Engineering Innovation

Engineering Innovation

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Engineering Innovation episodes

  • Solar Power Booster
    In Colorado, they?re herding more than cattle these days.? A company there is engineering ways to herd light?with the hope of increasing solar power generation.
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  • Germ Paper
    We?re used to anti-bacterial soaps, sprays, and such?but how do you know you?ve killed everything dangerous.? Even better might be products that spot disease-causing germs.
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  • Car for the Blind
    It may sound impossible, but engineers at Virginia Tech are designing a car for the blind.? Not a car that drives itself, one in which the driver has control.
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  • Oil-Free Frying
    You might soon be able to stop at fast food joints on your way to the beach with more confidence that you?ll be keeping that bathing suit-ready figure.
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  • Power Line Robot
    Robots may soon be prowling above our main power transmission structures?keeping a close eye out for problems that could lead to a blackout.
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  • Deleting Documents
    When you delete an e-mail or Facebook photo, you don't see it anymore but it might not be gone from cyberspace.? Now researchers are working on a permanent delete.
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  • Energy in the Airwaves
    The valuable information you get on the radio waves transmitted by WTOP may one day provide an added benefit ? power for some of your electrical devices.
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  • Robots that Eat
    Robots are doing more and more amazing things.? But a new concept takes a big step toward life-like characteristics -- allowing them to literally eat.
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  • Soccer Stats
    As you watch the World Cup, individual player statistics are hard to come by?so objectively evaluating a soccer player?s performance is hard.? But an engineer says he?s figured out a way to do it.
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