TechKnow

1. Harvesting GMO Salmon & Vertical Farms

Air Date: 2013-08-25

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

Air Date: 2013-09-01

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

Air Date: 2013-09-08

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

Air Date: 2013-09-15

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

5. Face Transplants/Condors

Air Date: 2013-09-22

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

Air Date: 2013-09-29

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

Air Date: 2013-10-06

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

Air Date: 2013-10-13

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

9. Shark Robot/Driverless Cars/Predictive Policing

Air Date: 2013-10-20

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

Air Date: 2013-10-27

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

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

Air Date: 2013-11-01

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

Air Date: 2013-11-17

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

Air Date: 2013-11-24

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

Air Date: 2013-12-08

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

15. PTSD / Oysters / Driverless Cars

Air Date: 2013-12-15

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

Air Date: 2013-12-22

17. Drones/Predictive Policing/Mushrooms

Air Date: 2013-12-29

18. 3D Printing/Texas Tech/Vertical Farms

Air Date: 2014-01-05

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

Air Date: 2014-01-12

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

Air Date: 2014-01-19

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

Air Date: 2014-01-26

22. Fountain of Youth?

Air Date: 2014-02-02

23. Lung in a Box

Air Date: 2014-02-09

24. Space Archaeology

Air Date: 2014-02-16

25. Inside the CSI

Air Date: 2014-02-23

26. The Frozen Zoo

Air Date: 2014-03-02

27. Medical Marijuana for Kids

Air Date: 2014-03-09

28. Designer Drugs: Legal & Lethal

Air Date: 2014-03-16

29. Hollywood Resurrection

Air Date: 2014-03-23

30. Eyes in the Sky

Air Date: 2014-03-30

31. Facial recognition, faux eggs, and solar energy

Air Date: 2014-04-06

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

Air Date: 2014-04-13

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

33. Smoking out the Truth: E-cigarettes Exposed

Air Date: 2014-04-20

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

34. Sniffing Out Cancer

Air Date: 2014-04-27

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

Air Date: 2014-05-04

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

36. Frozen: Operation IceBridge

Air Date: 2014-05-11

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

37. Science Slumber Party

Air Date: 2014-05-18

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

38. Distracted Driving

Air Date: 2014-05-25

39. Farms Without Fields

Air Date: 2014-06-01

40. Brain Hack

Air Date: 2014-06-08

1. DNA Home Testing

Air Date: 2014-10-18

We explore the future of genetic sequencing and how it is poised to change healthcare from being reactive to proactive.

2. Lungs in a Box

Air Date: 2014-11-01

TechKnow explores a new technology which could be a game-changer in the organ retrieval process. Also on this episode of TechKnow: Swimming with sharks.

3. Inside the CSI

Air Date: 2014-02-23

In many ways, the crime-fighting of the future is with us today - TechKnow explores how new techniques in forensic science can influence the ways we solve crimes.

4. The Frozen Zoo

Air Date: 2014-03-02

Examining technology that could potentially bring animals back from extinction.

5. Driverless Cars

Air Date: 2014-03-09

Automakers have recently accelerated their efforts to manufacture vehicles that drive themselves.

6. Medical Marijuana for Kids

Air Date: 2014-03-15

7. Designer Drugs: Legal and Lethal

Air Date: 2014-03-22

8. Hollywood Resurrection

Air Date: 2014-03-23

9. Eyes in the Sky

Air Date: 2014-03-29

10. Facial Recognition, Faux Eggs, and Solar Energy

Air Date: 2014-03-30

11. Survivors: Help in a Heartbeat

Air Date: 2014-04-05

12. Smoking Out the Truth: E-cigarettes Exposed

Air Date: 2014-04-06

13. Sniffing Out Cancer

Air Date: 2014-04-26

14. The Amazing Spider Web

Air Date: 2014-04-27

15. Frozen: Operation IceBridge

Air Date: 2014-05-03

16. Science Slumber Party

Air Date: 2014-05-04

17. Cancer Goggles

Air Date: 2014-05-10

18. Earthquake Warning

Air Date: 2014-05-11

19. The Real Big Bang Theory

Air Date: 2014-05-17

20. Sharks

Air Date: 2014-05-18

21. Talking Cars

Air Date: 2014-05-24

22. Bionic Eye

Air Date: 2014-05-25

23. Cord Blood

Air Date: 2014-05-31

24. Fire Starters

Air Date: 2014-09-20

25. Facial Recognition, Faux Eggs, and Solar Energy

Air Date: 2014-09-21

26. The New Dustbowl

Air Date: 2014-10-11

27. Football's Green Game

Air Date: 2014-10-25

28. Animal Crime Scene Investigators

Air Date: 2014-11-08

29. Farms Without Fields

Air Date: 2014-11-15

30. Frack Quakes

Air Date: 2014-11-22

1. Distracted Driving

Air Date: 2015-12-01

2. Extreme Weather

Air Date: 2015-01-24

3. Deep Sea Gold Rush

Air Date: 2015-02-06

4. Beyond Ebola: The Virus Hunters

Air Date: 2015-02-23

In today's hyper connected world, viruses can spread faster than ever. Some, like the measles, continue to plague us, and then there are newer ones like Avian bird flu, SARS and Ebola.

5. Journey to the Jungle

Air Date: 2015-03-02

6. Gold at Any Cost

Air Date: 2015-03-09

7. The Politics of Climate Change

Air Date: 2015-04-06

8. Saving the Macaws

Air Date: 2015-05-11

9. The Digital Desert

Air Date: 2015-05-18

10. The Problem with Plastic

Air Date: 2015-06-01

11. Dirty Gold

Air Date: 2015-06-08

12. Who's Killing the Elephants

Air Date: 2015-06-15

13. GMO Foods

Air Date: 2015-06-22

14. Unsafe Shrimp

Air Date: 2015-06-29

15. Investigating E-Cigarettes

Air Date: 2015-07-27

16. Investigating Katrina

Air Date: 2015-08-24

17. Journey to the Arctic

Air Date: 2015-09-07

18. Bringing Back the Bison

Air Date: 2015-09-19

19. Panama's Grand Canal

Air Date: 2015-09-26

20. Ecstasy Drug Therapy

Air Date: 2015-10-03

21. Oil in the Arctic

Air Date: 2015-10-17

22. The Big Quake Strikes Soon

Air Date: 2015-11-07

23. Nicaragua's Deep Divide

Air Date: 2015-11-21

24. Cracking Down on Exotic Pets

Air Date: 2015-12-05

25. The God Module

Air Date: 2015-12-12

26. Coral Catastrophe

Air Date: 2015-12-19

27. Saving the Macaws

Air Date: 2015-12-26

28. Smart House of the Future

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Honda's smart house is an innovative eco-friendly, energy efficient lab, that is able to generate its own power as a solution to living off the grid. Cara Santa Maria and Phil Torres spent a night at the zero-net energy house full of modern furniture.

1. Religion and the Brain

Air Date: 2016-10-16

Religion was long seen as spiritual nourishment of the soul, but now, groundbreaking research looks at how it impacts the brain. Can 'feeling the spirit' be measured scientifically?

2. The Animal Smugglers

Air Date: 2016-10-30

The smuggling of endangered wildlife, both dead and alive, is a billion dollar global business, second only in size to the illegal arms and drug trades.

3. The Business of Bones

Air Date: 2016-12-18

TeckKnow investigates the modern-day Indiana Jones behind the booming business of dinosaur bones.

4. A New Voice

Air Date: 2016-12-25