Time and Matter

Technology Documentary with no narration published by YLE in 2005 - English language


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A remarkable collection of short films and documentaries for the people of tomorrow. Come see the utopia of plastic architecture. Discover the challenging world of Finnish scientist, artist and philosopher Erkki Kurenniemi, inventor of DIMI (Digital Musical Instruments) series. Witness mysterious scientific experiments, enjoy a symphony for matrix-printers and see a team of robots challenge the reigning world champion football team. Enter the unique and futuristic world of Finnish filmmaker Mika Taanila. 

Born 1965 in Helsinki where he lives and works, Mika Taanila is an artist working fluently in the fields of documentary filmmaking and visual arts. His films deal with the the significant and alarming issues of human engineering and urban artificial surroundings. Taanila specializes on the futuristic ideas and utopias of contemporary science.


2)  RoboCup '99 
A sportfilm where the researchers of artificial intelligence share their vision of the future. The film shows the various stages of the third successive tournament, held at Stockholm City Conference Centre in 1999. It culminates in the middle sized robot's final between Sharif CE Teheran (Iran) and the Azzurra Robot Team (Italy).


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Technical Specs
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Video Codec: XviD ISO MPEG-4
Video Bitrate: 2567 kbps
Video Resolution: 720x432
Video Aspect Ratio: 1.667:1
Frames Per Second: 25.000
Audio Codec: 0x2000 (Dolby AC3) AC3
Audio Bitrate: 192kb/s - 448kb/s CBR 48000 Hz
Audio Streams: 2 -6
Audio Languages: english / finnish
RunTime Per Part: 4 mins 25 s - 52 mins 28s
Number Of Parts: 5
Part Size: 87 MB - 944 MB
Ripped by: DocFreak08