TechKnow
Season 1
201340 episodes
Episodes
- E1
Harvesting GMO Salmon & Vertical Farms
2013-08-25 · 25m
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.
- E2
Exo Bionic/Cancer Test
2013-09-01 · 25m
A bionic exoskeleton helping paralyzed people walk again and meet a teenage inventor of a cancer screening test.
- E3
Heart-in-a-Box/NYC Electric/NASA Kid
2013-09-08 · 25m
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.
- E4
Drones/Predictive Policing/Mushrooms
2013-09-15 · 25m
Explore how a remotely piloted Predator drone helped fight the Rim fire in Yosemite National Park
- E5
Face Transplants/Condors
2013-09-22 · 25m
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.
- E6
Bees/Amazon Animal/Wine
2013-09-29 · 25m
Join our expert contributors as they explore high-tech methods to artificially inseminate honey bees, which are dying in record numbers.
- E7
Back-to-School / Cow Manure
2013-10-06 · 25m
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.
- E8
NASA Seac4rs / Bamboo Bikes
2013-10-13 · 25m
Phil takes a ride with NASA in a flying science lab that measures evidence of climate change.
- E9
Shark Robot/Driverless Cars/Predictive Policing
2013-10-20 · 25m
Marita goes swimming with sharks to see first-hand how a new underwater robot is tracking animal behavior in the ocean.
- E10
Concussion Tech / Mushrooms
2013-10-27 · 25m
Crystal, a nicotine researcher, investigates the science behind e-cigarettes and vape culture.
- E11
E-Cigs/Heart-in-a-Box/Foodology
2013-11-01 · 25m
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.
- E12
Earthquake Tech / Mosquitoes / Exo Bionic
2013-11-17 · 25m
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.
- E13
Orange Blight / Bugs as Protein / Space Boy
2013-11-24 · 25m
Phil puts his entomology chops to the test to learn how bugs may be the most overlooked protein.
- E14
Hi Tech Police / Bionic Arms / High Tech Wine
2013-12-08 · 25m
Lindsay learns how police departments are using lapel cameras and acoustic sensors to maximize efficiency and reduce crime.
- E15
PTSD / Oysters / Driverless Cars
2013-12-15 · 25m
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.
- E16
Exo Bionic / Cancer Test
2013-12-22 · 25m
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- E17
Drones/Predictive Policing/Mushrooms
2013-12-29 · 25m
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- E18
3D Printing/Texas Tech/Vertical Farms
2014-01-05 · 25m
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.
- E19
Lungs-in-a-Box/Bamboo Bikes
2014-01-12 · 25m
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.
- E20
DNA Pt 1/Molten Solar/Bugs as Protein
2014-01-19 · 25m
Phil travels to Peru to uncover whether a spider or mite could be constructing never-before-seen circular web structures.
- E21
DNA Testing at Home
2014-01-26 · 25m
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- E22
Fountain of Youth?
2014-02-02 · 25m
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- E23
Lung in a Box
2014-02-09 · 25m
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- E24
Space Archaeology
2014-02-16 · 25m
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- E25
Inside the CSI
2014-02-23 · 25m
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- E26
The Frozen Zoo
2014-03-02 · 25m
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- E27
Medical Marijuana for Kids
2014-03-09 · 25m
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- E28
Designer Drugs: Legal & Lethal
2014-03-16 · 25m
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- E29
Hollywood Resurrection
2014-03-23 · 25m
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- E30
Eyes in the Sky
2014-03-30 · 25m
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- E31
Facial recognition, faux eggs, and solar energy
2014-04-06 · 25m
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.
- E32
Survivors: Help in a Heartbeat
2014-04-13 · 25m
Testing out satellite technology that can detect a heartbeat buried under rubble.
- E33
Smoking out the Truth: E-cigarettes Exposed
2014-04-20 · 25m
New data on e-cigarettes reveals what's really in them and the secondhand smoke impact.
- E34
Sniffing Out Cancer
2014-04-27 · 25m
Taking their cue from cancer-detecting dogs, scientists work towards developing high-tech devices that can sniff out cancer early.
- E35
The Amazing Spider Web
2014-05-04 · 25m
Scientists want to harvest spider silk, which could be used to hold up bridges or create artificial body parts.
- E36
Frozen: Operation IceBridge
2014-05-11 · 25m
NASA observes shrinking glaciers and fast rising seas; charts impacts of climate change.
- E37
Science Slumber Party
2014-05-18 · 25m
Living laboratory; one of the greenest houses on earth; high-tech house may help solve climate change issues.
- E38
Distracted Driving
2014-05-25 · 25m
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E39
Farms Without Fields
2014-06-01 · 25m
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- E40
Brain Hack
2014-06-08 · 25m
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