Videos

The above 2 minute video clip is the official trailer for the International Year of Light 2015 (IYL2015), by Nickolas Barris. This trailer kicked off the official United Nations/UNESCO opening ceremony of the IYL2015 in Paris on January 19, 2015. On 20 December 2013, the UN General Assembly 68th Session proclaimed 2015 as the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies …

When whales were at their historic populations, before their numbers were reduced, it seems that whales might have been responsible for removing tens of millions of tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere every year. Whales change the climate. The return of the great whales, if they are allowed to recover, could be seen as a benign form of geo-engineering. It could undo some of the damage …

Lesley Stahl of “60 Minutes” in the USA profiles British musical savant Derek Paravicini, whose computer-like memory for music is matched by his creative abilities to play it in any style. Derek, a blind musical genius and nephew of Camilla Parker Bowles, plays the piano like you’ve never heard. Yet, he doesn’t know his age, nor does he know how …

The Wesak Festival, at the time of the Taurus full moon, marks the high-water mark of spiritual blessing in the world. There is an unusual inflow of life and of spiritual stimulation which serves to vitalize the aspiration of all humankind. The intuition of all who seek to serve the good, the beautiful and the true (regardless of their faith …

In 1969 two young Australian travelers, Ace Bourke and John Randall, had just arrived in London when they bought a lion cub from Harrods department store. While he was a cub they felt they could look after him as well as anyone, and do their best to secure his future. They called him Christian. When Christian grew too big for their …

Short film by Louis Schwartzberg – and his message to open your heart and feel grateful for this day, the beauty of this planet, the people we meet. If you think today is just another day in your life, you are mistaken, this day is given to you as a great gift, and the only appropriate response is gratefulness. If …

The above video is a 2-minute trailer from an award-winning film called Inner Worlds. Inner Worlds was created by Canadian film maker, musician and meditation teacher Daniel Schmidt. The film could be described as the external reflection of his own adventures in meditation. As Daniel came to meditative insights, he realized that these same insights were discovered over and over …

From wehi.edu.au – the Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, this 3-minute animation shows the remarkable way our DNA is tightly packed up so that six feet of this long molecule fits into the microscopic nucleus of every cell. These DNA molecular visualisations were created for the multifaceted ‘DNA’ project, celebrating the 50th anniversary in 2003 of the discovery …

Biomimetics : Documentary on the Motion Technology of the Natural World This 49 minute video illustrates the importance and inspiring lessons of nature which are being applied to motion technology. Biomimetics or biomimicry is the imitation of the models, systems, and elements of nature for the purpose of solving complex human problems.  This video gives us an inspiring glimpse into future …

Interactive Tool: The above video is based on an interactive tool which you use by moving the slider to change the scale of the universe.  You can zoom in to the sub-atomic level, or zoom out to the inter-galactic level. Amazingly, it was created by two 14 year old twins – Cary and Michael Huang Click the image or the link below …