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b'[This show first aired January 21, 2008.]\\n\\nStephen Gordon and Michael Darling discuss the emergence of Star Trek technology in the world today.\\n\\nTopics:\\n\\nMethuseleh Yeast. Do we have a "Wondering Ecuadorian?"\\n\\nWas Nikola Tesla a time traveler?\\n\\nThe Star Trek technologies that are now becoming real world inventions.\\n\\nGrowing new organs that are a perfect match for patients by using protein scaffolding in the shape of the organ and the patient\'s own progenitor cells. It\'s the Chia heart!\\n\\nWe\'re witnessing a race to bring plug-in hybrid vehicles to market. Today\'s nonplugin\'s have environmentally unfriendly nickel cadmium batteries. The plug-ins will have safe Lithium Ion batteries.'