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SciTech Now: Episode 617
Season 6
Episode 17
In this edition of SciTech Now, learning about John Houbolt, a NASA engineer who figured out how to land astronauts on the moon; a spider's ability to use multiple types of silk for different reasons; scientists develop a wristband that measures cellular properties; a company builds homes for the homeless using 3D printing technology.
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3D printing organs; communicating with fireflies; the ethics of driverless cars; and Zika.
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Imaginary friends; repairing tech; turning waste into gasoline; and injured elephants
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Cochlear implants; invisibility cloaks; dysphagia; dopamine; and underwater VR.
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Electric eels; the future of lightbulbs; a Nobel Prize winner; and soldiers train with VR
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Healthcare technology in the military; small data; autonomous vehicles; whaling
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Solar power; the physics of ketchup; carbon taxing; a new coral reef; and controlled burns
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Biodesign; life on other planets; human augmentation; teaching code to kids.
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Augmented reality; NASA's smart glasses; mapping the brain; and the Carolina Chickadee.
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Zika; technology and the refugee crisis; the mysterious octopus; and an a center for teens
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Superblooms in Death Valley; voting apps; studying craters; and armpit science.
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A wind turbine with an unlikely beginning, an illusion to trick the brain, and much more.