WEBVTT 00:00:00.300 --> 00:00:04.437 align:start line:85% position:10% size:23% [ MUSIC ] 00:00:04.437 --> 00:00:06.473 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% >> WE HAVE A NEED AT NASA 00:00:06.473 --> 00:00:08.341 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% FOR MINIATURIZED PARTICLE 00:00:08.341 --> 00:00:09.943 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% ACCOUNTING INSTRUMENTS, 00:00:09.943 --> 00:00:12.879 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% OR AEROSOL INSTRUMENTS. 00:00:12.879 --> 00:00:14.848 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% AND, UH, WE'RE LOOKING 00:00:14.848 --> 00:00:17.617 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% TO GET THAT TECHNOLOGY 00:00:17.617 --> 00:00:18.985 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% DEVELOPMENT STIMULATED 00:00:18.985 --> 00:00:20.420 align:start line:85% position:10% size:78% TO THE POINT WHERE WE WILL HAVE 00:00:20.420 --> 00:00:23.156 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% SOMETHING THAT WE CAN USE 00:00:23.156 --> 00:00:24.891 align:start line:85% position:10% size:40% IN SPACE FLIGHT. 00:00:24.891 --> 00:00:26.760 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% WE HAVE A PARTNER IN 00:00:26.760 --> 00:00:27.627 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% THIS CHALLENGE, THE 00:00:27.627 --> 00:00:29.229 align:start line:85% position:10% size:78% ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION. 00:00:29.229 --> 00:00:31.064 align:start line:85% position:10% size:68% THEIR MISSION IS TO IMPROVE 00:00:31.064 --> 00:00:32.999 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% THE HEALTH OF COMMUNITIES. 00:00:32.999 --> 00:00:35.368 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% AND SO THEY WANT, UH, UH, 00:00:35.368 --> 00:00:37.604 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% A PARTICLE INSTRUMENT THAT 00:00:37.604 --> 00:00:39.806 align:start line:85% position:10% size:78% HAS A LOT OF THE SAME QUALITIES 00:00:39.806 --> 00:00:41.608 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% THAT A SPACECRAFT PARTICLE 00:00:41.608 --> 00:00:42.809 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% INSTRUMENT WOULD HAVE. 00:00:42.809 --> 00:00:44.444 align:start line:85% position:10% size:75% >> WE ARE FOCUSING ON BUILDING 00:00:44.444 --> 00:00:45.912 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% A MUCH MORE ROBUST CULTURE 00:00:45.912 --> 00:00:47.480 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% OF HEALTH IN AMERICA. 00:00:47.480 --> 00:00:50.383 align:start line:85% position:10% size:78% UM, AND THAT MEANS WORKING WITH 00:00:50.383 --> 00:00:52.819 align:start line:85% position:10% size:73% ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE 00:00:52.819 --> 00:00:54.154 align:start line:85% position:10% size:33% AND PARTNERS. 00:00:54.154 --> 00:00:55.021 align:start line:85% position:10% size:35% WE SAW NASA AS 00:00:55.021 --> 00:00:56.589 align:start line:85% position:10% size:68% ONE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. 00:00:56.589 --> 00:00:57.791 align:start line:85% position:10% size:75% UM, AND IT ACTUALLY TURNED OUT 00:00:57.791 --> 00:00:59.726 align:start line:85% position:10% size:75% TO BE A PRETTY INTERESTING FIT 00:00:59.726 --> 00:01:01.161 align:start line:85% position:10% size:60% WITH THEIR OWN INTERESTS 00:01:01.161 --> 00:01:04.063 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% IN LOOKING FOR INNOVATIONS 00:01:04.063 --> 00:01:05.198 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% THAT WORKED ON SPACE 00:01:05.198 --> 00:01:07.033 align:start line:85% position:10% size:43% AND ON THE EARTH. 00:01:07.033 --> 00:01:08.334 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% >> FOR THE ISS, IT'S LIKE 00:01:08.334 --> 00:01:10.437 align:start line:85% position:10% size:80% A-A CAN OF AIR THAT'S BEEN THERE 00:01:10.437 --> 00:01:12.205 align:start line:85% position:10% size:33% FOR 17 YEARS. 00:01:12.205 --> 00:01:13.606 align:start line:85% position:10% size:33% NO FRESH AIR. 00:01:13.606 --> 00:01:16.709 align:start line:85% position:10% size:68% WE NEED TO HAVE THAT SMALL, 00:01:16.709 --> 00:01:19.179 align:start line:85% position:10% size:60% ROBUST, MAINTENANCE-FREE 00:01:19.179 --> 00:01:21.681 align:start line:85% position:10% size:78% INSTRUMENT TO MEASURE PARTICLES 00:01:21.681 --> 00:01:23.016 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% ON THE SPACE STATION. 