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Mitte des 18. Jahrhunderts wurde in England die Dampfmaschine erfunden. In 150 Jahren veränderte sie unsere Welt. Mit ihr kamen Licht, Lärm und Energie ins Leben der Menschen. NZZ Format widmet sich dem mechanischen Kraftprotz und stellt fest: Dampfmaschinen waren die Geburtshelfer der Globalisierung.
Optical devices influence the course of light rays through lenses. The film shows how lenses are made in the eye and in visual aids such as glasses. The much stronger lenses of magnifying glasses and microscopes are also examined in detail. It is explained how exactly the multiple magnification is achieved.
In this video, the basic functional principle of the electric motor is explained. Among other things, the structure of the rotor, the stator, and the commutator in the DC motor are clearly illustrated. The film then shows the different uses of permanent magnets and electromagnets in the electric motor.
With the colours blue, yellow and purple, all colours can be produced. This is due to subtractive colour mixing: the colours act like a filter that prevents you from still seeing the original colours. The video explains understandable how the absorption spectrum of the filter makes some colours visible.
If we perceive something as heavy, this is due to the high mass of the object with its comparatively low volume. The density of an object is defined as the ratio of its mass to its volume. The film uses a number of everyday examples to show how the mass of substances can vary greatly for the same volume.
The electrical component coil works with an interaction of electricity and magnetism. The video shows how electromagnetic induction works, i.e., the generation of electrical voltage on an electrical conductor by a changing magnetic field. The film explains inductance and Lenz´s rule and introduces the many uses of coils.
For a temperature measurement procedure to be exact, it has to be reliable and repeatable. This films looks at different temperature measuring devices, namely the thermometer, the bimetallic thermometer, and the resistance thermometer, which depend on changeable substance properties at different temperatures.
This video shows how the state of motion, gravity and magnetic attraction of objects changes when different physical forces act on them. The film shows that the effects of these forces are measured in Newtons and that they are vector quantities. The law of interaction is also explained with examples.
The subject of this film is the simple CCR circuit. It is explained using the example of a radio with an external loudspeaker. The first C stands for the coil, the second for the capacitor, and the R for the resistor. The film explains how the coil and capacitor can be used as filters for high and low frequencies.
Electricity flows in an electric circuit. With switches, you can interrupt this flow. The video explains how the various switches such as push-buttons, circuit breakers and sensor switches work. Various examples of the AND- and OR-switch show that an electric circuit can also be interrupted several times.
The topic of this video is capacitors. They are passive components in electrical circuits that can store energy. The film shows how exactly capacitors work and how differently they react to direct and alternating current. There is a whole range of devices in which the versatile little storage devices are used.
This video explains the basics of additive colour perception. Topics covered include additive colour mixing of red, green and blue, spectral colours, the colour wheel and complementary colours. The film also explains how colour perception takes place through the combination of the eye and the brain.
We take it for granted in everyday life that electricity "flows". This video explains electrical circuits and the movement of electrical load carriers within them. It also looks at conductors and insulators, at the effect of negatively and positively charged materials on one another, and at induction.
If forces act on a body at different points of application, their effect is different. The film shows which rules are used to determine the resultant of two individual components on the one hand, but also two individual forces from the resultant, a component, or an angle on the other by means of the parallelogram of forces.
Der Dokumentarfilm betrachtet das Zusammenleben von Menschen und humanoiden Robotern. Er erzählt unter anderem die Geschichten eines US-Amerikaners, der einen Roadtrip durch Kalifornien mit seiner Roboter-Partnerin unternimmt, und einer alten Dame, die in Tokio von ihrem Sohn einen Roboter geschenkt bekommt.
Bei den alternativen Antrieben für Autos haben Batterien aktuell die Nase vorn: Tesla-CEO Elon Musk etwa glaubt nicht an Brennstoffzellen. Der Film erklärt die Nachteile der Zellen, zeigt aber auch auf, woran es bei den Batterien hapert und weshalb sich die Brennstoffzellen doch noch durchsetzen könnten.
Der Laser wird im Alltag für viele Aufgaben genutzt: Er liest DVDs und CDs, schneidet Metall, misst Geschwindigkeiten und Entfernungen präzise und wird bei Operationen eingesetzt. Der Film erläutert den Aufbau und die Funktionsweise des Lasers und erklärt, aus welchen Stoffen er gefertigt sein kann.
Das Thema Elektrosmog hält sich seit langer Zeit in den Medien. Der Film erklärt, was es damit auf sich hat, und erläutert, auf welche Weise sich die naturwissenschaftliche Forschung dem Thema annähert. Die damit verbundenen Probleme werden erläutert und die aktuellen Forschungsergebnisse vorgestellt.
The physical term work is defined as the force exerted on a body in a certain way. In physics, a distinction is made between the work of lifting, acceleration, deformation, tension and friction, as the video explains with the help of examples from everyday life. The unit used to measure work is the joule.
Archimedes originally set out the law of the lever. The film shows how it has been developed since then and how it leads directly to the law of rotation. The law is explained and its practical uses demonstrated, for instance the wheel and axle which is used in ship´s rudders and many times in bicycles.
Electrical engineers often use transformers. They can easily turn a low primary voltage into an unequally higher or lower secondary voltage. How this works in detail, for what purposes one needs this transformation in everyday life and what electromagnetic induction is exactly, is explained in the film.
In addition to conductors and non-conductors, there are also so-called semiconductors with regard to electrical conductivity. Using the example of silicon, the film explains how a substance can change from a non-conductor to a conductor under certain conditions. It mentions the many possible uses of semiconductors.
The invention of the diode was soon followed by the development of another electrode - the triode. This was the first amplifier. These amplifiers were used extensively until the transistor almost completely replaced them. As the video shows, electron tubes are now only used in high-end guitar amplifiers.
The moon does not shine itself, but only reflects the light of the sun. That is why the phases of the moon depend on it. The film shows how the moon changes in our perception depending on the angle it is at to the sun. At an angle of zero degrees it is new moon, at an angle of 180 degrees it is full moon.
The subject of this video is energy. There is the mechanical, the thermal and the electrical energy. Energy is not produced or consumed, but transformed. The film explains this using the law of conservation of energy. It is shown how one form of energy is converted into another, and the unit joule is explained.
Optical lenses are transparent, light-refracting bodies with at least one curved surface. The video introduces the different forms of lenses and how they work and shows their uses. Important terms such as focal point, refractive power and focal length are explained and the two lens formulas are derived.
Taking water as an example, the film explains the different states of aggregation of a substance. Below 0 °C, water is solid – it exists as ice. At its melting temperature of 0 °C it takes on liquid form, and at boiling temperature of 100 °C it changes to the gaseous state at normal pressure.
Mass is one of the seven basic physical quantities. This video gives an understandable definition of this quantity, names its unit of measurement and explains how it is related to the force of weight. Colloquially and outside the physical context, mass is also called weight, which can lead to confusion.
This video explains the concept of a magnetic field. It clearly describes some essential effects of magnetism and illustrates the concept of field lines. The film shows what the Earth´s magnetic field is all about, it clarifies geographical and magnetic poles and goes into the phenomenon of declination.
Lorentz force describes the effect of magnetic fields on moving electrons. It acts perpendicularly to the magnet´s field lines and to the direction of the electrons. The film shows how to determine the direction of movement of the electrons using the three-finger rule and where this force is used for technical purposes.