsCitiesConstructionLife...It takes strength, skill and, most importantly, intellect to erecting intricate webs of sky-high walls and platforms strong enough to hold a legion of construction workers.