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>> ON THIS EDITION OF "SCITECH

NOW," SEE HOW ONE SCHOOL IS

TEACHING STUDENTS SCIENCE AND

MATH AND HOW TO BECOME BETTER

CITIZENS.

LEARN WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE SURE

OIL PIPES DEEP IN THE OCEAN

DON'T CRACK.

FIND OUT WHEN IT IS A GOOD IDEA

TO USE YOUR SMART PHONE IN YOUR

CAR AND DISCOVER THE TECHNOLOGY

BEHIND WHAT YOU SEE ON SUNDAY

NIGHT FOOTBALL GAMES.

IT'S ALL COMING UP NEXT ON

"SCITECH NOW."

HELLO, I'M SIMON PEREZ.

WELCOME TO "SCITECH NOW,"

OUR LATEST PROGRAM

BRINGING YOU THE LATEST IN

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND

INNOVATION ACROSS THE COUNTRY

AND RIGHT HERE IN NEW YORK.

IN ONE SCHOOL IN SAN ANTONIO,

STUDENTS LEARN HOW TO USE

INFORMATION TO HELP OTHERS.

AT SAN ANTONIO SCHOOL OF SCIENCE

AND TECHNOLOGY, THEY'RE NOT ONLY

EDUCATING STUDENTS IN SCIENCE,

TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING AND

MATH, THEY'RE EMPOWERING

STUDENTS TO CREATE PROJECTS THAT

ARE CHANGING LIVES.

LET'S GO INSIDE A COMPUTER LAB

AND LEARN MORE.

>> WE FOCUS ON PROJECTS THAT

WILL EDUCATE OUR STUDENTS ON

VARIOUS ASPECTS AT THE SAME

TIME.

AND WE ALSO BELIEVE STRONGLY IN

GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

THAT'S WHY WE REQUIRE 100 HOURS

OF COMMUNITY SERVICE FROM ALL OF

OUR STUDENTS AS A GRADUATION

REQUIREMENT.

>> THIS COMBINATION OF STEM

EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

RECENTLY HELPED A SIX-YEAR-OLD

BOY FROM CIBOLO, TEXAS NAMED

ZACH BORN WITH AN UNDERDEVELOPED

RIGHT HAND.

THE 3D PRINTER WAS USED TO

CREATE A PROSTHETIC HAND FOR

ZACH WHICH THE SCHOOL PROVIDED

AT NO CHARGE.

>> THE 3D PRINTER CAME ABOUT

RECENTLY, IT TAKES A RESIN

POLYMER AND LAYS IT DOWN IN VERY

THIN AMOUNTS SO THAT IT CAN

BUILD UP WHATEVER DESIGN YOU

OUGHT OWE CAD DESIGN USING

GOOGLE SKETCH OR ANY OTHER

DESIGN ON THE COMPUTER AND

BUILDS IT UP USING THE FILAMENT.

AND SO WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO,

SPECIFICALLY WITH THIS HAND

PROJECT IS TAKE A PROSTHETIC

HAND.

IF YOU GO AND BUY THAT FROM A

PROSTHETIC HAND COMPANY, YOU ARE

GOING TO PAY THOUSANDS AND

THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.

$35,000 EASILY FOR A PROSTHETIC

HAND FOR ONE THAT DOESN'T HAVE

THE SKIN TONE OR ANYTHING VERY

SIMPLE VERY SIMPLE PROSTHETIC,

THAT MIGHT COST YOU 10 TO

15,000.

WITH THE 3D PRINTING TECHNOLOGY,

WE CAN PRINT IT FOR ABOUT $35

BUT UNDER $50.

>> JUSTIN CANTU WORKED WITH HIS

TECHNOLOGY INSTRUCTOR TO CREATE

ZACH'S PROSTHETIC HAND.

HE SHOWED ME HOW THE 3D PRINTER

WORKS.

>> THIS IS THE 3D PRINTER YOU

USED TO 3D PRINT ZACH'S

PROSTHETIC LEFT HAND?

>> YES.

WE USED AND WE PROGRAMMED THE

CUSTOMIZED MEASUREMENTS ON THE

PRINTING SOFTWARE, JUST TO FIT

HIM PERFECTLY AND IT CAN BE

CHANGED ANY TIME IT NEEDS TO BE.

USING THE 3D PRINTER IS A LOT

CHEAPER THAN GOING TO THE

HOSPITAL AND GETTING A

CUSTOMIZED $13,000 LIMB.

