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TV REPORTS - July 2005
  
Sonic Golf Club

LA JOLLA, Calif. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- The game of golf is all about physics, from gravity to the flex of the shaft. That's why a Yale physics professor is combining his expertise and love for the game to create an amazing new golf club that could help you improve your swing.

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Sonic Golf Game

Portrait of America

SAN DIEGO (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- From Polaroid to digital, our cameras have come a long way. One man is now capturing even more detailed images than ever before. At 4,000 mega-pixels each, these photos contain 1,000-times-more pixels than an average digital camera image.

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Portrait of America

Screens of the Future

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- If you're getting ready to buy a new cell phone, computer monitor or TV, this new technology will change everything. A new type of screen is hitting the market. It's called OLED, or organic light-emitting diode, and it's a term you're going to see a lot of in the next few years.

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Screens of the Future

Robotic Bugs

WASHINGTON (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- To most of us, cockroaches are a nasty nuisance. But engineers are now using them as role models for designing robots with cockroach-like antennas that help them scurry along walls, turn corners, avoid obstacles, and feel their way through the dark.

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Robotic Bugs

New Combat Helmet

ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Helmets used during combat have been protecting soldiers' heads for decades but very little has changed over the years. Engineers are giving helmets an overhaul and improving the safety of soldiers in the line of duty.

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New Combat Helmet

Hi-Tech Captions

ATLANTA (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Over 28 million Americans have some type of hearing loss, ranging from a partial loss to deafness. Sign-language interpreters and assistive-listening devices can help but they aren't available everywhere. Now a new discovery puts the solution in the person's own hands.

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Hi-Tech Captions

Back Pain Relief

LOS ANGELES (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Millions of Americans live with back and sciatica pain each day. Medication, therapy, even surgery doesn't help. Now one man's invention may ease the buttock and leg pain associated with sciatica and Piriformis Syndrome.

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Back Pain Relief

Wireless Wonders

LAS VEGAS (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Tired of your slow wireless Internet and network connections that get bogged down? The next generation of WiFi technology is here, and it may be the best solution yet for our overloaded information super-highways.

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Wireless Wonders

Morphologynet.Org

ROLLA, Mo. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Frogs are some of the oldest living creatures and they could provide the first clues on changes in our environment that could impact us. Today scientists are getting the inside facts from frogs with a virtual museum of 3-D reconstructions of amphibian anatomy.

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Morphologynet.Org

Reducing Airplane Noise

WASHINGTON (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- You don't have to live right next door to an airport to hear the roar of jetliners cruising overhead. Now, engineers have unveiled a new landing plan called continuous descent approach that may help our friendly skies be a little quieter.

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Reducing Airplane Noise

Inside the Brain

ST. LOUIS (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- A baby has a stroke and can learn to talk. An adult suffers a stroke and may never be the same. What's the difference? Now researchers are developing more effective treatments for stroke patients by studying fMRI brain scans.

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Inside the Brain
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