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What is the intersection

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between technology, art, and science?

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Curiosity and wonder,

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because it drives us to explore,

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because we're surrounded by things we can't see.

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And I love to use film

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to take us on a journey

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through portals of time and space,

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to make the invisible visible,

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because what that does,

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it expands our horizons,

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it transforms our perception,

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it opens our minds

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and it touches our heart.

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So here are some scenes

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from my 3D IMAX film

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"Mysteries of the Unseen World."

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(Music)

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There is movement which is too slow

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for our eyes to detect,

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and timelapse makes us discover

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and broaden our perspective of life.

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We can see how organisms emerge and grow,

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how a vine survives by creeping from the forest floor

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to look at the sunlight.

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And at the grand scale,

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time lapse allows us to see our planet in motion.

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We can view not only the vast sweep of nature,

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but the restless movement of humanity.

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Each streaking dot represents a passenger plane,

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and by turning air traffic data

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into time lapse imagery,

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we can see something that's above us constantly

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but invisible:

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the vast network of air travel over the United States.

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We can do the same thing with ships at sea.

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We can turn data into a time lapse view

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of a global economy in motion.

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And decades of data

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give us the view of our entire planet

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as a single organism

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sustained by currents circulating[br]throughout the oceans

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and by clouds swirling through the atmosphere,

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pulsing with lightning,

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crowned by the aurora borealis.

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It may be the ultimate time-lapsed image:

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the anatomy of Earth brought to life.

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At the other extreme,

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there are things that move too fast for our eyes,

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but we have technology that can look into that world

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as well.

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With high-speed cameras,

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we can do the opposite of time lapse.

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We can shoot images that are thousands of times

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faster than our vision.

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And we can see how nature's ingenious devices work,

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and perhaps we can even imitate them.

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When a dragonfly flutters by,

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you may not realize,

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but it's the greatest flyer in nature.

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It can hover, fly backwards,

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even upside down.

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And by tracking markets on an insect's wings,

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we can visualize the air flow that they produce.

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Nobody knew the secret,

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but high speed shows that a dragonfly

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can move all four wings in different directions

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at the same time.

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And what we learn can lead us

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to new kinds of robotic flyers

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that can expand our vision

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of important and remote places.

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We're giants, and we're unaware

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of things that are too small for us to see.

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The electron microscope fires electrons

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which creates images

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which can magnify things by as much

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as a million times.

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This is the egg of a butterfly.

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And there are unseen creatures[br]living all over your body,

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including mites which spend their entire lives

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dwelling on your eyelashes,

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crawling over your skin at night.

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Can you guess what this is?

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Shark skin.

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A caterpillar's mouth.

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The eye of a fruit fly.

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An eggshell.

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A flea.

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A snail's tongue.

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We think we know most of the animal kingdom,

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but there may be millions of tiny species

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waiting to be discovered.

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A spider also has great secrets,

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because spider's silk thread is pound for pound

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stronger than steel

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but completely elastic.

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This journey will take us all the way down

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to the nano world.

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The silk is a hundred times thinner

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than human hair.

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On there is bacteria,

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and near that bacteria, ten times smaller,

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a virus.

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Inside of that, ten times smaller,

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three strands of DNA,

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and nearing the limit of our[br]most powerful microscopes,

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single carbon atoms.

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With the tip of a powerful microscope,

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we can actually move atoms

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and begin to create amazing nano devices.

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Some could one day patrol our body

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for all kinds of diseases

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and clean up clogged arteries along the way.

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Tiny chemical machines of the future

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can one day, perhaps, repair DNA.

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We are on the threshold of extraordinary advances,

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born of our drive

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to unveil the mysteries of life.

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So under an endless rain of cosmic dust,

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the air is full of pollen,

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micro-diamonds and jewels from other planets,

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and supernova explosions.

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People go about their lives

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surrounded by the unseeable.

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Knowing that there's so much around us

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we can see

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forever changes our understanding of the world,

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and by looking at unseen worlds, we recognize

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that we exist in the living universe,

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and this new perspective creates wonder

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and inspires us to become explorers

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in our own backyards.

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Who knows what awaits to be seen

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and what new wonders will transform our lives.

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We'll just have to see.

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(Applause)

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Thank you. (Applause)