Fast Forward Science 2016

They inform, they surprise, they are full of science – and they are presented at the ZKM: The winning videos of the »Fast Forward Science« web video competition.

For »Fast Forward Science«, researchers, die-hard web video makers, artists but also anyone interested in science were asked once again this year to submit exceptional videos on current research topics, which are entertaining, scientifically substantiated and comprehensible all at the same time.

The jury has selected the prize-winners of three categories (»Substance«, »Scitainment« and »Vision«) and of the 48h challenge »Super Fast« from 116 submissions. The »MeerWissen« special prize for young people was also awarded for the first time, together with the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG – German Research Foundation). The YouTube public were also able to award their own favourites with a »Community Award«. The prize-winners of the competition, which has a prize-fund of € 20,000, were honoured on December 6^th 2016 as part of the 9^th Forum on Scientific Communication in Bielefeld.

The web video award »Fast Forward Science« is a joint project by Wissenschaft im Dialog (Science in Dialogue) and the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft (Donors' association for the promotion of humanities and sciences in Germany) and has been supported by ZEISS in 2016 for the first time. The Special Prize of Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), »MeerWissen«, was initiated by »Fast Forward Science« and DFG.

Opening Hours

Please note the following opening hours, as the exhibition is only accessible via the ZKM | Library:

All winning videos at a glance:

SUBSTANCE

The »Substance« category evaluates the depth of content of the video.

• 1^st place: »Migräne? Hab ich im Griff!« (Migraine? It’s under control!) by Boris Zernikow & Team, Deutsches Kinderschmerzzentrum (German Paediatric Pain Centre)
• 2^nd place: »Attention Schema Theory« by David Peter & Team, Peter & Partner, Mainz
• 3^rd place: »Gravitationswellen erklärt« (Gravitational waves explained) by Finn Dohrn, YouTube channel »BYTEthinks«, Tornesch

SCITAINMENT

In the »Scitainment« category, the focus is on the entertainment value of the scientific videos.

• 1^st place: »Trust me, I’m a Scientist« by Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim, YouTube channel »The Secret Life of Scientists«, Mannheim
• 2^nd place: »Gefangen im Blitzeis?!« (Trapped in black ice) by Stefan Busse & Team, ZDF, Unterföhring
• 3^rd place: »Magnetismus hoch 4« (Magnetism to the power 4) by Daniel Laumann & Team, University of Münster – Institute for Didactics of Physics, Münster

VISION

Videos, which develop their own vision of the future, feature in this category.

• 1^st place: »Virtual Insanity« by Adam Maj & Team, Berlin
• 2^nd place: »Kerzenwachs-Rakete« (Candlewax rocket) by Simon Wenkelewsky & Team, Image in Motion, Bremen
• 3^rd place: »Little Green Bags: Was ist echte unternehmerische Nachhaltigkeit?« (Little Green Bags: What is real corporate sustainability?) by Andri Hinnen & Team, Zense GmbH, Zürich

DFG MeerWissen special prize

The special »MeerWissen« prize is awarded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft for videos by young people on the subject of marine and ocean research.

• 1^st place: »Kein Plastik Meer!« (No plastic sea!) by Tobias Djuren, Berlin
• 2^nd place: »Rohstoffförderung im Meer« (Raw material extraction in the ocean) by Max Heckmann, Bergisch Gladbach
• 3^rd place: »Warum schmecken Salzwasserfische eigentlich nicht salzig?« (Why don’t saltwater fish actually taste salty?) by Lilith Diringer, Waldbronn

SUPER FAST: 48H BAUCHGEFÜHL

Videomakers were given exactly 48 hours, to come up with an idea, produce their video and upload it to YouTube!

• 1^st place: »Unser zweites Gehirn« (Our second brain), by Finn Dohrn, YouTube channel »BYTEthinks«, Tornesch
• 2^nd place: »Bauch vs. Hirn« (Stomach vs. Brain), by David Peter, Peter & Partner, Mainz
• 3^rd place: »Das Bauchgefühl in den Zeiten der Cholera« (Stomach feelings in times of cholera), by Lars Fischer, scientific videocast »Wir werden alle sterben« (We will all die), Heidelberg

COMMUNITY AWARD

These are the awards for the public favourites of the YouTube community.

• 1^st place: »DIAMANTEN VERBRENNEN! Für die Wissenschaft!« (BURN DIAMONDS! For science!) by Marcel H., YouTube channel »Techtastisch«, Pforzheim
• 2^nd place: »Wie sieht die Zukunft aus?« (What does the future look like?) by Cedric Engels, YouTube channel »Doktor Whatson«, Cologne
• 3^rd place: »Gravitationswellen erklärt« (Gravitational waves explained) by Finn Dohrn, YouTube channel »BYTEthinks«, Tornesch