>> SURE.

>> AND ANYONE CAN DO THIS AND IT

INSPIRES YOUNG KIDS LIKE ME TO

HELP THE COMMUNITY AND HELP

ANYBODY THEY NEED TO.

>> HOW LONG DID IT TAKE FROM

IDEA TO PRINTING THE COMPONENT

PARTS OF THE 3D HAND TO HAVING

IT COMPLETED?

HOW LONG THAT'S WHAT?

>> TO PRINT OUT ALL THE PIECES,

I'D SAY ABOUT TWO DAYS, THREE

DAYS.

AND TO BUILD IT, MAYBE TWO,

AGAIN OR THREE.

>> AMAZING.

SO IT CAN BE DONE IN A WEEK.

>> DEFINITELY.

>> THIS ISN'T THE EXACT ONE WE

GAVE TO ZACHARY BUT THIS IS THE

SAME MODEL AS THE ONE WE DID

MAKE FOR ZACH.

YOU CAN SEE IT'S 3D PRINTED.

SO IT'S ALL THE INJECTION

POLYMER.

YOU CAN TELL IT'S HELD TOGETHER

WITH RUBBER BANDS AND STRINGS

ATTACHED TO THIS PIECE SO THE

CHILD'S HAND WOULD COME IN

THROUGH THE WRIST PORTION AND

THEN BY BENDING THEIR WRIST, IT

WILL CLOSE AND OPEN THE HAND AND

THAT'S HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE

ABLE TO MANIPULATE OBJECTS IS BY

ACTUALLY BENDING THEIR WRIST

DOWN TO GRIP THAT OBJECT.

>> I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE

AT THE FIRST FACE TO FACE

MEETING BETWEEN JUSTIN AND ZACH

AND THE THING THAT STRUCK ME

MOST WAS JUST THE LOOK IN BOTH

THEIR EYES, YOU KNOW, ZACH

SAYING I'LL REMEMBER YOU FOREVER

AND JUSTIN HAD THE LOOK IN HIS

EYES THAT I KNEW MEANT HE HAS

FOUND HIS TRUE CALLING AND HE

TRULY VALUES BIOMEDICAL

ENGINEERING.

SO I KNOW IT IS GOING TO BE ONE

OF THOSE BIG INSPIRATIONAL

MOMENTS FOR HIM TO GO FORTH AND

DO BIGGER, BETTER THINGS FOR

THIS WORLD, YOU KNOW, DOING

ENGINEERING AND PROSTHETICS AND

THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

I WAS REALLY HAPPY NOT ONLY TO

SEE OF COURSE THE LOOK IN THE

EYE OF ZACH WHO WAS HAPPY TO

HAVE A HAND AND PLAYFULLY

PICKING THINGS UP ON THE TABLE,

VERY EXCITED BUT ALSO TO KNOW

THAT JUSTIN, ONE OF OUR OWN

STUDENTS, SHARING IN THAT

EXPERIENCE AND THAT'S GOING TO

BE A LIFE LONG MEMORY FOR HIM,

TO HELP HIM REMEMBER TO VALUE,

YOU KNOW, HELPING YOUR COMMUNITY

AND PAYING IT FORWARD.

>> WHEN I FIRST MET HIM, I WAS

OVERCOME WITH HAPPINESS AND I

DIDN'T EXPECT TO FEEL SO

OVERWHELMED WITH FEELINGS AND

EMOTION BECAUSE I NEVER MET ZACH

BEFORE.

I'VE ONLY SEEN HIM IN A PICTURE.

WHEN I FIRST MET HIM, I FELT

LIKE I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR YEARS

AND I FIRST SAW HIM USE THE HAND

AND USE BOTH HANDS AND IT WAS A

GREAT TOUCH TO MY HEART.

AND IT REALLY, YOU KNOW, OPENED

A DOOR TO ME OF SEEING WHAT I

REALLY WANT TO DO WITH MY LIFE.

>> THE MOMENT WASN'T ONLY

EMOTIONAL FOR JUSTIN BUT ALSO

HIS TEACHER, MURAT SORUC.

>> I WAS MOST HAPPY MOMENT IN MY

LIFE FOR MY STUDENTS ALSO, THE

OTHERS, ALSO.

HE JUST STARTS TO USE IT.

START TO GRAB EVERYTHING.

WHEN I SEE HE STARTED TO USE IT,

IT WAS PERFECT MOMENT FOR ME.

