The inaugural YouTube FanFest is on in Sydney on 31 May. It includes comedic bloggers Jenna Marbles and Ryan Higa, beauty experts Bethany Mota and Chloe Morello and science sensations Vsauce and Veritasium (see below).
http://www.youtube.com/user/Ytfanfest
Vsauce: our world is amazing
Vsauce comprises a number of YouTube channels created by Michael Stevens. The channels produce videos about scientific topics, Â technology, culture, gaming and topics of general interest. The main Vsauce channel is hosted by Michael Stevens and presents philosophical and scientific questions about humans and the universe.
Topics include: Is anything real? Will we ever run out of new music ? What if everyone jumped at once? How big can a human get? Should you eat yourself? What colour is a mirror? Why do we clap? What is the greatest honour? Where do deleted files go? How many photos have been taken? We are all related. And even – A defence of Comic Sans 🙂
Stevens has stated he researches academic papers and Wikipedia to find information for his videos. Vsauce won a 2014 Webby People’s Voice Award for Best News and Information. Stevens loves playlists – he even states that “curation is the future”!
Vsauce: https://www.youtube.com/user/Vsauce
All the Vsauce videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/Vsauce/videos
Vsauce2: people are amazing
Unusual knowledge and technology, inventions, BiDiPi (Build it, Draw it, Play it – maker culture) creations, riddles….
https://www.youtube.com/user/Vsauce2
Vsauce3: fictional worlds are amazing
Includes video games, interesting websites, new apps…
https://www.youtube.com/user/Vsauce3
Wesauce: the best videos from the Vsauce community
https://www.youtube.com/user/WeSauce
Veritasium
http://www.youtube.com/user/1veritasium
Educational YouTube science channel created by Derek Muller in 2011. Videos include science experiments & cool demos, dramatisations, interviews with experts, songs and discussions with people to uncover misconceptions about science. Try these:
Will this go faster than light?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPsG8td7C5k
Can silence actually drive you crazy? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXVGIb3bzHI
World’s roundest object: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMByI4s-D-Y
All the videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/1veritasium/videos