TechKnow - Season 1

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Harvesting GMO Salmon & Vertical Farms

1 - Harvesting GMO Salmon & Vertical Farms

Air Date: August 25, 2013

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.

Exo Bionic/Cancer Test

2 - Exo Bionic/Cancer Test

Air Date: September 1, 2013

A bionic exoskeleton helping paralyzed people walk again and meet a teenage inventor of a cancer screening test.

Heart-in-a-Box/NYC Electric/NASA Kid

3 - Heart-in-a-Box/NYC Electric/NASA Kid

Air Date: September 8, 2013

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.

Drones/Predictive Policing/Mushrooms

4 - Drones/Predictive Policing/Mushrooms

Air Date: September 15, 2013

Explore how a remotely piloted Predator drone helped fight the Rim fire in Yosemite National Park

Face Transplants/Condors

5 - Face Transplants/Condors

Air Date: September 22, 2013

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.

Bees/Amazon Animal/Wine

6 - Bees/Amazon Animal/Wine

Air Date: September 29, 2013

Join our expert contributors as they explore high-tech methods to artificially inseminate honey bees, which are dying in record numbers.

Back-to-School / Cow Manure

7 - Back-to-School / Cow Manure

Air Date: October 6, 2013

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.

NASA Seac4rs / Bamboo Bikes

8 - NASA Seac4rs / Bamboo Bikes

Air Date: October 13, 2013

Phil takes a ride with NASA in a flying science lab that measures evidence of climate change.

Shark Robot/Driverless Cars/Predictive Policing

9 - Shark Robot/Driverless Cars/Predictive Policing

Air Date: October 20, 2013

Marita goes swimming with sharks to see first-hand how a new underwater robot is tracking animal behavior in the ocean.

Concussion Tech / Mushrooms

10 - Concussion Tech / Mushrooms

Air Date: October 27, 2013

Crystal, a nicotine researcher, investigates the science behind e-cigarettes and vape culture.

E-Cigs/Heart-in-a-Box/Foodology

11 - E-Cigs/Heart-in-a-Box/Foodology

Air Date: November 1, 2013

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.

Earthquake Tech / Mosquitoes / Exo Bionic

12 - Earthquake Tech / Mosquitoes / Exo Bionic

Air Date: November 17, 2013

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.

Orange Blight / Bugs as Protein / Space Boy

13 - Orange Blight / Bugs as Protein / Space Boy

Air Date: November 24, 2013

Phil puts his entomology chops to the test to learn how bugs may be the most overlooked protein.

Hi Tech Police / Bionic Arms / High Tech Wine

14 - Hi Tech Police / Bionic Arms / High Tech Wine

Air Date: December 8, 2013

Lindsay learns how police departments are using lapel cameras and acoustic sensors to maximize efficiency and reduce crime.

PTSD / Oysters / Driverless Cars

15 - PTSD / Oysters / Driverless Cars

Air Date: December 15, 2013

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.

Exo Bionic / Cancer Test

16 - Exo Bionic / Cancer Test

Air Date: December 22, 2013

Drones/Predictive Policing/Mushrooms

17 - Drones/Predictive Policing/Mushrooms

Air Date: December 29, 2013

3D Printing/Texas Tech/Vertical Farms

18 - 3D Printing/Texas Tech/Vertical Farms

Air Date: January 5, 2014

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.

Lungs-in-a-Box/Bamboo Bikes

19 - Lungs-in-a-Box/Bamboo Bikes

Air Date: January 12, 2014

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.

DNA Pt 1/Molten Solar/Bugs as Protein

20 - DNA Pt 1/Molten Solar/Bugs as Protein

Air Date: January 19, 2014

Phil travels to Peru to uncover whether a spider or mite could be constructing never-before-seen circular web structures.

DNA Testing at Home

21 - DNA Testing at Home

Air Date: January 26, 2014

Fountain of Youth?

22 - Fountain of Youth?

Air Date: February 2, 2014

Lung in a Box

23 - Lung in a Box

Air Date: February 9, 2014

Space Archaeology

24 - Space Archaeology

Air Date: February 16, 2014

Inside the CSI

25 - Inside the CSI

Air Date: February 23, 2014

The Frozen Zoo

26 - The Frozen Zoo

Air Date: March 2, 2014

Medical Marijuana for Kids

27 - Medical Marijuana for Kids

Air Date: March 9, 2014

Designer Drugs: Legal & Lethal

28 - Designer Drugs: Legal & Lethal

Air Date: March 16, 2014

Hollywood Resurrection

29 - Hollywood Resurrection

Air Date: March 23, 2014

Eyes in the Sky

30 - Eyes in the Sky

Air Date: March 30, 2014

Facial recognition, faux eggs, and solar energy

31 - Facial recognition, faux eggs, and solar energy

Air Date: April 6, 2014

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.

Survivors: Help in a Heartbeat

32 - Survivors: Help in a Heartbeat

Air Date: April 13, 2014

Testing out satellite technology that can detect a heartbeat buried under rubble.

Smoking out the Truth: E-cigarettes Exposed

33 - Smoking out the Truth: E-cigarettes Exposed

Air Date: April 20, 2014

New data on e-cigarettes reveals what's really in them and the secondhand smoke impact.

Sniffing Out Cancer

34 - Sniffing Out Cancer

Air Date: April 27, 2014

Taking their cue from cancer-detecting dogs, scientists work towards developing high-tech devices that can sniff out cancer early.

The Amazing Spider Web

35 - The Amazing Spider Web

Air Date: May 4, 2014

Scientists want to harvest spider silk, which could be used to hold up bridges or create artificial body parts.

Frozen: Operation IceBridge

36 - Frozen: Operation IceBridge

Air Date: May 11, 2014

NASA observes shrinking glaciers and fast rising seas; charts impacts of climate change.

Science Slumber Party

37 - Science Slumber Party

Air Date: May 18, 2014

Living laboratory; one of the greenest houses on earth; high-tech house may help solve climate change issues.

Distracted Driving

38 - Distracted Driving

Air Date: May 25, 2014

Farms Without Fields

39 - Farms Without Fields

Air Date: June 1, 2014

Brain Hack

40 - Brain Hack

Air Date: June 8, 2014