i'm i'm phil torres, i study insects phil torres, i study insects in peru. in peru. that's our team. that's our team. let's do some science. let's do some science. ♪ music ] ♪ music ] >> hi, guy, welcome back to >> hi, guy, welcome back to "techknow." "techknow." i'm phil torres, with rochelle, i'm phil torres, with rochelle, kyle and lindsay. kyle and lindsay. kyle, the nfl paid over kyle, the nfl paid over three-quarters of a million to three-quarters of a million to settle a lawsuit. settle a lawsuit. what was it about. what was it about. >> there's a focus on the >> there's a focus on the concussion problem. concussion problem. the nfl has thousands of place, the nfl has thousands of place, and millions of players in youth and millions of players in youth and challenge football. and challenge football. i went to virginia tech to look i went to virginia tech to look at technology to test helmets at technology to test helmets and track hits on college and and track hits on college and youth players. youth players. let's take a look. let's take a look. . . >>> homec

i'm phil torres and i'm here with kosta and marita.ow, scientists are detecting millions of earthquakes around the world. what technology do you study to help mitigate them? >> here is san francisco's bay bridge. they absorb the areas of the earthquake while leaving the rest of the infrastructure intact. really, really cool. let's check it out. rising from the san francisco bay is the newest architectural jewel of northern california. the new bay bridge, which connects san francisco and oakland, is now open for business. and what a sight it is to see! roughly 280,000 vehicles travel the east and westbound lanes each day. it's now the widest bridge in direction. this is six years worth of round the clock time lapse video of the new 2.2 mile east span. the project cost $6.4 billion. this is earthquake country. the great san francisco quake of 1906 wiped out 80% of the city. the old bay bridge opened in 1936. and it sits in the worst possible spot: right between two major fault lines. the san andreas and the hayward faults. and the worst-

halifax >> i am phil torres. coming up next week on "roll ca call" locked, loaded, armed with a computer program that could change everything. >> we found the model was incredibly accurate at predicting times and locations where these crimes were likely to occur. >> where are we going? hands behind your back. >> can science predict crime before it happens? tech know. >> this is al jazeera america, live from new york city. i am jonathan betz. an al jazeera exclusive. south sud an's vice president is clear: he wants to be in charge. >>. >> after weeks of delays, now the deadline, time is running out for some to sign up for obamacare. winter storms spreading throughout north namerica and nw threatening europe. veteran's beer, 100% patriotic. >> tonight, the south sudan easy government has lost control of one of its states rich in

i'm phil torres, with rochelle, kyle and lindsay.yle, the nfl paid over three-quarters of a million to settle a lawsuit. what was it about. >> there's a focus on the concussion problem. the nfl has thousands of place, and millions of players in youth and challenge football. i went to virginia tech to look at technology to test helmets and track hits on college and youth players. let's take a look. . >>> homecoming in the heartland. this is cornhusker county. nebraska university, the epicentre of college football. >> first big win. >> along with the tradition of football - come the hits. cheer cheer >> big hits like this one in front of our cameras. no one knows how hard the hits can be better than blake lawrence. former lion backer for nebraska korn huhs kerrs. >> if -- korn huhs kerrs. if you had to bang your head into somebody and that was your job, that's your best weapon. if they said, "go and run and smash into the wall", i would do it for the sport. >> blake did it all his life. he started to question it after suffering three c

i'm phil torres, an entomologist. now let's do some science. ♪ >> hey guys welcome to techknow where we bring you life changing innovations in the field of science. i'm phil torres and i'm here with kosta, rachelle and lindsay. >> when we think of camp lejeune, we deal with soldiers to go into the field. but there's an epidemic with soldiers returning with completely invisible wounds, i'm talking about ptsd. be camp lejeune has innovative ways of technology to combat this problem. the ugliness of war has made an indelible mark on the minds of many americans. and can linger longer after deployment has ended. posttraumatic stress disorder or ptsd was first diagnosed in 1980 but has existed for as long as there has been war. >> clearly it appears the underlying cause of those conditions were the same as the underlying causes whra what we l posttraumatic stress. we know very little of what is at the cellular level of what's causing them. the only way we can find out those answers is through technology. >> one promising te