>> BEFORE I ATTENDED THE SCHOOL,

I WANTED TO BE A CHEF.

I LIKE COOKING, BUT BEING

EXPOSED TO TECHNOLOGY AND MORE

OF A SCIENCEY ASPECT OF THE

WORKFORCE, IT'S REALLY OPENED MY

EYES TO WHAT I HAVE THE

OPPORTUNITY TO DO AND HELP

PEOPLE AND NOW WHAT I WANT TO DO

IS BECOME A MEDICAL ENGINEER AND

HELP PEOPLE WITH OTHER

PROSTHETIC LIMBS AND HELP THEM,

YOU KNOW, OVERCOME AN ACCIDENT.

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>> OIL COMPANIES DIG DEEP INTO

THE OCEAN FLOOR IN SEARCH OF

FUEL.

AN EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION CAN

MEAN A MESSY EXPENSIVE CLEANUP.

LET'S GO INSIDE A LAB TO MAKE

SURE WHAT GOES INTO THE SEA

ACTUALLY WORKS.

>> THE TESTING HERE IN THE

O.S.L. IS PRIMARILY TO VALIDATE

THAT THE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IS

GOING TO BE SAFE TO USE.

BY AND LARGE, THAT WHAT IS WE

ARE DOING.

WE ALSO DO SOME BASIC RESEARCH

WHERE WE ARE LOOKING TO PROVE

OUT NEW TECHNOLOGIES.

THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A SMALLER

PORTION WHAT HAVE WE DO.

BUT THE MAJORITY OF WORK WE ARE

DOING IS TO VERIFY THAT THE

PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THAT'S GOING

TO GO DOWN INTO THE OCEAN OR

MAYBE UP INTO SPACE OR DOWN INTO

A DEEP OIL WELL IS SAFE TO USE

AND WILL PERFORM.

>> A LOT OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT

GOES INTO THE OCEAN OR ANYWHERE

ELSE FOR THAT MATTER, IS UNDER A

LOT OF STRESS.

I IS SEEING ENVIRONMENTS THAT

YOU DON'T NORMALLY SEE AND CAN

BE TESTED ANYWHERE EXCEPT FOR

SPECIFIC LABS LIKE THE SIMULATE

OCEAN LAB.

WE SIMULATED AN ENVIRONMENT THAT

CAN STRESS THESE DEVICES TO

THEIR MAXIMUM AND BEYOND SO THAT

WHEN THEY ARE USED IN THE OCEAN

OR IF THEY'RE USED IN DIFFERENT

SYSTEMS, WE CAN BE ASSURED THAT

THEY HAVE BEEN HIGHLY TESTED AND

WILL LAST MANY, MANY YEARS.

IN THE PAST WE HAVE SEEN

FAILURES OF THINGS IN THE OCEAN

ON LAND OR ANYWHERE ELSE FOR

THAT MATTER, AND WE'VE LEARNED

FROM THOSE.

WE BRING THEM IN HERE, WE TEST

THEM TO EXTREME.

THE HIGHEST EXTREMES THAT WE

CAN.

AND ONCE IN A WHILE, IF WE ARE

LUCKY, WE GET A CHANCE TO BREAK

IT AT THE END TO SEE JUST HOW

TOUGH IT REALLY IS.

>> THE OIL COMPANY TUBULAR GOODS

WHICH ARE ALL YOUR PIPES THAT GO

DOWN INTO THE OIL AND GAS WELLS,

THEY HAVE A COLLAPSE RATING THAT

THE WE NEED TO VERIFY FOR ALL

MILL RUNS OF THAT TYPE OF PIPE.

THAT'S EXTERNAL HYDRO STATIC

PRESSURE APPLIED TO THE PIPE

UNTIL FAILURE TO VERIFY ALL OF

THE MATERIALS COMING OFF THE

MILL RUN WILL COLLAPSE TO

SOMETHING GREATER THAN THE

MINIMUM STATE OF VALUE.

IF IT IS 5,000 PSI, WE KNOW THE

PIPES HAVE BEEN TESTED AND

COLLAPSE AT A GREATER RANGE.

>> IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE

PIPING UNDER THE SEA THAT IS

TRANSPORTING THE OIL STAYS AT

CERTAIN TEMPERATURES.

WE WANT THE OIL TO STAY HOT.

WE DON'T WANT TO IT COOL DOWN

RAPIDLY BECAUSE IT CREATES WAX,

PARAFFINS THAT CLOG PIPES.

VERY BAD NEWS.

