>> well, dylan, as you know, innovation is the buzz word these days and at cal tech we're leveragings of innovation that jellyfish have achieved to produce technologies in the energy sector, health care and also national defense. >> if you were so how much do you know, in other words how much of what you're doing is a concept and how much of what you're doing can you actually demonstrate in some sort of meaningful way? >> so when we began most of this was on paper and in computer models. but with funding from the navy, for example, over the past five years we've actually demonstrated in the water that we can develop underwater vehicles that use 30% less energy than the current technology. >> at scale? i mean, how big of a prototype have you done? >> these are 4 foot long underwater vehicles. these are at the scale that we imagine using them. autonomous underwater vehicles so that we can put them in the water and instead of putting sailors' lives at risk we would have autonomous drones that would function instead. >> and then, in your fantasy land, knowing where you are right now, kno

. >> i was learning how to make smart bombs at cal track cal tech. >> he realized he could use that same technology to recognize words on a printed page and read them out loud. >> we found a bunch of users were using it. >> quite by accident he found outwords highlighting words higr spoken is to help kids that have trouble reading. ten years later they have hundred thousand books all kee free to the kids that need them. >> students have been reading with the help of these computers in the resource room for four years. now that apple has dropped the price on the ipad 2, they can take book share right into regular classrooms. >> it gives them a lot of freedom. just a lot of self-confidence. >> book share also helped them with weak vision programs and building vocabulary. >> now kids like vincent can keep up with the class instead of misbehaving. >> you just city in with your headphones? >> in my room. >> terry: if you want more information on the stories on our program today, go to our website at abc7news.com. look under the news links on the left side for assignment 7. that is all for thi

was the shooting with his cal tech 9 millimeter justified or second degree murder? at 5'7", zimmerman was four inches shorter than martin but 42 pounds heavier. in the police photos, zimmerman is clearly bloodied and according to his doctor, likely suffered a broken nose. >> tell me what you heard or witnessed. >> we pretty much heard someone yelling outside. >> there are 22 witnesses, most of their police interviews recorded. >> i looked and didn't see anything. >> not one actually saw what or who initiated the fight. witness number six saw martin on top of zimmerman. >> the guy on top in the black hoodie was pretty much throwing down blows on the guy kind of mma style. >> then, the 911 calls. one caller picked up this cry for help. >> so you think he's yelling help? >> yes. >> it's been unclear whose voice that was. martin's mother said it was her son, but when his father listened to the tape, an investigator writes, mr. martin clearly emotionally impacted by the recording, quietly responded, no. >> in a recorded interview, zimmerman's father told police the cry f

geological survey and universities such as stanford and cal tech and uc-berkeley have for years beeny working on a test system. so far the funding for a more robust program has not come through. >>> so to kill folks you get to the national will to build a system is our hope that in the united states we do not to wait for a killer earthquake to build a new warning system. the data system and development works like this. moderate shaking expected in 22 seconds. >>> here you see the path of waves created by the 1989 earthquake. in the yellow are the waves which are often undetectable by humans. the red represents shear waves which often cause the most shaking hands damage. people in san francisco and the east bay would have had 26 seconds of lead time a different many believe could save lives. >>> you can take cover under a steady table then they do of the circuit board and is not just expensive equipment and computer programs that may eventually help get the job done. researchers at stanford is batching small centers to schools and homes. it's a real time demonstration of what is happe

it's a cal tech 9 millimeter. and there's this grainy photograph of george zimmerman. it was photo copied, but it appears to show him with a bloody nose. included in the documents are investigators' reports. one with trayvon martin's father on february 28th. quote, i asked mr. martin if the voice calling for help that night was that of his son. mr. martin, clearly emotionally impacted by the recording, quietly responds, no. the victim's mother has insisted that the screams were indeed her son's they were recorded on a phone conversation to 911. >> in another document, a witness told police the screams were coming from george zimmerman and trayvon martin was throwing punches mma style. that's mixed martial arts style. included in the toxicology report is that trayvon martin had thc in his blood stream. that would indicate that he had been using marijuana, but perhaps no surprise, because days earlier, he had been suspended from school because a baggy with trace amount of marijuana was found in his book bag. >> kerry sanders starting us off from sanford, florida, with th