>> i'm phil torres, welcome to a special episode of "techknow." we wanted to share a story with you of innovation that brings out the spirit of welcome. >> hello, i'm cara santa maria, and i'm here to talk about innovations that change lines. we explore the intersection between hardware and humanity and we do it in a unique way. this is a show about science by scientists. >> phil torres is our spider-man, studying insects. our real-life spider-man takes us to colorado, where ironman comes to life helping a woman stand tall despite a devastating difficulty, kosta grammatis is an engineer designing a bion yik eye. he takes us to maryland to meet a young man who designed a test to predict panser. i'm cara santa maria: that's the team, now let do some science. >> we are back here at the meeting plates having coffee. you guys have incredible stories. i'm interested to hear about this exosuit. >> it was invented 1500 years ago. i am sure we are due for an upgrade. it might be it. check out the robot. you are seeing it on its own, where it's tested. but

>> hey guys, i'm phil torres. welcome to a very special show of "techknow". yoament yosemite national park. low hello and welcome. i'm phil torres, here to talk about innovations that can change lives. we are doing this in a unique way, this is a show about science by scientists. let's check out our team of hard core in other words. marita davidson, is on the front lines of a devastating wildfire. and crystal dilworth is a molecular neuroscientist, how police work could stop crime before it happens. lindsay moran, shows us how mushrooms may replace polystyrene packaging. i'm phil torres, that's our team of scientists, now let's do some science. ♪ ♪ >> it has been another fantastic week of science on the road. we've got crystal, lindsay and marita here. marita, you were basically a very high tech firefighter for a week. tell me about this. >> i was on a story to tell us how we fight the rim fire in yosemite. here it is. this is a very unusual piece of technology. it almost looks like an alien insect. they've got it in a hangar and they're going to fly it up to

i'm phil torres, we'll talk i'm phil torres, we'll talk about about innovations that will innovations that will change laughs. change laughs. we'll look at hardware. we'll look at hardware. this is a show about science by this is a show about science by scin histories. scin histories. kyle hill is an engineer, and kyle hill is an engineer, and he's investigating head-to-head he's investigating head-to-head combat and cutting edge combat and cutting edge technology that can help to technology that can help to detect a concussion before detect a concussion before it's it's too late. too late. >> lindsay moran is an ex-c.i.a. >> lindsay moran is an ex-c.i.a. operative. operative. she was packaging that can one she was packaging that can one day replace day replace

i'm phil torres to talk about innovations that can change lives. we're going to explore hardware and humanity in a unique way. this is a show about science by scientists. let's check out our team of hard-core nerds. tonight she's on the front lines of a devastating wildfire as a drone takes command of the skies over yosemite. crystal is a molecular neuroscience. she goes to the streets of seattle and santa cruz for a look at how science might stop crime before it happens. lindsay is an ex-cia operator. tonight she shows us how mushrooms might one day replace styrofoam packages. i'm phil torres and i'm an entomologist. i study insects in the rain forests of peru. that's our team. now, let's do some science. >>> it has been another fantastic week of science on the road. we've got crystal, lindsay and rita here. we're going to start with you. you were basically a very high-tech firefighter for a week. tell me about this. >> that's right. i was on a story that followed how we use unmanned aircraft to fight the rim fire at yosemite. let me show you. her

i'm phil torres, here to talk about innovations that can change lives. we are doing this in a unique way, this is a show about science by scientists. let's check out our team of hard core in other words.

