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New! Steubenville: After the Party's Over
Item# 53553
© 2013
40 Min.
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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...
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New! Rise of the Machines: Will Civilian Drones Reshape American Life?
Item# 52190
© 2012
28 Min.
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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...
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New! TEDTalks: Sherry Turkle—Connected, But Alone?
Item# 52968
© 2012
20 Min.
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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...
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New! Wired: Gaming, Hacking, and Cyber Assaults in Korea
Item# 51872
© 2012
27 Min.
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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...
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New! J, Robot: Japanese Designers Push the Boundaries of Humanoid AI
Item# 52394
© 2012
59 Min.
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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,...
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Just Trial and Error: Conversations on Consciousness
Item# 52316
© 2012
63 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-226-9
An exhibition about consciousness and the human brain at University College London inspired the making of Just Trial and Error, in which cognitive neuroscientist Brian Butterworth, perceptual neurosci...
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Data Mining: Big Data's Increasing Challenge and Payoff
Item# 47487
© 2012
25 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62290-241-5
Just as raw materials buried in the Earth yield the occasional gem, raw data can also be mined for value. And as the amount of information available for analysis grows with every bar-code scan and Fac...
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Google China Standoff
Item# 50426
© 2011
47 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-222-1
Whether Google Inc. expanded into China because of the country’s vast consumer market or out of a sincere desire to make information available may be up for debate. The company is known for its ideali...
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Canned: Quirky Science
Item# 50330
© 2011
30 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62290-688-8
Who came up with the idea of canned food? In 1809 Napoleon Bonaparte held a contest, with a prize of 12,000 francs for the person who could come up with the most innovative method of preserving food....
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Cool: Quirky Science
Item# 50325
© 2011
30 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-62290-683-3
Cooling is more than a luxury—nowadays it's a necessity. Without refrigerated shipping and stocking, fresh food wouldn’t reach our supermarkets so easily. Can you imagine living without it? Air-condit...
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