July 28, 2016 \ Geoff Birmingham
Animations: New Jersey Institute of Technology and Bees

Animations: New Jersey Institute of Technology and Bees

We have recently concluded a couple of animations. The first was for the annual fund of the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT): The second animation is another installment in our Did You Know? series. Maybe it's just a coincidence, but we featured a sad polar bear (melting ice in the Arctic) in our last DYK animation. This one features a sad bumble bee:

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June 20, 2016 \ Emma Freter
Let’s Focus on Climate Change

Let’s Focus on Climate Change

Recently, I had the pleasure of working with Carolina Aragón. She installed a new public art piece called High Tide, located on the Rose Kennedy Greenway. On a warm, sunny Friday morning, our cameraman, Rafi, and I met with Carolina to capture her artwork on video. We learned that High Tide is a visual representation of a marsh along Boston's shoreline– past, present and future. Today in Boston,...

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February 25, 2016 \ Emma Freter
Food Waste

Food Waste

"That was a good dinner! I am so full, I can barely finish my plate!" How many times have you said this phrase? I know that I've said this countless times. This got me thinking, when we throw away food, where does it go? How much food are we actually throwing away? This led me to our next Did You Know? video, which answers this questions about food waste.

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January 26, 2016 \ Emma Freter
Heart Disease Awareness

Heart Disease Awareness

  February is Heart Disease Awareness month. In light of this, we created another "Did You Know?" animation to offer a tip to help prevent this disease. And it begins with a smile.

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October 1, 2015 \ Geoff Birmingham
How fast does caffeine work?

How fast does caffeine work?

Here's the fourth in our Did You Know series, on the subject of caffeine's absorption into the body. Coincidentally, a Harvard study was just release on the benefits of coffee.

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August 31, 2015 \ Emma Freter
Pets and Senior Citizens

Pets and Senior Citizens

Here is another installment in our Did You Know? series. For the fun of it, we have decided to create 15-second (or less) animations to illustrate facts that interest us. Check out this short to find out the influence pets have on their elderly owners.

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July 30, 2015 \ Geoff Birmingham
How many kids in the U.S. can’t read?

How many kids in the U.S. can’t read?

This is the second in our Did You Know? series. For the fun of it, we decided to create 15-second (or less) animations to illustrate facts that catch our attention. We finished our first animation last week, about the amount of plastic Americans throw away. See that one here.

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July 21, 2015 \ Geoff Birmingham
Do you know how many plastic bottles Americans throw away?

Do you know how many plastic bottles Americans throw away?

For fun, we have started to create mini-videos (15 seconds or less) on statistics that interest us. If you want to know how many plastic bottles Americans throw away (it's a lot), have a look!

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