New showreel for 2010 ½

We’ve updated our showreel on the main page to reflect our best work we’ve done over the past 6 months or so – we hope you enjoy it!  New clips from ESA, Astrium, Teachers TV, Space IGS, and the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.

One million views at one thousand mph!

The original Bloodhound SSC vs Bullet film has today received its ONE MILLIONTH view on Youtube – not to count the people who copy and paste it on their own channel to boost their own self esteem.  Buy a Ferrari.  Or compensate some other way….

Royal Society Summer Exhibition

We recently had two animations aired at the Royal Society’s Summer Exhibition. The Royal Society is the national academy of science of the UK, and this event allowed the general public to meet the minds behind some of the UK’s most exciting scientific advances.  We produced two videos for the University of Cambridge’s Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, showcasing their development work on producing green electricity directly from algae.  One of only 31 teams selected to present their research. Very clever science!

Part 1: Electricity from Algae

Part 2: Scaling-up Electricity Generation from Algae

Links for more information on the science:

http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2010062502

http://www.seefurtherfestival.org/exhibition/view/meet-algae-diversity-biology-and-energy

Teachers TV – Genes and Disease

We’ve just completed a project for Teachers TV on Genetics and Disease, featuring several of our animation sequences, related to genetics and disease, showing mutations, chromosome defects and genetic surveys.

Watch the full 15-minute video on the Teachers TV website:

Teachers TV – Genetics and Medicine: Genes and Disease

….or just skip to the pretty graphics (below)