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Nanotechnology Takes Off - KQED QUEST Posted by: KQEDondemand
Video duration: 628 seconds From Lawrence Berkeley National Labs to Silicon Valley, researchers are manipulating particles at the atomic level, ushering in potential cures for cancer, clothes that don't stain, and solar panels as thick as a sheet of paper. http://www.kqed.o rg/quest Related: atomic, california, kqed, kqedquest, nanotechnology, pbs, science, solar |
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Green Building Revolution - KQED QUEST Posted by: KQEDondemand
Video duration: 696 seconds An explosion in green building is underway, with cleverly engineered libraries, office buildings, even public housing projects popping up across the Bay Area, and championed as much by landlords trying to cut energy and water costs as by environmental groups. Related: architecture, building, calacademy, califronia, ecology, environment, green, kqed, pbs, quest, science, sustainability |
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Green Burial - KQED QUEST Posted by: KQEDondemand
Video duration: 632 seconds Tired of toxic embalming fluid, rainforest wood caskets and other ecologically unfriendly practices, a new generation of undertakers is attempting to green up the funeral industry with burials that go easy on the land. Related: burial, death, environment, green, hd, kqed, kqedquest, pbs, science, television, tv |
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Check, Please! Bay Area: Season 3: Episode 4 Posted by: KQEDondemand
Video duration: 1697 seconds Check, Please! Bay Area's third season episode 4 (#304) profiles and reviews these three Bay Area restaurants: Cyrus, The Yellow Submarine, The Slanted Door Related: bayarea, checkplease, cyrus, dine, eat, food, kqed, restaurant, review, sanfrancisco, slanteddoor, vietnamese |
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Check, Please! Bay Area: Season 3: Episode 3 Posted by: KQEDondemand
Video duration: 1672 seconds Check, Please! Bay Area's third season episode 3 (#303) profiles and reviews these three Bay Area restaurants: Capannina, Angeline's Louisiana Kitchen, Playground Related: angelines, bayarea, berkeley, capannina, checkplease, dine, eat, food, kqed, playground, restaurant, review, sanfrancisco |
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California's High Speed Rail - KQED QUEST Posted by: KQEDondemand
Video duration: 576 seconds State transportation planners have nearly finished designing a high-tech bullet train system that would take passengers from San Francisco to Los Angeles in two hours at 220 mph -- faster than a Ferrari. But will California voters pay for it? Related: califronia, engineering, kqed, kqedquest, pbs, physics, quest, rail, science, train |
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The Science of Fire - KQED QUEST Posted by: KQEDondemand
Video duration: 654 seconds In dry years, fires in California cost billions of dollars and often result in lost lives. QUEST goes inside the fire season, looking at how the history of forest management could be feeding today's flames. Related: fire, kqed, kqedquest, nature, pbs, science |
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The Fierce Humboldt Squid - KQED QUEST Posted by: KQEDondemand
Video duration: 603 seconds A mysterious sea creature up to 7 feet long, with 10 arms, a sharp beak and a ravenous appetite, has invaded ocean waters off Northern California. Packs of fierce Humboldt Squid attack nearly everything they see, from fish to scuba divers. Marine biologists are working to discover why they've headed north from their traditional homes off South America. Related: cephalopods, environment, humboldt, invasive, jumbo, kqed, kqedquest, mesopelagic, quest, science, species, squid |
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Check, Please! Bay Area: Season 3: Episode 2 Posted by: KQEDondemand
Video duration: 1678 seconds Check, Please! Bay Area's third season episode 2 (#302) profiles and reviews these three Bay Area restaurants: New Kapadokia, Aperto, Masa's Related: aperto, bayarea, checkplease, dine, eat, food, kqed, masas, newkapadokia, redwoodcity, restaurant, review, sanfrancisco |
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Check, Please! Bay Area: Season 3: Episode 1 Posted by: KQEDondemand
Video duration: 1709 seconds Check, Please! Bay Area's third season episode 1 (#301) profiles and reviews these three Bay Area restaurants: Alfred's Steakhouse, Bacco, El Tonayense Taco Truck Related: bayarea, checkplease, dine, eat, food, kqed, restaurant, review, sanfrancisco |
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Video Games: Access for All -- KQED QUEST Posted by: KQEDondemand
Video duration: 660 seconds Can someone who's quadriplegic or hearing impaired play a video game? QUEST takes you to the international Game Developers Conference celebrated recently in San Francisco, where a group of gamers used colorful tactics to convince mainstream developers to make video games that are accessible for everyone. Related: accessibility, deaf, games, kqed, kqedquest, pbs, play, tv, video, videogames, wheelchair |
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Fatal Attraction: Birds and Wind Turbines - KQED QUEST Posted by: KQEDondemand
Video duration: 710 seconds With California's ambitious renewable energy goal, the state needs wind power. But California's largest wind farm cluster at Altamont Pass unintentionally kills golden eagles, burrowing owls and other threatened birds. Now, wind companies, scientists and environmentalists are working to bird-proof these massive wind farms. Related: birds, environment, kqed, kqedquest, pbs, science |
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Second Life: Big Avatar on Campus - KQED QUEST Posted by: KQEDondemand
Video duration: 420 seconds It's a virtual world, but the transactions are real. Go inside Second Life, an online game where millions of people are creating digital personalities called avatars and are living virtual lives -- meeting other avatars, going to events, and even buying property with real money. Related: avatar, kqed, kqedquest, pbs, science, secondlife |
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What's Killing the Sea Otters? - KQED QUEST Posted by: KQEDondemand
Video duration: 805 seconds Sea otters, the fuzzy mascots of California's coast, have fought back for 75 years from near-extinction, but now their population has mysteriously stalled. Scientists say pollution from land - perhaps even a parasite in cat litter - may be the culprit. Related: animal, california, ecology, environment, hd, kqed, ocean, otters, pbs, science, tv |
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Second Life -- Oct/Nov 2007 Posted by: KQEDondemand
Video duration: 712 seconds GALLERY CRAWL takes a trip through Second Life, checking out Odyssey and East of Odyssey, two private islands devoted to presenting various forms of art. Avatar Beavis Palowakski is our guide. For more Bay Area arts coverage, check out: http://www.kqed.org/ arts Related: adam, babeli, crawl, east, gallery, gazira, kqed, life, odyssey, of, ramona, second |
