|
| |
New! Steubenville: After the Party's Over
Item# 53553
© 2013
40 Min.
|
|
|
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-796-7
Steubenville High School used to be known for touchdowns, not trials, until two football heroes were charged with and convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl during a post-game victory celebration. Thi...
(more details)
|
|
|
New! Moyers & Company: Who's Widening America's Digital Divide?
Item# 53088
© 2013
31 Min.
|
|
|
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-568-0
America has a wide digital divide: high-speed Internet access is available only to those who can afford it, at prices much higher and speeds much slower in the U.S. than they are around the world. But...
(more details)
|
|
|
New! Virtual Worlds: Ever Wondered? (Series 2)
Item# 53250
© 2012
22 Min.
|
|
|
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-783-7
How are virtual worlds created by scientists in New Zealand helping in the real world by revolutionizing entertainment, medical research, and sports? In this episode, host John Watt catches up with ho...
(more details)
|
|
|
New! Revenge of the Nerds: Innovative Foreigners, American Start-Ups
Item# 52188
© 2012
27 Min.
|
|
|
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-702-8
The barbecue’s sizzling, the beers are flowing, and a bunch of young techies are talking start-ups, IPOs, apps, and platforms. The remarkable thing is, they all have Australian accents! Welcome to ano...
(more details)
|
|
|
New! Rise of the Machines: Will Civilian Drones Reshape American Life?
Item# 52190
© 2012
28 Min.
|
|
|
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-704-2
As America's military involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan winds down, many drones are coming home for use in border protection and municipal law enforcement. But domestic drone deployment is prolifera...
(more details)
|
|
|
New! TEDTalks: Paul Conneally—Digital Humanitarianism
Item# 52946
© 2012
11 Min.
|
|
|
The disastrous earthquake in Haiti taught humanitarian groups an unexpected lesson: the power of mobile devices to coordinate, inform, and guide relief efforts. At TEDxRC2, Paul Conneally shows extrao...
(more details)
|
|
|
New! TEDTalks: Sherry Turkle—Connected, But Alone?
Item# 52968
© 2012
20 Min.
|
|
|
As we expect more from technology, do we expect less from each other? In this TEDTalk, Sherry Turkle explains how our devices and online personas are redefining human connection and communication—and...
(more details)
|
|
|
New! Wired: Gaming, Hacking, and Cyber Assaults in Korea
Item# 51872
© 2012
27 Min.
|
|
|
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-543-7
Fueled by the fastest and most pervasive Internet connections on Earth, online gaming is now a national obsession in South Korea. But while millions of people are engrossed in virtual warfare, their c...
(more details)
|
|
|
New! J, Robot: Japanese Designers Push the Boundaries of Humanoid AI
Item# 52394
© 2012
59 Min.
|
|
|
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-492-8
January 17, 1995: a massive earthquake hits Kobe, Japan, trapping thousands in collapsed buildings. Conventional search-and-rescue operations prove inadequate, and in the months and years that follow,...
(more details)
|
|
|
The Hunt for AI
Item# 52478
© 2012
50 Min.
|
|
|
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-309-9
Mathematician Marcus du Sautoy is on a journey of discovery to find out just how close we are to creating machines that can think like human beings—and what it would mean if true artificial intelligen...
(more details)
|
|
|
|
|