WE SAW THAT DURING SOME OF THE

ACCIDENTS WE'VE SEEN OUT THERE.

THE TESTING WE ARE DOING HERE

FOR THE INSULATION OF THE PIPING

IS VERY IMPORTANT.

10 TO 12-OUNCE STYROFOAM CUP.

WHEN YOU SUBJECT IT TO SEA

PRESSURE LIKE YOU WOULD THE

INSULATION OF THE PIPES, THE

SHRINKS DOWN TO THIS SMALL.

THIS IS ONLY A FEW THOUSAND

POUNDS OF PRESSURE THAT SLUNG

THIS DOWN FROM TO TWO OUNCES

FROM 10.

IT IS NOT GOING TO WORK ANYMORE.

THE SAME THING WOULD HAPPEN TO

THE INSULATION THAT SURROUNDS

THE PIPE OUT THERE TRANSPORTING

THE OIL.

>> A LARGE PART OF WHAT WE DO IS

VERIFY THAT THOSE OIL COMPANY

TUBULARS MEET THE COLLAPSE

RATING.

YOU WILL SEE US TAPE THE ENDS OF

THE PIPE TO MAKE SURE THEY OLD

OUT THE PRESSURE FROM THE

INSIDE.

WE PRESSURIZE THEM AND YOU'LL

HEAR AN AUDIBLE CLUNG AS THE

PIPE COLLAPSES AND THEN WE'LL

RECORD IT AND PROVIDE THE

DIMENSIONAL DATA THAT THEY WILL

HAVE THE RECORDS THAT IT WAS

VALIDATED FOR THE SERVICE IT WAS

GOING TO BE PUT IN ONE OF THE

OTHER SECTIONS I MANAGE DESIGNS

AND BUILDS SUBMERSIBLES FOR

CLIENTS.

WE BUILT THE ALVIN SUBMERSIBLE

TITANIUM HULL, ONE OF THE OLDEST

RESEARCH SUBMERSIBLES THE U.S.

USED, OWNED BY THE U.S. NAVY AND

OPERATED BY WOODSHOLE

OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE.

IT WAS DESIGNED FOR 4500 METERS

AND THEY WANTED A NEW ONE THAT

GOES TO 5600 METERS.

COVERS ABOUT 99% OF THE OCEAN.

EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE DEEP

TRENCHES THAT ARE OUT THERE IN

THE OCEAN.

SO THIS ONE IS ABLE TO COVER THE

VAST MAJORITY OCEAN AND DO THE

RESEARCH NOW.

NOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR

ENGINEERING GROUP IS ABLE TO DO

IS THE TESTING HERE USING THE

O.S.L. FACILITIES WHICH ADDS

VALUE TO OUR CUSTOMERS BECAUSE

NOT ONLY CAN WE DO THE

ENGINEERING, THE FABRICATION,

THE DESIGN, THE ANALYSIS WORK,

BUT WE CAN BRING IT OVER HERE

AND DO THE TESTING TO VALIDATE

THAT EVERYTHING WORKS.

WE GET WITH THIRD BODY

CERTIFYING AGENTS AND WE GET

THEM TO CERTIFY THAT WE DID

EVERYTHING ACCORDING TO THE

RULES AND WE DELIVER A FINAL

PRODUCT TO OUR CUSTOMER.

>> MOST OF THE THINGS WE HAVE

DONE HAVE BEEN TO IMPROVE OUR

CLIENTS PRODUCTS.

WE ARE HERE TO BENEFIT

GOVERNMENT, INDUSTRY, OUR

NEIGHBORS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO

AND AROUND THE WORLD.

IF IT HAD BEEN AT THE AT THE

BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN OR DEEP

SPACE, PARTS OF THAT HAVE

PROBABLY BEEN THROUGH THIS LAB.

WE ARE HERE TO MAKE LIFE BETTER

AND SAFER FOR EVERYBODY AND DO

IT CHEAPLY AS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT

ORGANIZATION.

>> TO THAT END, THAT'S WHAT THE

O.S.L. IS DOING HERE.

WE PROTECT MAN WHEN THEY GO TO

THE OCEAN FOR PRESSURE VESSELS,

FOR EQUIPMENT.

WE PROTECT MAN IN THE

ENVIRONMENT FROM HAZARDOUS

ACTIONS THAT MIGHT BE CAUSED BY

DOING THE RESEARCH OR THE

EXPLORATION THAT WE ARE DOING IN

THE DEEP OCEAN.

