History

TEDxBradford - Tom Woolley - Curating The History of The Internet

Submitted by Singularitarian on Mon, 2011-08-29 08:25
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Tom Woolley

Tom Woolley is Curator of New Media at the National Media Museum. Recent curatorial projects include developing Life Online, a new set of galleries that focus on the history and social impact of the internet.

Big history

Submitted by Singularitarian on Wed, 2011-04-13 16:57

Backed by stunning illustrations, David Christian narrates a complete history of the universe, from the Big Bang to the Internet, in a riveting 18 minutes. This is "Big History": an enlightening, wide-angle look at complexity, life and humanity, set against our slim share of the cosmic timeline.

The Story Of Science

Submitted by Singularitarian on Sat, 2010-10-02 20:42

Michael Mosley takes an informative and ambitious journey exploring how the evolution of scientific understanding is intimately interwoven with society's historical path.

History of the Internet

Submitted by Singularitarian on Sat, 2010-10-02 20:39

"History of the internet" is an animated documentary explaining the inventions from time-sharing to filesharing, from Arpanet to Internet. The clip was made by Melih Bilgil — http://www.lonja.de
The history is told using the PICOL icons, which are available on picol.org. You can get news about this project on blog.picol.org .

Voice-over by Steve Taylor http://voice-pool.com
You can get more information on this movie on my website
http://www.lonja.de/motion/mo_history...
or on the PICOL-Project site where you can download a pre-release of the icons.
http://blog.picol.org/