it's a 9 millimeter cal tech pistol. there are also audio recordings with witnesses, and there are long interviews with witnesses where the verbatims are played out. in one of them, one investigator reported to his interview with trayvon martin's father, which was also taken on february 28th, i asked mr. martin if the voice calling for help was that of his son. mr. martb, according to the interviewer, who was clearly emotional, responded no. that's in sharp contrast to what trayvon martin's mother has said, saying indeed the screams for help were her son. in another document, a witness told police the screams were coming from george zimmerman and trayvon martin was throwing punches mma style, that's mixed martial arts. included in the release of all of these documents in the medical examiner's report is the toxicology tests which show that trayvon martin had thc in his blood. that's marijuana. brian. >> kerry sanders, sanford, florida, starting us off tonight. thanks. >>> today in north carolina, a tale of two very diffe

geological survey and universities such as stanford, cal tech in uc-berkeley, have for years been diligentlyorking on a test system but so far the funding for a more robust program has not come through. >> so if you kill a bunch of people, you get funding at national level to build an early warning system. it is our hope that in the united states we don't need to wait for a killer earthquake to build the early-warning system. >> the beta system and development works like this ... >> moderate shaking expected in 22 seconds. >> you're using the path of waves created by the 1989 earthquake. in the yellow are the key ways which are often undetectable by humans. the red represents shear waves which often cause the most shaking and damage. people in san fransisco in the east they would have had 26 seconds of lead time. a difference many believe could have saved lives. >> if you have a few seconds of one then you can take cover, you are far less likely to be injured. >> i do have a circuit board design ... >> is not just expensive equipment and computer programs that may eventually help get the job

candidate in chemical engineering at cal tech, christy sees the gym was a different way of channeling her disorder. >> you can look at body building as another form of disordered eating. body builders probably have issues with food. i think a lot of it has to do with control. you want to eat certain things and see the result and changes in your physique. it's not normal to most people, but i feel like it is a healthy lifestyle and a healthy outlet for me to be able to address those issues. >> in psychiatry, the magic words that we use to define the threshold of what is an illness or a disorder is, if it seriously impairs social or occupational functioning or if it causes serious subjective distress. >> dr. harrison pope is a professor of psychiatry at harvard medical school. he published several of studies of body builders. what he found? a high prevalence of eating and psychiatric disorders, including one he calls muscle dysmorphia. >> muscle dysmorphia is a syndrome in which individuals develop an unrealistic preoccupation with their muscularity or fitness. the typical individual wi

it's a cal tech 9, 0.9 millimeter, used to kill trayvon martin.n we are the videotape you already referenced. this is from three separate cameras at the 7-eleven. trayvon martin back in february that night had gone out of his father's girlfriend's apartment, gone down to the 7-eleven, bought skittles, bought an iced tea. you can see the iced tea right there on the counter. then he makes his way out. this tape, i guess, is important if for no other reason because it shows his manner and how he was acting before he left. and then there was clearly some sort of back and forth between these two that resulted in him dying. the real question, of course, is the prosecution has to prove that this is something that was a second-degree murder. not something that is basically giving george zimmerman immunity because florida has that unusual stand your ground law, chris. >> yeah. kerry sanders, thanks very much. i want to bring in msnbc contributor and managing editor, joanna reed. i know you spent hours and hours last night, up until the wee hours of the mor

was the shooting with this cal tech 9 millimeter justified? he is four inches shorter than martin, but 45 pounds heavier. he likely suffered a broken nose. >> tell me what you heard or what you witnessed? wr we pretty much heard someone yelling outside. >> reporter: 22 witnesses, most police interviews recorded. >> i looked and didn't see anything. >> reporter: but not one actually saw what or who initiated the fight. witness number six saw martin on top of zimmerman. >> the one guy on top in the black hoody was pretty much just throwing down blows on the guy mma style. >> reporter: mfma. that's mixed martial arts. then the 911 call. one picked up this call for help. >> so you think he's yelling help? >> yes. >> reporter: it's been unclear who that voice was. martin's mother says it was her son, but his father said in a statement, mr. martin clearly responded no. but in a recorded statement, he said that it was his son. >> that is absolutely positive, george zimmerman. myself, my wife, family members and friends that is george zimmerman. there

