>> AND BACK WITH A LOOK AT

ROBOTS,

RIGHT AFTER THIS

>>> ADVANCEMENTS IN ROBOTIC

TECHNOLOGY AND THE THREAT BY

GERMS AND VIRUSES, JOINING US TO

TAKE

UP THOSE

TOPICS IS

RABIAH

MAYAS.

WELCOME.

YOU BELIEVE

ROBOTS ARE

SMARTER,

HOW SO?

>> WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT ROBOTICS

IS THAT WE ARE MORE AND

MORE

LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE ROBOTS IN

OUR EVERY-DAY LIFE,

TAKING

OVER

DEFENSE AND MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

AND

INDUSTRY IN REALLY

EXCITING

WAYS.

>> FOR EXAMPLE AT THE UIC,

ROBOTIC TRANS

PLANTS ARE AN

OPTION FOR OBESE

KIDNEY

PATIENTS.

HOW DOES THAT WORK?

>> IT'S VERY POSSIBLE IF

YOU

HAVE A KNEE

SURGERY IN THE

UPCOMING FUTURE, OUR DOCTOR MAY

BE IN

A DIFFERENT ROOM

CONSOLING

A ROBOT.

THEY REQUIRE LESS

RECOVERY TIME

SO THERE

IS A SURGEON

MANIPULATING THE

ROBOT.

FANTASTIC TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED

OVER TIME AND A

GREAT OPTION

FOR

CERTAIN KIND OF SURGERIES IN

CERTAIN

PATIENTS.

>> ANNUAL LIVING SURGEON COULD

NOT DO THE SAME THING AS THE

ROBOT, COULD

NOT DO THE LESS

INVASIVE

STUFF?

>> THE IN

IN

INSIGNIFICANCES CAN BE

SMALLER AND THERE'S

BETTER USES

BUT IT'S

REALLY EXCITING

WHAT'S

GOING ON IN THE AREA

OF

DEFENSE?

>> WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT ROBOTS

WE'RE SEEING NEW DEVELOPMENTS

EVERYWHERE.

IMAGINE IN THE DEFENSE

SCENARIO

WHERE YOU MIGHT BE OVERSEAS

IN A

DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENT AND

WOULDN'T WANT TO SEND

A PRESSURE

IN TO

INVESTIGATE A

AREA, THERE

ARE ROBOTS DESIGNED

SPECIFICALLY

TO DO THAT

WORK.

YOU CAN THROW A

ROBOT.

THERE ARE THROWABLES.

YOU CAN THROW THEM OVER

A WALL

INTO UNCERTAIN TERRAIN

TO SCOUT

OUT AN ENVIRONMENT AND

TO GAIN

INFORMATION TO BRING BACK TO THE

DEFENSE TEAM AND FIGURE OUT TO

COME UP WITH A PLAN.

>> WE'RE SEEING MORE

ROBOTICS

AND

TOYS.

WHEN

WILL

SEE

ROBOTS

REPLACING

HUMANS MORE?

>> IT'S A BIG QUESTION.

THERE ARE ROBOTS

EVERYWHERE.

>> YOU'RE NOT A ROBOT, ARE

YOU?

>> NOT TODAY, NO.

[LAUGHTER]

>> BUT WE HAVE ROBOTS AT WORK SO

THERE'S A ROBOT EVERYDAY ON

DISPLAY AT THE

MUSEUM.

ROBOTS ARE

COMMONPLACE.

SO THERE'S CONCERN ABOUT ROBOTS

TAKING OVER JOBS BUT THE

REALITY

IS THERE'S A LOT

OF WORK TO DO

AND ROBOTS NEED

HUMANS.

THEY'RE NOT

FULLY INDEPENDENT SO

THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT

ENGINEERING TO COME.

>> WHAT ABOUT THE NEW

DEVELOPMENTS FOR HOME

ROBOTICS?

