Technology

Mayo has been credited with a lot of medical innovations. But Britt Aamodt uncovers one of the Rochester clinic's Top Secret projects during World War II that had more to do with g-forces than gerontology. [Read Transcript...]

The radar equipment had been used in World War II to train pilots. But a University of Minnesota researcher discovered it could also be used to detect cancer. Britt Aamodt follows the story of Dr. John Wild, pioneer of ultrasound. [Read Transcript...]

Owen Wangensteen pioneered a new technique of gastrointestinal surgery that helped reduce the mortality rate of thousands of patients. Producer Allison Herrera tells us how. [Read Transcript...]

Many people who live through the tragedy of war are victims of torture...seeking asylum from volatile conditions in their home country. They immigrate to the United States haunted by the experience. One organization in Minnesota sought to heal those wounds. Produced for Ampers by Allison Herrera. [Read Transcript...]