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The Henry Ford Innovation Nation with Mo Rocca Season 4 Episodes

26 Episodes 2017 - 2018

Episode 1

Luxury Tree Houses

Sat, Sep 30, 201720 mins

Host Mo Rocca shows us: The man making mansions in the trees. The innovator turning your smartphone into an underwater camera. Making Mexico's highways greener with vertical gardens. And, when the railroad world ditched steam for diesel.

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Episode 2

Inland Surf Park

Sat, Oct 7, 201720 mins

Host Mo Rocca shows us: An innovative Surf Park in the North Wales countryside. Stopping police chases with a tire lasso. The watch for the blind, getting popular with the sighted. And, the speed of flight, from the Wright Brothers to space.

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Episode 3

Globe Maker

Sat, Oct 14, 201720 mins

Host Mo Rocca shows us: The London innovator creating artistic globes of the world. The woman who took her grandmother's tea recipe to make food last longer. The drone finding and clearing landmines from war torn countries. And, the place where modern day technology began.

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Episode 4

Gloving

Sat, Oct 21, 201720 mins

Host Mo Rocca shows us: The new art form of lighting your fingertips. Inventing the alien rock grabber. Earbuds that translate languages in real time. And, the history of roads connecting the country.

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Episode 5

Fog Catchers

Sat, Oct 28, 201720 mins

Host Mo Rocca shows us: The social worker who create a wireless phone charging purse. Reversing hidden hunger by enhancing food nutrition. The daddy of java, Mr. Coffee. And, turning fog into water.

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Episode 6

Origami Kayak

Sat, Nov 4, 201720 mins

A fold-up kayak. Also: Thomas Edison inadvertent invention of the tattoo pen; and the measuring movements of the strandbeest. (Science and Technology).

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Episode 7

Shoes That Grow

Sat, Nov 11, 201720 mins

Host Mo Rocca shows us: The art of the folding pop-up greeting cards. The inventor of shoes that grow along with the child's foot. Tents that are taking to the trees. And, how electricity first moved from the lab to the home.

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Episode 8

Floating Hammocks

Sat, Nov 18, 201720 mins

Host Mo Rocca shows us: The innovation of floating down a river on a hammock. The fingerprint padlock. Looking back at the female pioneers of the sky. And, saving eyesight in Africa with a smartphone app.

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Episode 9

Peg Leg Crutch

Sat, Jan 13, 201820 mins

Host Mo Rocca shows us: The hands-free, peg-leg crutch for leg injuries. The latest inventions for pregnancy and babies. Smelling the world with your phone. And, the reading book that taught our ancestors.

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Episode 10

Tele-Health

Sat, Jan 20, 201820 mins

Host Mo Rocca shows us: The cargo carrier that follows you. The device that allows doctors to examine you from the other side of the world. A new spin on the old world butter churner. And, when the car industry moved to muscle cars.

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Episode 11

Bat BnB

Sat, Jan 27, 201820 mins

Host Mo Rocca shows us: The Bat BnB keeping bugs at bay. The wristband saving electrical workers from shocking danger. The historic balloon reaching the stratosphere. And, the kinder, gentler, horseshoe.

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Episode 12

United Kingdom Innovations

Sat, Feb 3, 201820 mins

Host Mo Rocca shows us the latest innovations coming out of London and Wales, including An inland surfing park. Hair coloring that changes with wind and temperature. Earbuds that translate foreign languages in real time. And, Edison's delivery room for the technology boom.

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Episode 13

3D Print Inventor

Sat, Feb 10, 201820 mins

Host Mo Rocca shows us: The underwater drone bringing bait to the fish. The inventor of 3D printing. Updates on past innovators. And, how railroad signals changed train traffic.

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Episode 14

Sound Tunnels

Sat, Feb 17, 201820 mins

Host Mo Rocca shows us: Tunnels of sound with directional speakers. How silver thread has put an end to smelly clothes. The first modern copying machine. And, an innovative manual clothes washer.

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Episode 15

Solar Grill

Sat, Feb 24, 201820 mins

Host Mo Rocca shows us: The fire-less grill that cooks using heat from the sun. The sponge that can sop up ocean oil spills. The scuba diving tank you can pump up by hand. And, the car innovator who failed, but changed the industry.

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Episode 16

Food Huggers

Sat, Mar 10, 201820 mins

Host Mo Rocca shows us: The women who invented a new way to keep food fresh. The inventor if the Self Cleaning Gym Bag. The newest way to travel with wheels on your feet. And, the designer who changed the worlds taste.

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Episode 17

Stress Wrist Band

Sat, Mar 10, 201820 mins

Host Mo Rocca shows us: The Wrist Band that relieves stress. A chair that makes you balance and sit up straight. The personal air monitor. And, the history of clocks.

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Episode 18

Female Inventors

Sat, Mar 31, 201820 mins

Host Mo Rocca show us: The woman who used her grandmother's tea to keep food from spoiling. The social worker who invented the phone charging purse. The scientist who took a balloon into the stratosphere. And, the new take on the age old butter churner.

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Episode 19

Spray-on Touchscreen

Sat, Apr 7, 201820 mins

Host Mo Rocca shows us: The underwater trash can cleaning up harbors. The spray on touchscreen that can change the computing world. Concrete cloth building fast, rock hard homes. And, the history of roadside lodging.

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Episode 20

Super Soaker Inventor

Sat, Apr 14, 201820 mins

The rocket scientist who invented the Super Soaker squirt gun; a delivery robot; a light that uses gravity as power; the historic race between Ford and Ferrari.

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Episode 21

Magnetic Designs

Sat, Apr 21, 201820 mins

Host Mo Rocca shows us: The amazing designs of magnetic liquid. The app that can detect head injuries. The drone planting forests. And, the history of the lathe which changed machinery.

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Episode 22

100th Episode

Sat, Apr 28, 201820 mins

Host Mo Rocca shows us the best of our first 100 shows, including The Wolves of Yellowstone. The teen who created an app to help those being bullied in school. The Jetman who flies with wings on his back. And, the story of Rosa Parks and restoring the bus where she made history.

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Episode 23

Girls Who Code

Sat, May 5, 201820 mins

Host Mo Rocca shows us: The woman who started an organization to encourage young women to learn computer coding. The man who created a paper airplane drone. How designers Charles and Ray Eames used design to teach math. And, the glove helping the disabled.

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Episode 24

Segway Inventor

Tue, May 15, 201820 mins

Host Mo Rocca shows us: The Cat backpack. The man who invented the Segway. We get inventive advice from the innovators we've profiled. And, the history of pressed glass.

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Episode 25

Artificial Arm Inventor

Sat, May 19, 201820 mins

Host Mo Rocca shows us: The inexpensive artificial arm invented by a teen. The mouthpiece that's an Automatic Toothbrush. The mechanical snake that seeks out water pollution. And, the machine based on early computer theories.

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Episode 26

Strandbeest

Sat, May 26, 201820 mins

Host Mo Rocca shows us: The innovation of floating down a river on a hammock. The inventor of shoes that grow along with the child's foot. The mesmerizing movements of the wind-driven sculptures called Strandbeests. And, how electricity first moved from the lab to the home.

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