Technology update
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TU 59. Carbon heart valve, anti-aging eye drops & ambulance simulator
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TU 60. Drugs and explosives compact detector, smartphone dosimeter & helium-free MRI scanner
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TU 61. The Science of the Sochi Olympics, the torch, the power supply & xenon for athletes
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TU 62. Dual-screen smartphone, heavy-duty video conferencing software & interactive digital books
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TU 63. liquid-cooled supercomputers, memristors & new processors for satellites
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TU 64. Revamping tractors, growing crystals & creating a superradiant laser
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TU 65. Large diamonds detector, tyres recycling & redesigning the parachute
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TU 66. Stealth jet nano coating, a mobile radar jammer & hydrogen fuel
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TU 67. Nuclear fission vs nuclear fusion & the world's largest Tokamak
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TU 68. subway car laboratory, 3D modelling of Earth’s depths & repairing nuclear reactor with robots
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TU 69. Femto lasers, screenplay visualizer app & Russian military exoskeleton.
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TU 70. Augmented reality for drivers, ice laboratory & bioprinting
TU 68. subway car laboratory, 3D modelling of Earth’s depths & repairing nuclear reactor with robots
Sight is arguably our most important sense, accounting for the vast majority of information we take in from the world around us, but as nature's echolocation has proven, sound can reveal much more than meets the eye. On this month's show, we learn about the high-tech companies using sound to in places too dark, dense or dangerous for us to see. This information has a whole range of safety applications in the energy and transport industries, as well as helping oil companies in the search for the black stuff.
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Published: 09 February 2016 00:00
Duration
25:54