TechKnow
TechKnow: Season 1
Season 2

Air Date

August 25, 2013

Episodes

40 episodes

TechKnow

Season 1

Episodes

1. Harvesting GMO Salmon & Vertical Farms

August 25, 2013
25 min

Hosts ask how soon genetically modified salmon could hit your table, how NASA charts out a Mars rover's path and discover a secret garden inside Chicago's O'Hare Airport.

2. Exo Bionic/Cancer Test

September 1, 2013
25 min

A bionic exoskeleton helping paralyzed people walk again and meet a teenage inventor of a cancer screening test.

3. Heart-in-a-Box/NYC Electric/NASA Kid

September 8, 2013
25 min

A new device that allows hearts and other organs to live outside the body, explore New York City's ambitious plan to convert its taxi fleet to electric cars and meet a teenager who used a 3-D printer to create a prosthetic, robotic arm.

4. Drones/Predictive Policing/Mushrooms

September 15, 2013
25 min

Explore how a remotely piloted Predator drone helped fight the Rim fire in Yosemite National Park

5. Face Transplants/Condors

September 22, 2013
25 min

Meet Carmen Tarleton, the seventh person in the U.S. to receive a full face transplant, as she rebuilds her life and meets the donor's daughter.

6. Bees/Amazon Animal/Wine

September 29, 2013
25 min

Join our expert contributors as they explore high-tech methods to artificially inseminate honey bees, which are dying in record numbers.

7. Back-to-School / Cow Manure

October 6, 2013
25 min

Join our expert contributors as they explore new technology, including a new kind of high-density plastic that can be inserted into students' backpacks or teachers' white boards in hopes of deflecting gunfire.

8. NASA Seac4rs / Bamboo Bikes

October 13, 2013
25 min

Phil takes a ride with NASA in a flying science lab that measures evidence of climate change.

9. Shark Robot/Driverless Cars/Predictive Policing

October 20, 2013
25 min

Marita goes swimming with sharks to see first-hand how a new underwater robot is tracking animal behavior in the ocean.

10. Concussion Tech / Mushrooms

October 27, 2013
25 min

Crystal, a nicotine researcher, investigates the science behind e-cigarettes and vape culture.

11. E-Cigs/Heart-in-a-Box/Foodology

November 1, 2013
25 min

Crystal, a nicotine researcher, investigates the science behind e-cigarettes and vape culture. Plus, Marita meets chefs and scientists teaming up to create new high-tech restaurants, and Phil gets his hands on a new device that allows hearts.

12. Earthquake Tech / Mosquitoes / Exo Bionic

November 17, 2013
25 min

Marita goes inside San Francisco's new Bay Bridge to see its innovative approach to earthquake proofing. Kosta visits a startup working to make humans invisible to mosquitoes.

13. Orange Blight / Bugs as Protein / Space Boy

November 24, 2013
25 min

Phil puts his entomology chops to the test to learn how bugs may be the most overlooked protein.

14. Hi Tech Police / Bionic Arms / High Tech Wine

December 8, 2013
25 min

Lindsay learns how police departments are using lapel cameras and acoustic sensors to maximize efficiency and reduce crime.

15. PTSD / Oysters / Driverless Cars

December 15, 2013
25 min

Lindsay tests out the treatments doctors and therapists are using to help soldiers diagnosed with PTSD and traumatic brain injuries, including hyperbaric oxygen therapy and virtual reality therapy.

16. Exo Bionic / Cancer Test

December 22, 2013
25 min

17. Drones/Predictive Policing/Mushrooms

December 29, 2013
25 min

18. 3D Printing/Texas Tech/Vertical Farms

January 5, 2014
25 min

Kosta gets a look at how 3D printing can be used to make everything from home electronics to baked goods—even an artificial heart valve that expands as pediatric patients grow.

19. Lungs-in-a-Box/Bamboo Bikes

January 12, 2014
25 min

Shini goes to Oklahoma to visit infamous "Tornado Alley" to see new innovations being developed to better track tornadoes and lessen the damage they cause.

20. DNA Pt 1/Molten Solar/Bugs as Protein

January 19, 2014
25 min

Phil travels to Peru to uncover whether a spider or mite could be constructing never-before-seen circular web structures.

21. DNA Testing at Home

January 26, 2014
25 min

22. Fountain of Youth?

February 2, 2014
25 min

23. Lung in a Box

February 9, 2014
25 min

24. Space Archaeology

February 16, 2014
25 min

25. Inside the CSI

February 23, 2014
25 min

26. The Frozen Zoo

March 2, 2014
25 min

27. Medical Marijuana for Kids

March 9, 2014
25 min

28. Designer Drugs: Legal & Lethal

March 16, 2014
25 min

29. Hollywood Resurrection

March 23, 2014
25 min

30. Eyes in the Sky

March 30, 2014
25 min

31. Facial recognition, faux eggs, and solar energy

April 6, 2014
25 min

Shini reports on facial recognition software used for law enforcement—and nightclubs. Marita visits a San Francisco lab working to build a better, plant-based egg substitute. Plus Kyle visits a solar field in Nevada.

32. Survivors: Help in a Heartbeat

April 13, 2014
25 min

Testing out satellite technology that can detect a heartbeat buried under rubble.

33. Smoking out the Truth: E-cigarettes Exposed

April 20, 2014
25 min

New data on e-cigarettes reveals what's really in them and the secondhand smoke impact.

34. Sniffing Out Cancer

April 27, 2014
25 min

Taking their cue from cancer-detecting dogs, scientists work towards developing high-tech devices that can sniff out cancer early.

35. The Amazing Spider Web

May 4, 2014
25 min

Scientists want to harvest spider silk, which could be used to hold up bridges or create artificial body parts.

36. Frozen: Operation IceBridge

May 11, 2014
25 min

NASA observes shrinking glaciers and fast rising seas; charts impacts of climate change.

37. Science Slumber Party

May 18, 2014
25 min

Living laboratory; one of the greenest houses on earth; high-tech house may help solve climate change issues.

38. Distracted Driving

May 25, 2014
25 min

39. Farms Without Fields

June 1, 2014
25 min

40. Brain Hack

June 8, 2014
25 min