O sítio
www.discovery.com do canal de televisão Discovery apresenta-nos a possibilidade de controlarmos um filme de modo a podermos ver a acção a decorrer e controlá-la, ora avançando, ora recuando.
Os
filmes apresentados neste sítio referem-se a uma série de televisão denominada Time Warp. Esta
série permite que tenhamos uma visão do que acontece em certas situações que se passam tão rapidamente que não conseguimos visualizar passo a passo o acontecimento. Ao controlarmos o filme, com o teclado ou com o rato, podemos ver com precisão tudo o que acontece.
"Do you know how your dog uses its tongue to drink? In what exact way a face contorts when punched by a UFC contender? What happens when an egg falls into the pinwheeling blades of a fan? Or an apple is hit with a bullet?
Likely, with nothing but your naked eye to guide you, you haven't got a clue. In fact, there are countless events the world has to offer that our limited senses can't fully appreciate ... until now, anyway.
Welcome to Discovery Channel's new series Time Warp, in which MIT scientist and teacher Jeff Lieberman uses new technologies to bring truly never-before-seen wonders into a form that your body can actually process.
Using the latest in high-speed photography, the Time Warp team takes some natural events (a cat licking its paw, a champagne bottle being opened) — and some not-so-natural (a water balloon to the face, a raw piece of chicken exploding) — and turns them into a thing of both beauty and learning."