00:01:23.016 --> 00:01:24.117 align:start line:85% position:10% size:68% AND SO WE HAVE THAT SYNERGY 00:01:24.117 --> 00:01:25.685 align:start line:85% position:10% size:73% BETWEEN THE EARTH APPLICATION 00:01:25.685 --> 00:01:27.487 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% AND THE SPACE APPLICATION, 00:01:27.487 --> 00:01:29.055 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% AND THAT'S COMBINED IN 00:01:29.055 --> 00:01:31.324 align:start line:85% position:10% size:75% THE EARTH AND SPACE AIR PRIZE. 00:01:31.324 --> 00:01:33.326 align:start line:85% position:10% size:78% >> WE HAD 20 PROPOSALS COME IN, 00:01:33.326 --> 00:01:35.228 align:start line:85% position:10% size:80% AND A PANEL OF JUDGES, INCLUDING 00:01:35.228 --> 00:01:37.464 align:start line:85% position:10% size:70% NASA AND FOUNDATION MEMBERS. 00:01:37.464 --> 00:01:38.765 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% UM, DOWN-SELECTED THAT 00:01:38.765 --> 00:01:39.933 align:start line:85% position:10% size:23% TO THREE. 00:01:39.933 --> 00:01:41.067 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% THOSE THREE FINALISTS WERE 00:01:41.067 --> 00:01:43.336 align:start line:85% position:10% size:45% EACH GIVEN $50,000 00:01:43.336 --> 00:01:44.838 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% TO BUILD A PROTOTYPE 00:01:44.838 --> 00:01:46.272 align:start line:85% position:10% size:60% BASED ON THEIR PROPOSAL, 00:01:46.272 --> 00:01:48.074 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% BASED ON THEIR TECHNOLOGY. 00:01:48.074 --> 00:01:49.976 align:start line:85% position:10% size:75% THOSE THREE PROTOTYPES WILL BE 00:01:49.976 --> 00:01:52.979 align:start line:85% position:10% size:73% IN OUR TEST CHAMBER TOGETHER, 00:01:52.979 --> 00:01:54.147 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% AND WE WILL GO THROUGH 00:01:54.147 --> 00:01:56.382 align:start line:85% position:10% size:70% A SERIES OF CHALLENGES WHERE 00:01:56.382 --> 00:01:59.586 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% WE'RE GENERATING AEROSOLS 00:01:59.586 --> 00:02:02.755 align:start line:85% position:10% size:38% IN THE CHAMBER. 00:02:02.755 --> 00:02:03.656 align:start line:85% position:10% size:78% >> SOME OF THE THINGS WE HAD TO 00:02:03.656 --> 00:02:04.824 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% KEEP IN MIND FOR SAMPLING 00:02:04.824 --> 00:02:06.993 align:start line:85% position:10% size:60% ON THE-THE SPACE STATION 00:02:06.993 --> 00:02:08.728 align:start line:85% position:10% size:68% ARE, UM, A LITTLE DIFFERENT 00:02:08.728 --> 00:02:10.463 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% FOR WHAT WE WOULD NORMALLY 00:02:10.463 --> 00:02:11.831 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% CONSIDER FOR SAMPLING 00:02:11.831 --> 00:02:13.933 align:start line:85% position:10% size:35% HERE ON EARTH. 00:02:13.933 --> 00:02:15.735 align:start line:85% position:10% size:75% >> THERE IS A GROWING INTEREST 00:02:15.735 --> 00:02:17.370 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% IN UNDERSTANDING, UM, 00:02:17.370 --> 00:02:19.372 align:start line:85% position:10% size:70% AIR QUALITY AT THE COMMUNITY 00:02:19.372 --> 00:02:20.940 align:start line:85% position:10% size:80% LEVEL, AT A NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL, 00:02:20.940 --> 00:02:22.909 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% AT THE LEVEL OF A SCHOOL. 00:02:22.909 --> 00:02:24.644 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% AND THERE AREN'T A LOT OF 00:02:24.644 --> 00:02:25.712 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% GREAT SENSORY DEVICES 00:02:25.712 --> 00:02:28.414 align:start line:85% position:10% size:75% OUT THERE TODAY THAT CAN DO SO 00:02:28.414 --> 00:02:29.849 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% IN A BROAD WAY AND-AND 00:02:29.849 --> 00:02:31.818 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% A COST-EFFECTIVE WAY. 00:02:31.818 --> 00:02:33.219 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% >> I JUST RETURNED FROM 00:02:33.219 --> 00:02:34.854 align:start line:85% position:10% size:73% THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 00:02:34.854 --> 00:02:36.489 align:start line:85% position:10% size:60% FIRST-EVER AIR POLLUTION 00:02:36.489 --> 00:02:38.224 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% CONFERENCE IN GENEVA. 