The Unique Wildlife of The Scottish Highlands
AdultsAnimalsEnvironmentMedia...Be transported to the frozen tundra of Scotland's Cairngorms National Park in this stunning short by filmmaker Max Smith.
How Tom Cruise Learned to Fly a Helicopter Stunt for Mission
AdultsFilmMediaTransportation...Tom Cruise is famous for doing his own stunts, and he's back in Mission: Impossible - Fallout with what might just be the most dangerous one yet--spinning a helicopter around while diving down over a waterfall.
In on a secret? That's dramatic irony - Christopher Warner
AdultsCreativityFilmMedia...You're in a movie theater, watching the new horror flick. The audience knows something that the main character does not. The audience sees the character's actions are not in his best interest. What's that feeling -- the one that makes you want to shout at the screen? Christopher Warner identifies this storytelling device as dramatic irony.
Situational irony: The opposite of what you think - Christopher Warner
AdultsCreativityHumorMedia...Leaps and bounds separate that which is ironic and that which many people simply say is ironic. Christopher Warner wants to set the record straight: Something is ironic if and only if it is the exact opposite of what you would expect.
What happens to your body when you binge-watch too much TV
AdultsHealthTVEntertainment...Watching hours of TV at a time creates an astounding cocktail of bad side-effects. But there are ways to binge responsibly.
How to spot a misleading graph - Lea Gaslowitz
AdultsVisual DesignWorkData Science...When they're used well, graphs can help us intuitively grasp complex data. But as visual software has enabled more usage of graphs throughout all media, it has also made them easier to use in a careless or dishonest way - and as it turns out, there are plenty of ways graphs can mislead and outright manipulate. Lea Gaslowitz shares some things to look out for.
How Google's featured answers can go terribly wrong
AdultsInternet CultureSoftware EngineeringTechnology...Why Google search once said Obama was a king and dinosaurs weren't real.
Is it time to retire the police sketch?
AdultsArtPsychologyMediaWe see police sketches in the news all the time, but do they actually work?
Ping Pong Trick Shots 3 | Dude Perfect
AdultsInternet CultureMediaSports...We take Ping Pong Trick Shots to the next level!
Post-Truth: Why Facts Don't Matter Anymore
AdultsPhilosophySocietyPolitics...Why we can't seem to agree on what's true when it's easier than ever to check.
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | Teaser Trailer [HD] | Netflix
AdultsFilmMarketingBooks...Based on the internationally best-selling series of books by Lemony Snicket (aka Daniel Handler) and starring Emmy and Tony Award winner Neil Patrick Harris, A Series of Unfortunate Events recounts the tragic tale of the Baudelaire orphans
Real-time Expression Transfer for Facial Reenactment
AdultsTechnologyVisual DesignArtificial Intelligence...We present a method for the real-time transfer of facial expressions from an actor in a source video to an actor in a target video, thus enabling the ad-hoc control of the facial expressions of the target actor.
GoPro Awards: The Magician
AdultsCreativityInternet CultureMedia...Captured, edited, and submitted by Erik Aleynikov.
The greatest TED Talk ever sold
AdultsFilmMarketingMedia...With humor and persistence, filmmaker Morgan Spurlock dives into the hidden but influential world of brand marketing on his quest to make a completely sponsored film about sponsorship. (And yes, onstage naming rights for this talk were sponsored too. By whom and for how much? He'll tell you.)
How YouTube is Like a Potato
AdultsFilmInternet CultureSocial Media...Do we need more diversity in online video?
Star Wars (Guardians of the Galaxy Style!)
AdultsCreativityFilmVisual Design...When "Star Wars" Trailer Is Remade In The Style Of "Guardians Of The Galaxy", It's Awesome!