>> WHAT I'M

EXCITED IS, I WAS

TALKING ABOUT

ROSIE FROM THE

JETSONS

AND

THINK ABOUT CLIMATE

CONTROL, YOU CAN TELL YOUR HOME

WHEN IT IS COMING

AND

IT CAN

TURN ON THE LIGHTS

AND

ADJUST

YOUR ENERGY

EFFICIENCY.

SO THAT PERSONAL USE,

ROBOTS ARE

COOL.

WE HAD A GREAT ROBOT

FROM THE

HOME LAST MONTH.

IT'S ONLY FUNCTION IS TO WASH

YOUR WINDOWS.

SO THERE'S A ROBOT

TO PROGRAM TO

WASH THE WINDOWS

IN YOUR

HOME ON

ITS

OWN,

SO FUN THINGS AND

REALLY IMPORTANT TECHNOLOGIES AS

WELL.

>> LET'S TALK

ABOUT SOMETHING

NOT QUITE SO

POSITIVE AND

THAT

IS DRUG RESISTENT DRUGS

AND HOW

THEY'RE BECOMING A GLOBAL

THREAT.

WHAT IS GOING ON?

>> THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

RELEASED AN IMPORTANT REPORT

THAT

HIGHLIGHTED THINGS PEOPLE

HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT FOR QUITE

SOME TIME, IF YOU LOOK

GLOBALLY,

THERE ARE NO AREAS

OF

WORLD IN

WHICH THERE DON'T EXIST BACTERIA

LIBERTY TO THE

RESIST TENT TO THE DRUGS TO

TREAT

THEM.

WE USE

ANTIBIOTICS

FROM STEP

THROAT TO A

SIMPLE SKIN

INFECTION AND WE'RE FINDING THE

BACTERIA ARE NOT LONGER

RESPONDING.

>> AND SO WE HAVE DONE SEGMENTS

ON IT BEFORE

BUT

OVERUSE OF

ANTIBIOTICS

SEEMS TO BE ONE OF

ONE THE

CORRECTING

CAUSES.

>> ANTIBIOTICS ARE

DESIGNED TO

TREAT BACTERIAL INFECTIONS AND

WHEN THEY'RE PRESCRIBED

FOR

VIRUSES THEY'RE NOT

EFFECTIVE.

SO THEY'RE BEING OVERPRESCRIBED

BUT

ANOTHER PROBLEM IS AS

PATIENTS WE ARE NOT

TAKING

MEDICINES PROPERLY.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO TAKE A FULL

DOSE.

TAKE IT EVEN IF YOU'RE FEELING

BETTER.

TAKE THE ENTIRE COURSE BECAUSE

WHAT THAT MAKES SURE HAPPENS

IS

THAT THE

BACTERIA DON'T DEVELOP

MUTATIONS AND

PERPETUATE

MUTATIONS.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT SOMETHING

ELSE OF THINGS GOING ON

AND THAT

IS INSIGHT INTO TORNADO

TRANSITION ZONES.

WHAT IS

THAT?

>> SO THERE'S INTERESTING WORK

IN INDIANA

AT PURDUE

UNIVERSITY,

IT IS TORNADO

SEASON, WHICH IS

PICKING A PLACE IN POP

CULTURE.

BUT THIS IS

A

DEVASTATING

NATURAL DISASTER.

LAST WEEK THERE WERE A NUMBER OF

DEATHS IN THE SOUTH.

WHAT THE

RESEARCHERS

AT PURDUE

UNIVERSITY FOUND WAS THAT

LOOKING

AT 60 YEARS O

F PREVIOUS

TORNADO DATA, WE CAN FIND THAT

THERE AREAS

CALLED TRANSITION

ZONES WHERE TORNADOES ARE MORE

LIKELY TO TOUCH DOWN.

