Explore the hidden history and super science of the drum, the Slinky and the fencing sword.
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We explore the hidden history and super science of the Swiss Army Knife, the Winglet and the English Saddle.
2017 • Technology
We explore the hidden history and super science of the wrist watch, the digital watch and the prosthetic leg.
2017 • Technology
We explore the hidden history and super science of the nylon stocking, the LED and the toaster.
2017 • Technology
We explore the hidden history and super science of the bicycle, encryption and energy bars.
2017 • Technology
This Episode explores the hidden history and super science of the taxi cab, satellite navigation, and the lava lamp.
2017 • Technology
Explore the hidden history and super science of the flag, hovercraft and exercise equipment.
2017 • Technology
Explore the hidden history and super science of the drum, the Slinky and the fencing sword.
2017 • Technology
Explore the hidden history and super science of the computer, the Frisbee and silverware.
2017 • Technology
Explore the hidden history and super science of the glider, Super Glue and the AGA Oven
2017 • Technology
Explore the hidden history and super science of hot air balloons, synthetic rubber and metal detectors.
2017 • Technology
A documentary focused on Stuxnet, a piece of self-replicating computer malware that the U.S. and Israel unleashed to destroy a key part of an Iranian nuclear facility, and which ultimately spread beyond its intended target.
2016 • Technology
After years of anticipation, autonomous vehicles are now being tested on public roads around the world. As ambitious innovators race to develop what they see as the next high-tech pot of gold, some experts warn there are still daunting challenges ahead, including how to train artificial intelligence to be better than humans at making life-and-death decisions. How do self-driving cars work? How close are we to large-scale deployment of them? And will we ever be able to trust AI with our lives?
NOVA PBS • 2019 • Technology
Dial in to the fascinating history of the smartphone, from its roots in Morse Code to 2007, when Apple unveiled the first-ever iPhone. Plus, see how the next generation of Smartphones will allow us to communicate through them just by thinking.
Breakthrough the Ideas that Changed the World • 2019 • Technology
SILICON VALLEY tells the story of the pioneering scientists who transformed rural Santa Clara County into the hub of technological ingenuity we now know as Silicon Valley. The film spotlights the creativity of the young men who founded Fairchild Semiconductor and in particular the brilliant, charismatic young physicist Robert Noyce. Their radical innovations would include the integrated circuit that helped make the United States a leader in both space exploration and the personal computer revolution, transforming the way the world works, plays and communicates, making possible everything from the Apollo program to smart phones, from pacemakers to microwaves.
American Experience • 2013 • Technology
Only in the last 200 years have humans learned how to make things cold. Steven Johnson explains how ice entrepreneur Frederic Tudor made ice delivery one of the biggest export business in the U.S. and describes the place where Clarence Birdseye, the father of the frozen food industry, experienced his eureka moment. He also travels to Dubai to see how mastery of cold has led to penguins in the desert. From IVF to food, politics and Hollywood to human migration, the unsung heroes of cold have led the way.
S1E5 • How We Got to Now • 2014 • Technology
The solar system’s largest planet has been visited by automated probes since the 1970s. This episode examines the work of the Galileo orbiter and the Juno probe that went into orbit around Jupiter last year.
S1E5 • Zenith: Advances in Space Exploration • 2021 • Technology