Autor: Karl Ranseier

The Story of Zero – Getting Something from Nothing by The Royal Institution


What is zero? How did it come about? Hannah Fry tells the story of how zero went from nothing to something.

Once upon a time, zero wasn’t really a number. Its journey to the fully fledged number we know and love today was a meandering one. Today, zero is both a placeholder, and tool, within our number system signifying an absence of a value, and as a number in its own right.

But it wasn’t always seen as that, and it still doesn’t act quite like other numbers. Can you divide by zero, for example? Hannah Fry explains how zero came about, from its origins in ancient civilisations, through the resistance it faced from the Roman numeral system, to being the cornerstone of calculus.

Animated by Andrew Khosravani – http://ift.tt/1HIK8nK

We Are The Faction Collective: #S03E03 by Faction Skis


It’s here – the grand finale to the We Are The Faction Collective series.
A spring session for the books, #S03E03 brings our athletes together on our home mountain of Verbier, Switzerland. With Etienne Mérel once again behind the lens, throws down slush lap after slush lap, hitting sidecountry kickers and sunset booters for one final episode before the sun goes down.

Available in 4K for your viewing pleasure!

Featuring: Adam Delorme, Tim McChesney, Simon D’Artois, Arnaud Rougier, Antti Ollila, Duncan Adams, Daniel Hanka, Will Berman, Giulia Tanno, Cody Cirillo, Tom Granier, Pablo Schweizer, and Alex Hall.

Shot on location at: Verbier, Switzerland
Editing and cinematography: Etienne Mérel
Additional cinematography & aerial footages: Martin Bernard, Blue Max Media
Photography: Craig Douglas (http://gitgo.ch)
Music by: Ujo – Renaissance (http://ift.tt/1TTZGNY) ; Vaz – Sunshine (http://ift.tt/1W3t1rS)
Special thanks to: TéléVerbier SA, Snowpark Verbier, Patrouilleurs de Verbier

www.factionskis.com | http://ift.tt/1qutM14 | http://ift.tt/1W3sZAr

Early Ice Breakup of Beaufort Sea Due to Early Warm Temperatures

Early Ice Breakup of Beaufort Sea Due to Early Warm Temperatures This image of early ice breakup of the Beaufort Sea, north of Alaska, was taken by the Suomi NPP satellite’s Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument infrared channel, at around 1148 UTC on April 13, 2016. via NASA http://ift.tt/1Vq8z5q

BREAKBOT – My toy by AB/CD/CD


Director : AB/CD/CD
Producer : Khalid Tahar
Executive Producer : Stan Bertin
Director of Photography : Martial Schmeltz
Wardrobe : Xènia Gasull
Set Designers : Audrey Malecot & Pierre Pell
Editor : Gopal Puntos
Colourist : Vincent Amor
Post : http://ift.tt/QP7dzb
Label : Ed Banger / Because Music
Choreography : Cathy Ematchoua
Robot : Tom Migne
Dance Leader : Aurélie Giboire
Dancers : Magali Lange, Mélanie Gracia, Lauranne Le Porchou, Estelle Manas, Leslie Louis-Jean, Fiona Deshayes

Koloto — Fay | music video by Sabine Volkert


Sound by sound and frame by frame abstract audio-visual worlds are created. They tell of a journey – of self-discovery, acceptance and growth. An animated music video in collaboration with electronica artist »Koloto« alias Maria Sullivan from Canterbury (UK).

Graduation film at Augsburg University of Applied Sciences under the supervision of Sebastian Onufszak and Robert Rose.

Direction, Animation, Design: Sabine Volkert | http://ift.tt/1T1EUv3
Music: Koloto | http://ift.tt/1raLfGa
Label: Abandon Building Records | http://ift.tt/OEXzgQ
Track available via Bandcamp | http://ift.tt/1cbkq25

2016 | Toon Boom Animate Pro, After Effects

April 14, 1981, Landing of First Space Shuttle Mission

April 14, 1981, Landing of First Space Shuttle Mission The rear wheels of the space shuttle orbiter Columbia touched down on Rogers dry lake at Edwards Air Force Base, NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center (then Dryden), California, to successfully complete a stay in space of more than two days. Astronauts John W. Young, STS-1 commander, and Robert L. Crippen, pilot, were aboard the vehicle. via NASA http://ift.tt/1TTGD8R