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SciTech Now: Mass Extinction
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We take a look at Hackathons, not the kind that try to crack firewalls or security systems, but those that draw coders, developers and innovators to create solutions or the next big app. The Department of Defense is training teachers to use 3D printers to improve STEM education. Columbia University Earth Institute’s director Shahid Naeem explains the planet’s sixth mass extinction. And we see how some engineers are modeling robots after the animal kingdom to overcome obstacles.

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Utah Education Network
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MMG Tech Initiative
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10/20/2010
SciTech Now: Math Mapping Cancer (Segment)
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In this clip from "SciTech Now, we go inside the Moffitt Cancer Center in Florida, where researchers are using mathematical modeling to help fight drug resistant cancers.

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MMG Tech Initiative
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10/20/2010
SciTech Now: Math vs. Cancer
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Take a look into the scientific side effect of Superstorm Sandy on Fire Island in New York. Co-Director of The American Chestnut Research & Restoration Project, William Powell, has developed a fungi resistant American Chestnut tree to restore its declining population. We go inside the Moffitt Cancer Center in Florida, where researchers are using mathematical modeling to help fight drug resistant cancers. And biologist Tony Wilson and his lab at Brooklyn College study the genetic links to seahorse pregnancy.

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Utah Education Network
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MMG Tech Initiative
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10/20/2010
SciTech Now: Memory Implant (Segment)
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In this clip from "SciTech Now, learn how scientists are working to improve our memories by testing an implant that could help, especially for those who suffer from cognitive disorders.

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Utah Education Network
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MMG Tech Initiative
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10/20/2010
SciTech Now: Michael Dubno (Segment)
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In this clip from "SciTech Now, serial inventor, Michael Dubno, shares his thoughts on the Maker Movement, how he’s fueling his passion for gadgets and his goal to share that passion with students around the country.

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Career and Technical 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: Michael Massimino (Segment)
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In this clip from "SciTech Now, we sit down with retired NASA astronaut and mechanical engineer professor, Michael Massimino, and discuss a program called Extreme Engineering.

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Utah Education Network
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MMG Tech Initiative
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10/20/2010
SciTech Now: Microbial Cloud (Segment)
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In this clip from SciTech Now, explore the wonderful world of your own personal microbial cloud wafting around you everyday. Researchers at the University of Oregon reveal that not only can they detect and catalogue the microbial clouds, but every single one is unique.

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Utah Education Network
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MMG Tech Initiative
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10/20/2010
SciTech Now: Military Medicine (Segment)
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In this clip from "SciTech Now, we get a look at the PBS Downloadable docsary ‘Military Medicine: Beyond the Battlefield’ which goes inside a unique engineering and research center in Pittsburgh with a mission to save and better lives.

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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: Military Tech (Segment)
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In this clip from "SciTech Now, from the PBS Downloadable docsary Film Military Medicine: Beyond the Battlefield, we meet a veteran who is given new hope with a robotic arm.

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MMG Tech Initiative
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10/20/2010
SciTech Now: Mission Blue
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Ever wonder about that digital step counter around your wrist? Today we explore the usage and benefits of wearable technology. Architect Jeffery Pelletier takes us inside his Lego room and offers some real world applications for Lego. We take a look at a global initiative to create marine sanctuaries hoping to help maintain the health of our oceans. And a new genre of drugs may be able to outsmart germs that have become resistant to current antibiotics.

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Career and Technical 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