NOVA.scienceNOW.S04E01.Artificial.Diamonds.And.Anthrax.Attacks.HDTV.XviD-FQM.avi
Episode Title: Diamond Factory/Anthrax Investigation/Auto-Tune/Luis von Ahn
Original Airdate: June 30th, 2009
Season 4 begins with a look at the newest in artificial diamonds which
are so brilliant that they are indistinguishable from the real things. Next
is an examination of how the 9/11 anthrax was sourced. Then,
experience the Auto-Tune pitch-correction software. Plus, a profile of Luis
von Ahn (Carnegie Mellon) a computer scientist who trains computers
with the use of games and developed ReCHAPTCHA which deciphers
unrecognized words in digitalized books.
