TechKnow(2013)
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First Air Date: 2013-08-25
Average Runtime: 25m
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Seasons: 4
Episodes: 102
Science series exploring how the latest scientific discoveries are changing our lives.
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 40E01
Harvesting GMO Salmon & Vertical Farms
Air Date: 2013-08-25
Hosts ask how soon genetically modified salmon could hit your table, how NASA charts out a Mars rover's path and disc...
E02
Exo Bionic/Cancer Test
Air Date: 2013-09-01
A bionic exoskeleton helping paralyzed people walk again and meet a teenage inventor of a cancer screening test.
E03
Heart-in-a-Box/NYC Electric/NASA Kid
Air Date: 2013-09-08
A new device that allows hearts and other organs to live outside the body, explore New York City's ambitious plan to ...
E04
Drones/Predictive Policing/Mushrooms
Air Date: 2013-09-15
Explore how a remotely piloted Predator drone helped fight the Rim fire in Yosemite National Park
E05
Face Transplants/Condors
Air Date: 2013-09-22
Meet Carmen Tarleton, the seventh person in the U.S. to receive a full face transplant, as she rebuilds her life and ...
E06
Bees/Amazon Animal/Wine
Air Date: 2013-09-29
Join our expert contributors as they explore high-tech methods to artificially inseminate honey bees, which are dying...
E07
Back-to-School / Cow Manure
Air Date: 2013-10-06
Join our expert contributors as they explore new technology, including a new kind of high-density plastic that can be...
E08
NASA Seac4rs / Bamboo Bikes
Air Date: 2013-10-13
Phil takes a ride with NASA in a flying science lab that measures evidence of climate change.
E09
Shark Robot/Driverless Cars/Predictive Policing
Air Date: 2013-10-20
Marita goes swimming with sharks to see first-hand how a new underwater robot is tracking animal behavior in the ocean.
E10
Concussion Tech / Mushrooms
Air Date: 2013-10-27
Crystal, a nicotine researcher, investigates the science behind e-cigarettes and vape culture.
E11
E-Cigs/Heart-in-a-Box/Foodology
Air Date: 2013-11-01
Crystal, a nicotine researcher, investigates the science behind e-cigarettes and vape culture. Plus, Marita meets che...
E12
Earthquake Tech / Mosquitoes / Exo Bionic
Air Date: 2013-11-17
Marita goes inside San Francisco's new Bay Bridge to see its innovative approach to earthquake proofing. Kosta visits...
E13
Orange Blight / Bugs as Protein / Space Boy
Air Date: 2013-11-24
Phil puts his entomology chops to the test to learn how bugs may be the most overlooked protein.
E14
Hi Tech Police / Bionic Arms / High Tech Wine
Air Date: 2013-12-08
Lindsay learns how police departments are using lapel cameras and acoustic sensors to maximize efficiency and reduce ...
E15
PTSD / Oysters / Driverless Cars
Air Date: 2013-12-15
Lindsay tests out the treatments doctors and therapists are using to help soldiers diagnosed with PTSD and traumatic ...
E16
Exo Bionic / Cancer Test
Air Date: 2013-12-22
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E17
Drones/Predictive Policing/Mushrooms
Air Date: 2013-12-29
No episode overview available.
E18
3D Printing/Texas Tech/Vertical Farms
Air Date: 2014-01-05
Kosta gets a look at how 3D printing can be used to make everything from home electronics to baked goods—even an arti...
E19
Lungs-in-a-Box/Bamboo Bikes
Air Date: 2014-01-12
Shini goes to Oklahoma to visit infamous "Tornado Alley" to see new innovations being developed to better track torna...
E20
DNA Pt 1/Molten Solar/Bugs as Protein
Air Date: 2014-01-19
Phil travels to Peru to uncover whether a spider or mite could be constructing never-before-seen circular web structu...
E21
DNA Testing at Home
Air Date: 2014-01-26
No episode overview available.
E22
Fountain of Youth?
Air Date: 2014-02-02
No episode overview available.
E23
Lung in a Box
Air Date: 2014-02-09
No episode overview available.
E24
Space Archaeology
Air Date: 2014-02-16
No episode overview available.
E25
Inside the CSI
Air Date: 2014-02-23
No episode overview available.
E26
The Frozen Zoo
Air Date: 2014-03-02
No episode overview available.
E27
Medical Marijuana for Kids
Air Date: 2014-03-09
No episode overview available.
E28
Designer Drugs: Legal & Lethal
Air Date: 2014-03-16
No episode overview available.
E29
Hollywood Resurrection
Air Date: 2014-03-23
No episode overview available.
E30
Eyes in the Sky
Air Date: 2014-03-30
No episode overview available.
E31
Facial recognition, faux eggs, and solar energy
Air Date: 2014-04-06
Shini reports on facial recognition software used for law enforcement—and nightclubs. Marita visits a San Francisco l...
E32
Survivors: Help in a Heartbeat
Air Date: 2014-04-13
Testing out satellite technology that can detect a heartbeat buried under rubble.
E33
Smoking out the Truth: E-cigarettes Exposed
Air Date: 2014-04-20
New data on e-cigarettes reveals what's really in them and the secondhand smoke impact.
E34
Sniffing Out Cancer
Air Date: 2014-04-27
Taking their cue from cancer-detecting dogs, scientists work towards developing high-tech devices that can sniff out ...
E35
The Amazing Spider Web
Air Date: 2014-05-04
Scientists want to harvest spider silk, which could be used to hold up bridges or create artificial body parts.
E36
Frozen: Operation IceBridge
Air Date: 2014-05-11
NASA observes shrinking glaciers and fast rising seas; charts impacts of climate change.
E37
Science Slumber Party
Air Date: 2014-05-18
Living laboratory; one of the greenest houses on earth; high-tech house may help solve climate change issues.
E38
Distracted Driving
Air Date: 2014-05-25
No episode overview available.
E39
Farms Without Fields
Air Date: 2014-06-01
No episode overview available.
E40
Brain Hack
Air Date: 2014-06-08
No episode overview available.
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