Discovery Tech Weekly Update

Tracy's weekly update for Discovery Tech's web site. This week: intelligent highways, television puzzles, wind tunnels, podcasts, video, and more!

Duration: 00:01:13
Date published: 6 Jan 2009 - 4:31pm

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