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SciTech Now: One Fish, Two Fish...
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We dive down deep with the C-Bass, an underwater camera that’s helping pioneer a new method of tracking fish populations. Dr. Martin Blaser, author and professor of medicine and microbiology at New York University, discusses the pitfalls of antibiotic use. We talk to John Collins, the self-proclaimed Paper Airplane Guy, about his perfection of the paper airplane and how he managed to break the world record for longest flight. And we take a look at how robotic devices are becoming more prevalent.

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Career and Technical Education
Health Science Education
Science
Technology and Engineering Education
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Utah Education Network
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SciTech Now
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MMG Tech Initiative
Date Added:
10/20/2010
SciTech Now: Open World
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Today we join archeology students in North Carolina who are using ground-penetrating radar to try and solve a Revolutionary War mystery. We discuss the prevalence and dangers of counterfeit microchips with Carnegie Mellon professor Ken Mai. More and more universities are offering degrees in gaming sciences and students competing at the College Computer Game Showcase see a future and career in video game design. We visit a university in Potsdam, New York where they are taking steps to educate student entrepreneurs on how to use science and technology to develop inventions and grow a business. And we go inside the extreme sport of drone racing.

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Career and Technical Education
Health Science Education
Science
Technology and Engineering Education
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Utah Education Network
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SciTech Now
Author:
MMG Tech Initiative
Date Added:
10/20/2010
SciTech Now: Osmosis
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Join us as we see how the largest desalination plant in North America is making Tampa Bay water safer and cleaner. Is there a possibility of architecture in space? Madhu Thengavelu, professor at University of Southern California and an expert in space architecture and engineering shares what could be possible. A medical team performs brain surgeries while patients are awake to help mitigate the symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease. And predictions on how one element could change the world.

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Career and Technical Education
Health Science Education
Science
Technology and Engineering Education
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Utah Education Network
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SciTech Now
Author:
MMG Tech Initiative
Date Added:
10/20/2010
SciTech Now: Out of the Past
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We see archaeology move underwater as researchers in Michigan discover clues from the past submerged in a hundred feet of water. We chat with Dr. Phil Metzger, a planetary physicist about NASA’s New Horizons flyby. We see how a California couple would like to increase productivity in physical therapy with the help of Microsoft Kinect. And we learn about the haunting repercussions of food scarcity in the colony of Jamestown.

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Career and Technical Education
Health Science Education
Science
Technology and Engineering Education
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Utah Education Network
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SciTech Now
Author:
MMG Tech Initiative
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10/20/2010
SciTech Now: Pacidose
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We take a look at a new and innovative product that helps parents administer medicine to babies. We sit down with Sharon Abreu, the executive director of Irthlingsz Art-Based Environmental Education, to discuss her new project, The Climate Monologues. We dive into the software that helps estimate the likelihood of a man-made earthquake. And we learn how fireflies synchronize their flashing light patterns.

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Career and Technical Education
Health Science Education
Science
Technology and Engineering Education
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Utah Education Network
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SciTech Now
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MMG Tech Initiative
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10/20/2010
SciTech Now: Paper or Plastic?
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In our data driven worlds, developers are integrating tech into our infrastructure and a company in Missouri is working to bring technology to the roadways. Sustainability strategist Leyla Acjaralou helps us bust environmental myths such as the often debated question: paper or plastic? We sit in on the Creative Technology program at Columbia’s University’s Teacher’s College where future teachers are learning how to integrate tech into art classes. And we take a look at a unique collection of scientific and medical devices from decades past.

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Career and Technical Education
Health Science Education
Science
Technology and Engineering Education
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Utah Education Network
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SciTech Now
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MMG Tech Initiative
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10/20/2010
SciTech Now: PeliTrack
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We take a look at the immense detail that goes into creating the acoustic architecture of a new North Carolina cathedral. An investigation into the technology that monitors pipeline leaks. See how Utah researchers are tracking American White Pelicans with solar backpacks. And we meet General Motors first female CEO.

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Career and Technical Education
Health Science Education
Science
Technology and Engineering Education
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Utah Education Network
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SciTech Now
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MMG Tech Initiative
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10/20/2010
SciTech Now: Perfect Turf
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We take a look at the science behind creating the perfect turf and how turf is impacting sports. Anthony Demelio of Heat Seek shares how the mobile app and sensors collect and graph temperature data helping tenants hold landlords accountable. A British researcher is challenging how we look at death and aging. And we see how students are working to improve access to people with a variety of disabilities though innovative technology solutions.

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Career and Technical Education
Health Science Education
Science
Technology and Engineering Education
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Utah Education Network
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SciTech Now
Author:
MMG Tech Initiative
Date Added:
10/20/2010
SciTech Now: Polar Bear Data
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We join wildlife biologist, Karyn Rode, out in the field tracking, tranquilizing and gathering data about polar bear populations and we learn what the data she collects reveals about how polar bears are adapting to the warming arctic. We go inside the Roskcamp Institute, a cutting edge medical institution seeking answers to debilitating and sometimes fatal conditions like Alzheimer’s. And we take a look at the science and technology that goes into creating the yellow first down line marker on televised football games.

