The Henry Ford Innovation Nation with Mo Rocca

- Season 8

(2021)

Host Mo Rocca shows us: Special drones helping hunt down invasive pythons that have taken over the Florida Everglades. A single serve Soft Serve Ice Cream Maker for your countertop. An app that translates your dog's barks. And, how the Wright Brothers battled to protect the patents for their airplane.

A high-tech bird feeder records up-close pictures and videos; a water bottle cap that purifies water with light; a see-through beehive shows how honey is made; an old-fashioned way to make apple cider.

Host Mo Rocca shows us: GPS pods disguised as Sea Turtle eggs to help catch egg poachers. A new way of timing a timer. The self cleaning door handle. And, when the drop top convertible became the coolest car on the roads.

Host Mo Rocca shows us: A robotic restaurant kitchen. How to keep your belongings safe at the beach or pool. The artist telling time with a paint brush. And, the machines that spin the thread for your threads.

Host Mo Rocca shows us: How police dogs are being kept safe on the job. The safety vest lighting the way for night time runners. Changing your video calls with a center screen camera. And, when toll roads began to charge and change how we travel.

Host Mo Rocca shows us: A stylish bracelet packed with technology to send out an SOS if the wearer needs help. Preserving classic car design with scanning technology. Keeping downhill skiers' hands warm with heated ski poles. And, when furniture makes downsized designs for kids.

Host Mo Rocca shows us: The water filled blanket to keep us warm or cool. Putting a better mousetrap on the bucket list. The filter keeping washing machine microfibers out of the oceans. And, the history of mechanized tomato harvesting.

Host Mo Rocca shows us: The accidental invention of a pain relieving patch. The clothes pocket innovation holding all of our stuff. The refrigerator camera tells you when you need to go to the store. And, the designer who has created iconic home furniture.

Host Mo Rocca shows us: How to feel the music with haptic sound speakers. Stylish homes made from cargo shipping containers. An air filtration system made of plants. And, the evolution of the taxi cab.

How solar energy powers water filtration; a new satellite keeping track of Earth's climate; repairing strained muscles with red light technology; the advent of public education.

Host Mo Rocca shows us: The poolside device helping small animals pull themselves from the water. The app helping PTSD survivors. Creating electricity from food waste. And the history of cooking stoves.

GPS pods disguised as sea turtle eggs to help catch poachers; a stylish SOS bracelet; a see-through beehive; how the Wright brothers battled to protect the patents for their airplane.

How augmented reality helps surgeons see inside their patients; easing backaches; potions and remedies before medicine.

Singing in the shower with a speaker powered by the water; a car seat that stops things from taking flight; GPS pet collars; art of studio glass.

Boat storage that works like a vending machine; a heads-up display showing pilots what's behind clouds; a device for measuring the air in one's lungs; the origins of baseball.

A smart notebook; swim goggles that display laps and speed; the wristband GPS for extreme sports and boating; when plane racing took to the skies.

Host Mo Rocca shows us: The water filled blanket to keep us warm or cool. How police dogs are being kept safe on the job. An air filtration system made of plants. And, when the drop top convertible became the coolest car on the roads.

Host Mo Rocca shows us: The Tennis Ball Bot giving players more time swinging the racket. The device saving lives by keeping hearts for transplant, beating. The hair drying box for your little pooch. And, when industry prioritized, sizes that were standardized.

Host Mo Rocca shows us: The artist who can take a simple aluminum can and turn it into art, only with his thumbs. Historic car parts being 3D printed. The chair the size of an aluminum can. And, how early firefighters doused the flames.

Host Mo Rocca shows us: Homes made from uncut logs. Turning your bike into an electric vehicle. The scan of your rental car, searching for a scratch. And, the earliest racing cars.

Host Mo Rocca shows us: The device rewarding your pooch with a lick as a treat. Taking a picture with your wrist. Washcloth tablets expand the cleanse. And, when bridges became covered.

Host Mo Rocca shows us: A single serve Soft Serve Ice Cream Maker for your countertop. Putting a better mousetrap on the bucket list. Changing your video calls with a center screen camera. And, the history of mechanized tomato harvesting.

Host Mo Rocca shows us: The amazing design of luxury camper vans. Creating garden compost on your kitchen countertop. Dousing a fire with the toss of a ball. And, when the wilds of America became National Parks.

Host Mo Rocca shows us: A computerized exoskeleton allowing some paralyzed people to walk. Creating electricity with turbines inside of pipes. Parking your dog in a hut outside of stores. And, the history of modern jewelry.

Host Mo Rocca shows us: Creating wood 3D printed objects out of sawdust. The smart delivery box protecting your packages. We'll get advice from our past innovators. And, the looms turning cotton to thread.

Host Mo Rocca shows us: Special drones helping hunt down invasive pythons that have taken over the Florida Everglades. The Tennis Ball Bot giving players more time swinging the racket. Keeping downhill skiers' hands warm with heated ski poles. And, when bridges became covered.