
SciTech Now Episode 429
Season 4 Episode 29 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
A wearable that reads brainwaves, tires from lettuce, controlling noise, and pollution.
In this episode of SciTech Now, we explore how a wearable device can read your brainwaves; a look at tires are made from lettuce; how noise pollution disrupts wildlife ecosystems around the globe; and researchers at one university are observing how fish populations are impacted by pollution, development and erosion.
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SciTech Now is a local public television program presented by WLIW PBS

SciTech Now Episode 429
Season 4 Episode 29 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
In this episode of SciTech Now, we explore how a wearable device can read your brainwaves; a look at tires are made from lettuce; how noise pollution disrupts wildlife ecosystems around the globe; and researchers at one university are observing how fish populations are impacted by pollution, development and erosion.
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Clip: S4 Ep29 | 6m 33s | How does noise pollution impact ecosystems? (6m 33s)
How are fish impacted by pollution?
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Clip: S4 Ep29 | 4m 37s | Learn about how fish are impacted by pollution. (4m 37s)
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Clip: S4 Ep29 | 4m 36s | Find out how rubber can be made from an unlikely source. (4m 36s)
A wearable devices that reads brainwaves
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Clip: S4 Ep29 | 5m 28s | Learn about a new headset that is known as a brain-wearable device. (5m 28s)
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