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10 Episodes 2007 - 2007
Episode 1
Wed, Oct 3, 2007
An Internet botnet attack of Estonia's banks and newspapers; cardiac surgery performed by a robo-doc; disappearance of home chemistry sets.
Episode 2
Wed, Oct 10, 200754 mins
Giant garbage patch in the middle of the North Pacific Gyre; water, wind and technology are used to fight fires; global warming on plant growth.
Episode 3
Wed, Oct 17, 200754 mins
How does science keep America's pasttime honest?
Episode 4
Wed, Oct 24, 200754 mins
Can organs be built in a lab?
Episode 5
Wed, Oct 31, 200754 mins
Components of perfluorocarbons and attempts to create blood; a physicist interacts with 120 volts of electricity; NextFest; looking at fossils for clues to the past.
Episode 6
Wed, Nov 7, 200754 mins
Southwestern desert communities face a water crisis; a debate between analog and digital audiophiles; high-speed photography; the X-Prize competition.
Episode 7
Wed, Nov 14, 200756 mins
Sensors on a bridge to prevent collapse; restless legs syndrome; TouchTable's interactive interface; sending signals via satellite
Episode 8
Wed, Nov 21, 200755 mins
A man builds fighting robots for competitions; Rocketbelt Convention in Niagara Falls; electricity eliminates symptoms of some diseases; genetic information.
Episode 9
Wed, Dec 19, 200754 mins
Adam Rogers rummages through a "space junkyard" to see how spaceships are being reverse-engineered from 40-year-old technology; Ziya Tong interviews computer scientist Louis von Ahn about using human perception to digitize books; Wisconsin neuroscientists show off an invention that's helping blind patients see with their tongues; Chris Hardwick interviews maverick genomics pioneer Craig Venter; Ziya Tong travels to Napa Valley to find out what science has to do with creating the perfect bottle of wine.
Episode 10
Wed, Dec 26, 200755 mins
Undersea vehicles; a teacher turns cotton balls into smokeless gunpowder; Hollywood attempts to create perfect water onscreen.