TED Talks
Shashi Tharoor: Why nations should pursue soft power
India is fast becoming a superpower, says Shashi Tharoor -- not just through trade and politics, but through "soft" power, its ability to share its culture with the world through food, music, technology, Bollywood. He argues that in the...
TED Talks
Honor Harger: A history of the universe in sound
Artist-technologist Honor Harger listens to the weird and wonderful noises of stars and planets and pulsars. In her work, she tracks the radio waves emitted by ancient celestial objects and turns them into sound, including "the oldest...
TED Talks
Benjamin Zander: The transformative power of classical music
Benjamin Zander has two infectious passions: classical music, and helping us all realize our untapped love for it -- and by extension, our untapped love for all new possibilities, new experiences, new connections.
Crash Course Kids
The Engineering Process
So, how do we go about being engineers? In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks to us about the Engineering Process and why we should do things in order, as well as many of the questions we should ask along the way. This...
SciShow
Why Do We Keep Needing New "G"s?
What’s with all the "G"s and why do we keep having to develop new ones to use our phones in this technology.
TED Talks
Nicholas Negroponte: Taking OLPC to Colombia
TED follows Nicholas Negroponte to Colombia as he delivers laptops inside territory once controlled by guerrillas. His partner? Colombia's Defense Department, who see One Laptop per Child as an investment in the region. (And you too can...
Crash Course
Cinema, Radio, and Television: Crash Course History of Science
Radio, Cinema, and Television have been staples in news coverage, entertainment, and education for almost 100 years. But... where did they all come from? Who started what and when and why? In this episode, Hank Green talks to us about...
Curated Video
Alexander Graham Bell: Inventor of the Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell was a scientist and inventor who changed the world by creating the telephone. He was curious about sound and wanted to help people communicate better—especially those who were deaf, like his own mother and wife. He...
Curated Video
How to Dance like Lady Gaga in Telephone, Part 1
Howcast - Learn how to dance like Lady Gaga in Telephone from Matt Lopez and DEF-C Crew in this hip hop dance video, part one of a three-part Howcast series.
Curated Video
How to Dance like Lady Gaga in Telephone, Part 2
Howcast - Learn how to dance like Lady Gaga in Telephone from Matt Lopez and DEF-C Crew in this hip hop dance video, part two of a three-part Howcast series.
Curated Video
How to Dance like Lady Gaga in Telephone, Part 3
Howcast - Learn how to dance like Lady Gaga in Telephone from Matt Lopez and DEF-C Crew in this hip hop dance video, part three of a three-part Howcast series.
Curated Video
How to Donate Your Car to Charity
Howcast -In cities across the U.S., public transportation is unreliable. For people without cars, that can mean no access to work, school, or other locations. Donating your car can be a wonderful way to help someone improve their situation.
Curated Video
How to Make Your Desk Chair Ergonomic for Less than $1
Make your back happy at work for less than the price of a hot dog.
Curated Video
Nigeria: Govt announces 50% hike in mobile tariffs
Mobile telephone and data subscribers in Nigeria will now have to pay more after the government approved a 50-percent increase in tariffs, as the country battles one of its worst cost-of-living crises in decades.
Curated Video
History of Smartphones for Kids
Phones weren’t always smart! In this episode, we’ll talk about how phones changed over time, starting with big, heavy ones that could only make calls. We’ll learn how they got smaller, faster, and smarter, turning into the smartphones we...
Makematic
The Second Industrial Revolution
From barbed wire to the automobile, key inventions between 1870 and 1900 revolutionized American farming, communication, entertainment, and transportation.
Makematic
The Gilded Age
Between the 1870s and 1900s, the United States experienced a period of rapid economic growth. But beneath the shiny veneer of the Gilded Age lurked profound inequality and widespread want.
The Business Professor
Professionalism - Phone Etiquette
This Video Explains Professionalism - Phone Etiquette
Curated Video
How Do Mobile Phones Work?
Microwaves are not only used to heat food. Mobile phones utilise this type of electromagnetic radiation, allowing us to communicate over large distances. Physics - Waves - Learning Points. Mobile phones work by converting the sound into...
Wonderscape
Thomas Edison’s Menlo Park and the Invention of the Phonograph
Explore Thomas Edison’s achievements at Menlo Park, including his groundbreaking invention, the phonograph. Learn how Edison improved the telephone with the carbon transmitter, and how his "talking machine" earned him the nickname, the...
Wonderscape
Alexander Graham Bell’s Other Inventions and Contributions
This video highlights Alexander Graham Bell's achievements beyond the telephone, including his efforts to develop a bullet detection device to help save President James Garfield and his role in transforming National Geographic into a...
Wonderscape
Alexander Graham Bell’s Journey to Inventing the Telephone
This video traces the key events leading up to Alexander Graham Bell’s invention of the telephone, from his move to North America to his partnership with Thomas Watson. Discover how Bell’s dedication to communication technology...
Curated Video
Big Ideas - Episode 2 - Edison
Every phone line, traffic light or piece of office equipment owes a lot to the Big Idea of a man who lived in the 19th Century. During his lifetime Thomas Edison had more than one thousand big ideas, and was credited with more U.S...