Autentic Distribution GmbH.
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Spectral Band Replication (SBR) is a novel method for compressing digital audio files making it possible for millions of people around the world to enjoy either higher quality sound or higher compression easily and affordably. SBR was conceived by the Swedish inventor Lars Liljeryd and turned into a real-world application by a team of engineers that included Kristofer Kjörling, Per Ekstrand and Fredrik Henn. Liljeryd’s ideas revolutionized an entire...
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The invention pioneered by Elvira Fortunato, Rodrigo Martins and their team at New University of Lisbon, consists of transistors crafted from cellulose fiber – in other words paper exploited for electronics purposes. The paper-based transistors open new applications for low cost and disposable electronics, require much less energy to manufacture, are made from readily available materials, and can be recycled safely as opposed to the standard silicon...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
This documentary explores China's rapid urbanization through architecture and design. Within two decades, villages have exploded into mega cities and urban planners can't keep up with the rate of migration as rural people seek better economic and educational opportunities for their children. Prominent architects, including Jane Zhang, Pei Zhu, Ma Yansong, and Wang Shu, discuss their innovative museum projects and photographer Peter Bialobrzeski draws...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When Craig Venter, the star of genome technology, joins forces in an investment with Apple and Google, you know it’s something big! Theoretically, if we were to decode the basic cellular structure of human beings, we would be protected from all forms of damage or deterioration. In essence, we would become immortal and no longer have to fear the rise of artificial intelligence as humans would replace machines. Is this a desirable effect? Our entire...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Over the past few years, technology has made life quicker and simpler for more and more people. Some people are now taking the next step: they are fusing their bodies with technology to increase their abilities and expand their senses, becoming real life cyborgs. They inject magnets into their fingers to sense electromagnetic fields, plant chips under the skin to open doors, implant devices into the skull with which they sharpen their senses. These...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Description
It is the birth of neutrino astronomy. For the first time, astrophysicists can detect extraterrestrial neutrinos in the ice in the South Pole. Neutrinos are the most common and also most mysterious elementary particles. Since these particles are invisible to us, their mass is unknown. Also, they are not electrically charged and rarely interact with other matter. Each of the tiny neutrinos is a potential messenger with information about its origin....
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Where populists and autocrats rule, civil liberties, government critics and non-governmental organizations are under pressure. Even worse: activists are not only attacked or arrested; laws also criminalize them and deprive them of funding. Not only committed individuals, but also NGOs operating worldwide have become targets of those in power. Are we living in times of a global frontal attack on civil society? And what happens when this important pillar...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
This documentary on fascia sheds light on state-of-the-art international research. Fascinating images let us delve into the virtually unknown cosmos of our bodies. A "fascia" is a sheet of connective tissue under the skin surrounding muscles, bones or joints. Nowadays, these white fibres are considered the leading cause for diseases and pain and a wondrous source of healing. Elaborate animations and computer graphics shed light on the connection between...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Unique personal stories combined with rare historical footage give a new perspective on Mao Zedong’s utopia. At the height of Maoism, China was as closed off as present-day North Korea. As China eased out of its age of isolation in the early 1970s, Westerners equipped with government-regulated narratives began to romanticize the new government. Only a small group of Westerners who grew up and lived inside Mao’s China witnessed first-hand the upheaval...
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Digitization, e-mobility and the energy change are hardly conceivable today without this technology. From smartphones to e-cars - the lithium-ion battery is found in almost every battery-powered device. The technology is particularly established and in demand in one very specific place: the warehouse. We introduce the hidden champion of e-mobility: intralogistics. For more than a decade, lithium-ion powered trucks have been driving behind the warehouse...
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
24-hour reception to identify sources of danger, to communicate and to orientate ourselves. In addition, our hearing often suffers from sensory overload and stress. According to the WHO, more than 400 million people worldwide are affected by hearing loss, and more than a billion young people are considered at risk. The film shows current scientific developments and illustrates how powerful, but also vulnerable, the ear is.
12) Human By Chance?
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
If we compare ourselves with our genetically closest living relatives, the chimpanzees, we have few physical advantages. We are far weaker, cannot move nearly as fast, and do not have the same climbing capabilities. Instead, humans excel in areas such as architecture, religion, science, language, writing, art, culture, and ideas. These achievements are due to our larger brain that contain billions of neurons. It was the rapid growth of our brain,...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Many cannot imagine life without vision and base their actions mainly on perception with this sense. As life expectancy increases, the power of sight is dwindling and diseases that threaten blindness are becoming more and more likely for everyone. With modern knowledge, research is fighting against vision loss and is finding enhancements for future vision. With red light glasses, contact lenses for presbyopia or bionic chip implants, the research...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
This film features Europe during her Vertigo Years, from 1900 - 1914. This pulsating era of creativity and contradictions manifested itself in different ways across Europe. This first part of a three-part series highlights the scientific marvels and technological achievements in Paris and Germany, the cultural and social upheavals in Great Britain and Vienna, and the political revolution sparking in Russia.
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Cerne and Polenghi have made it possible for people suffering from coeliac disease to enjoy fulfilling, flavorsome - and most importantly, gluten-free - diets without having to avoid foods such as pastas, breads or other baked goods. Gluten can be found in all sorts of food and beauty products, even some that may not be so obvious, such as soaps. For those with coeliac disease, consumption of even a tiny amount of gluten can trigger an immune reaction...