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  • Flight Assembled Architecture

    Flight-enabled robots construct a six-metre-tall structure designed to be the prototype for a vertical village housing 30,000 people.

  • Tugboat

    Learn how to drive a powerful tugboat using a tugboat simulator, then see what it takes to control a real tugboat in Vancouver harbour.

  • Deep Sound

    Off the California coast, oceanographers deploy a robotic ear to measure noise in the ocean.

  • Hemp Car

    Industrial hemp is being grown for a hybrid material to be used in making car parts for Canada’s first bio-composite automobile.

  • Stupid Orchestra

    Musician/composer Michael Peterman has brought together an ensemble of vintage kitchen appliances for a one-of-a-kind orchestra.

  • Glow Dogs

    Cloned glow-in-the-dark dogs and cats are being used in research for tracking human diseases such as diabetes, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

  • Ghost

    Vancouver Paranormal Society investigators spend the night in a “haunted” old mansion using cameras and microphones in the hope of recording any strange occurrences.

  • Sniper Scans

    On a farm in Virginia, military doctors recreate sniper scenarios using simulated limbs as a means of training combat triage personnel.

  • Brain Controlled Wheelchair

    Researchers in Switzerland are developing a wheelchair for severely motor-impaired persons that can be controlled using brain signals alone.

  • Internet Boot Camp

    At the Save Brain Clinic neurologist Dr. Jaewon Lee treats Internet addiction by using biofeedback techniques to increase patients’ beta waves.