Quantum. Series 2, Episode 3 /

The latest developments in health, medicine, environmental issues, space and technology feature in this exciting and thought-provoking package of science stories. This episode looks at a new field of technology called biomimetics that aims to create machines that mimic living creatures and the robot...

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Other Authors:	Burchfield, Geoffrey (Narrator, Producer), Corfield, Richard (Producer), Costello, Paul (Producer), Lumsdaine, Naomi (Producer), Spencer, Adam (Narrator), Willis, Paul (Narrator)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	This edition in English.
Published:	Sydney, New South Wales : ABC Commercial, 2013.
Series:	VAST: academic video online
Subjects:	Biomimetics. Clean coal technologies. Oceanography > Research. Chimie biomimétique. Technologie du charbon propre. Océanographie > Recherche. Biomimetics Clean coal technologies Oceanography > Research Alexander Street Video. documentary film. Documentary films Documentary films. Documentaires.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	The latest developments in health, medicine, environmental issues, space and technology feature in this exciting and thought-provoking package of science stories. This episode looks at a new field of technology called biomimetics that aims to create machines that mimic living creatures and the robot fly researchers are trying to build; new research that shows that many people, especially the elderly, have vision defects that make it difficult for them to see road signs and pedestrians; data from the Galileo mission that hints at an immense global ocean beneath the frozen crust and a possibility of life; and efforts to improve coal cleaning cyclones via CAT scans and mathematical modeling.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed July 10, 2014).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (24 min.).
Playing Time:	00:24:40