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i am phil torres. i am here with michelle, crystal and lindsey. you went to one of the most violent cities in america to see how technology can help us fight crime? >> that's right. i went to oakland, california which has the 5th highest crime rate and nearby richmond which is among the top 20 to look at some very innovative technology that they are looking to increase the eyes and ears of the police force on the street. so let's have a look these are streets. >> i am not violating any law. >> in two san francisco bay area cities known for crime oakland and rimmond westbound. >> but now, police in both of these cities have high tech back-ups. electronic ears listening for gunfire, 24/7. he lectronic eyes monitoring police and perps alike. even the cars on this street. officer chris tong is patrolling the streets of richmond that. ding you hear is the sound of a license plate reader. watch what happens when he passes a stolen vehicle. >> it's just triggered on an unoccupied vehicle. turn around and take a look what we've got here. >> the unoccupied

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. >> i'm phil torres, welcome to a special episode of "techknow."e wanted to share a story with you of innovation that brings out the spirit of welcome. >> hello, i'm cara santa maria, and i'm here to talk about innovations that change lines. we explore the intersection between hardware and humanity and we do it in a unique way. this is a show about science by scientists. >> phil torres is our spider-man, studying insects. our real-life spider-man takes

i'm phil torres. coming up this week on techknow. joining me now from london is mow hamed sudan, the foreign relations secretary and spokes person for the muslim brotherhood, mr. sudan welcome to the program. what does the muslim brotherhood intend to do now that the military backed government has made this declaration that your movement is aterrorrist organization? >> when someone stole the bauer from the real presidents and the government, and he is saying that those people are thieves or those people are terrorists. then it is something coming from illegitimate groups. is then not only the egyptian people would not recognize this, but also the community will not approve these and accept these kind of fake rules or laws but whatever under -- it is something coming when anyone wants to make a declaration, like this should go with the international organize like a new end or like -- but it is not like just a mouse getting this and let us -- let's go with the how they did it. from six months ago they try to promote the street. just to

>> i'm phil torres coming up this week on techknow... for some soldiers the war never ends. watch as a battle once fought in a warzone, comes to life on a video screen. >> he was doused in deisel fuel and he was just in a lot of pain. >> can re-living trauma lead to a cure for ptsd? technow on al jazeera america >> after the tazreen fire, walmart announced that it had dropped success apparel as a supplier. we tried to speak to success' representative in bangladesh, but we found the company had closed down its office here. we also tried to interview the company's ceo, gila goodman, in new york but she refused to speak with us. kevin taxin was success' president at the time of the fire. he also refused to speak to us on camera. he now heads up another supplier called americo group. one of its clients...is walmart. >> if walmart were really so upset about what success apparel did, one assumes they would not be keen to continue to do business with a leading executive from success apparel. >> on the phone, kevin told us that neither success nor its agent in bangladesh, true color

i'm phil torres. coming up this week on techknow. it's roll-call for the santa cruz police. their locked, loaded, armed with a computer program that could change everything. >> we found that the model was just incredibly accurate at predicting the times and locations where these crimes were likely to occur. >> alright, where are we going? >> put your hands behind your back. >> can science predict crime before it happens? al jazeera america sundays. >> a man's responsibility is to country. >> welcome back. we're talking about what it means to be a man today. that was one of our young streamers weighing in, and we asked the community what masculinity will look like in the future and what do they say. >> they have thoughts about how to drive it in a more positive direction in the future... aaron, do you have a take on what teaching healthy masculinity would actually look like? >> i think it would just be supportive of your kids, and sort of give them very specific boundaries, but i think it's gender neutral. the one distance i saw, being a park hom for five years, was that the

these fish supply the vert liser that number issues the i'm phil torres. coming up this week on techknow. it's roll-call for the santa cruz police. their locked, loaded, armed with a computer program that could change everything. >> we found that the model was just incredibly accurate at predicting the times and locations where these crimes were likely to occur. >> alright, where are we going? >> put your hands behind your back. >> can science predict crime before it happens? every sunday night join us for exclusive, revealing and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. tomorrow night. >> we try to be funny in serious stories which is very, very rare. >> he made radio cool with his sense of humor, insight and curiosity. he opened a new window into american life. >> before they know it we're actually able to present something new that they haven't heard about. >> talk to al jazeera with ira glass. many worry that the gains made in education will not stick in the future. aljazeera's jane ferguson takes us to a school in kandahar city t

