 | 1x01 Technology: World War 2.0 (Air Date: Oct. 03, 2007)
The first-season opener of the technology-science magazine examines the Internet botnet attack that targeted Estonia in April and May of 2007. Also: heart surgery performed by a robot; why ... |
| 1x02 Earth: Flotsam Found (Air Date: Oct. 10, 2007)
Trash that has accumulated in the North Pacific Gyre; using water, wind and technology to fight fires; the impact of global warming on plant growth; new technology for detecting lies. |
| 1x03 Physics & Chemistry: Ball Busters (Air Date: Oct. 17, 2007)
The mechanical engineers who ensure that Major League baseballs have the requisite hardness and bounce; redesigning wheelchairs; cloned animal meat and milk; Hawaii Institute of Geophysics ... |
| 1x04 Health: Body Builders (Air Date: Oct. 24, 2007)
Dr. Anthony Atala (Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine) discusses growing organs in laboratories. Also: underground neutrino labs; searching for outer-space rocks in Kansas wheat ... |
| 1x05 Health: Blood Simple (Air Date: Oct. 31, 2007)
Analog vs. digital sound; the tongue as a surrogate eye; the X PRIZE Foundation's competitions, which offer $10 million prizes to people who can solve major challenges; the solar power of ... |
| 1x06 Health: Bio Banking (Air Date: Nov. 07, 2007)
The peak-water crisis faced by Southwestern desert communities; analog vs. digital sound; using a disposable camera for high-speed photography; the X PRIZE Foundation's competitions, which ... |
| 1x07 Space & Flight: Satellite Shopping (Air Date: Nov. 14, 2007)
Sensors that may prevent bridge collapses; restless leg syndrome; TouchTable CEO Rocky Roccanova on the TouchTable's interactive interface; satellite signals; building a UFO hovercraft; ... |
| 1x08 Technology: Geek Dad: Japanese Robots (Air Date: Nov. 21, 2007)
Competitive robot building; Linda Avey and Anne Wojcicki, cofounders of 23andMe, on their goal of providing people information about their genomes; using electricity to fight the symptoms ... |
| 1x09 Space & Flight: Space Junkyard (Air Date: Dec. 19, 2007)
Building spaceships by reverse-engineering 40-year-old technology; Carnegie Mellon computer scientist Louis von Ahn on digitizing books; a device that helps blind patients “see” with ... |
| 1x10 Earth: Icy Depths (Air Date: Dec. 26, 2007)
Searching for new life forms in the Arctic Ocean; creating smokeless gunpowder from cotton balls; the Wired LivingHome, an ecofriendly, technologically advanced home in L.A.; West Virginia's ... |
| 1 Pilot (Air Date: Jan. 03, 2007)
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