within minutes martin would be shot dead with his cal tech 9 millimeter, owned and carried by neighborhood watch captain george zimmerman. and in this gated community in sanford, florida, some of the police evidence like recorded witness interviews supports zimmerman's version of events. that he was protecting himself. this is a recording of one police interview with a witness. >> the one guy on top in the black hoodie was pretty much just throwing down blows on the guy kind of mma style. >> reporter: mma. that's mixed martial arts. a form of aggressive fighting. from the moment a 911 caller picked up this cry for help. >> so he think he's yelling help? >> reporter: it's been unclear whose voice that was. martin's mother says it was her son. but when his father listened to the tape, an investigator writes, mr. martin clearly emotionally impacted by the recording, quietly responded no. in a recorded interview, zimmerman's father told police the cry for help was from his son. >> that is absolutely, positively george zimmerman. myself, my wife, family members and friends know that that is geo

get a classic liberal arts education of some kind or if you want to go to the sciences you go to cal techit. we need to rewrite the charter for a lot of colleges in america so that they are more user-friendly to people who want to develop skills that will serve them well in the modern workplace. >> host: julie in louisiana. a few minutes left. >> caller: i have been trying to get you for an hour because i agree with what you say but i disagree with supporting president obama. we vote on our own interests. wheat were supporters of the clintons and they were not people that looked like us. i would never vote for someone like -- like the guy out of florida. >> guest: herman cain. >> caller: i wouldn't vote -- i wouldn't support -- >> guest: i understand. not saying it is an automatic pass. people are inclined over the years to vote for folks with some identification with their own roots and the culture in which they have grown up. there was no secret why the kennedys ran successfully irish-american boston for example. if you grew up in my part of the world and had a candidate with a last nam

tech report. >>> today marks the officials start of fire season and cal fire hired hundreds of additional workers to staff the stations across the state, including in the bay area. kron 4's reggie kumar explains why our area is more prone to wildfires this year. >> reporter: dry brush, high heat and low humidity. and some parts of the bay area should expect the conditions in a few weeks since there was less rainfall this winter. that is why cal fire hired 130 seasonal employees in the east bay. they added 8 workers. 12 engines, a helicopter and a bulldozer. residents need to do their part to protect their homes. >> any clearing you do you do before 10:00 a.m. that way it decreases the risk of fires starting. >> reporter: law requires all property owners remove brush at least 30 feet from their home. 30 feet is this far away from the property. right here to this point. >> drying out of the other fuels. the brush and the trees and things like that. that will be where there will be a lot of fire risk. >> reporter: reggie kumar, kron 4 news. >>> it was mild out there today, especially away from the c

. >> his video went viral, the one of a kind high tech dorm room that now has a cal student face agoring. >> packed with patrons ready to party. in eight pháeups what we've learned about party buses and why even club owners are fed up -- in eight minutes, what we've learned about party buses and why even club owners are fed up. yes, but look at this sofa! it's so comfortable. we don't want to leave. have you been living here? can i have dinner at michael's house? they're having meatballs. don't be back too late. you know it gets dark when they shut off the lights. okay. i can stay. you know, you can just buy the sofas and take them home, today. for a limited time, get up to 15% back on select seating. ikea, the life improvement store. [ female announcer ] hamburger helper stroganoff. beefy. creamy. stroganoffy. helpers. forty dishes, all delicious. those five food groups sound a whole lot better when you put them in a taco shell instead of a pyramid. old el paso. when you gotta have mexican. >>> san jose police have arrested an assistant principal at leyland high school on charges of

. >> his video went viral, the one of a kind high tech dorm room that now has a cal student face ago hearing. >> packed with [ female announcer ] what would you call an ordinary breakfast pastry that's been wrapped in a flaky crust stuffed with a gooey center toasted up all golden brown then given a delicious design? a toaster strudel. pillsbury toaster strudel. so delicious...so fun. mom, we're dying. no you're not, you're just hungry. make some totino's pizza rolls. we don't have any! front... left, totino's. [ male announcer ] well done mom! less drama, more fun! totino's pizza rolls. >>> san jose police have arrested an assistant principal at leyland high school on charges of unlawful sexual contact with a minor. police booked joseph jon reghitto. the school principal and another administrator have been placed on leave pending the outcome of an investigation. >>> also tonight we have learned a 6-year-old boy injured in a san jose house fire has died. tuesday's fire was in the coyote creek condominium complex. the boy died this morning in a south bay hospital. the fire also killed

