>> 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
G UP AN
UNLIKE
LIB SPORT.
UNLIKELY SPORT.