Marktplatz für digitale Bildungsmedien
Billie Jean ist die Nr. 1 im Frauentennis, Bobby ein ehemaliger Tennisprofi und leidenschaftlicher Zocker. Im Jahr 1973 sollen sie im "Battle of the Sexes" gegeneinander antreten. Die Weltöffentlichkeit ahnt nicht, dass die beiden großen Sportler privat mit ganz anderen Problemen zu kämpfen haben.
Japan in 20 Jahren: Nachdem sich Schnauzenfieber und Hundegrippe ausgebreitet haben, werden alle Hunde Japans auf eine verseuchte Quarantäneinsel geschickt. Hierher kommt der 12-jährige Atari Kobayashi, um seinen Hund zu suchen. Unterstützung bekommt er von den Hunden Rex, Duke, Chief, Boss und King.
Der Sioux-Nachkomme Brady Blackburn lebt für die Pferde und das Reiten, bis ein beinahe tödlicher Rodeo-Unfall ihm diese Welt für immer verschließt. Der junge Mann hat schwer zu tragen an diesem Schicksal, das ihm die Freiheit auf dem Pferderücken, die Liebe der Fans und die Achtung des Vaters nimmt.
There is a gap between rural and urban development in India, and it's widening. Case studies show the impact of this gap and point out that there will be food supply problems in near future. This medium presents several strategies of NGO and special micro-credit schemes that are used to address the problems.
What caused the formation of Bangladesh's cyclone Aila? This medium explains it step by step and shows the impacts of the tropical storm. Other topics are the methods used to reduce these impacts and strategies like monitoring, prediction and GIS which allow people in the regions concerned to take precautions.
Da ihre Schwester Rachel heiraten wird, kehrt Kym erstmals nach Hause zurück. Mehrere Jahre voller Suchtprobleme haben deutliche Spuren an ihr hinterlassen. Sie kommt als Störfaktor in eine vermeintlich heile Welt, die unter ihren auffallenden Auftritten schnell den einen oder anderen Riss bekommt.
Smart resistant materials allow designs which wouldn't have been possible just a short while ago. This medium explains their functions, characteristics and potential applications using the examples of thermochromatic plastics and inks, QTC and shape memory alloys. It provides valuable input for new ideas.
The interest in recycled and sustainable Textiles is growing and designers have found some interesting ways to fulfil the needs. This medium shows bags that are made form airline seats, second hand shop textiles turned into high fashion, shoes made from seatbelts and tyres and textiles from jute sacks.
The global fashion industry comes at much too high of a cost: The footage of this medium is filmed in Bangladesh and shows the working conditions of the people here. It asks about the role of fair trade in times of globalization and shows how important a close meshed quality control in this industry is.
Textiles which can be used in space, racing, transport, for medical assignments or as geotextile have to meet specific requirements. This medium explains their impressive functions, properties, structure and characteristics and gives an outlook to the technical and smart textiles that are yet to come.
Modern textiles are able to meet the most different needs. This medium presents Kevlar, wearable electronics and conductive polymers and gives stunning examples for their use as clothing, ballet shoes, bags or tents. Smart and interactive textiles are a part of the new digital world and the internet of things.
Whoever wants to design a product has to choose the material wisely: Should it be sustainable? What is the difference between recycled and renewable materials? What happens to the product when it's not used anymore? The medium contains also footage from the first zero carbon housing project in the US.
Volvo's crash testing facility is the place where the footage on this medium has been filmed. It shows clearly which considerations industrial designers have to include in their projects. It is a helpful tool for students who develop their own designs and have to have them tested, evaluated and modified.
Each new designed product should meet the needs of the users so this medium focuses on the investigation stage of product development which is not only practical, but can be fun, too. The footage shows designers working with anthropometric and ergonomic data and taking the demographic change into account.
This medium contains a guide made by designers for the development of a new product. It starts with the client's briefing, explains how research and prototyping are done, shows how you make moulds for mass production, touches branding and other points and ends with the product – all while working to a budget.
The audience is introduced to Yahya who's nomadic family had to leave her land in the peripheral region of the Sahara: Desertification forced the people to find a new home. This medium shows the causes for this development and proposes different ways to meet this challenge environmentally acceptable.
People in the graphic products' industry use different smart materials nowadays. This medium introduces fluorescent and phosphorescent paints, thermo chromic inks and photochromic dyes with their particular characteristics and properties. Furthermore, it explains the applications they can be used for.
Packaging should have low production costs, protect the product, be eco-friendly and attractive for customers all at once. This medium gives an insight into designers' decisions for more recycled materials or a reduced packaging. In some cases it is also necessary to revise the complete product's design
Industry needs to rethink manufacturing methods to be more sustainable. By the example of Volvo this medium shows the ethical, moral and social implications a company has to take into consideration. The reduction of waste and energy consumption and the elimination of emissions are further topics.
If a specific plastic should be reused to design a product, it has to be recycled, regenerated and tested for it has to meet special properties. This medium gives practical examples which explain how these steps of procedure can be sustainable: Can you turn Sony PlayStations cases into school chairs?
This medium gives a practical example for product design by showing the processing of a children's pull along suitcase step by step: How is anthropometric and ergonomic data used, and which role plays market research for the concept development? Additionally, injection and rotational moulding are compared.
In the postmodern era there has been a cornucopia of designs, ideas and innovations in the design houses of Milan. The medium shows footage from the Alessi factory and museum among others and lets leading postmodern designers like Mendini, Alberto Alessi and George Sowden talk about their profession.
This medium explains the principles that allow us to produce and to distribute electrical energy on a large scale. It includes footage and explanations of the motor effect, electromagnets, magnetic as well as electric fields and EM induction, the latter concentrating on Tesla coils and transformers.
The eco-friendly surf-wear brand Finisterre explains its business philosophy: The goal is to reduce both the ethical and the environmental impact of their clothes everywhere the work is done. The HQ lies in Cornwall, suppliers sit in Japan and the manufacturing of the clothes takes place in Portugal.
The Sahara is one of the most inhospitable areas of the world: The lack of water, the extreme temperatures and the inaccessibility make it hostile for humans. But there are chances to take. This medium shows different interesting ways the desert can be used if people eventually overcome its challenges.
In an LEDC the impacts of a flood are extremely strong as this medium shows. It is explained to what extent the flood is an effect of climate change. There are hard and soft flood management strategies shown; some of them are relevant, other quite quirky, but they all are proven methods to face the water.
There are many kinds of renewable energy, and quite often conflicts develop around them how this medium shows using examples from Europe, the UK and India. It explains the pros and cons of energy sources like wind, solar, biomass, Tidal, HEP and biogas and points out the importance of decarbonisation.
Globalisation has a strong impact on the fashion industry as this medium shows by telling the stories of young textile workers in Bangladesh. It lists the pros and cons and asks who benefits. Work and life conditions of employees in a small fair trade company and in a large scale factory are compared.
The medium gives insights into the environmental impact of the textile industry in two different countries, in the UK and in Bangladesh. While the corporation in the UK recycles energy and waste to reduce pollution, the one in Bangladesh is destroying the health of the people living nearby and the environment.
The fact that population of the UK is ageing poses a challenge to governments and NGOs as well as individuals. The medium allows a look at the positive and negative consequences of the changing dependency ration and shows the impact on the crisis of care, on transport, pensions, housing and health services.