AND THEN INDEED IN DEEP SPACE AS

WELL.

SO WHEN WE ARE TESTING THESE

THINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE

GOING TO WORK ONCE THEY'RE PUT

INTO SERVICE, MAN KIND BENEFITS

FROM THAT EFFORT JUST BY SAVING

IN COSTS BY REDUCING THE RISKS

AND MAKING SURE WE UNDERSTAND

WHAT WE ARE DOING BEFORE WE

ACTUALLY GET OUT THERE AND DO

IT.

>> FINDING A PARKING SPACE IN A

CONGESTED DOWNTOWN CAN BE TIME

CONSUMING AND FRUSTRATING, BUT

AS WE SO OFTEN SAY THESE DAYS,

THERE'S AN APP FOR THAT.

>> FINDING A PARKING SPACE

DOWNTOWN OR IN A DENSELY

POPULATED AREA CAN BE A

CHALLENGE.

A SAN ANTONIO-BASED COMPANY HAS

CREATED AN APP TO MAKE PARKING

EASIER.

>> WE'VE GOT ROOTS RIGHT HERE IN

SAN ANTONIO WE LAUNCHED OUT OF

THE GEEKDOM, BUT OUR FIRST

MARKET WAS MEXICO CITY WHERE WE

SAW THERE WERE FOUR MILLION CARS

ON THE ROAD EVERY DAY AND A

MASSIVE PARKING PROBLEM THAT'S A

WORLDWIDE ISSUE.

SO WE DECIDED TO BUILD A NETWORK

EFFECT APP FOR PARKING THAT

SOLVES IT FROM THE USER'S

PERSPECTIVE.

AND WE HAD A LITTLE EARLY

SUCCESS THERE AND BROUGHT IT

BACK TO THE STATES AND NOW WE

ARE EXPANDING HERE.

>> MEXICO CITY SERVED AS A

CHALLENGING PROVING GROUND FOR

THE APP.

WE SAW THE MASSIVE TRAFFIC ISSUE

AND WE SAID THIS IS A PROBLEM

THAT'S SOLVABLE THROUGH

TECHNOLOGY.

WE HADN'T REALLY SEEN ANYTHING

AT SCALE ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE

WORLD TACKLING THAT PROBLEM.

THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY

TRYING TO DO IT BECAUSE IT'S

WORLDWIDE PROBLEM.

BUT WHAT WE FIGURED IN MEXICO,

THERE ARE FOUR MILLION CARS ON

THE ROAD THERE.

LET'S LOOK AT THE COMMUTER

PATTERNS AND START TRYING TO

ENABLE PARKING SITES BASED ON

WHERE PEOPLE ARE MOVING ACROSS

TOWN.

AND THAT LET US GET A VERY FAST

SCALE UP AND TEST THAT, YOU

KNOW, THAT THESIS.

AND THEN WE STARTED LOOKING IN

THE U.S., DOES THIS MAKE SENSE?

WHERE DO PEOPLE MOVE FROM?

SO IF YOU ARE IN SAN ANTONIO,

YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT YOUR

DIFFERENT POCKETS OF TOWN AND

PEOPLE ARE COMMUTING WITH THOSE

POCKETS FOR BUSINESS MEETINGS

AND WHAT NOT AND THEY'RE ALSO

COMING FROM OTHER MARKETS.

SO WHEN YOU ARE GOING TO AUSTIN,

YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO KNOW THAT

YOU HAVE EYE GOT A PLACE IN

AUSTIN.

SO YOU'VE GOT TO BUILD THIS

NETWORK THAT REALLY FOLLOWS A

USER'S MOBILITY PATTERN AND

THAT'S WHAT WE ARE AFTER IN

SOLVING FOR.

>> HOW DOES THE APP WORK?

>> IT'S A SEAMLESS PROCESS

WHETHER IT'S STREET PARKING OR

GARAGE PARKING OR VALET PARKING,

YOU JUST CLICK CHECKED IN IN THE

APP AND THE MAGIC WORKS IN THE

BACKGROUND.

WHATEVER NEEDS TO HAPPEN, IT'S

SEAMLESS TO THE USER SO YOU

DON'T HAVE TO GO AND TRY TO MAKE

A RESERVATION ONLINE OR

SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IT'S GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH

THAT.

IT'S LIKE I'M HERE.

I NEED TO PARK.

IT WILL SHOW YOU WHERE THE

NEAREST PARKING SITE IS THAT IS

ENABLED.

AND WHEN YOU GET THERE, YOU

CHECK IN AND THE APP WILL DO

WHAT IT NEEDS TO DO AND WHEN YOU

GO TO LEAVE, YOU CLICK CHECK OUT

AND IT DOES WHATEVER NEEDS TO

HAPPEN TO MAKE THE MAGIC WORK

AND YOU CAN LEAVE AND YOUR

PAYMENT IS SEAMLESS INSIDE THE

APP.

>> HE BELIEVES IT WILL HAVE A

POSITIVE IMPACT FOR ALL TRAFFIC,

EVEN DRIVERS WHO ARE NOT USING

THE APP.

>> IN METROPOLITAN AREAS, AT

LEAST 20 TO 30 MINUTES PER TRIP

ON AVERAGE IS SPENT LOOKING FOR

PARKING.

SO IF I CAN TAKE YOU DIRECTLY TO

A PARKING SITE, GET YOU OFF THE

STREET AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE

AND GET YOU PARKED AS QUICKLY AS

POSSIBLE, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A

MATTER OF SECONDS AS OPPOSED TO

20 MINUTES DRIVING AROUND THE

BLOCK.

SO THAT COULD HAVE A SERIOUS

IMPACT AT SCALE THAT COULD HAVE

A SERIOUS IMPACT IN TRAFFIC AND

DOWNTOWNS, RIGHT?

>> DAVID SANDOVAL, THE CHIEF

ENGINEER AT THE WESTON CENTER IN

DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO EXPLAINED

THE EASE OF BRINGING IN ARRIVIO.

IT WAS PUTTING OUR PARKING

STRUCTURE IN THEIR SYSTEM.

AT THAT POINT, THAT'S ALL OUR

PART WAS.

WE WERE DONE WE ARE ABLE TO

BRING THE TECHNOLOGY

INSTANTANEOUS TO OUR BUILDING.

>> LET'S TEST DRIVE THE ARRIVIO

APP AND SEE HOW IT PERFORMS

OKAY, SO I'M PULLING IN TO PARK

AT THE WESTON CENTER.

AND RIGHT BEFORE THE GATE THERE

IS A Q.R. CODE FROM ARRIVIO.

THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE.

YOU PULL UP YOUR ARRIVIO APP AND

PRESS THE PARK BUTTON.

I'M PRESSING PARK.

AND THERE IS THE CAMERA.

YOU AIM YOUR CAMERA FROM YOUR

PHONE AT THE Q.R. CODE AND BOOM,

YOU ARE IN.

THE GATE GOES UP AND YOU ARE

READY TO PARK.

DIDN'T HAVE TO ROLL THE WINDOW

DOWN, DIDN'T HAVE TO HAND

ANYBODY ANY MONEY.

A LOT EASIER.

>> ONE OF OUR ADVISORS WAS ONE

OF THE FOUNDERS OF UBER AND I

LOVE THE QUOTE THAT HE SAID

BECAUSE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE

POTENTIAL AND THE PROBLEM THAT

YOU ARE SOLVING AND THE SCALE

THAT YOU CAN SOLVE THAT PROBLEM,

HE SAID UBER GETS YOU FROM POINT

A TO POINT B.

BUT ARRIVIO SOLVES THE LAST

MILE.

AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS

BECAUSE IT'S YOUR JOURNEY ON

YOUR TERMS, YOU'RE BACK IN

CONTROL.

YOU CAN DO ALL KINDS OF SMART

THINGS WITH THAT.

WE'VE EVEN STARTED SELLING

COFFEE IN SOME OF THE PARKING

SITES WHERE YOU CAN PARK AND

HAVE COFFEE WAITING FOR YOU.

THERE IS CRAZY STUFF THAT YOU

CAN DO THAT'S REALLY COOL.

>> SO NOW WE ARE PULLING UP TO

THE EXIT GATE AT THE WESTON

CENTER IN DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO.

YOU PULL UP TO THE GATE.

YOU SEE THE Q.R. CODE FOR

ARRIVIO.

PULL UP THE APP.

PRESS CHECK OUT.

IT TELLS YOU YOUR PRICE AND WHEN

YOU CLICK CHECKOUT YOUR CAMERA

IS GOING TO APPEAR.

THERE IS THE CAMERA, AIM IT AT

THE Q.R. CODE.

SNAP AND THE GATE WILL MAGICALLY

OPEN FOR YOU.

WE ARE FREE.

