PBS - Wired Science S01E02 (2007.720p.x264.AC3-SoS)

Originally aired: 2007.10.10



WIRED Science is a new weekly series that brings Wired magazine’s award-winning journalism, groundbreaking design and irreverent attitude to public television. WIRED Science combines reportage from WIRED with stories developed by the show’s producers to create a next-generation science and technology series - on air, online and in the classroom. Each week, WIRED Science correspondents take viewers to the frontiers of discovery across the country and around the world, spotlighting the cutting-edge innovations and research that are defining 21st-century culture, and introducing the high-tech mavericks who are making it happen.



1. EARTH: Flotsam Found

Retired oceanographer Curt Ebbesmeyer and his colleague tracked thousands of plastic toys that fell off a freighter during a storm to map current patterns. Their work leads them to an unbelievable discovery; a mass of swirling garbage in the North Pacific as large as the state of Texas.



2. Fired Up

Firefighters put cutting-edge firefighting tools and techniques to the test.



3. Zone Creep

Gardeners reap global warming benefits by being able to grow species that aren’t native to their neck-of-the-woods.



4. Lie Detectors

WIRED Senior Editor Adam Roger takes on new fMRI lie detecting technology to see whether or not he’s even thinking of a lie.



5. Miracle Gro

Chris Hardwick unearths what's inside a product that helps our gardens grow."



6. Chat: Cameron Sinclair

Architect Cameron Sinclair connects smart design with war refugees, disaster victims and poor people of the world.



more info: http://www.pbs.org/kcet/wiredscience/
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Runtime: 54:38

Source: OTA High Definition 1080i

Video Encoding: x264(2pass/mkv).1280x720.3477kbps

Audio Encoding: ac3.384kbps-5.1chan

Average QP: I=19.74, P=21.59, B=22.98

File Size: 1.45GB



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