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

After Dark: Get Surreal (Clip)

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Takuji and Takashi have created a system that uses augmented reality to control the flavor of an actual cookie. By presenting the image of a cookie through a virtual reality headset, then reproducing the scent through perfume tubes, Meta Cookie may trick you into thinking that a plain sugar cookie is actually an almond or chocolate cookie!

Project: After Dark | Browse All

Date: February 6, 2011
Format: Event
Category: Everyday Science
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Exploratorium at the Piers: Connector Building Demolition at the Piers (Clip)

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00:03:18

Construction at the Exploratorium's new home on the Embarcadero began in October 2010. Over a three day span in November 2010, the existing non-historic connector building on the east end of Piers 15 and 17 was demolished, revealing for the first time in 55 years a view out to the Bay.

Project: Exploratorium at the Piers | Browse All

Date: February 4, 2011
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
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Keywords: exploratorium, demolition, piers 15 and 17, construction, embarcadero, san francisco, port of san francisco

QuickTime: 824K

Science in the City: Journey to the Farallones (Clip)

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00:04:07

Twenty-seven miles beyond the Golden Gate, the craggy Farallon Islands have been home to fur-seal hunters from Russia, a gold-rush-era egg business, and even a nuclear waste dump. Today they’re home to 250,000 sea birds, not to mention seals, sea lions, whales, and sharks. What makes these stark-looking islands so attractive to wildlife?

Project: Science in the City | Browse All

Date: January 26, 2011
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Keywords: oceanography, farallones islands, noaa, whales, sharks, seals, birds, bay, sea life, grey whale, blue whale, great white, harbor seal, elephant seal,

QuickTime: 700K

After Dark: Chill: Joe Mangrum’s Sand Mandala (Clip)

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00:03:21

This After Dark event, which explored the science behind slowing down, included artist Joe Mangrum, who created a sand mandala on the floor of the museum. In this timelapse video, shot over 8 hours, you can see the full arc of the work.

Project: After Dark | Browse All

Date: January 20, 2011
Format: Event
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Art

Keywords: mandala, joe mangrum, sand painting, art, artist, timelapse, sand mandala, after dark, chill, exploratorium, museum art

MAKE at the Exploratorium: Open Make: Meet the Makers/Plastic (Webcast)

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00:53:38

Open Make is a monthly program at the Exploratorium, in collaboration with Make Magazine and Pixar Animation Studios, to highlight the tools, techniques, and ingenuity of local makers. Makers from the Bay Area will be highlighted to share their work with the public, and Dale Dougherty, founder and editor of Make Magazine will interview Featured Makers in the McBean theater. This month's program will feature makers including Lani Smoot, Shawn Lani, Virginia Fleck, and Shih Chieh Huang.

Project: MAKE at the Exploratorium | Browse All

Date: January 15, 2011
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Keywords: make, makers, tools, techniques, make magazine, dale dougherty, plastic, lani smoot, shawn lani, virginia fleck, shih chieh huang mandala, webcast, interview

Links:	Tinkering Studio
	MAKE magazine

Science in the City: Seismic San Francisco (Clip)

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The ground under our San Franciscan feet is constantly on the move. Join Exploratorium educator Ken Finn as we visit some spots around town where exposed rocks reveal the tale of an active earth.

Project: Science in the City | Browse All

Date: January 12, 2011
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology

Keywords: seismic, rocks, geology, ken finn, san francisco, fault lines, slickenside, chert, basalt

QuickTime: 450K


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