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

Science in the City: True Color (Clip)

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00:06:46

With a roll of thin plastic diffraction grating and some "stolen" sunlight, artist and exhibit developer Pete Stephens transformed the interior of the Palace of Fine Arts into a dazzling riot of spectral color. As he works to recreate the effect at the new Exploratorium at Pier 15, Stephens recounts the challenges—and the inspiration—of this expansive experiment in light.

Project: Science in the City | Browse All

Date: June 12, 2013
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics

Keywords: exploratorium, palace of fine arts, rainbows, diffraction, color, light, visible spectrum, exhibit, sun, pier 15, san francisco

Fabricated Realities: Color Dance (Clip)

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Virtual Worlds are social spaces, music and dancing are ubiquitous, and so we made an exhibit that mixes a unique color for every avatar into a blend of colors when they dance together. Dancers can observe the blending of colors and think about the blending of genes that happens when they make children.

Project: Fabricated Realities: Virtual Worlds, Mixed and Augmented Reality | Browse All

Date: May 12, 2012
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

Keywords: second life, genetics, color mixing

Color: Making Color (Clip)

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00:54:30

What is light? How is it made? In this video, staff physicist Ron Hipschman will talk about and demonstrate light, it's features and various ways it can be made as well as how colors mix.

Project: Color | Browse All

Date: November 16, 2011
Format: Lecture
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): physics

Keywords: color, making color, light, color mixing

QuickTime: 750K

Color: Color Vision and Color Photography (Clip)

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01:05:50

Exploratorium neuroscientist Richard Brown discusses how we see color, how color vision evolved, why color vision varies from person to person, and how the scientific understanding of color vision has led to technologies such as color photography

Project: Color | Browse All

Date: November 16, 2011
Format: Lecture
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): physics

Keywords: color, color photography, vision, color vision

QuickTime: 750K

After Dark: Blue (Clip)

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On August 4, 2011 After Dark Blue delved into the color of cool with explorations of indigo, underwater vision, color photography, and blues performances by Lady Bianca, Bobbie Webb, and Fillmore Slim.

Project: After Dark | Browse All

Date: August 22, 2011
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): art

Keywords: blue, after dark, event, music, performance, bobbie webb, lady bianca, exploratorium, color

Color: Pigments and Paints (Clip)

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00:04:55

Join artist Alex Warren as he demonstrates the relationship of pigments and binders in the creation of paint.

Project: Color | Browse All

Date: July 21, 2011
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):

Keywords: color

After Dark: Red (Clip)

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00:02:00

An homage to the color of passion and pageantry, Red featured special presentations, classic exhibits, and fiery performances by San Francisco’s Theatre Flamenco.

Project: After Dark | Browse All

Date: July 14, 2011
Format: Event
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): art

Keywords: flamenco, afterdark, adult event, performers, oaxacans, color, red

Iron Science Teacher: Colors (Webcast)

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00:47:47

Cheer on the competitors in this zany science cook-off, where teachers compete before a live webcast audience for the sought-after title, "Iron Science Teacher." This week's secret ingredient? Colors!

Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All

Date: June 25, 2011
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Keywords: iron science teacher, hands-on science, demonstration, color

Color: ColorFest Demonstration: Oaxacan Dyes And Textiles (Clip)

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01:00

Join us for a preview of Oaxacan artisans that will be visiting the Exploratorium this summer as part of Colorfest!

Project: Color | Browse All

Date: June 3, 2011
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): art, chemistry

Keywords: color, colorfest, oaxaca, dye, weaving, yarn, mexico, red

QuickTime: 1000K

Community Educational Engagement: Xtech Webcast: Color (Webcast)

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00:04:55

XTech at the Exploratorium empowers high school students through the practical use of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics. Students develop skills - designing and building, creating media, and facilitating community education events - that will lead them into college and beyond. In this show, we will be investigating color. There are colors all around us. Join us and explore the relationship between color and light. Watch as we create colored shadows and trick your mind with colors.

Project: Community Educational Engagement | Browse All

Date: May 21, 2011
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Physics

Keywords: xtech, color, light, shadows, spectrum


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