Prosthetic Touch
New advances are giving amputees the ability touch and feel through prosthetic hands.
Podcast for 9 October 2014
OCEAN SCIENCE (Encore Presentation) - Old warships become new habitats. An ocean quadcopter gives researchers a sky-high view of the stormy North Atlantic. And, autonomous underwater vehicles that search for sunken treasure. Also, behind the untimely death of the octopus.
Solar Grass Blades
Unique nanostructures copy grass blade architecture to harvest sunlight.
Seafloor Mapping
Space-based measurements of the ocean’s surface are revealing the topography of the seafloor miles below.
Disaster Tweets
Tweets help civil engineers build higher performing buildings, roads and bridges.
Recycled Solar Panels
Engineers are creating highly efficient solar cells from recycled lead-acid car batteries.
Face-Repairing Foam
A foam-like polymer could help repair bone defects in the face.
Podcast for 1 August 2014
LESSONS FROM THE DEAD (Encore Presentation) - Scientists attempt to bring back an extinct frog. Mummies showing signs of heart disease make researchers rethink assumptions about lifestyle and diet. The mysterious death zone within African "fairy circles" explained. Also: a miniature laboratory under the skin monitors blood chemistry.
Squishy Robots
Materials that can go from firm to squishy and back could make robots more versatile.
Remote Power
A new power source could help miniaturize implantable medical device.
Height Adjustable Desks
Sedentary workers report increased job performance and creativity after they start using adjustable height desks.
Phylochip
A computer chip can test for a wide variety of microbes in the environment.
Robo-Clam
The Atlantic razor clam, famous for its digging prowess, is a model for potentially useful robots.
GPS Weather Jets
GPS devices on commercial flights could predict hurricanes.
Cadaver Hologram
A 3-D hologram of a human cadaver brings med-school dissection to the 21st century.