my background is chemistry and sequencing for about a decade. >> host: we've been talking with graham scott of life technologies here at the consumer electronics show in las vegas. and here at the consumer electronics show in las vegas is a quality of life technology center, it's a national science foundation engineering research center, and joining us now is the director of the quality of life foundry, and that is kurt stone of carnegie mellon university in pittsburgh. mr. stone, what is the quality of life technology center? >> guest: it's a research center that's focusing on creating intebltion systems for seniors and people with disabilities using robotics, robotics technology, vision technology, looking at the human side of things, the institute of aging at the university of pittsburgh also and engineering research lab. and, um, it is focusing on creating this smart system. not necessarily the hardware all the time, but the smart systems that'll help people live and extend their lives in their homes longer. >> host: and this is something that's done at carnegie with the assistance of t

we are joined by one of their directors, graham scott. dr. scott, what is life technologies? what do you do? >> we are a leading provider of technologies to help medical research, people who are actively working in life sciences performing research. we sell to government labs, academic labs, pharmaceutical companies, primarily researchers. exploring biological questions. >> how long have you been in business? >> well, life technologies has -- as an entity has been in business a little over two years. but the general siss goes back over 25 years. because two major companies fought with us. form life technologies were applied life. so they stayed over two decades. >> how do you use technology in your work? >> again, technology is used by scientists who are posing questions about disease. they want to understand the biology of disease. typically they are working with samples. i'll give you a concrete example. they may be working with cancer cells and also controlled cells, and they are asking biological questions about what is different in the cancer cells to the controled cells

electronics show is a group called life technologies and we are joined by one of their directors, graham scott. dr. scott, what is life technologies and what do you do? >> guest: we are leading provider of technology for biomedical research, people who are actively working performing research to sell governmental ads and pharmaceutical companies. primarily researchers. >> host: first of all how long have you been in business? >> guest: well, life technologies as an entity has been in business for a little over two years. that is the genesis of 25 years because two major companies that came together to form technologies so over two decades. >> host: how do you use technology in your work? >> guest: so technology is used by scientists who are posing questions about disease. they want to understand the biology of disease. typically, they are working with samples. to give you a concrete example they may be working with cancer cells and control cells and there are biological questions about what is different in the cancer cells from the control cells. >> host: what you have display on -- at the con

graham, thank you so much, sir. martha: let's head to the newsroom, jon scott standing by as he gets ready for "happening now."new polling from rasmussen reports shows a big shift in the republican race, results that might surprise you. scott rasmussen joins us to fill you in. the honeymoon murder trial in alabama, both sides presenting opening arguments with very different accounts of what happened to a young bride on a cuba diving adventure that ended in her death. the latest from the courtroom. a counterfeit version of a very popular cancer drug is on the market in the u.s. a fake, it's all coming up at the top of the hour, "happening now." martha: thank you, we'll look forward to that. jon scott coming up at the top of the hour. and be careful what you say in front of your babies folks. if you think -- look at that cute little girl. if you think she can't understand you, well think again. gregg: but just girls. ♪ teach your children well. ♪ ♪ no matter what small business you are in, managing expenses seems to... get in the way. not anymore. ink, the small business card from chase introduces jot an on-the-