Wired Science: Technology: Geek Dad: Japanese Robots
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Wired Science: Technology: Geek Dad: Japanese Robots
Wired Science travels to Japan and meets up with a GeekDad who builds fighting robots for competitions; Adam sits down with Anne Wojcicki and Linda Avey, the co-founders of 23andMe, to chat about giving people insight into their genetic information; we meet medical professionals who are working to eliminate symptoms of various diseases by supplying electricity to the brain; chemistry teacher Chris Schrempp makes hot ice; we venture out to the first International Rocketbelt Convention in Niagara Falls; and Ziya Tong travels to Colorado's Mesa Verde National Park to discover how lasers aid in the preservation of ancient sites.
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Hulu | June 16, 2008
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Episode 10
Earth: Icy Depths
aired: Mon, Jun 16, 2008
An expedition discovers new life form; a teacher turns cotton balls into gunpowder; Ziya Tong learns about radio astronomers; Adam Rogers learns how Hollywood creates water on screen; and Rainn Wilson learns about the common cold.
Click here to watch on cbs.com A Woods Hole Institute expedition sails to the Gakkel Ridge in the Arctic Ocean to deploy autonomous undersea vehicles in hopes of discovering new life forms; chemistry teacher Chris Schrempp turns cotton balls into smokeless gunpowder; Chris Hardwick and Kamala Lopez tour the WIRED Living Home; Ziya Tong explores the area in West Virginia known as "the quiet zone" and learns why this is the perfect site for radio astronomers searching for life on other planets; Adam Rogers goes behind the scenes to show us how Hollywood is cracking the code to create "perfect water" on screen; and Rainn Wilson joins Chris Hardwick to explore what's inside a popular product that relieves symptoms of the common cold.
Episode 9
Space & Flight: Space Junkyard
aired: Mon, Jun 16, 2008
Adam Rogers learns about reverse-engineered spaceships; Ziya Tong interviews a computer scientist about digitized books and blind patients "see" with their tongues."
Click here to watch on cbs.com Adam Rogers rummages through a "space junkyard"; WIRED SCIENCE visits a Rocketbelt Convention in Niagara Falls; we meet medical professionals who eliminate symptoms of various diseases by supplying electricity to the brain; Adam talks Anne Wojcicki and Linda Avey, co-founders of 23andMe, to give people insight into their genetic information; and Ziya Tong travels to Mesa Verde National Park to see how lasers aid in surveying building sites.
Episode 8
Technology: Geek Dad: Japanese Robots
aired: Mon, Jun 16, 2008
Wired Science looks at fighting robots; Adam gets some insight into genetic information; we learn how electricity can reduce some negative symptoms; a teacher makes hot ice; and Ziya Tong discovers how lasers preserve ancient sites.
Click here to watch on cbs.com Wired Science travels to Japan and meets up with a GeekDad who builds fighting robots for competitions; Adam sits down with Anne Wojcicki and Linda Avey, the co-founders of 23andMe, to chat about giving people insight into their genetic information; we meet medical professionals who are working to eliminate symptoms of various diseases by supplying electricity to the brain; chemistry teacher Chris Schrempp makes hot ice; we venture out to the first International Rocketbelt Convention in Niagara Falls; and Ziya Tong travels to Colorado's Mesa Verde National Park to discover how lasers aid in the preservation of ancient sites.
Episode 7
Space & Flight: Satellite Shopping
aired: Mon, Jun 16, 2008
Wired Science looks at sensors that can prevent a bridge collapse; Ziya Tong examines restless leg syndrome; Rocky Roccanova demonstrates an interactive interface and Adam Rogers looks into satellite signals.
Click here to watch on cbs.com WIRED SCIENCE watches as sensors are placed on a bridge to prevent its collapsing; Ziya Tong examines restless leg syndrome; Rocky Roccanova, CEO of TouchTable, Inc., demonstrates TouchTable's interactive interface; Jeff Hawkins chats with Adam Rogers about his quest to build the first genuinely intelligent machine; and WIRED SCIENCE'S very own Geek Dad, Dylan Tweeny, sets out to build a UFO hovercraft with his six year old daughter.
