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YouTube for Science?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the blinded-me-with dept.

Shipud writes "The National Science Foundation, Public Library of Science and the San Diego Supercomputing Center have partnered to set up what can best be described as a "YouTube for scientists", SciVee". Scientists can upload their research papers, accompanied by a video where they describe the work in the form of a short lecture, accompanied by a presentation. The formulaic, technical style of scientific writing, the heavy jargonization and the need for careful elaboration often renders reading papers a laborious effort. SciVee's creators hope that that the appeal of a video or audio explanation of paper will make it easier for others to more quickly grasp the concepts of a paper and make it more digestible both to colleagues and to the general public."

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  1. Another good video site: fora.tv by Ralph+Spoilsport · · Score: 4, Interesting
    I think these online video sites are great, and the specialisation/professionalisation of the genre only makes sense as the field matures.

    One of my faves is fora.tv which has lots of really good lectures and readings. A lot of it is from CSPAN, but I like CSPAN, so I'm not one to complain.

    This kind of refinement in the online video space is a great great thing, and as online advertising increases in value (At the expense of broadcast advertising dollars) these kinds of websites will have greater and greater viability and from there, increased depth of programming.

    Some websites have tried to do this in an entertainment sphere, and for the most part, aren't realy doing too well - audience expectations are high and the material presented is often iffy in quality. OF course, that changing, slowly - better stuff is arriving, but there needs to be filtering systems. Things like the site in TFA and fora.tv are just such filters.

    This is a very exciting time for online video!

    Now, if we can only keep the bandwidth up before it all chokes itself to death...

    RS

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  2. Good idea by JohnFluxx · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This sounds like a good idea.

    I personally work on a digital hologram printer, and wouldn't mind recording a short video describing how it works etc.

    Here's an example hologram that I've done: (Yes, I'm a KDE developer as well. It's the KDE dragon, konqi.)

    http://img267.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict0044s mallernk5.jpg

    (Excuse the mess of my room)