Tim Hunkin tells us about the car, nice combinations of live footage and animation to explain processes, ways of making and thinking and the technological 'leaps' that make the car what it is today. There is something reassuring about an engineer in a corduroy jacket, no?

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JIGGLING ATOMS

The fantastic Richard Feynman describes energy transfer and jiggling atoms.

Gerrit Van Bakel

The remarkable Gerrit Van Bakel, sculptor, designer, maker of play spaces and furniture. The image above shows a rainbow machine, as the room gets warmer the long rod rises up and the rainbow appears, as the room cools the rainbow gradually disappears. Simple, analogue beauty. See below for more of Van Bakel's substantial output and look here for the complete works. Thank you to an ambitiousprojectcollapsing for introducing Gerrit to me.

Alma Seedhoff Buscher

Some simple play objects originally designed in the 20's by Bauhaus student Alma Seedhoff Buscher and re-released by Kurt Naef [Naef Toys]. Courtesy of here.

Johny Kelly's title sequence for Het Klokhuis, a science programme for children. Its here.

Earthworms have feelings too.

Green Porno from Isabella Rosillini. From here.