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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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Moyers & Company: Who's Widening America's Digital Divide?
Item# 53088
© 2013
31 Min.
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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...
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New! How Is Science Using Virtual Worlds to Revolutionize the Real World? Ever Wondered? (Series 2)
Item# 53250
© 2012
22 Min.
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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...
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New! Revenge of the Nerds: Innovative Foreigners, American Start-Ups
Item# 52188
© 2012
27 Min.
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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...
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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: Ken Goldberg—4 Lessons from Robots About Being Human
Item# 52992
© 2012
17 Min.
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The more that robots ingrain themselves into our everyday lives, the more we're forced to examine ourselves as people. At TEDxBerkeley, roboticist Ken Goldberg shares four very human lessons that he's...
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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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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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In Orbit: How Satellites Rule Our World
Item# 52457
© 2012
59 Min.
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DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-61753-288-7
Satellites play a bigger part in modern life than most people ever consider. These masterpieces of technology are the single greatest product of the space program and have transformed our world. Not o...
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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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