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There are many great examples for glaciated landscapes in the UK. This medium shows footage from Yorkshire Dales, the Lake District and Snowdonia. The explanations and illustrations of the landforms are rich in detail and make it easy to understand the processes of erosion, deposition and transportation.
India's largest slum Dharavi is located in Mumbai. The people who live here struggle on a daily base with poverty: There is not enough living space, the Slum lacks clean water and sanitation as well as electricity. There are too less healthcare and educational institutes and jobs for all the residents.
Der Knappe Tiuri soll schweigend Nachtwache halten, ehe er zum Ritter geschlagen wird. Ein Hilferuf unterbricht seine Wache jedoch, und schon ist der junge Mann mit einer Geheimbotschaft für den König des Nachbarlandes auf der Flucht vor den Roten Reitern. Zum Glück lernt er hilfreiche Gefährten kennen.
There are a lot of strategies that can be used to create comedy. This medium shows how comedy characters are developed, how timing, rhythm and surprises are used, how one works with crossed objectives and double acts and how ideas can be tested. It uses footage from workshops, performances and interviews.
This medium explains how energy from gas, coal and uranium is used to generate electricity. It gives an overview over the particular pros and cons and touches the topic of nuclear safety. Carbon capture and storage as well as fracking are discussed to give a complete insight into the current energy debates.
Bangladesh's mangroves are a home to the endangered tigers and also a fascinating tourist attraction. But the mangrove forests are endangered themselves: The impacts of climate change as well as the ones of shrimp farming reduces them. The government tries to control resource exploitation in the area.
There are several ways to generate electricity from renewables: This medium explains how solar, tidal, wind, biomass HEP and geothermal power are used and which are the pros and cons of each of these sources. It is shown which framework conditions have to be in place and what kind of oppositions exist.
The global textile industry has a huge impact on the environment. The medium shows how UK's companies use water recycling plants and also more of their waste streams. In the meantime poor people living in Bangladesh shortly downstream from the textile factories are adversely affected by the pollution.
In Hamburg versuchten 31.000 Polizisten, während des G20-Gipfels für Ruhe zu sorgen. Dieser Film lässt Aktivisten, Polizisten und Vertreter von Medien, Justiz und Wissenschaft gleichermaßen zu Wort kommen. War Hamburg möglicherweise der Beginn einer neuen, harscheren Normalität in der Sicherheitspolitik?
Die Film Flat bietet über 8.000 rechtssichere Unterrichtsfilme für alle Schulformen, Fächer und Altersklassen. Das Angebot umfasst Lehrfilme, Dokumentationen und Spielfilme. Lehrkräfte können die Videos streamen, herunterladen und mit ihren Schülerinnen und Schülern teilen.
Smart resistant materials allow designs which wouldn't have been possible just a short while ago. This medium explains their functions, characteristics and potential applications using the examples of thermochromatic plastics and inks, QTC and shape memory alloys. It provides valuable input for new ideas.
This medium contains a guide made by designers for the development of a new product. It starts with the client's briefing, explains how research and prototyping are done, shows how you make moulds for mass production, touches branding and other points and ends with the product – all while working to a budget.
Each new designed product should meet the needs of the users so this medium focuses on the investigation stage of product development which is not only practical, but can be fun, too. The footage shows designers working with anthropometric and ergonomic data and taking the demographic change into account.
Packaging should have low production costs, protect the product, be eco-friendly and attractive for customers all at once. This medium gives an insight into designers' decisions for more recycled materials or a reduced packaging. In some cases it is also necessary to revise the complete product's design
Industry needs to rethink manufacturing methods to be more sustainable. By the example of Volvo this medium shows the ethical, moral and social implications a company has to take into consideration. The reduction of waste and energy consumption and the elimination of emissions are further topics.
If a specific plastic should be reused to design a product, it has to be recycled, regenerated and tested for it has to meet special properties. This medium gives practical examples which explain how these steps of procedure can be sustainable: Can you turn Sony PlayStations cases into school chairs?
This medium gives a practical example for product design by showing the processing of a children's pull along suitcase step by step: How is anthropometric and ergonomic data used, and which role plays market research for the concept development? Additionally, injection and rotational moulding are compared.
In the postmodern era there has been a cornucopia of designs, ideas and innovations in the design houses of Milan. The medium shows footage from the Alessi factory and museum among others and lets leading postmodern designers like Mendini, Alberto Alessi and George Sowden talk about their profession.
Volvo's crash testing facility is the place where the footage on this medium has been filmed. It shows clearly which considerations industrial designers have to include in their projects. It is a helpful tool for students who develop their own designs and have to have them tested, evaluated and modified.
Whoever wants to design a product has to choose the material wisely: Should it be sustainable? What is the difference between recycled and renewable materials? What happens to the product when it's not used anymore? The medium contains also footage from the first zero carbon housing project in the US.
This medium explains the principles that allow us to produce and to distribute electrical energy on a large scale. It includes footage and explanations of the motor effect, electromagnets, magnetic as well as electric fields and EM induction, the latter concentrating on Tesla coils and transformers.
The distribution of electricity from power station to consumers is the topic of this medium. It gives a short outline of the entire distribution network and explains the function of step up and step down transformers. Other safety features like insulators, circuit breakers and earth rods are introduced.
Modern textiles are able to meet the most different needs. This medium presents Kevlar, wearable electronics and conductive polymers and gives stunning examples for their use as clothing, ballet shoes, bags or tents. Smart and interactive textiles are a part of the new digital world and the internet of things.
People in the graphic products' industry use different smart materials nowadays. This medium introduces fluorescent and phosphorescent paints, thermo chromic inks and photochromic dyes with their particular characteristics and properties. Furthermore, it explains the applications they can be used for.
This medium contains footage from a two-day workshop including methods, ideas and games which help students overcome their inhibitions, improve their communication and build trust. Some of the world's leading theatre practitioners speak about their work and give helpful and practical examples.
Resultant forces, inertia, momentum and energy combined have devastating consequences in a car crash testing: This medium uses extraordinary slow motion HD footage to show how energy is distributed in the blink of an eye. It illustrates the necessity of well-designed air bags, seats and crumple zones.
Wie hat sich der Deutschrap in den letzten drei Jahrzehnten entwickelt? Mittels Interviews mit den großen Vertretern des Genres spürt dieser Dokumentarfilm der Geschichte des German HipHop nach, zeigt den Boom der 90er Jahre, die Neuausrichtung in den 2000ern und das aktuelle erfolgreichste Kapitel.
Quirinalis, 19, ist glühender Revolutionär. Dass seine Eltern in Niederbayern ansässige Pädagogen und dazu höchst liberal sind, stört da etwas. Dennoch macht der Junge sich nach seinem Abschluss mit zwei Freunden im geklauten Transporter auf, um Fidel Castro auf dem Roten Platz in Moskau sprechen zu hören.
Der Bäckermeister Werner hat seine Tochter verloren und nun soll seine Enkelin Mathilda bei ihrem Vater in Polen aufwachsen. Über die Ostertage besucht Werner die Familie seines Schwiegersohns, um die sicherlich unhaltbaren Zustände für das Amt zu bezeugen. Wider Willen wird er eines Besseren belehrt.
April 2009: Der Startschuss fällt für den längsten Dauerlauf der Welt, der die Teilnehmer von Süditalien bis hin zum Nordkap führt - ganz ohne Service-Teams, gesperrte Straßen oder Pausentage mit weichen Betten. Eine Herausforderung für Körper und Geist, der sich die verschiedensten Menschen stellen.