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Season 1

  • S01E01 Technology: World War 2.0

    • October 3, 2007
    • PBS

    An Internet botnet attack of Estonia's banks and newspapers; cardiac surgery performed by a robo-doc; disappearance of home chemistry sets.

  • S01E02 Earth: Flotsam Found

    • October 10, 2007
    • PBS

    Giant garbage patch in the middle of the North Pacific Gyre; water, wind and technology are used to fight fires; global warming on plant growth.

  • S01E03 Physics & Chemistry: Ball Busters

    • October 17, 2007
    • PBS

    Studies on infrasonic waves; a group of professionals redesigns wheelchairs; mechanical engineers inspect baseballs.

  • S01E04 Health: Body Builders

    • October 24, 2007
    • PBS

    Building organs in the lab; neutrinos; combing Kansas wheat fields for rocks from outer space; unmanned aerial vehicles.

  • S01E05 Health: Blood Simple

    • October 31, 2007
    • PBS

    Components of perfluorocarbons and attempts to create blood; a physicist interacts with 120 volts of electricity; NextFest; looking at fossils for clues to the past.

  • S01E06 Health: Biobanking

    • November 7, 2007
    • PBS

    Southwestern desert communities face a water crisis; a debate between analog and digital audiophiles; high-speed photography; the X-Prize competition.

  • S01E07 Space & Flight: Satellite Shopping

    • November 14, 2007
    • PBS

    Sensors on a bridge to prevent collapse; restless legs syndrome; TouchTable's interactive interface; sending signals via satellite.

  • S01E08 Technology: GeekDad: Japanese Robots

    • November 21, 2007
    • PBS

    A man builds fighting robots for competitions; Rocketbelt Convention in Niagara Falls; electricity eliminates symptoms of some diseases; genetic information.

  • S01E09 Space & Flight: Space Junkyard

    • December 19, 2007
    • PBS

    Spaceships are being reverse-engineered from 40-year-old technology; an invention helps blind people see with their tongues; genomics.

  • S01E10 Earth: Icy Depths

    • December 26, 2007
    • PBS

    Undersea vehicles; a teacher turns cotton balls into smokeless gunpowder; Hollywood attempts to create perfect water onscreen.

Additional Specials

  • SPECIAL 0x1 Pilot

    • January 4, 2007

    Kansas meteor hunter, Yellowstone virus, conversation with Elon Musk