
2025 Technology Special
Season 40 Episode 31 | 17m 37sVideo has Closed Captions
Features include translating the Herculaneum scrolls, rare earth minerals in Appalachia and more!
This special episode of News Quiz, taped at Kentucky’s 2025 Student Technology Leadership Program State Championship, features stories about the translation of the Herculaneum scrolls, rare earth minerals in Appalachia, a biological computer, the longest conveyor belt in the United States, a new driverless vehicle, a birdlike robot, futuristic fashion and more!
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2025 Technology Special
Season 40 Episode 31 | 17m 37sVideo has Closed Captions
This special episode of News Quiz, taped at Kentucky’s 2025 Student Technology Leadership Program State Championship, features stories about the translation of the Herculaneum scrolls, rare earth minerals in Appalachia, a biological computer, the longest conveyor belt in the United States, a new driverless vehicle, a birdlike robot, futuristic fashion and more!
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> Hi and welcome to this Quiz.
We are here from STLP Lexington, Kentucky.
We are so with us for this special edition of your host, Kelsey Starks.
from home, STLP is Kentucky's Program.
Now, whether you are you're catching this show on a get started with what?
The Challenge Question...
Which state was the first to to the internet?
The state is known as the Horse home to a world-famous horse includes the longest cave think of it?
Which state was the first to to the internet?
>> That answer is coming up STLP news... AI is playing a history and modern times!
Italy's volcano, Mount years ago, destroying the Herculaneum.
Archaeologists discovered Herculaneum but couldn't unroll preserved the scrolls as science Professor Brent Seales and teams of scientists and set out using AI to discover They first used artificial virtually unroll the Italian the interior of the scrolls - recognize ink on the papyrus.
the Greek word for purple.
columns of writing had been five percent of one of the Researchers in West Virginia extract rare earth minerals... For years energy-producing coal Appalachia, a region of of Kentucky and West Virginia, Now that many of the coal mines pumps water out of the mines... -- which can be used to make vehicle batteries to parts for drains the water into a minerals are extracted and nearby creek.
Researchers are pioneer a way to clean up coal waterways across Appalachia and some coal towns.
Time now for the first part of ready?
Ok here we go!
Questions 1 and 2 combine Questions 3 and 4 are about a Okay, now let's see if you can wrap your technology.
A company called brain cells with a computer brain cells from adult blood or the world's first biological better way of developing So far, they've taught these computer game.
Researchers biological computers to learn use these brain cell computer the future.
In Texas, Atlas Energy longest conveyor belt to assists oil and mining proppant, which is the word for ground open while natural being extracted.
Sand is a a 42-mile-long conveyor belt to Mexico.
Sand is typically other locations.
In this case, efficient and somewhat quicker rollercoaster-like conveyor would it freak you out to get That's what the Nissan company is testing around the world.
They are vehicles onto the streets, transportation.
The cars use 14 lidar - light detection and their surroundings.
From there and the car accelerates or the driverless option should professional drivers.
Think about those stories as we today's Quiz.
Use your brains Question 6 is sifting sand.
And Question 7 steers us in a A subway system in Barcelona is Here's how it works: The trains system," which converts a or energy of motion, into electrical energy is not only but now it can power E-V metro station.
It's a new way fossil fuels and help increase Is it a bird?
Is it a plane?
it's a robot.
Take a look at machine created by scientists a bird -- both on the ground, a scaled-up version of this disaster zones or to access RAVEN stands for Robotic multiple Environments... hop, jump and fly across various hope that it can eventually be remote areas or help in search And this robot has a less it just wants to be your fluffy gadget revealed at the tech show in Barcelona.
It's an designed for children and uses artificial intelligence to understands words, recognizes remembers stories.
In fact, it happens in your daily life, call it "the pet of the The future is here... with the Are you ready?
Yes!
Ok!
Alright here we go.
Question 8 is Question 9 is taking flight.
And Question 10 just wants to Let's take a little break from more about this STLP event!
I thought so!
>> As we said at the start of Student Technology Leadership >> And we are here at Rupp today with students from across during the 2025 STLP State for being here!
And all of these students are showcasing address school and community technology, collaboration and projects, and others are a big year for Kentucky's STLP state happening since 1994!
Ok who is ready for some answers going to >> go back to that Challenge the first state to connect all internet?
If you caught onto spree pf tips Kentucky is the answer.
It's >> 30 years ago, in 1995, and of knowledge and educational in fact, Kentucky set a education technology that Yes!
Ok!
And here are the rest of The answer to question 1 is... is where Herculaneum was located.
The answer to question 2 is... C. Ancient scrolls are being deciphered using AI.
The answer to question 3 is... C. Parts of West Virginia are the Appalachia region.
The B.
Rare earth minerals can be The answer to question 5 is... Also B.
A biological computer cells.
The answer to question 6 is... An enormous conveyor belt is moving sand between Texas The answer to question 7 is... Nissan's new cars.
The answer to question 8 is... B. Regenerative braking is producing energy for electric The answer to question 9 is... A. Raven is the bird-like question 10 is... also A. intelligence to understand right?
Yes!
Great job guys!
Excellent, I'm proud of you!
about futuristic, wearable displayed some options >> in a show called "Screen."
Some models wore blocky-style garments filled with tiny LED dresses that lit up from bottom to top!
The designer said someday clothing will be like message the wearer decides.
Our message is pretty simple.
Thanks for joining us for this from the STLP State
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