The Drum, Slinky, Fencing Sword • 2017 • episode "7/10" • Incredible Inventions

6:32

Who was the genius who came up with all of that? The internet is such a crucial tool in our daily lives today that we hardly remember that it hasn't been here forever. But yeah, it is actually not that old.

Technology

54:46

From brains to eyes, hands to legs, and deep down to the internal organs; implants, prosthesis and rehabilitation are entering a new era potentially creating a new type of human being - The Bionic Man- in reality, not on retro TV. But what ethical concerns arise as we mix technology with biology?

5/6 • The Age of Robots • 2016 • Technology

58:57

Twenty-five years after the world wide web was created, it is now caught in the greatest controversy of its existence: surveillance.

Technology

20:14

The Singularity, or the arrival of superhuman intelligence, has been described as both the “rapture of the nerds” and inevitable. Futurist and philosopher Jason Silva explores the ways in which this radical transformation may occur through biotechnology, nanotechnology and artificial intelligence.

2016 • Technology

58:47

An examination of the varying uses being made of the huge amount of information now available in databases. In Los Angeles, police officers are taking part in an experiment to predict crime before it even happens, one City of London trader believes he has found the secret of making billions with mathematics, and astronomers in South Africa are attempting to catalogue the entire universe.

Technology

20:26

We explore the hidden history and super science of the wrist watch, the digital watch and the prosthetic leg.

2/10 • Incredible Inventions • 2017 • Technology