[OWW-Discuss] YouTube for Scientists

[Jason Kelly]

>From slashdot:
"The National Science Foundation, Public Library of Science and the
San Diego Supercomputing Center have partnered to set up what can best
be described as a "YouTube for scientists", SciVee". Scientists can
upload their research papers, accompanied by a video where they
describe the work in the form of a short lecture, accompanied by a
presentation. The formulaic, technical style of scientific writing,
the heavy jargonization and the need for careful elaboration often
renders reading papers a laborious effort. SciVee's creators hope that
that the appeal of a video or audio explanation of paper will make it
easier for others to more quickly grasp the concepts of a paper and
make it more digestible both to colleagues and to the general public."

http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/19/1328253

http://www.scivee.tv/

Would be great if this takes off.
jason