00:02:38.224 --> 00:02:39.292 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT 00:02:39.292 --> 00:02:41.160 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% A LOT OF, UH, LOW COST 00:02:41.160 --> 00:02:43.663 align:start line:85% position:10% size:78% OR LOWER COST SENSOR SOLUTIONS, 00:02:43.663 --> 00:02:44.831 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% AS, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR 00:02:44.831 --> 00:02:46.533 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% THE THIRD WORLD OR FOR 00:02:46.533 --> 00:02:47.934 align:start line:85% position:10% size:60% LESS AFFLUENT COUNTRIES, 00:02:47.934 --> 00:02:50.169 align:start line:85% position:10% size:73% COST IS A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR. 00:02:50.169 --> 00:02:52.205 align:start line:85% position:10% size:78% UM, BUT WHAT THEY'RE STRUGGLING 00:02:52.205 --> 00:02:54.507 align:start line:85% position:10% size:73% WITH IS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF 00:02:54.507 --> 00:02:57.310 align:start line:85% position:10% size:75% LOW COST, LOW QUALITY SENSORS. 00:02:57.310 --> 00:02:59.679 align:start line:85% position:10% size:75% SO TRYING TO IDENTIFY LOW COST 00:02:59.679 --> 00:03:01.915 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% BUT HIGH QUALITY SENSORS, 00:03:01.915 --> 00:03:02.615 align:start line:85% position:10% size:38% WHICH IS REALLY 00:03:02.615 --> 00:03:04.617 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO. 00:03:04.617 --> 00:03:05.585 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% >> THIS CHALLENGE GIVES US 00:03:05.585 --> 00:03:07.554 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE 00:03:07.554 --> 00:03:09.556 align:start line:85% position:10% size:73% NOT JUST EVOLUTIONARY AEROSOL 00:03:09.556 --> 00:03:11.991 align:start line:85% position:10% size:73% TECHNOLOGY, BUT REVOLUTIONARY 00:03:11.991 --> 00:03:13.826 align:start line:85% position:10% size:45% AEROSOL TECHNOLOGY 00:03:13.826 --> 00:03:16.262 align:start line:85% position:10% size:60% AT OUR DISPOSAL AT NASA. 00:03:16.262 --> 00:03:17.830 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% THERE'S NEW THINGS THAT 00:03:17.830 --> 00:03:19.866 align:start line:85% position:10% size:68% WE CAN'T BUY THAT ARE BEING 00:03:19.866 --> 00:03:22.835 align:start line:85% position:10% size:70% DEVELOPED IN THIS CHALLENGE. 00:03:22.835 --> 00:03:23.670 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% >> OUR END GOAL IS REALLY 00:03:23.670 --> 00:03:25.371 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% TO ADVANCE TECHNOLOGY 00:03:25.371 --> 00:03:27.273 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% FOR AREA MONITORING 00:03:27.273 --> 00:03:29.542 align:start line:85% position:10% size:70% AND PERSONAL MONITORING, UM, 00:03:29.542 --> 00:03:31.544 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND 00:03:31.544 --> 00:03:33.780 align:start line:85% position:10% size:73% MORE ABOUT PEOPLE'S EXPOSURES 00:03:33.780 --> 00:03:36.115 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% TO AEROSOLS AND REALLY 00:03:36.115 --> 00:03:37.183 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO CREATE 00:03:37.183 --> 00:03:38.451 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% A HEALTHIER ENVIRONMENT 00:03:38.451 --> 00:03:39.819 align:start line:85% position:10% size:78% FOR PEOPLE ON THE SPACE STATION 00:03:39.819 --> 00:03:42.455 align:start line:85% position:10% size:45% AND HERE ON EARTH. 00:03:42.455 --> 00:03:44.123 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% >> WE DESIGNED A NEW 00:03:44.123 --> 00:03:45.258 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% AEROSOL TECHNOLOGY THAT 00:03:45.258 --> 00:03:47.493 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% CAN BASICALLY MEASURE BOTH 00:03:47.493 --> 00:03:49.829 align:start line:85% position:10% size:75% PARTICLE AND AEROSOL MASS, UH, 00:03:49.829 --> 00:03:51.664 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS, UH, 00:03:51.664 --> 00:03:53.132 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% BUT ALSO GIVES YOU KIND OF 00:03:53.132 --> 00:03:54.200 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES 00:03:54.200 --> 00:03:55.268 align:start line:85% position:10% size:30% OF AEROSOLS. 