Innovation Now

By WHRO Public Media

Innovation Now is a daily 90-second radio series and podcast that gives listeners a front row seat to hear compelling stories of revolutionary ideas, emerging technologies and the people behind the co... more

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How many episodes does Innovation Now have?

The podcast currently has 3,784 episodes available.

Innovation Now episodes:

July 21, 2023 Mapping for the Moon
This mobile scanner uses a laser light detection and ranging system to provide millions of measurement points per second that can help map uncharted areas.
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July 20, 2023 A Path to Safety
LIDAR could be used to create maps of vegetation and surface roughness to help firefighters find the easiest path to safety when fighting wildfires.
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July 19, 2023 Safety Issues
Helicopter ambulance, law enforcement, and search and rescue operators utilize night vision goggles to reduce flying risks.
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July 18, 2023 Soliton Waves
A constellation of CubeSats could be used to map small orbital debris by detecting plasma solitons to mitigate on-orbit collisions.
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July 17, 2023 A Volatile History
Volcanic activity, lasting thousands of centuries and erupting massive amounts of material may have helped transform Venus.
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July 14, 2023 A Flight into the Future
On July 14, 1914, Robert Goddard, a Massachusetts physics professor, registered his first two patents describing a multi-stage rocket and a rocket fueled by liquid propellants.
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July 13, 2023 JunoCam
A special instrument aboard the spacecraft Juno was included specifically for citizen scientists.
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July 12, 2023 Lagrange Points
Webb is the world’s first space deployable telescope. But in order for the telescope to do its remarkable work, it had to be sent to a specific location in space.
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July 11, 2023 LEGO Rover Kit
NASA’s Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter are busy exploring Mars, one-tenth-scale buildable models are touching down in homes around the globe.
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July 10, 2023 Laser Bandwidths
Astronauts, mission controllers, and scientists rely on a communications network to transmit messages and commands.
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How many episodes does Innovation Now have?

The podcast currently has 3,784 episodes available.

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