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Career and Technical Education
Health Science Education
Science
Technology and Engineering Education
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Utah Education Network
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SciTech Now
Author:
MMG Tech Initiative
Date Added:
10/20/2010
SciTech Now: Printing the Future
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We travel to the world of 3D printing at the Inside 3D Printing Conference and Design Expo in New York City. Imagine multiple explosions happening inside your body, Eric Arndt of MIT discusses just that when it comes to the unique Bombardier Beetle. A hospital in Florida is developing a new parachute implant for patients suffering from heart disease. And a New Jersey high school is revolutionizing the study of biology with the BioDome, a home for plants and animals.

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Career and Technical Education
Health Science Education
Science
Technology and Engineering Education
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Utah Education Network
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SciTech Now
Author:
MMG Tech Initiative
Date Added:
10/20/2010
SciTech Now: Programming Success
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Howard Rosenbaum explains why whales are showing up in New York City waterways and how researchers are tracking the phenomenon in real time. We sit down and discuss what it takes to go on an artic exploration with Professor Robin Bell. We visit the Annual International RoboFest Competition where students have fun while learning the principles of STEM. And we see how the community of San Antonio is working to create solutions to climate change.

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Career and Technical Education
Health Science Education
Science
Technology and Engineering Education
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Utah Education Network
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SciTech Now
Author:
MMG Tech Initiative
Date Added:
10/20/2010
SciTech Now: Race to Space
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Join us as we go inside a state-of-the-art ocean simulation lab that tests deep ocean technology. Tim Fernholz, a reporter for Quartz and author of Rocket Billionaires, sits down to discuss the future of space travel and the major players that are competing to make vital space accomplishments. We uncover the story of early 20th century working-class women who launched a groundbreaking battle that influenced that future of science and worker’s rights. And we travel to North Carolina to see if black bears and humans can co-exist.

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Career and Technical Education
Health Science Education
Science
Technology and Engineering Education
Provider:
Utah Education Network
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SciTech Now
Author:
MMG Tech Initiative
Date Added:
10/20/2010
SciTech Now: Reaching Higher
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A look at three female scientists as they share their experience working on India’s Mars Orbital Mission. We see how seniors are benefitting from virtual reality technology. And a girl’s club in Utah is engaging youth and engineering by building weather balloons to soar above the earth and retrieve data.

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Career and Technical Education
Health Science Education
Science
Technology and Engineering Education
Provider:
Utah Education Network
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SciTech Now
Author:
MMG Tech Initiative
Date Added:
10/20/2010
SciTech Now: Returning Home
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Researchers apply tech to traditional farming methods in order to feed Earth’s rising population. A company is creating a community microgrid that will change the way energy is bought and sold. We uncover a therapy that can help improve anxiety and PTSD among soldiers returning home from war. And we take a look at a pre-k program that’s engaging students with STEM.

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Career and Technical Education
Health Science Education
Science
Technology and Engineering Education
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Utah Education Network
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SciTech Now
Author:
MMG Tech Initiative
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10/20/2010
SciTech Now: Roach ID
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Did you know that the cockroaches we sometimes find make up less than one percent of all cockroach species? Join us as we go into the lab with roach researchers at Rutgers University in New Jersey. We sit down with retired NASA astronaut and mechanical engineer professor, Michael Massimino, and discuss a program called Extreme Engineering. CEO and Medical illustrator of Embodied Labs shares how virtual reality is taking on the health care industry by storm. And a new generation of ethically and sustainably sourced guitars is explored.

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Career and Technical Education
Health Science Education
Science
Technology and Engineering Education
Provider:
Utah Education Network
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SciTech Now
Author:
MMG Tech Initiative
Date Added:
10/20/2010
SciTech Now: Sacred Waters
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We chat with hydrologist, Karletta Chief, who is a member of the Navajo Bitter Water Clan, about her work and how her personal relationship with those waterways influenced her pursuit of science. Science reporter, Dave Mosher, discusses the world’s most powerful rocket. We hear from Bill Nye, the star of a new Downloadable docsary series that follows his fight for science as the solution to Earth’s problems. And we take a look into the challenge that zoo’s face in replicating the natural habitats of their animals from around the world.

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Career and Technical Education
Health Science Education
Science
Technology and Engineering Education
Provider:
Utah Education Network
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SciTech Now
Author:
MMG Tech Initiative
Date Added:
10/20/2010
SciTech Now: Satellites Cubed
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We take a look at fascinating tiny satellites called CubeSats that have democratized space access by giving researchers, academics and school kids the chance to do space science. Education reporter Nichole Dobo stops by to explain blended learning and how it’s helping students. One of humanity’s oldest technologies, fermentation, might hold the key to solving the global climate issue and one young man from Aurora, Illinois may have found an even faster way of producing clean energy. And we see what Jerboas, mouse like creatures with massive hind legs, can teach us about the growth of human bones.

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Career and Technical Education
Health Science Education
Science
Technology and Engineering Education
Provider:
Utah Education Network
Provider Set:
SciTech Now
Author:
MMG Tech Initiative
Date Added:
10/20/2010
SciTech Now: Save the Bees
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Two scientists have teamed up to save collapsing bee colonies and we take a look at their unconventional remedy – the mushroom. Physicist Brian Greene stresses the importance of breaking down abstract science ideas into thrilling narratives. We take a look at how one hospital television channel is helping young cancer patients and their families cope. And we take a look at how advanced rescue mannequins are helping train military medical personnel.

Subject:
Career and Technical Education
Health Science Education
Science
Technology and Engineering Education
Provider:
Utah Education Network
Provider Set:
SciTech Now
Author:
MMG Tech Initiative
Date Added:
10/20/2010