. >>> moving on, cal osha is investigating the death of a young researcher at the san francisco v.a. medical center. the lab tech died saturday after becoming infected by a strain of bacterial meningitis he had been working with. because of strict safety protocols it is extremely rare for a lab employee to contract an infectious disease from their research. >> everyone else that worked in the lab felt he was a hard working person. there was no evidence that he was sloppy or had made any mistakes previously. it was a devastating we think a very rare event. >> the va medical center lab was closed and deh-contaminated. lab officials say the typical incubation period has now passed with no new cases reported or expected. so the expectation is this is over. >>> a man who called himself the west coast donald trump was step tensed in a massive real estate fraud case. the judge today said this was the largest mortgage fraud case she has ever seen and it is a case the abc 7 news i h-team has been pursuing for three years running now. dan noyes has the update on his investigation. >> reporter: in oakland federal court tod

tech savvy. you want proof? look at this u.c. berkeley student. >> lights on. >> that's derek lowe. posted this on youtube. a few months ago, he set to make his dormroom at cal, the most automated as possible. the system is called b.r.a.d. remote controlled lighting and curtains, his room does everything. >> that's like the clap on, clap off. -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur?] [ male announcer ] inside every box of heart healthy cheerios are those great tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that c help lower cholesterol. stickers? uh-uh. a superhero? ♪ kinda. [ male announcer ] and we think that's the best prize of all. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] instead, try the new subway smokehouse barbecue chicken, big bbq taste 6 grams of fat. subway. eat fresh. featuring rickey minor

tech dorm. good morning, everybody! and i had a picture of the entire cal bears football team. let's look at the commute now on 237. westbound, you can see some stop and go traffic here. and 880 nearby will be slow as well heading south. i just to the a tweet from 21 who said they appreciate looking at the picture of 237, but the same every day, isn't it? yes, it is, but they like seeing it anyway. 880 north and southbound, busy as you drive out towards the commute. santa cruz mountains, highway 17, go to the maps, please. i'll take that. thank you. i'm easy to work with here. northbound 17 as you get up to the pay gates or get down to the summit, i should say. we had slow traffic there. also want to move the maps from may ward to union city here. all of a sudden we have slow traffic, between a ward and fremont. :25. let's go to steve. >> thank you, sir. cloudy to mostly cloudy. drizzle, just a tweeted me and said .01 in sauls alito and also light drizzle towards santa rosa so this system is on its way. it's very weak but i don't think we'll see much here because most of the ra

tech college in fremont. the oracles university reopened last monday to students and other fields but the move the nursing program to make the return less dramatic for those students and faculty. >> tonight nor cal school morning the loss of a murdered student. the 18 year-old was stabbed and killed at a party over the weekend. kristin airs at at the high- school where a vigil will begin soon. >> that is right, and a fund- raiser is under way behind me at the moment. right now mourners are trickling in as the fremont police announced that identified a man arrested in the homicide. he is reportedly paid 18 year- old abraham hate, the news as mourners come to grief a talented football player that had everything going for them. we're having some trouble with that video at this time. but we did get a chance to speak to some of his friends you're at school today. they told us that this truly is the loss of a young man that they called a gentle giant. a man that had a lot of talented and had excelled at sports. he was a friendly guy that got along with everyone. very popular and well liked. the superintendent talk to us about what a great guy he really was and how tragic this is for the students at th

cal th moore radical. >> we hear about how washington is disconnected from the rest of america. this is serious. starting in the 1990s, willie, i saw huge high-teches airport, and washington has become disconnected this article says in many other ways just by the wealth. >> i heard a couple of nights ago a very prominent political reporter was asked by somebody who doesn't live in washington anymore, what's washington like now? he said there are no democrats or republicans. there are just rich people. >> i think one of the most interesting things is with the downsizing of the federal government, which is one of the big secrets of some of the election campaigns, that actually much of the work of federal and military contracting especially has been outsourced. there's a great line in this piece that there are contractors who now can -- consultants that help you get consulting jobs on how to consult and how to get contractors for government contracts. some of it is high-tech, but a lot is the vast amount of money pouring into washington is going to contractors and outsourcing firms, not necessarily to the federal government itself. it's creates a lo