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Two brilliant minds, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, do battle and, in the process, revolutionize lives.
2015 • Technology
Orville and Wilbur Wright and Glen Curtiss face off in a rivalry that puts lives at risk.
2015 • Technology
The invention of TV is born out of a David vs. Goliath competition between Sarnoff and Farnsworth.
2015 • Technology
William Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer push the limits of journalism, changing the media landscape.
2015 • Technology
The invention of the perfect revolver pits Samuel Colt and Daniel Wesson.
2015 • Technology
America and the Soviet Union set out to conquer the moon, but much more was at stake.
2015 • Technology
Eccentric genius Nikola Tesla enters a rivalry with Thomas Edison that will forever change the world.
2015 • Technology
The heated contest between Heisenberg and Oppenheimer had dramatic impact on the end of WWII.
2015 • Technology
The surprising story of the hidden powerhouse behind the globalised world - the diesel engine, a 19th-century invention that has become indispensable to the 21st century. It's a turtle versus hare tale in which the diesel engine races the petrol engine in a competition to replace ageing steam technology - a race eventually won hands down by diesel. Splendidly, car enthusiast presenter Mark Evans gets excitedly hands on with some of the many applications of Mr Diesel's - yes, there was one - original creation, from vintage submarines and tractors to locomotive trains and container ships. You'll never feel the same about that humble old diesel family car again.
Time Shift • 2015 • Technology
Daniel Henry dives into the new world of algorithms and computer-automated hiring, with the help of an animated co-presenter to explain how the technology works. Daniel's journey begins at the first stage of a job application - writing a CV. At the University of Liverpool, he is given tips from their student career advisers about how best to tailor his CV so it isn't rejected by software used to select applicants to progress to the next stage. But he discovers there may be ways to play this system.
2022 • Technology
If people are the lifeblood of cities, then transport links are its veins and arteries. If they're cut off, the city will die. Thousands of people work every day at making it possible for city dwellers to be where they need to be, when they need to be there. It's an endless demand of brain and brawn. Without the army of drivers, diggers, and planners, our great cities would come to a halt.
S1E4 • How Cities Work • 2013 • Technology
The dangers of nations being dependent on digital devices and global interactivity are examined.
S5E05 • Through the Wormhole • Technology
Imagine a world without the power to capture or transmit sound. Journey with Steven Johnson to the Arcy sur Cure caves in northern France, where he finds the first traces of the desire to record sound — 30,000 years ago. He also learns about the difference that radio made in the civil rights movement and reveals the Hollywood star who designed a WW2 weapon that would make possible the modern cell phone network. During an ultrasound on a pregnant dolphin, he realizes just how big a role sound has played in medicine. The unsung heroes of sound have had an impact on our working lives, race relations, saving lives and the radical alteration of cities.
6/6 • How We Got to Now • 2014 • Technology
A look at the huge concrete submarine pens built by the Nazis to protect their U-Boats from allied bombs. Such was their size and strength, they still survive today.
3/6 • Nazi Megastructures • 2013 • Technology