This episode is presented by eBay.

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Then when you're buying, you can discover loads of hidden gems. There's so many items where you think I would have never found that anywhere else.

Then when you're selling, it's so simple and most importantly, free. It's free, Rob.

When it's this easy to sell for free and there's great deals on things you love. You can't help but say when it's eBay.

It excludes vehicles and business sellers.

Welcome to Scientific American Science Talk posted on January 29th, 2018. I'm Steve Merski.

On this episode, imagine a kite that's like a thin strip of fabric. It has piezoelectric

components in it. It generates 10x the amount of energy that

a windmill does. You can transport it. Can't transport a windmill. Transport it to a disaster

relief site and generate energy. That's Rosemary Truman. She's founder and CEO of the Center

for Advancing Innovation. And she was part of a recent discussion titled Energy Solutions

for a Sustainable Future that took place at the Rayburn Building on Capitol Hill. Scientific American

represented by our editor-in-chief, Marriott de Christina, sponsored the conversation, along

with Congressman Jerry McNerney from California. It was the first in a planned series of events called Science Meets Congress.

Other panelists were Francis Martin O'Sullivan,

Director of Research for MIT's Energy Institute,

and Eric Rolfing, acting director of ARPA-E,

that's the Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy.

The audience consisted of journalists, members of Congress, and congressional staffers.

What follows is an edited version of the audio from the panel hosted by Marriott D. Christina.

Hi, I'm Mariette de Christina. I'm the editor-in-chief of Scientific Americans, and I hope you're here for a discussion

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