Wired Science
What is a "space junkyard?"
- 2007-2007
- 1 season
- PBS
- Documentary, Family
- TV-G
What is a "space junkyard?"
Season 1 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2007
Episode 1
Technology: World War 2.0
Wed, Oct 3, 2007
An Internet botnet attack of Estonia's banks and newspapers; cardiac surgery performed by a robo-doc; disappearance of home chemistry sets.
Episode 2
Earth: Flotsam Found
Wed, Oct 10, 2007 54 mins
Giant garbage patch in the middle of the North Pacific Gyre; water, wind and technology are used to fight fires; global warming on plant growth.
Episode 3
Physics & Chemistry: Ball Busters
Wed, Oct 17, 2007 54 mins
How does science keep America's pasttime honest?
Episode 4
Health: Body Builders
Wed, Oct 24, 2007 54 mins
Can organs be built in a lab?
Episode 5
Health: Blood Simple
Wed, Oct 31, 2007 54 mins
Components of perfluorocarbons and attempts to create blood; a physicist interacts with 120 volts of electricity; NextFest; looking at fossils for clues to the past.
Episode 6
Health: Bio Banking
Wed, Nov 7, 2007 54 mins
Southwestern desert communities face a water crisis; a debate between analog and digital audiophiles; high-speed photography; the X-Prize competition.
Episode 7
Space & Flight: Satellite Shopping
Wed, Nov 14, 2007 56 mins
Sensors on a bridge to prevent collapse; restless legs syndrome; TouchTable's interactive interface; sending signals via satellite
Episode 8
Technology: Geek Dad: Japanese Robots
Wed, Nov 21, 2007 55 mins
A man builds fighting robots for competitions; Rocketbelt Convention in Niagara Falls; electricity eliminates symptoms of some diseases; genetic information.
Episode 9
Space & Flight: Space Junkyard
Wed, Dec 19, 2007 54 mins
Adam Rogers rummages through a "space junkyard" to see how spaceships are being reverse-engineered from 40-year-old technology; Ziya Tong interviews computer scientist Louis von Ahn about using human perception to digitize books; Wisconsin neuroscientists show off an invention that's helping blind patients see with their tongues; Chris Hardwick interviews maverick genomics pioneer Craig Venter; Ziya Tong travels to Napa Valley to find out what science has to do with creating the perfect bottle of wine.
Episode 10
Earth: Icy Depths
Wed, Dec 26, 2007 55 mins
Undersea vehicles; a teacher turns cotton balls into smokeless gunpowder; Hollywood attempts to create perfect water onscreen.