WE ARE FREE TO DRIVE AMONGST

OURSELVES.

BUT BEFORE YOU EXIT THE GARAGE,

REMEMBER ALWAYS DO THE SAFE

THING, PUT YOUR PHONE AWAY.

HANDS-FREE, NO TEXTING AND

DRIVING.

THANK YOU.

IMAGINE THE PRESSURE PERFORMING

IN FRONT OF 18 MILLION PEOPLE

EVERY WEEK?

HERE'S THE ARTIST WHO USES

COMPUTERS TO DO JUST THAT'S.

AN ARTIST DREAMS OF HAVING TENS

OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE VIEW

THEIR WORK, THEIR CREATIONS.

>> AND THEN I'M MAKING SURE THAT

MY COLOR IS GOOD, THAT THE LINE

IS IN THE CORRECT SPOT AND THEN

I INSERT IT ALL BEFORE THE

DIRECTOR IS GETTING READY TO

TAKE THE GAME CAMERA.

>> MORE THAN 18 MILLION PEOPLE

SEE IAM'S HANDIWORK EVERY WEEK.

>> HAVE YOU TO MAKE SURE BEFORE

YOU PUT IT IN THAT ITS IS IN THE

RIGHT POSITION OR EVERYBODY AT

HOME WILL SEE THAT IT'S NOT

RIGHT.

A LITTLE BIT OF PRESSURE.

>> THE REMOTE OPERATIONS

TECHNICIAN BLENDS TECHNOLOGY,

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ART TO DRAW

THE FIRST DOWN LINE ON WILL NFL

FOOTBALL, THE NFL'S BIGGEST GAME

OF THE WEEK.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THE ICONIC YELLOW LINE.

IT'S ALL UP TO HIM.

>> YOU HAVE TO DO A LOT OF

LITTLE THINGS BEFORE THE NEXT

PLAY.

HAVE YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT HAVE

YOU YOUR BALL POSITION AND

EVERYTHING IS READY TO GO BEFORE

THEY COME BACK TO THE GAME

CAMERA, OTHERWISE THE LINE IS

GOING TO COME IN LATE.

>> THE FIRST DOWN LINE MIGHT BE

THE BEST KNOWN WORK.

BUT THESE DAYS THE COMPANY

PROVIDES VISUAL AIDS FOR MOST

SPORTS.

STRIKE ZONES, POINTERS FOR

NASCAR DRIVERS, THE FLIGHT PATHS

OF GOLF BALLS.

>> FOR US, IT REALLY IS ABOUT

INFORMING THE VIEWER.

IT HAS TO START WITH INFORMATION

AND SOMETHING THAT GIVES THE

VIEWER A PIECE OF INFORMATION

THAT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE

OTHERWISE AND PUTTING IT IN A

PLACE WHERE THEY CAN SEE IT VERY

EASILY.

>> IT'S A KIND OF TELEVISION

REVOLUTION.

WHILE TECHNOLOGY NOW ALLOWS REAL

TIME DATA TO BE DISPLAYED,

VIEWERS MUST BE COMFORTABLE WITH

GRAPHICS CONSTANTLY ON THE

SCREEN AND NOW BEING VIRTUALLY

INSERTED INTO A SCENE.

>> FOR US, JUST VERY LOGICALLY,

HEY, WE'VE NOW PUT SOMETHING ON

THE SCREEN THAT PEOPLE ARE USED

TO SEEING, BUT HOW ABOUT WE PUT

IT INTO THE SCENE ITSELF.

>> SO JUST HOW DOES THE FIRST

DOWN LINE HAPPEN?

IT'S ALL COMPUTER ALGORITHM.

WE HAVE TO BUILD UP A

MATHEMATICAL MODEL.

19 DIFFERENT ELEMENT IN IT OF

GLASS.

VERY COMPLEX LENS.

WE NEED TO BUILD A MATHEMATICAL

MODEL.

WE GET READINGS OFF OF THE LENS

THAT TELL US A NUMBER OF HOW

IT'S ZOOMED AND A NUMBER OF HOW

IT'S FOCUSED.

WE GET READINGS BACK FROM THE

PAN HEAD THAT TELL US HOW THE

LENS IS TILTED AND HOW IT'S

PANS.

BUT WE NEED TO TAKE THE NUMBERS

AND TURN THAT INTO HEY, I'M

LOOKING AT THIS AREA FROM THE

LEFT 45 TO THE RIGHT 40 AND I'M

ZOOMED TO THIS LEVEL SO I SEE

THIS MUCH OF THE FIELD AND THAT

INFORMATION CAN BE USED TO BUILD

A MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF HOW THE

CAMERA SEIZE THE FIELD.

