The Mind of the Innovator Innovators change our world. They begin with real world problems and find solutions through technology, imagination, hard work, and a drive to make our lives better. This program looks at innovators who are creating a mesmerizing array of inventions that have the potential to improve our lives in ways beyond our imagination.
During this program, you will be introduced to:
A professor and a group of graduate students at Northwestern who are using nano-technology to create a pen that can turn off cancer cells and a dna diagnostic machine that can read your dna and give your doctor a complete disease assessment in under five minutes.
A team of engineering graduate students who are assigned the seemingly impossible task of constructing and riding a bike made out of paper.
A robotic engineer who sets out to build a robotic tennis buddy and ends up inventing a virtual reality machine that re-teaches stroke victims how to use their arms and legs.
A civil engineer from the University of Michigan who uses the biology of human skin to make a self-sensing bridge ’skin’ that allows bridges to tell us when they are in distress.
Two engineers who use salmonella bacteria to create a spider silk protein solution which they ’spin’ into spider silk, a remarkably strong material that could replace Kevlar and other plastics.
Upcoming Documentaries - Mark Your Calendar!
May 27, 2012 7:00 pm
Iran and the Bomb From America Abroad: Iran’s nuclear ambitions have the world on edge. Because of its reluctance to admit international inspectors, and its progress in enriching uranium, the situation is increasingly tense. A nuclear Iran could lead to a Middle Eastern arms race and destabilize the world’s oil market. But are sanctions and other diplomatic efforts enough to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons?
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