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Jessica Banks: Immersed in Wonder

Jessica Banks: Immersed in Wonder

Season 2013 Episode 15
3:07
10 Questions for Jessica Banks

10 Questions for Jessica Banks

Season 2013 Episode 16
2:13
30 Second Science: Maria Klawe

30 Second Science: Maria Klawe

Season 2013 Episode 17
0:43
Maria Klawe: The Proof is in the Painting

Maria Klawe: The Proof is in the Painting

Season 2013 Episode 18
3:43
10 Questions for Maria Klawe

10 Questions for Maria Klawe

Season 2013 Episode 19
2:27
30 Second Science: Tanzeem Choudhury

30 Second Science: Tanzeem Choudhury

Season 2013 Episode 20
1:04
Tanzeem Choudhury: The Sad Clown Fish

Tanzeem Choudhury: The Sad Clown Fish

Season 2013 Episode 21
2:36
10 Questions for Tanzeem Choudhury

10 Questions for Tanzeem Choudhury

Season 2013 Episode 23
1:35
30 Second Science: Paul Frommer

30 Second Science: Paul Frommer

Season 2013 Episode 24
0:45
Paul Frommer: Creating A Language

Paul Frommer: Creating A Language

Season 2013 Episode 25
3:48
10 Questions for Paul Frommer

10 Questions for Paul Frommer

Season 2013 Episode 26
1:58
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Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers

30 Second Science: Jessica Banks

Season 2013 Episode 14

Jessica Banks is a roboticist, engineer and designer who creates kinetic furniture (furniture that moves) that she sells through her company, Rock Paper Robot. Among Jessica's other creative pursuits, she's a skull-ptor - she decorates small animal skulls (without the animals) and turns them into tiny works of art.

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