TechKnow (2013)
Science series exploring how the latest scientific discoveries are changing our lives.
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Episode 1 - Harvesting GMO Salmon & Vertical Farms
Release Date: 2013-08-25Hosts ask how soon genetically modified salmon could hit your table, how NASA charts out a Mars rover's path and discover a secret garden inside Chicago's O'Hare Airport.
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Episode 2 - Exo Bionic/Cancer Test
Release Date: 2013-09-01A bionic exoskeleton helping paralyzed people walk again and meet a teenage inventor of a cancer screening test.
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Episode 3 - Heart-in-a-Box/NYC Electric/NASA Kid
Release Date: 2013-09-08A new device that allows hearts and other organs to live outside the body, explore New York City's ambitious plan to convert its taxi fleet to electric cars and meet a teenager who used a 3-D printer to create a prosthetic, robotic arm.
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Episode 4 - Drones/Predictive Policing/Mushrooms
Release Date: 2013-09-15Explore how a remotely piloted Predator drone helped fight the Rim fire in Yosemite National Park
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Episode 5 - Face Transplants/Condors
Release Date: 2013-09-22Meet Carmen Tarleton, the seventh person in the U.S. to receive a full face transplant, as she rebuilds her life and meets the donor's daughter.
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Episode 6 - Bees/Amazon Animal/Wine
Release Date: 2013-09-29Join our expert contributors as they explore high-tech methods to artificially inseminate honey bees, which are dying in record numbers.
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Episode 7 - Back-to-School / Cow Manure
Release Date: 2013-10-06Join our expert contributors as they explore new technology, including a new kind of high-density plastic that can be inserted into students' backpacks or teachers' white boards in hopes of deflecting gunfire.
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Episode 8 - NASA Seac4rs / Bamboo Bikes
Release Date: 2013-10-13Phil takes a ride with NASA in a flying science lab that measures evidence of climate change.
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Episode 9 - Shark Robot/Driverless Cars/Predictive Policing
Release Date: 2013-10-20Marita goes swimming with sharks to see first-hand how a new underwater robot is tracking animal behavior in the ocean.
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Episode 10 - Concussion Tech / Mushrooms
Release Date: 2013-10-27Crystal, a nicotine researcher, investigates the science behind e-cigarettes and vape culture.
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Episode 11 - E-Cigs/Heart-in-a-Box/Foodology
Release Date: 2013-11-01Crystal, a nicotine researcher, investigates the science behind e-cigarettes and vape culture. Plus, Marita meets chefs and scientists teaming up to create new high-tech restaurants, and Phil gets his hands on a new device that allows hearts.
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Episode 12 - Earthquake Tech / Mosquitoes / Exo Bionic
Release Date: 2013-11-17Marita goes inside San Francisco's new Bay Bridge to see its innovative approach to earthquake proofing. Kosta visits a startup working to make humans invisible to mosquitoes.
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Episode 13 - Orange Blight / Bugs as Protein / Space Boy
Release Date: 2013-11-24Phil puts his entomology chops to the test to learn how bugs may be the most overlooked protein.
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Episode 14 - Hi Tech Police / Bionic Arms / High Tech Wine
Release Date: 2013-12-08Lindsay learns how police departments are using lapel cameras and acoustic sensors to maximize efficiency and reduce crime.
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Episode 15 - PTSD / Oysters / Driverless Cars
Release Date: 2013-12-15Lindsay tests out the treatments doctors and therapists are using to help soldiers diagnosed with PTSD and traumatic brain injuries, including hyperbaric oxygen therapy and virtual reality therapy.
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Episode 16 - Exo Bionic / Cancer Test
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Episode 17 - Drones/Predictive Policing/Mushrooms
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Episode 18 - 3D Printing/Texas Tech/Vertical Farms
Release Date: 2014-01-05Kosta gets a look at how 3D printing can be used to make everything from home electronics to baked goods—even an artificial heart valve that expands as pediatric patients grow.
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Episode 19 - Lungs-in-a-Box/Bamboo Bikes
Release Date: 2014-01-12Shini goes to Oklahoma to visit infamous "Tornado Alley" to see new innovations being developed to better track tornadoes and lessen the damage they cause.
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Episode 20 - DNA Pt 1/Molten Solar/Bugs as Protein
Release Date: 2014-01-19Phil travels to Peru to uncover whether a spider or mite could be constructing never-before-seen circular web structures.
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Episode 21 - DNA Testing at Home
Release Date: 2014-01-26 -
Episode 22 - Fountain of Youth?
Release Date: 2014-02-02 -
Episode 23 - Lung in a Box
Release Date: 2014-02-09 -
Episode 24 - Space Archaeology
Release Date: 2014-02-16 -
Episode 25 - Inside the CSI
Release Date: 2014-02-23 -
Episode 26 - The Frozen Zoo
Release Date: 2014-03-02 -
Episode 27 - Medical Marijuana for Kids
Release Date: 2014-03-09 -
Episode 28 - Designer Drugs: Legal & Lethal
Release Date: 2014-03-16 -
Episode 29 - Hollywood Resurrection
Release Date: 2014-03-23 -
Episode 30 - Eyes in the Sky
Release Date: 2014-03-30 -
Episode 31 - Facial recognition, faux eggs, and solar energy
Release Date: 2014-04-06Shini reports on facial recognition software used for law enforcement—and nightclubs. Marita visits a San Francisco lab working to build a better, plant-based egg substitute. Plus Kyle visits a solar field in Nevada.
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Episode 32 - Survivors: Help in a Heartbeat
Release Date: 2014-04-13Testing out satellite technology that can detect a heartbeat buried under rubble.
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Episode 33 - Smoking out the Truth: E-cigarettes Exposed
Release Date: 2014-04-20New data on e-cigarettes reveals what's really in them and the secondhand smoke impact.
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Episode 34 - Sniffing Out Cancer
Release Date: 2014-04-27Taking their cue from cancer-detecting dogs, scientists work towards developing high-tech devices that can sniff out cancer early.
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Episode 35 - The Amazing Spider Web
Release Date: 2014-05-04Scientists want to harvest spider silk, which could be used to hold up bridges or create artificial body parts.
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Episode 36 - Frozen: Operation IceBridge
Release Date: 2014-05-11NASA observes shrinking glaciers and fast rising seas; charts impacts of climate change.
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Episode 37 - Science Slumber Party
Release Date: 2014-05-18Living laboratory; one of the greenest houses on earth; high-tech house may help solve climate change issues.
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Episode 38 - Distracted Driving
Release Date: 2014-05-25 -
Episode 39 - Farms Without Fields
Release Date: 2014-06-01 -
Episode 40 - Brain Hack
Release Date: 2014-06-08