60-Second Tech

By Scientific AmericanScience

60-Second Tech episodes

August 23, 2013 Locked Out? There's an App for That
A service available for Apple users allows you to have a replacement key made based on a digital picture of the original. Larry Greenemeier reports.
2 min
August 20, 2013 Fancy Figuring Ferrets Out Fake Photos
New software identifies doctored images by finding inconsistent shadows, even with complex shapes and uneven surfaces. Larry Greenemeier reports.
2 min
August 07, 2013 Kids JUMP for Math [John Mighton's Junior Undiscovered Math Prodigies]
Mathematician John Mighton talks with Scientific American MIND editor Ingrid Wickelgren about getting math-shy kids interested, via JUMP: Junior Undiscovered Math Prodigies

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32 min
August 05, 2013 Tooth Sensor Watches Your Mouth
An accelerometer-based oral sensory system embedded in a tooth could identify various oral habits based on dental movement. Larry Greenemeier reports
2 min
July 31, 2013 Adam Rutherford's Creation Science (the Real Kind), Part 1
Science journalist, author and Nature editor Adam Rutherford talks about new book Creation: How Science Is Reinventing Life Itself, which looks at the science of the origin of life and at the emerging science of synthetic biology

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34 min
July 30, 2013 Electronic Skin Could Bring Touchy Robots
Paper-thin sensor networks might someday give machines the ability to feel their surroundings. Larry Greenemeier reports
2 min
July 25, 2013 Nobel Laureate Harry Kroto: The Threatened Enlightenment
Nobel laureate Harry Kroto, who shared the 1996 chemistry prize, talks with Scientific American Executive Editor Fred Guterl at the recent Lindau Nobel Laureates meeting, about the role of science in society

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20 min
July 17, 2013 New TV Channel Gives Dogs Pause
DOGTV, featuring programming to entertain stay-at-home dogs, debuts nationally August 1 on DirecTV. Larry Greenemeier reports
2 min
July 11, 2013 Navy Aims for Electromagnetic Guns
An electromagnetic rail gun would use magnetic fields created by electrical currents to accelerate a sliding metal conductor along two rails. Larry Greenemeier reports
2 min
June 27, 2013 Penis Enlightenment: Bering Straight Talk
Jesse Bering discusses his 2012 book Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That? (And Other Reflections on Being Human)

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36 min

About 60-Second Tech

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Scientific American Online associate tech editor Larry Greenemeier provides a weekly minute commentary on some of the most interesting developments in the world of technology