EXPLO.TV - Webcasts, Video Clips, and Podcasts from the Exploratorium

Explainer Perspectives: The Gamer's Club (webcast)

Running Time:
0:29:49

Learn all about video games: genres, history, and current news. This live Webcast was conceived, written, directed, and produced entirely by High School Explainers at the Exploratorium.

Project: Explainer Perspectives | Browse All

Date: August 18, 2001
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): General Science

Explainer Perspectives: Explanime: Anime (webcast)

Running Time:
0:25:23

What is anime? Anime is Japanese for animation. You've probably seen anime before, but didn't realize it. Cartoons from the '80s such as Thundercats, Voltron, and even Starblazers were all anime. On Saturday, August 18th, 2001 the Exploratorium hosted its first anime Webcast. We featured an Anime Trivia Show that tested the skills of three brave souls. Got anime?

Project: Explainer Perspectives | Browse All

Date: August 18, 2001
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): General Science

Solar Eclipse: Eclipse 2001: The View from Zambia (webcast)

Running Time:
0:59:07

On Thursday, June 21, 2001, a total solar eclipse sped across the Southern Hemisphere. The shadow of the moon first darkened the South Atlantic about 250 miles east of the Uruguay coast. It crossed the Atlantic Ocean, traversed southern Africa and the island of Madagascar, and then vanished into the darkness as night fell over the Indian Ocean. We sent our crew to the country of Zambia to bring images of the total solar eclipse as it happened.

Project: Solar Eclipse: Stories from the Path of Totality | Browse All

Date: June 21, 2001
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science

Origins: Hubble: Last Stop Before Space (webcast)

Running Time:
0:54:27

The first-ever live event inside the NASA clean room, where space hardware is being prepared for the Hubble Space Telescope. We'll get dressed in "bunny suits" to explore the room and show you the activities of engineers and scientists getting ready for the next Hubble servicing mission in November.

Project: Origins: Hubble | Browse All

Date: April 23, 2001
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science

Origins: Hubble: Astronomy to Art: Making Hubble Heritage (webcast)

Running Time:
1:10:23

A unique chance to watch the live progression of the making of a Hubble image! We'll select an image to follow over the course of the following webcasts, showing you the steps along the way as it goes from raw data to a full-color picture. And we'll talk with people who bring Hubble's fantastic images to the public. Part 2 of the previous program.

Project: Origins: Hubble | Browse All

Date: April 22, 2001
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, Art

Origins: Hubble: Making Sense of What Hubble Gives Us (webcast)

Running Time:
0:38:20

Hubble's pictures have changed our understanding of the galaxy. Here we meet scientists who show us how their images have led to new discoveries, then check in on our own imaging project and track its progress.

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Date: April 21, 2001
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science

Origins: Hubble: Getting Time on the Telescope (webcast)

Running Time:
0:54:09

How much time does an astronomer need to get that great picture? We'll talk with scientists about how they determine their experiments, and learn what it takes to make their case for a few minutes of the telescope's time.

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Date: April 20, 2001
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science

Origins: Hubble: Why a Telescope in Space? (webcast)

Running Time:
0:59:39

What's so special about putting a telescope above the atmosphere? Find out by visiting Flight Operations and talking with scientists who've nurtured Hubble from the beginning.

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Date: April 19, 2001
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science

2nd Wednesdays: Chain Reaction (webcast)

Running Time:
0:55:14

Ever see a burning udder? Or a cement block crush a fax machine? Mechanical artistry takes new forms of whimsy as noted MIT sculptor/inventor Arthur Ganson creates tense moments of anticipation in Chain Reaction.

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Date: April 11, 2001
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Arts, Physics

Robot Sumo: International Robot Sumo Competition: More Action (webcast)

Running Time:
01:16:41

Check out the action as 10 Japanese robots battle against each other and their American counterparts, including entrants from the Bay Area and Seattle. This event was sponsored by Japanese software developer FSIABC, Inc.

Project: Robot Sumo | Browse All

Date: March 26, 2001
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics