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Innovation Now

WHRO Public Media

Innovation Now is a daily 90-second radio series and podcast that gives listeners a front row seat to hear compelling stories of revolutionary ideas, emerging technologies and the people behind the concepts that are shaping our future.

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Labor Day Salute

Innovation Now ·

2026/09/07

Labor Day often means barbecues or beach trips for Americans. Parades have been part of the festivities even before Labor Day became an official national holiday in 1894.

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Behind Your Map App

Innovation Now ·

2026/09/04

To track climate patterns, NASA needed to measure the height of the world’s oceans from space, but existing GPS data wasn’t precise enough for this scientific challenge.

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An Orbital Incubator

Innovation Now ·

2026/09/03

On Earth, 3D printed tissue collapses under its own weight. But in space, things are a bit different.

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Clever Engineering

Innovation Now ·

2026/09/02

Thanks to some clever engineering, NASA’s Voyager 2 has enough power to continue doing science in interstellar space.

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A Featherweight Antenna

Innovation Now ·

2026/09/01

Orbiting spacecraft can map Martian ice deposits far below the surface, but they are blind to the top layers of regolith, where ice would be most accessible.

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An Agricultural Tightrope

Innovation Now ·

2026/08/31

Farmers walk an agricultural tightrope: use too little fertilizer and crops fail. Use too much, and it washes away, polluting local water.

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Training the Brain

Innovation Now ·

2026/08/28

Distractions are everywhere. But these smart glasses use a NASA invention to help students train their brains to pay attention.

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Planet Hunting

Innovation Now ·

2026/08/27

Roman will test new technologies for space-based planet hunting.

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Modern Airships

Innovation Now ·

2026/08/26

Technology that dressed the Apollo astronauts is being used to launch a fleet of modern airships.

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Perfect Focus

Innovation Now ·

2026/08/25

The scan that keeps checkout lines moving has a cosmic origin.

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Taxi Please

Innovation Now ·

2026/08/24

NASA is planning air taxi rides that can keep travelers feeling good.

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One Billion

Innovation Now ·

2026/08/21

Volunteers from around the world have made one billion classifications on Zooniverse.

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No Blind Spots

Innovation Now ·

2026/08/20

A radio designed for NASA, now tracks flights over the most remote parts of the globe, eliminating air traffic blind spots.

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DAVINCI goes to Utah

Innovation Now ·

2026/08/19

Before NASA sends DAVINCI to Venus, scientists traveled to Utah to see if the instruments can do the job.

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No Limits

Innovation Now ·

2026/08/18

Solar storms may have far worse effects on our technology than previously thought.

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Disaster Support

Innovation Now ·

2026/08/17

Dry thunderstorms popped up over the Cascades on the evening of July 15th, peppering Oregon and Washington with thousands of lightning strikes.

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Epic Sensors

Innovation Now ·

2026/08/14

The EPIC team is using a quadrotor drone to test flexible sensors that could be securely attached to parachute material.

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Mixed Reality Simulators

Innovation Now ·

2026/08/13

NASA is hoping to give wings to mixed reality simulators as a safer, cost-effective training tool for future Earth aviators as well as pilots on space missions.

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A New Crew Vehicle

Innovation Now ·

2026/08/12

When integrated into the new Lunar Terrain Vehicle, AIRES and L-MAPS will help support human exploration on the Moon.

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Volcanic Action

Innovation Now ·

2026/08/11

Magellan was the first deep space probe launched by a space shuttle, and the first spacecraft to provide direct evidence of volcanic action on Venus.

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