Season 1
TechKnow
Episodes
Harvesting GMO Salmon & Vertical Farms
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
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
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
Explore how a remotely piloted Predator drone helped fight the Rim fire in Yosemite National Park
Face Transplants/Condors
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
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
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
Phil takes a ride with NASA in a flying science lab that measures evidence of climate change.
Shark Robot/Driverless Cars/Predictive Policing
Marita goes swimming with sharks to see first-hand how a new underwater robot is tracking animal behavior in the ocean.
Concussion Tech / Mushrooms
Crystal, a nicotine researcher, investigates the science behind e-cigarettes and vape culture.
E-Cigs/Heart-in-a-Box/Foodology
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
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
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
Lindsay learns how police departments are using lapel cameras and acoustic sensors to maximize efficiency and reduce crime.
PTSD / Oysters / Driverless Cars
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
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Drones/Predictive Policing/Mushrooms
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3D Printing/Texas Tech/Vertical Farms
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
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
Phil travels to Peru to uncover whether a spider or mite could be constructing never-before-seen circular web structures.
DNA Testing at Home
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Fountain of Youth?
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Lung in a Box
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Space Archaeology
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Inside the CSI
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The Frozen Zoo
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Medical Marijuana for Kids
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Designer Drugs: Legal & Lethal
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Hollywood Resurrection
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Eyes in the Sky
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Facial recognition, faux eggs, and solar energy
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
Testing out satellite technology that can detect a heartbeat buried under rubble.
Smoking out the Truth: E-cigarettes Exposed
New data on e-cigarettes reveals what's really in them and the secondhand smoke impact.
Sniffing Out Cancer
Taking their cue from cancer-detecting dogs, scientists work towards developing high-tech devices that can sniff out cancer early.
The Amazing Spider Web
Scientists want to harvest spider silk, which could be used to hold up bridges or create artificial body parts.
Frozen: Operation IceBridge
NASA observes shrinking glaciers and fast rising seas; charts impacts of climate change.
Science Slumber Party
Living laboratory; one of the greenest houses on earth; high-tech house may help solve climate change issues.
Distracted Driving
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Farms Without Fields
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Brain Hack
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