Episode 6
Health: Bio Banking
aired: Fri, Jun 13, 2008
Wired Science looks at a water crisis; Ziya Tong settles the debate between analog and digital sound and shows how to create high speed photography; Adam Rogers takes a look at the X-Prize competition and we visit a Bio Bank.
Click here to watch on cbs.com WIRED SCIENCE shows us how desert communities are facing the "peak water" crisis. Ziya Tong debates the difference between analog or digital audiophiles with the help of some "golden ears," and also hacks a disposable camera to show how anyone can do high speed photography. Adam Rogers looks at the X-Prize competition and we visit a Bio Bank where samples of organs and body parts are stored.
Episode 5
Health: Blood Simple
aired: Fri, Jun 13, 2008
Ziya Tong settles the debate between analog and digital sound; WIRED SCIENCE investigates how blind patients "see" with their tongues; Adam Rogers goes to the X Prize Foundation competition;investigates solar power.
Click here to watch on cbs.com Ziya Tong sets out to settle the debate between analog and digital sound; WIRED SCIENCE investigates how blind patients are enabled to see with their tongues; Adam Rogers takes viewers to the X Prize Foundation competition in which $10 million prizes are offered to those who can solve some of the world's biggest challenges; and WIRED SCIENCE investigates the solar power technology of the future.
Episode 4
Health: Body Builders
aired: Fri, Jun 13, 2008
Tamara Krinsky visits with Dr. Anthony Atala and learns about building organs in his lab;Adam Rogers combs Kansas wheat fields for rocks from outer space; and WIRED SCIENCE investigates cloned food.
Click here to watch on cbs.com Correspondent Tamara Krinsky visits with Dr. Anthony Atala and learns about building organs in his lab; WIRED SCIENCE heads to two underground labs in search of neutrinos; Adam Rogers combs Kansas wheat fields for rocks from outer space; and WIRED SCIENCE investigates bringing cloned animal meat and milk to the public.
Episode 3
Physics & Chemistry: Ball Busters
aired: Fri, Jun 13, 2008
Milton Garces studies infrasonic wave; Ziya Tong visits a group redesigning wheelchairs; mechanical engineers working on major league baseballs; and Adam Rogers travels to Oakland to test new police technology.
Click here to watch on cbs.com Milton Garces takes viewers through his studies on infrasonic waves; Ziya Tong visits a group of professionals redesigning wheelchairs; WIRED SCIENCE checks in with mechanical engineers to make sure every baseball that makes it to a major league game has the correct degree of hardness and bounce; and Adam Rogers travels to Oakland, California, where he tests out the "shot spotter" as he rides along with Oakland police.
Episode 2
Earth: Flotsam Found
aired: Fri, Jun 13, 2008
Ziya Tong looks into a garbage patch in the North Pacific; new ways that technology is used to fight fires and the impact of global warming on plant growth; and Adam Rogers tests out new lie-detecting technology.
Click here to watch on cbs.com Ziya Tong follows retired oceanographer Curtis Ebbesmeyer as he discovers a giant garbage patch in the middle of the North Pacific Gyre. WIRED SCIENCE takes a look at new ways that water, wind and technology are being used to fight today's fires and investigates the impact of global warming on plant growth, and Adam Rogers tests out a new technology that claims to be able to "read your mind" and tell if you are lying.
Episode 1
Technology: World War 2.0
aired: Fri, Jun 13, 2008
In the premiere episode of Wired Science, Josh Davis of Wired magazine investigates an internet botnet attack of Estonia's banks and newspapers.
Click here to watch on cbs.com In the premiere episode of PBS' newest weekly series, Josh Davis of Wired magazine investigates an internet botnet attack of Estonia's banks and newspapers; WIRED SCIENCE reports on cardiac surgery performed by a "robo-doc"; Adam Rogers explores the disappearance of home chemistry sets; and Ziya Tong delves into technology that is helping children with Asperger's Syndrome by translating facial expressions into emotions.
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