Fuel Vapor Technologies built this high-mileage performance car to win the Progressive Automotive X-Prize.
Grade levels: Adult
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Jay’s Journal: Urban vs Rural Attention
Jay explains how getting back to nature helps your brain work better.
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JetLev
This water-propelled jetpack can send you 30 feet into the air and is tailor-made for highflyers.
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Small Car Crash Tests
New crash safety tests are pitting micro cars against mid-size sedans in front-end collisions and the results are shocking.
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Total Immersion: Augmented Reality
New technology is giving baseball cards new life in a spectacular way.
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Enbridge Natural Gas Fuel Cell
Canada’s largest natural gas distributor and an American fuel cell company have perfected a way to harness waste energy and turn it into electricity.
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“Shadow” the Bear-Sniffing Dog
Shadow uses his nose to help rangers track and count grizzly bears in Banff National Park.
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Crash Scene Investigation
After the cars are towed away, crash scene investigators move in to piece together what happened in the moments before impact.
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E-FIT Composite Sketches
Investigators have a high-tech computer program called Electronic Facial Identification Technology (E-FIT) that makes it much easier to create a composite of criminal suspects, but the witness’s ability to recall details is still very important.