Videos – Issue 75, November 2016

Throughout the magazines, wherever we come across a video that’s about or relevant to a resource we’re featuring, here’s where we’ll post the link. Just click and watch!

You can also view these videos on our YouTube channel. Check out the playlist for our November 2016 issue at www.youtube.com/user/interfacemagazine


What is Fusion 360?

Wondering what Fusion 360 is? Here’s a quick overview that shows some of the cool features that make designing with Fusion 360 a fast and easy experience.

 


Expedition Atlantis on iPad Gameplay 

Expedition Atlantis is a great starting point for students that have never done any programming before. Introducing them to the concept of numbers to control distance and direction.

 


VEX IQ Meet the Bots – Starter Kit Robots

Meet the four VEX IQ robots that you can build with a Starter Kit or Super Kit! Armbot IQ, Clawbot IQ, Ike, and V-Rex!


FxGuru: Amazing Special Effects for Mobile Video

Add big-budget Hollywood sci-fi and action movie special effects to any video with this mobile app.

 


Introducing Daydream View, VR Headset by Google 

Experience high quality, mobile virtual reality with Daydream View. The soft, lightweight headset keeps you comfortable and the simple, smart controller puts you in control of the action. Explore new worlds, kick back in your personal VR cinema, and play immersive games like never before. Just drop in Pixel, or any Daydream-ready phone, to get started.


Unity Interface overview – Unity Official Tutorials 

This is a game development platform that can be used to create 2D and 3D environments.

 


What Is The Body VR? 

The Body VR is an educational virtual reality experience that takes the user inside the human body. Travel through the bloodstream and discover how blood cells work to spread oxygen throughout the body. Or enter one of the billions of living cells inside the body and learn how the organelles work together to fight deadly viruses.

 


Rome in 3D

Google Earth’s ‘Rome in 3D’ lets you explore the Colosseum, Pantheon, Trevi Fountain and the Vatican by taking a virtual tour.

 


Sharalike Product Video

Turn your photos and videos into a slideshow with Sharalike. Just import images and use the drag-and-drop feature to put them in order. Add graphics and music, and share via email or social media of choice.

 


Blocked In – Solution of Level 98

Get the coloured block out of board by moving vertical blocks up and down, and horizontal blocks left and right. That’s the challenge facing you with Blocked In. There are three styles and 500+ levels to tackle.

 


Tour Builder – Bobby Lake

Show places on a map and create tours with Tour Builder. Using Google Earth, select locations on the map – they might be stops on literary journeys, field trips, historical events, and so on – add photos, text, and video, as required, and then share.

 


elink.io : Save and Share Web Content in Minutes

Collect, manage and share web content with Elink. As you find useful online content for a project or topic – like pages, news stories, videos, images, social comment, and documents – save and turn it into an ‘elink’ that you can publish as its own webpage, or send as an email or newsletter.

 


Why Elon Musk says we’re living in a simulation

You may like playing The Sims, but Elon Musk says you are the Sim.

 


Bill Nye: Are We Living in a Computer Simulation?

When we asked Bill Nye the Science Guy if he thinks we are living in a computer-generated simulation, he turned to some basic scientific principles to justify his answer.

 


The Carnegie Cyber Academy Website Demo

The Carnegie Cyber Academy is a cyber defence training facility. As a cadet, you’ll be trained in online safety, so that they can protect yourself and others from the attacks of malicious Cyber Villains. Missions includes Email (Spam), Communication (Personal Information), Website Dangers, and Cyberbullying.

 


Ideas for Teachers 1: Mathematics is a Human Endeavor

Learn maths by video with MathTV. Check out this amazing collection of how-to videos in a variety of math subjects. Algebra, Calculus, Trigonometry, Functions, Factoring – it’s all there and explanations look to be very easy to understand.

 


Gravitational Waves Explained

Have Gravitational Waves – ‘ripples’ in the fabric of space-time first predicted by Albert Einstein in 1916 – finally been detected? This video explains what they are and why they’ll change our understanding of the Universe.

 


We Are Built To Be Kind

Greed is good. War is inevitable. Human nature is often portrayed as selfish and power hungry. So why have we evolved pro-social emotions like empathy, compassion and gratitude?


One Year on Earth – Seen From 1 Million Miles

NASA’s EPIC camera has recorded a full year of life on Earth from its orbit, approximately one million miles away. It takes a new picture every two hours showing the sun-lit side of our planet.


How Wolves Change Rivers

See how restoring wolves in the Yellowstone Park ecosystem after a 70-year absence, caused a ‘trophic cascade’ of ecological changes, even reshaping rivers.