. >>> most powerful -- second most powerful knowledge leader in north crea >> i'm phil torres coming up this week on techknow... for some soldiersknow... the war never ends. watch as a battle once fought in a warzone, comes to life on a video screen. >> he was doused in deisel fuel and he was just in a lot of pain. >> can re-living trauma lead to a cure for ptsd? technow on al jazeera america >> every morning from 5 to 9am al jazeera america brings you more us and global news than any other american news channel. find out what happened and what to expect. >> start every morning, every day, 5am to 9 eastern with al jazeera america. >> an al jazeera america exclusive... former president jimmy carter reflects on the life and legacy of nelson mandela. >> that spirit of nelson mandela is embedded deeply in the heart and soul of the south africans... >> they worked side by side for freedom, now president carter talks about mandela's global impact. a revealing interview you won't see anywhere else. >> i've never heard him say, that he was grateful to the united states... >> talk to al jazee

. >> talk to al jazeera with jimmy carter only on al jazeera america >> i'm phil torres coming up this week on techknow... for some soldiers the war never ends. watch as a battle once fought in a warzone, comes to life on a video screen. >> he was doused in deisel fuel and he was just in a lot of pain. >> can re-living trauma lead to a cure for ptsd? technow on al jazeera america have been telling you in the san joaquim river, freeze warnings in effect. never seen too much in terms of rain. los angeles, you are going to be seeing some beautiful weather all the way to sunday even into the low 70 did or high 60s, partly cloudy conditions, overnight, about 44 degrees. texas also dry for you as well. we saw rain showers and a mix of precip just a little bit up here towards the north. temperatures for dallas at about 42. san antonio at 55. for houston, well, you are going to be seeing rain by the time we end the week. 59 degrees there. that will will last one day. your weekend should look better with a high of 63. over here towards the southeast, some rain showers pushing through orlando ri

andrew let's start with what we heard from the government, which has >> i'm phil torres coming up this week on techknow... for some soldiersknow... the war never ends. watch as a battle once fought in a warzone, comes to life on a video screen. >> he was doused in deisel fuel and he was just in a lot of pain. >> can re-living trauma lead to a cure for ptsd? technow on al jazeera america >> and now a techknow minute... >> it's the ultimate race againt time. doctors preforming heart transplant surgery in just 6 hours before a donor organ is damaged by ice, used to keep it cold during transit. but this device could .change all that. it's called the organ care system, or... heart in a box. it works by hooking up the heart to this machine. it pumps it full of warm blood, and a formula containing a proprietary mix of nutrients. >> it's warm, >> it's warm, it's beating... it's functioning, it's just functioning as if it's in your body. >> doctors are also seeing promising results, using the organ care system on other organs, such as lungs. >> for more information on this, and other techknow s

>> i'm phil torres coming up this week on techknow... for some soldiers the war never ends. watch as a battle once fought in a warzone, comes to life on a video screen. >> he was doused in deisel fuel and he was just in a lot of pain. >> can re-living trauma lead to a cure for ptsd? technow on al jazeera america >> an al jazeera america exclusive... former president jimmy carter reflects on the life and legacy of nelson mandela. >> that spirit of nelson mandela is embedded deeply in the heart and soul of the south africans... >> they worked side by side for freedom, now president carter talks about mandela's global impact. a revealing interview you won't see anywhere else. >> i've never heard him say, that he was grateful to the united states... >> talk to al jazeera with jimmy carter only on al jazeera america al jazeera america is growing and now more americans are getting the high quality, original, in-depth reporting al jazeera america is known for. >> to find out more about al jazeera america go to aljazeera.com >> you're watching "inside story." i'm ray suarez. we're t

i'm phil torres. coming up this week on techkno ♪ >>> welcome back.sychology of what makes videos go viral. jonah a lot of money can be associated with videos that go viral. are companies spending research and development time to narrow in on a formal to help video goes viral? >> a lot of companies are very interested in what makes videos go viral. the problem is they try to do the same thing that was a hit before. but there is a science behind it, some rules companies can follow to go after valuable reality. it is great if something gets 10 million views, but does it help the brand at the end of the day. >> jonah everybody is listening, and saying he has the keys. what are some of the key factors do you think? >> what something looks. triggers, is it triggered by the environment, so we all think of the oreos tweet, oreos plugs into the existing conversation. also practical value. does it help people? does it make them better off and public and stories, wrapping it in a story or narrative really helps them catch on. those steps are what we found drive