WE TAKE A MODEL OF WHERE WE WANT

TO PUT THINGS ON THE FIELD, THAT

I WANT TO PUT A LINE OF

SCRIMMAGE HERE AT THE RIGHT 46

BUT I WANT TO PUT THE FIRST DOWN

LINE AT THE RIGHT 36 AND

TOGETHER WITH THOSE TWO

MATHEMATICAL MODELS, WE CAN

FIGURE OUT WHERE TO DRAW

ELEMENTS AND KEEP THEM ON THE

FIELD.

60 TIMES A SECOND WE GET NEW

INFORMATION FROM THE LENS AND

PAN HEAD SAYING HERE IS HOW WE

ARE ZOOMED, HOW WE ARE POINTED.

60 TIMES A SECOND WE SAY HERE IS

HOW WE SHOULD DRAW THESE THINGS.

>> AND SO MUCH DATA IS REPORTED

SO FREQUENTLY, FIRST DOWN LINE

MOVES WITH THE CAMERA.

BUT THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT

GOES INTO THE MAKING THE FIRST

DOWN LINE APPEAR AS IT IS ON THE

FIELD AND PART OF THE GAME.

>> THE OTHER PIECE HERE IS THAT

WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO

MAKE IT APPEAR BEHIND THE PLAYER

LIKE THIS.

THE WAY WE DO IT IS BY ANALYZING

THE COLORS IN THE IMAGE.

AHEAD OF TIME OUR OPERATOR CAN

GO THROUGH AND PICK THE

DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE FIELD AND

YOU IDENTIFY A SET OF COLORS

THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO DRAW ON

TOP OF, WHICH WE ARE DOING HERE.

WE ARE DRAWING ON TOP OF THE

GREEN IN THE FIELD AND COLORS

YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO DRAW ON

TOP OF.

WE ARE NOT WILLING TO DRAW ON

TOP OF WHITES IN THE UNIFORMS,

BLACKS IN THE PANTS.

>> IT'S SOPHISTICATED.

IDENTIFIES VARIOUS HUES,

SATURATIONS AND COLORS.

IN THIS CASE, THE GREEN OF THE

FIELD.

IT TAKES TECHNICIANS ABOUT THREE

HOURS TO SET UP THE CAMERAS WITH

THE TECHNOLOGY.

THERE ARE USUALLY SIX CAMERAS

USED IN AN NFL GAME BUT FOR ALL

THE TECHNOLOGY, SIGHTS THE

TECHNICIAN THAT MUST ENTER THE

INFORMATION INTO THE SYSTEM IN

ABOUT 10 SECONDS.

>> SO ESSENTIALLY EVERYTHING IS

IN RIGHT NOW.

>> HE LET ME GIVE IT A TRY.

>> MOVE THE BALL DOWN TO THE

14-YARD LINE, RIGHT?

SO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS TAKE

THE MOUSE, IMMEDIATELY PULL

EVERYTHING OUT, MAKE SURE

EVERYTHING IS LOCKED UP TOGETHER

SO IT'S AUTOMATICALLY 10 YEARS.

MOVE IT DOWN TO THE 30-YARD

LINE?

AND THEN YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND

FADE IN YOUR LINE OF SCRIMMAGE

AND GO DOWN HERE AND MAKE SURE

IT'S FIRST AND 10.

MAKE CLICK ON THAT AND FADE IN

YOUR OTHER.

>> BAM.

>> SWEET.

>> OF COURSE THREE PLAYS WERE

READY BY THE TIME I COMPLETED

ONE GRAPHIC.

HIGH PRESSURE ART.

YOU DO THIS AND YOU DO

VARIATIONS OF THAT...

>> EVERY SINGLE PLAY.

PRETTY MUCH NON-STOP.

>> THAT'S IT FOR THIS EDITION OF

"SCITECH NOW."

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ON THE NEXT "SCITECH NOW," LEARN

HOW X-RAYS AT CORNELL ARE NOT

JUST FOR MEDICINE ANYMORE.

TAKE A LOOK AT A SOLAR ECLIPSE

IN A WHOLE NEW WAY.

AND MAKING THE MILITARY STRONGER

IN THE LAB.

ALL ON THE NEXT "SCITECH NOW."

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