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Almost fifty years ago the first industrial robot was "employed" in an automobile assembly plant. Robots are regularly used for hazardous, super-heavy and difficult tasks in manufacturing, agriculture, entertainment, medicine, and space exploration. Welding robots with touch sensing and seam tracking abilities increase assembly plant efficiency, while robotic surgery results in less pain, quicker recovery and shorter hospital stays. NASAs robotic rovers Spirit and Opportunity are mapping the terrain and searching for evidence of water on Mars. Honda Motor Company's humanoid robot, ASIMO, can walk, run, recognize people and identify sounds and voices.
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Suggests tips and ideas for conserving energy and water around the home. Touches on energy savers in the kitchen, for the water heater, and around windows. Covers recycling garbage and managing hazardous waste disposal.
What causes a material to be magnetic? Learn the properties of magnets and how magnetic fields are produced.
Sight, touch, hearing, taste, and smell send sensory messages to the brain at a speed of 430km/hr. The brain deals with 11 million information signals per second, and this continual flow of information is sorted and analyzed by the brain, which directs the senses, organizes them, and improves them. The brain’s plasticity allows it to continually adapt. If and individual loses one sense, the brain reorganizes and compensates by increasing the power of the other senses. This episode highlights an artist who is blind and uses his fingers to feel the color of the paint before applying it to the canvas. Part of the “Human + The Future of Our Senses” series.
With support from the National Science Foundation, computer scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago are pushing science fiction closer to reality. They have created a wraparound virtual world in which a researcher wearing 3D glasses can take a walk through a human brain, fly over the surface of Mars, and more. In the system, known as CAVE2, an 8-foot-high screen encircles the viewer 320 degrees. A panorama of images springs from display panels, conveying a sense of being able to touch what's not really there. Part of the National Science Foundation Series “Science Nation.”
Students learn about plant structures and how certain adaptations help them survive. After learning about plant defense mechanisms, students make predictions about what might happen when one touches a sensitive plant with a feather or a finger. Part of the "You at the Zoo" series.
Is it possible to keep pests out of the environment without using pesticides and herbicides? In this episode, Joel and crew learn how environmentally friendly ways to protect yards and gardens from pests. Part of the Curiosity Quest Series.
The garden gets many visitors from insects and animals. Gardeners work hard to keep destructive pests out of the garden, but they also welcome animals that are helpful to the plants in the garden. Part of the "Four Seasons in the Garden" series.
Dr. Chris volunteers to care for some animals at the Kyabram Veterinary Clinic while visiting an old friend. At the clinic, he helps a dog struggling to deliver a litter of puppies. Also, some police dogs stop by SASH (Small Animal Specialist Hospital) to donate blood to help the veterinary clinic in times of need. Part of the Dr. Chris Pet Vet series.
Tornadoes, the most violent weather phenomena on earth, can occur anywhere in the world. Most, however, happen in the United States in "tornado alley," the states of Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. Briefly relates the weather conditions necessary to produce tornadoes. Ride with storm chasers as they pursue these violent storms. Eyewitness accounts, time-lapse photography, and film footage capture the destructive power of tornadoes.
An energy source unrivaled in efficiency and power, oil is the driving force behind today's industries and economies. It touches nearly every aspect of our daily lives, from our food and our clothing to our cars, yet most of us know very little about it. Traces the story of oil through the centuries, from its birth deep in the dinosaur-inhabited past to its ascendancy as an indispensable ingredient of modern life. Yet many experts predict that we have already passed peak production of this vital natural resource, with the latest scientific evidence suggesting that our headlong rush to exploit the remaining reserves may have profound--and perilous--impacts on our future.
Features dozens of space professionals, from designers of space suits and life systems engineers to interior decorators and the "Lunar Lettuce Man." A touching story concerning famed teacher Jaime Escalante and one of his students is interwoven with imaginative vignettes that explore the humor and drama of day-to-day life away from Earth. Also stars Billy Bob Thornton, Kathy Bates, Jeffery Tambor, Jesse "The Body" Ventura, Raymond Cruz, Weird Al Yankovic, Vincent Schiavelli, and Pat Morita.
The Magic School Bus is an award winning animated children’s television series based on the book series of the same title by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen. It is notable for its use of celebrity talent and being both highly entertaining and educational. To celebrate the founding of Walkerville, Ms. Frizzle's class sculpts a stone likeness of its founding father, Captain Walker. But as they add the finishing touches, the statue tumbles down the mountain. Ms. Frizzle turns the bus into a giant boulder and the kids into rock kids. They bump down the mountain in a desperate attempt to save the statue. By the time they reach the celebration at the base of the mountain, they've been pushed, tossed, sanded, polished, and eroded by water.
Cubelets are magnetic, electronic building blocks, each with a small computer inside, that can be connected in many different ways to move around a table, follow a hand signal, turn on a light, play sounds, or do many other creative tasks. They were developed by Eric Schweikardt and his team at Modular Robotics, with support from the National Science Foundation’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. These 21st century building blocks are meant to help kids learn about the basics of robotics while boosting their confidence to solve problems.
Moko is an explorer. As he travels the world continent by continent, he makes many friends and discovers many natural phenomena which sometimes delight him, and other times scare him. Each animated episode recounts an adventure and takes an "original story" approach to explaining these natural phenomena. In this episode, Moko bids farewell to Totemie. As promised, he gives Mei Li's stone and Alarick's flute. She in turn gives him a present that he may only open when he arrives at his destination. One morning, he sees the coast of his land after battling through a tornado! When he gets to shore, he opens Totemie's gift and finds not only her bracelet, but also Mei-Lei's stone and Alarick's flute and realizes that the greatest gift has been meeting his new friends.
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