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EXERCISE OVERDOSEThere's plenty of evidence that exercise is good for you. But can you have too much of a good thing? Tanya Ha reports on a potentially deadly heart condition affecting elite athletes, which may be caused by extreme levels of training. ROBOT WARSRobots have revolutionised the ways wars are fought. Soldiers fight alongside thousands of unmanned vehicles, remotely controlling their actions. The new generation of robot, however, is upon us, where groups of robots cooperate to carry out complex tasks without human intervention. Mark Horstman attends the world's first competition for autonomous robots, organised by the US and Australian Departments of Defence.MARS ROBOTSIn 2004, two solar powered robots called Spirit and Opportunity rolled on to Mars. Both rovers were expected only to operate for 90 days, but far exceeded that prediction. Catalyst takes a comical look at their progress and the third robotic invader about to join them from Earth.EINSTEN'S BIG MISTAKEIf Einstein were alive today, he'd be excited to learn that his biggest error by his own admission may in reality have been an insightful stroke of genius. Graham Phillips explains how developments in our understanding of the cosmos have rekindled interest in Einstein's fudge factor. SPORT TECHNOLOGYAnalysing video and other data after a sports performance has long been utilised to improve athletes' results. Athletes can now wear minute technology that will output data almost instantly. Graham visits Griffith University in Queensland to get some pointers on his athletic ability |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2011-02-24 at 20:00:00 |
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Classification: G |
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Autonomous robots.
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Cosmological constants.
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Detectors -- Technological innovations.
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Exercise -- Health aspects.
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Quantum gravity.
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Wearable computers.
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Australia.
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Streaming video
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Boeing, Adrian, contributor
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Carney, Emma, contributor
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Gerche, Andre Le, contributor
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Ha, Tanya, reporter
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Harper, Richard, contributor
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Horstman, Mark, reporter
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James, Danny, contributor
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Lacaze, Alberto, contributor
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Lineweaver, Charley, contributor
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Norris, Ray, contributor
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Olson, Edwin, contributor
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Oneill, Malcolm, contributor
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Overholt, Jim, contributor
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Phillips, Graham, host
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Quinn, Steve, contributor
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Schmidt, Brian, contributor
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Tether, Tony, contributor
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Willis, Paul, reporter
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