TechKnow (2013)
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Cara Santa Maria as Self - Correspondent
Episodes 102
Smart House of the Future
Honda's smart house is an innovative eco-friendly, energy efficient lab, that is able to generate its own power as a solution to living off the grid. Cara Santa Maria and Phil Torres spent a night at the zero-net energy house full of modern furniture.
Read MoreHarvesting GMO Salmon & Vertical Farms
Hosts 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.
Read MoreExo Bionic/Cancer Test
A bionic exoskeleton helping paralyzed people walk again and meet a teenage inventor of a cancer screening test.
Read MoreHeart-in-a-Box/NYC Electric/NASA Kid
A 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.
Read MoreDrones/Predictive Policing/Mushrooms
Explore how a remotely piloted Predator drone helped fight the Rim fire in Yosemite National Park
Read MoreFace Transplants/Condors
Meet 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.
Read MoreBees/Amazon Animal/Wine
Join our expert contributors as they explore high-tech methods to artificially inseminate honey bees, which are dying in record numbers.
Read MoreBack-to-School / Cow Manure
Join 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.
Read MoreNASA Seac4rs / Bamboo Bikes
Phil takes a ride with NASA in a flying science lab that measures evidence of climate change.
Read MoreShark Robot/Driverless Cars/Predictive Policing
Marita goes swimming with sharks to see first-hand how a new underwater robot is tracking animal behavior in the ocean.
Read MoreConcussion Tech / Mushrooms
Crystal, a nicotine researcher, investigates the science behind e-cigarettes and vape culture.
Read MoreE-Cigs/Heart-in-a-Box/Foodology
Crystal, 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.
Read MoreEarthquake Tech / Mosquitoes / Exo Bionic
Marita 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.
Read MoreOrange Blight / Bugs as Protein / Space Boy
Phil puts his entomology chops to the test to learn how bugs may be the most overlooked protein.
Read MoreHi Tech Police / Bionic Arms / High Tech Wine
Lindsay learns how police departments are using lapel cameras and acoustic sensors to maximize efficiency and reduce crime.
Read MorePTSD / Oysters / Driverless Cars
Lindsay 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.
Read MoreExo Bionic / Cancer Test
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Drones/Predictive Policing/Mushrooms
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3D Printing/Texas Tech/Vertical Farms
Kosta 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.
Read MoreLungs-in-a-Box/Bamboo Bikes
Shini goes to Oklahoma to visit infamous "Tornado Alley" to see new innovations being developed to better track tornadoes and lessen the damage they cause.
Read MoreDNA Pt 1/Molten Solar/Bugs as Protein
Phil travels to Peru to uncover whether a spider or mite could be constructing never-before-seen circular web structures.
Read MoreDNA Testing at Home
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Fountain of Youth?
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Lung in a Box
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Space Archaeology
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Inside the CSI
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Inside the CSI
In many ways, the crime-fighting of the future is with us today - TechKnow explores how new techniques in forensic science can influence the ways we solve crimes.
Read MoreThe Frozen Zoo
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The Frozen Zoo
Examining technology that could potentially bring animals back from extinction.
Read MoreMedical Marijuana for Kids
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Driverless Cars
Automakers have recently accelerated their efforts to manufacture vehicles that drive themselves.
Read MoreMedical Marijuana for Kids
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Designer Drugs: Legal & Lethal
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Designer Drugs: Legal and Lethal
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Hollywood Resurrection
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Hollywood Resurrection
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Eyes in the Sky
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Eyes in the Sky
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Facial Recognition, Faux Eggs, and Solar Energy
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Survivors: Help in a Heartbeat
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Facial recognition, faux eggs, and solar energy
Shini 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.
Read MoreSmoking Out the Truth: E-cigarettes Exposed
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Survivors: Help in a Heartbeat
Testing out satellite technology that can detect a heartbeat buried under rubble.
Read MoreSmoking out the Truth: E-cigarettes Exposed
New data on e-cigarettes reveals what's really in them and the secondhand smoke impact.
Read MoreSniffing Out Cancer
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Sniffing Out Cancer
Taking their cue from cancer-detecting dogs, scientists work towards developing high-tech devices that can sniff out cancer early.
Read MoreThe Amazing Spider Web
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Frozen: Operation IceBridge
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The Amazing Spider Web
Scientists want to harvest spider silk, which could be used to hold up bridges or create artificial body parts.
Read MoreScience Slumber Party
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Cancer Goggles
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Frozen: Operation IceBridge
NASA observes shrinking glaciers and fast rising seas; charts impacts of climate change.
Read MoreEarthquake Warning
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The Real Big Bang Theory
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Science Slumber Party
Living laboratory; one of the greenest houses on earth; high-tech house may help solve climate change issues.
Read MoreSharks
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Talking Cars
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Distracted Driving
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Bionic Eye
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Cord Blood
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Farms Without Fields
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Brain Hack
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Fire Starters
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Facial Recognition, Faux Eggs, and Solar Energy
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The New Dustbowl
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DNA Home Testing
We explore the future of genetic sequencing and how it is poised to change healthcare from being reactive to proactive.
Read MoreFootball's Green Game
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Lungs in a Box
TechKnow explores a new technology which could be a game-changer in the organ retrieval process. Also on this episode of TechKnow: Swimming with sharks.
Read MoreAnimal Crime Scene Investigators
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Farms Without Fields
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Frack Quakes
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Extreme Weather
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Deep Sea Gold Rush
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Beyond Ebola: The Virus Hunters
In today's hyper connected world, viruses can spread faster than ever. Some, like the measles, continue to plague us, and then there are newer ones like Avian bird flu, SARS and Ebola.
Read MoreJourney to the Jungle
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Gold at Any Cost
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The Politics of Climate Change
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Saving the Macaws
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The Digital Desert
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The Problem with Plastic
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Dirty Gold
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Who's Killing the Elephants
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GMO Foods
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Unsafe Shrimp
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Investigating E-Cigarettes
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Investigating Katrina
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Journey to the Arctic
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Bringing Back the Bison
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Panama's Grand Canal
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Ecstasy Drug Therapy
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Oil in the Arctic
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The Big Quake Strikes Soon
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Nicaragua's Deep Divide
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Distracted Driving
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Cracking Down on Exotic Pets
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The God Module
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Coral Catastrophe
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Saving the Macaws
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Religion and the Brain
Religion was long seen as spiritual nourishment of the soul, but now, groundbreaking research looks at how it impacts the brain. Can 'feeling the spirit' be measured scientifically?
Read MoreThe Animal Smugglers
The smuggling of endangered wildlife, both dead and alive, is a billion dollar global business, second only in size to the illegal arms and drug trades.
Read MoreThe Business of Bones
TeckKnow investigates the modern-day Indiana Jones behind the booming business of dinosaur bones.
Read MoreA New Voice
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