Engineering Innovation

Engineering Innovation

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Engineering Innovation episodes

  • Big TVs
    Imagine a 23-foot long video wall that provides a hundred times more detail then the best high-definition TV.? It exists but, sorry football fans, only for science now.
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  • Virtual Touch
    The deeper within your body a cancer is, obviously the more difficult it is to detect by hand.? Engineers might have found a way to help.
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  • Heart Holder
    Heart attack survivors might be best treated by bagging the heart.? No, not getting rid of it?we mean literally bagging it.
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  • Frankenstein Bat
    In a (sort of) bat version of Frankenstein, local engineers are trying to create a flying bat-like creature that can even ?think.?
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  • Bird Flu Detector
    A sensitive new biosensor could detect multiple strains of bird flu and provide on-the-spot answers about whether suspect birds are infected.
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  • Tricking GPS
    As the global positioning system, G-P-S, is becoming more and more integral to our lives?a team of engineers is warning it might be fooled.
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  • Pentagon Memorial Metal
    The new Pentagon memorial has rows of gleaming benches, each dedicated to a victim of the 9-11 attacks.? It is a work of art, but also needed careful engineering.
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  • Engineered Knee Ligament
    As football, soccer, and ski season begin, we?ll hear a lot about injuries to the knee?s A-C-L.? It?s the ligament that connects your upper and lower leg, and replacements often fail.
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  • Burying Global Warming
    Nine-thousand feet below the ocean surface, off the coast of the U-S Pacific Northwest, there may be an ocean prison for the key culprit of global warming.
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