THESE ARE AREAS

WHERE YOU SEE

TWO DIFFERENT

LANDSCAPES

TOGETHER, A FOREST NEXT

TO A

PRAIRIE AND IT'S A THOUGHT THAT

THOSE DIFFERENCES MIGHT CHANGE

THE AIR IN

THE TORNADO AND CAUSE

THEM TO TOUCH THE

GROUND.

>> THAT COULD HAVE IMPLICATIONS

IN TERMS OF CITY

PLANNING.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> AND HOW WE USE THE

LAND.

>> AND HOW WE FORECAST TO

PREDICT WHERE TORNADOES

WILL HIT

SO WE

CAN HOPE TO PROTECT

OUR

CITIZENS AND PROPERTY AND DESIGN

CITIES TO RESIST THOSE

TOUCH-DOWNS.

>> SOMETHING HALVING IN

AFRICA

THE RECENT

EBOLA OUTBREAK.

WHAT IS THAT.

>> A DEVASTATING

DISEASE.

IT IS CAUSED BY

A VIRUS AND IT

CAUSES A

HEMORRHAGIC FEVER THAT

ULTIMATELY LEADS TO

EXCESSIVE

PLEADING AND ORGAN

FAILURE

AND

90%

OF PEOPLE WHO GET THIS

WILL

DIE.

>> AND THE

WAY

IT

WORKS,

IT'S

FREIGHTENING BECAUSE

FREIGHTEN, ONE

PLEADS THROUGH

YOUR ORIFICES.

>> IT'S A DEVASTATING DEATH.

>> HOW IS IT

TRANSMITTED?

>> THROUGH

CONTACT WITH

FLUIDS.

SO WHAT HAS

HAPPENED

INNING

OUTBREAK

IS IT CAME

FROM A FRUIT

BAT.

>> A FRUIT BAT?

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> SO THAT IS BELIEVED

A

PATIENT'S CONTACT EITHER A

A

LIVE

OR DEAD

MATERIAL AND

CARETAKERS,

OTHERS IN THE HOME

ARE THE MOST

PRONE TO

GETTING THIS DISEASE

FROM THE

PATIENTS IN THEIR CARE.

>> WHAT IS CAUSING THIS

OUTBREAK?

>> THE OUTBREAK IS DUE TO THE

FACT THAT EBOLA IS

CONTAGIOUS

AND TRANSMITTED

EASILY THROUGH

BODY FLUIDS AND

CONTACT SO IT

SPREAD FROM A

FORESTED AREA AND

MOVED TO

THE

CAPITOL CITY AND

ACROSS AT

THE

BORDER INTO LIE

BEAR

YA.

THE CONCERN IS IT'S

HIGHLY

CONTAGIOUS AND

LETHAL AND

THEY'RE

STARTING TO SEE SOME

DIALING BACK

SO THERE'S HOPE IT

WILL BE

CONTAINED.

>> LOCALLY THERE'S RESEARCH DONE

THAT'S

RELEVANT.

>> THERE'S FANTASTIC RESEARCH AT

THE UNIVERSITY OF YELL

ILLINOIS IN

CHICAGO.

IT IDENTIFIED A SMALL

MOLECULE

THAT MAY BE A POTENTIAL

TREATMENT FOR

EBOLA AND

PREVENTS

THE VIRUS FROM ENTERING THE HOST

CELL WHICH IS A

PART OF

EVERY

VIRUS

REPLICATING.

SO THIS IS A

REALLY IMPORTANT

STEP BUT IT WOULD BE A LONG WAY

FOR TREATMENT.

>> AND WE KNOW,

BECAUSE OF

THE

EXAMPLE OF THE M

ERS VIRUS,

THAT

WE'RE ALL CONNECTED.

JUST BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENING IN

ONE PART OF THE WORLD

DOESN'T

MEAN IT CAN'T

MAKE ITS WAY

HERE.

>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> UP NEXT, WHY SOME

CHICAGO

STUDENTS ARE

TAKIN

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UNLIKE

LIB SPORT.

UNLIKELY SPORT.