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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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