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1 online resource (streaming video file) (27 min. 6 sec.) ; 163085966 bytes |
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Safety specs for dozy drivers; owl pellets revealing the history of Australia's fauna; the mantis shrimp eyes have it!; clingfilm wrapping up CO2; and reaching new heights in sustainable skyscrapers.OPTALERTNearly one in every three deaths and injuries on the road are related to driver fatigue. Health and safety laws aim to reduce driver fatigue, but not the risk of what sleep scientists call drowsiness. Mark Horstman test drives an Australian first technology smart glasses designed to measure the velocity of a blinking eye and the tell tale signs of drowsiness. Whole fleets of vehicles can be monitored by a central control room from a distance, allowing employers to pull drivers off the road before they're in danger of taking an unintentional 'nanonap'. ORIGINAL FAUNAWe know that Australia has a terrible record on extinction. But how do you look for what's missing when you never knew what was there? Paul Willis ventures into caves at Wee Jasper in NSW, to dig up centuries old owl pellets (the regurgitated hair and bones of their meals) that can tell us a surprising amount about the history of the fauna in the area.OWL EYESAn owl's eyes account for up to five percent of their body weight. Having large eyes enables an owl to see in low light conditions, but they've also given rise to an incredible talent for rubbernecking.CARBON CLING WRAPThe race is on to develop technologies that capture carbon dioxide from power stations and other industrial sources. One of the most exciting emerging technologies looks like the cling wrap used to wrap lunches. Tanya Ha discovers that membrane technology may one day filter up to 90% of CO2 from smokestacks.MANTIS SHRIMP EYESIn a world completely invisible to us, the mantis shrimp can see wavelengths in the ultraviolet and infrared spectrum as well as two forms of polarised light. Mark Horstman looks deep into the most complex eyes known to us to see how scientists are being inspired to create new technologies.ONE BLIGH STREETOne Bligh Street, the newest office tower in the heart of Sydney's CBD, boasts a 6 star green rating the highest achievable. Maryanne Demasi takes a tour of the building's innovative workspaces to learn how it generates electricity and recycles sewerage water |
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Broadcast 2011-07-28 at 20:00:00 |
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Classification: G |
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Automobile drivers -- Health and hygiene.
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Extinct animals.
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Eye -- Research.
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Owls -- Food.
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Roads -- Accidents.
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Stomatopoda.
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Australia.
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Streaming video
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Aplin, Ken, contributor
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Demasi, Maryanne, host
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Ford, Fred, contributor
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Gulliver, Tony, contributor
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Ha, Tanya, reporter
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Hocking, Christopher, contributor
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Horstman, Mark, reporter
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Johns, Murray, contributor
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Marshall, Justin, contributor
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Muller, Derek, reporter
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Prendergast, John, contributor
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Scholes, Colin, contributor
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Willis, Paul, reporter
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