. >> i'm phil torres coming up this week on techknow... some soldiersknow... the war never ends. watch as a battle once fought in a warzone, comes to life on a video screen. >> he was doused in deisel fuel and he was just in a lot of pain. >> can re-living trauma lead to a cure for ptsd? technow on al jazeera america >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm richelle carey. gearing up for a big snowstorm, what can we expect and what is happening right now. >> meteorologist: by the time it's all said and done this storm will dump a foot of snow over new england. and here in new york city a lot of us wearing our jackets, temperatures are not going to climb above 26 degrees in new york city the snow falling all the way to chicago. the roads are covered with a bit of snow and you can also see that snow falling across portions of the northeast into new york city as well. we'll continue to have to deal with this throughout the course of the day. travel is very tricky along interstate 80, 90, and across up state portions of main. you can see the

i'm phil torres, an i'm with lindsay and costa. you were telling us about your c.i.a.s with taxi drivers. >> when i was in the agency i always struck up conversations with cab drivers. they're almost always from other countries and you nevada know who they are. they could be physicists. it in is a pilot program going on in new york city where they're driving around completely electric vehicles. it's a really cool story. >> imagine a new york city with taxi fleet dominated by electric vehicles. now imagine the year, is i it 2030? 2050? how about 1899. that's right. there were close to 100 batly powered taxis on the streets of new york. that same year one of the electric cabs earned the city's first speeding violations barreling down the avenue at 10 mph. 114 years later electric taxis are back. the city is rolling out six fully electric nissans for a year-long test run. >> this is where i plug in. >> an owner operator who has been driving a taxi for 17 years. he's also one of the test drivers. >> it's something new . it's never been tested before, and i wanted to be a p

. >> i'm phil torres coming up this week on techknow... some soldiersknow... the war never ends. watch as a battle once fought in a warzone, comes to life on a video screen. >> he was doused in deisel fuel and he was just in a lot of pain. >> can re-living trauma lead to a cure for ptsd? technow on al jazeera america >> meteorologist: well, the big weather story of the day is the big snowstorm that is sweeping through much of the east. we have rain in chicago, illinois, indiana, and across ohio and back into pennsylvania. this snow is going to make its way up the east coast and present problems for travelers. we're looking at heavy snow coming town across much of illinois right now at chicago, o'hare and midway. we have delays. if you're traveling across portions of i-70 through portions of ohio, pennsylvania, around the pittsburgh area and i-80 through the new york state thruway we'll be dealing with this through tonight and tomorrow. this is a look at 12:00 a.m. monday. the front will be offshore. in the meantime it will be producing hea

." >> i'm phil torres coming up this week on techknow...or some soldiersknow... the war never ends. watch as a battle once fought in a warzone, comes to life on a video screen. >> he was doused in deisel fuel and he was just in a lot of pain. >> can re-living trauma lead to a cure for ptsd? technow on al jazeera america sense of security but today again it reminds us that >> welcome back. i'm ray suarez, and this is itsel "inside story." david ottaway, you don't always get to pick your history. were they lucky that it was nelson mandela and his comrades sitting across the table when it came time to talk about what the future country would look like? >> definitely lucky. you don't find too many statesmen like nelson mandela anywhere in the world. he really stabilized the country in this transition period when there were enormous tensions between blacks and whites and really almost civil war in the two factions of the black community. and the leadership particularly the first two years after he got out, and there was enormous provecatioprove

i'm phil torres, we'll talk about innovations that will change laughs. we'll look at hardware. this is a show about science by scin histories. kyle hill is an engineer, and he's investigating head-to-head combat and cutting edge technology that can help to detect a concussion before it's too late. >> lindsay moran is an ex-c.i.a. operative. she was packaging that can one day replace

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i'm phil torres here to talk about innovations that can change lives. we are going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity and we're doing it in a unique way. a show about science by scientists . lindsay moran, science versus the deaf takings of ptsd. soldiers december pri battle. kosta grammatis is behind the wheel of the future testing out a driverless car . rachelle oldmixon is an environmental scientists.