"Cycho" (Mountain-Bike Technology)

Emma Guy's dream is to descend the rocky fringes of the Sierra Nevada - not on her own two feet, but on two wheels of a mountain bike. Here we see Emma's dream has become a quest to find the best, most rugged, most up-to-date mountain bike in the world. 07DR IJSCA 30 min.

Diagnostic Dummies

Getting volunteers to act as drivers when researching driver safety in a car crash are hard to come by. The same is true when testing the viability of a life jacket in icy conditions. And how many people can lie still enough for long enough in a hospital bed to find out when bedsores occur? This program introduces us to a family of tireless, pliable, reliable, viable volunteers always available to assist: state-of-the art, heavily sensored dummies. 07DR IJSCA 30 min.

Driving Into the Future

"Recommended. Highlights global concerns with fossil fuel consumption and pollution; good 3-D graphics help explain various alternative fuel possibilities." -EMRO Review The car has given us mobility unknown to previous generations. Even though it also kills or injures thousands of people every year and pollutes the atmosphere, we cannot live without it. How will the car of the future be engineered so that it is less harmful to the environment and safer for the driver? And how will cities improve traffic flows? This program shows that driving in the future will be very different from today. 07DR IJSCA 30 min.

Leisure Ware

There are people who are always drawn to danger, who wish to go higher and further, who desire to pit themselves against the elements, and who choose to battle against the most dangerous conditions. These people demand the best in terms of clothing and equipment. And as we see here, their demands are indirectly benefiting victims of tragedy throughout the globe. 07DR IJSCA 30 min.

Monitoring the Peace (Arms Control Inspectors)

"Recommended. The material is well organized and shows how science and technological tools are used to identify arms production, weapons testing, monitoring of peace agreements, and the destruction of weapons to comply with arms reduction agreements." -EMRO Review Technology is being used by peacekeepers and those who monitor peace treaties, which has transformed the way wars are fought. It is now almost impossible for a nuclear test to go undetected, and chemical and biological weapons are much harder to hide. This program looks at the work of Arms Control inspectors and at some of the methods and technology they use. 07DR IJSCA 30 min.

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