Brian Cox on hybrid technology

Brian Cox is with the Club of Pioneers Community explaining hybrid technology.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Frankfurt
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• hybric
• technology
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• Pioneers;
• Brian
• Cox

[skurvenykokoti]

wtf man he is 41 years old, looks like 28

[jMerliNz]

Congratulations on completely missing the point.

Try watching it again without thinking you know anything. Pay attention kid.

[meroxyersox]

@bossadave The first proper internal combustion car was invented in 1878, but only became sort of popular in the 20's. No one can say for sure whether hybrids will be here to stay, but you can't expect them to boom in 10 years.

[jca111]

@AnotherGlenn Ahh - what awful camera work _ I hate this style of shaky cam - it makes me feel sick!

[AnotherGlenn]

Nice camera work. Is that the "peek-a-boo" philosophy? I love the part where they switched cameras. Notice how quick Brian catches on. He's pretty sharp.

[douchechillum]

He calls it a "PREEus" at the beginning like we do in the states, then calls it a "PRYus" after like they do in the UK.

Wonder why.

[SIRA063]

whyt he fuck... did they zoom the camera through a crowd of people?? way to take good science and ruin it with bullshit camera angels that serve only to confuse the brilliant, and get the affectation of cultural identity to the stupid

[bossadave]

"Hybrids are here to stay" no doubt but in what numbers? They have been available now for over 10 years but have made little inroads in mainstream motoring. We are looking a period of dramatic technological flux in road transport which could last 20-30 years before a final solution to an internal combustion engine appears. I don't mean electric vehicles because they have been around as long as the motor car with little take up, in fact a 50% reduction in sales in UK alone for 2011 over 2010.

[jacksawild]

@foiblebear This is standard Brian Cox Cam. He's a cool scientist, so he has to be portrayed in a cool way by someone who did a media studies course at their local polytechnic and thinks they're now Coppola. I agree with you that it is distracting. What I did was listen while I looked at other shit.

[cjmkael]

Lol... fucking cameraman/director had a stupid idea thinking this shit would be cool. WET HADDOCK TIME!

[foiblebear]

I can't even watch this. Is there any reasoning behind distracting the viewer so much that I can't relax enough to concentrate on what is being said? Is the idea of modern documentary making more about engaging the attention as opposed to the mind?

Surely when it's easier to absorb the information with eyes closed than open, there could be a better way of presenting it.

[AClarke2007]

Doh, we had Dr Magnus Pike & James Burke shoved in our faces as kids.