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Kenyan inventor has designed a pair of gloves that translate signed hand movements into speech.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2021
  • Length: 02:34
Caption: Garrett Brown
Garrett Brown - Inventor of the Oscar-winning Steadicam - Rocky, The Shining, Philadelphia, Bulworth, La Traviata, The Forgotten

  • Added: Oct 13, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
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Alba Triana, a Colombian-born composer and sound artist based in Miami, Florida, introduces three of her exquisite sound and light installations: M...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2018
  • Length: 11:19
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World in Progress: A lab for the future – Smart Cities in Finland - The "Smart cities" of the future will be digital and connected, using smar...

  • Added: May 02, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: Lisa Reihana's Emissaries in the New Zealand Pavilion.
Today, we take you to the Arsenale, historic shipyard and main venue for the 57th Venice Art Biennale. In the New Zealand pavilion, we hear artist ...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2017
  • Length: 15:18
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Today, we take you to Paris for a studio visit with French artist ORLAN. Surrounded by her books, sculptures, paintings and photographs, we talk ab...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2017
  • Length: 08:40
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The Total Artificial Heart is one of the many wonders of modern medicine. Elliot Majerczyk has this report on a medical team pioneering a new techn...

Bought by KENW and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 14, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 2
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One architecture professor is giving trailer parks a good name. Michael Berk of Mississippi State University has developed award-winning mobile hom...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Cheetahs are fast, but time is catching up with them. Their numbers are dwindling due to a small gene pool that makes these graceful Big Cats vulne...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
Caption: Carl Stiansen and Sir Patrick Moore
Sir Patrick Moore talks about his life in astronomy, life on Mars, and playing music with Einstein.

  • Added: Feb 19, 2008
  • Length: :18
Caption: Inside Technology
A new computer joystick for the disabled operates by voice command.

  • Added: Nov 30, 2007
  • Length: 04:51
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Now you can whip up a meal while you work on your tan. And that's with free, non-polluting, energy from the sun.

Bought by KMXT and WEPS


  • Added: Nov 12, 2007
  • Length: 01:18
  • Purchases: 2
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The Canadian Defense Department recently tested a robotic submarine that detects the presence of whales and transmits a warning to stay out of thei...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 29, 2007
  • Length: 01:27
  • Purchases: 1
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This story is free! Guatemala City's youth are given an alternative to gang life and crime through a unique program in the heart of the city's wors...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2007
  • Length: 05:20
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The forested wetlands of Louisiana have inspired Hollywood movie scenes ever since the 'talkies.' But the Cypress swamps and floating marshes of Ba...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Aug 27, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
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So, what's so great about fossil fuels, anyway? Well the truth is, they burn easily, so they're handy for powering internal combustion engines or e...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Aug 27, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Over South Africa, the Bateleurs combine love of flying with a passion for nature...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
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Maybe there's hope for troublemakers. Some creatures thrive in hot water...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
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Last year, the wind industry reached an important milestone in the United States.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
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The compact fluorescent light is way more efficient at converting electricity to light than the incandescent bulb.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
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Lighting accounts for about a quarter of all the electricity that's consumed in the United States. Here are some ways to lighten the energy load...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
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Ireland is poor in fossil fuel resources, and nearly 90 percent of its total energy needs are met by imported fuels. But the country is rich in win...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
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The EPA says that the average home produces more greenhouse gases than the average car.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jan 12, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Colleges and universities are jumping on the green building bandwagon.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jan 12, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Americans use a lot of water. In fact, the average American uses more than 100 gallons every day.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jan 12, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1