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SciTech Now: Going Green
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Kohilo Wind produces a new, more efficient wind turbine, but it has an unlikely beginning. Hari sees how Statcast is changing the experience of watching a baseball game. Graded motor imagery, or mirror therapy, uses the illusion of reflection to trick the brain into faster recovery. And we check out the zero emission motorcycles helping police departments excel.

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10/20/2010
SciTech Now: Gravitational Pull
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Our world is filled with display screens and two researchers at the University of Central Florida are working to develop extremely thin and flexible screens of the future. Physicist and Educator Dr. Umberto Cannella discusses the importance of the direct proof of the existence of gravitational waves. We visit Euphony – a company that’s giving a new kind of voice to those with speech disorders. And we see how pesticides used a century ago are affecting residents of a Washington town.

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10/20/2010
SciTech Now: Gravitational Waves (Segment)
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In this clip from SciTech Now, physicist and educator Dr. Umberto Cannella discusses the importance of the direct proof of the existence of gravitational waves.

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10/20/2010
SciTech Now: Gravity Derby
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On this episode of SciTech Now, we uncover new research at the University of Texas that is helping to predict clouds and weather patterns that affect solar grids. We discuss Tesla in space and planetary protections. We see how churches are moving into the 21st century by connecting worshippers in a digital space. And we travel to North Carolina where young derby drivers are putting their petals to the metal in a series of races where their only power is gravity.

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Utah Education Network
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MMG Tech Initiative
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10/20/2010
SciTech Now: Hacking Skill (Segment)
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In this clip from "SciTech Now, Director of Carnegie Mellon CyLab Security and Privacy Institute, David Brumley, discusses how hacking shouldn’t be seen as good or bad, but as a necessary skill.

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MMG Tech Initiative
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10/20/2010
SciTech Now: Happy App
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EarthFix gives us an inside look at the illegal trafficking of bald eagle parts and what is being done to prevent the decline of the majestic bird. Tech entrepreneur and co-founder of the so-called emotional fitness platform Happify, Ofer Leidner discusses how his app could boot your emotional wellbeing. Meet the team behind Wubees, a game that strengthens the social interaction skills of children with Autism. And an international team of researchers is using the web application Morpho Bank to build evolutionary maps for different species.

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10/20/2010
SciTech Now: Hawking Radiation
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Meet three friends from Cleveland, Ohio who are working together to maintain and expand their urban farm, and transforming their community in the process. We take a look at how researchers at the New Jersey Institute of Technology are exploring ways to use drones in emergency response situations. We discuss black holes and the energy they produce with Stanford University’s Adam Brown. And the “Dinosaur Whisperer Dustin Growick explains the shared characteristics between birds and dinosaurs.

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10/20/2010
SciTech Now: Haynes Telescope (Segment)
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In this clip from "SciTech Now, Cornell University’s Professor of Astronomy, Martha Haynes, discusses the CCAT telescope that may lead to many new galactic discoveries.

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10/20/2010
SciTech Now: Health Hazards Tech (Segment)
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In this clip from "SciTech Now, we see what new technologies companies are developing to mitigate some of the risks associated with contact sports.

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MMG Tech Initiative
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10/20/2010