00:03:55.268 --> 00:03:56.536 align:start line:85% position:10% size:80% UH, THIS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT 00:03:56.536 --> 00:03:57.270 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% BECAUSE WHAT WE CAN DO IS 00:03:57.270 --> 00:03:58.905 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% WE CAN TAKE THIS DATA 00:03:58.905 --> 00:04:00.640 align:start line:85% position:10% size:70% AND REALLY GET A REALLY DEEP 00:04:00.640 --> 00:04:02.408 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% UNDERSTANDING OF, UH, 00:04:02.408 --> 00:04:04.077 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% AMBIENT AIR QUALITY. 00:04:04.077 --> 00:04:05.244 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% SO WITH OUR DEVICE, UH, 00:04:05.244 --> 00:04:06.379 align:start line:85% position:10% size:70% WE BUILT IT IN A WAY SO THAT 00:04:06.379 --> 00:04:07.847 align:start line:85% position:10% size:78% IT CAN BE SCALABLE AND DEPLOYED 00:04:07.847 --> 00:04:10.083 align:start line:85% position:10% size:68% ACROSS, UH, LARGE NETWORKS. 00:04:10.083 --> 00:04:11.184 align:start line:85% position:10% size:78% AND THEN YOU CAN TAKE THIS DATA 00:04:11.184 --> 00:04:13.152 align:start line:85% position:10% size:80% AND ACTUALLY START UNDERSTANDING 00:04:13.152 --> 00:04:14.721 align:start line:85% position:10% size:68% THE SOURCES AND COMPOSITION 00:04:14.721 --> 00:04:17.890 align:start line:85% position:10% size:78% OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF AEROSOLS. 00:04:17.890 --> 00:04:19.459 align:start line:85% position:10% size:80% >> TO ME, WHAT'S REALLY EXCITING 00:04:19.459 --> 00:04:21.160 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% IS JUST THE FUNDAMENTAL 00:04:21.160 --> 00:04:22.862 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% UNDERLYING CHALLENGE 00:04:22.862 --> 00:04:24.364 align:start line:85% position:10% size:73% OF AIR POLLUTION, AND I THINK 00:04:24.364 --> 00:04:26.032 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% THAT IT'S GREAT THAT NASA 00:04:26.032 --> 00:04:27.266 align:start line:85% position:10% size:68% AND THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON 00:04:27.266 --> 00:04:29.335 align:start line:85% position:10% size:63% FOUNDATION HAVE TEAMED UP 00:04:29.335 --> 00:04:31.638 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% TO HELP FIND SOLUTIONS 00:04:31.638 --> 00:04:33.906 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM. 00:04:33.906 --> 00:04:35.742 align:start line:85% position:10% size:45% >> MY HOPE IS THAT 00:04:35.742 --> 00:04:37.644 align:start line:85% position:10% size:70% ONE OR MORE OF THE FINALISTS 00:04:37.644 --> 00:04:39.379 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% WILL BE ABLE TO PARTNER 00:04:39.379 --> 00:04:41.581 align:start line:85% position:10% size:38% WITH NASA TO DO 00:04:41.581 --> 00:04:43.216 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% A TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION 00:04:43.216 --> 00:04:44.150 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% ON THE INTERNATIONAL 00:04:44.150 --> 00:04:45.184 align:start line:85% position:10% size:45% SPACE STATION WITH 00:04:45.184 --> 00:04:47.220 align:start line:85% position:10% size:55% THEIR PARTICLE SENSOR. 00:04:47.220 --> 00:04:49.422 align:start line:85% position:10% size:75% THE OTHER THING I HOPE IS THAT 00:04:49.422 --> 00:04:50.957 align:start line:85% position:10% size:68% THERE WOULD BE A SMART CITY 00:04:50.957 --> 00:04:52.358 align:start line:85% position:10% size:68% APPLICATION OF ONE OF THESE 00:04:52.358 --> 00:04:53.993 align:start line:85% position:10% size:48% FINALISTS, OR MORE. 00:04:53.993 --> 00:04:56.429 align:start line:85% position:10% size:70% BECAUSE THERE'S ALL KINDS OF 00:04:56.429 --> 00:04:57.630 align:start line:85% position:10% size:65% POLLUTANTS THAT WE NEED TO 00:04:57.630 --> 00:04:59.866 align:start line:85% position:10% size:80% MONITOR TO IMPROVE OUR AWARENESS 00:04:59.866 --> 00:05:01.567 align:start line:85% position:10% size:50% OF OUR SURROUNDINGS. 00:05:01.567 --> 00:05:02.635 align:start line:85% position:10% size:68% THE SMART CITY APPLICATION, 00:05:02.635 --> 00:05:05.371 align:start line:85% position:10% size:80% YOU CAN LOOK ONLINE AND FIND OUT 00:05:05.371 --> 00:05:07.240 align:start line:85% position:10% size:53% HOW CLEAN THE AIR IS, 00:05:07.240 --> 00:05:08.241 align:start line:85% position:10% size:58% AND MAKE YOUR DECISIONS 00:05:08.241 --> 00:05:09.709 align:start line:85% position:10% size:35% BASED ON THAT.