The Nylon Stocking, the LED, the Toaster • 2017 • episode "3/10" • Incredible Inventions

58:49

Dr Hannah Fry explores how science and technology transformed Britain in the 1890s, giving rise to the modern world - and many present-day anxieties.

1/3 • Victorian Sensations • 2019 • Technology

52:00

Seaplanes saw the dawn of the aviation industry as they could accommodate large numbers of passengers between continents, and only required a smooth body of water to land. Since the 1920's, advances in floatplane technology saw metal hulls introduced, a cantilevered design and single engine. Seaplanes continue to be an extremely popular mode of transportation.

5/13 • The Amazing World Of Aviation • 2009 • Technology

11:40

Automation in the Information Age is different.

In a Nutshell • 2017 • Technology

104:59

The story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz. From Swartz's help in the development of the basic internet protocol RSS to his co-founding of Reddit, his fingerprints are all over the internet. But it was Swartz's groundbreaking work in social justice and political organizing combined with his aggressive approach to information access that ensnared him in a two year legal nightmare. It was a battle that ended with the taking of his own life at the age of 26. Aaron's story touched a nerve with people far beyond the online communities in which he was a celebrity. This film is a personal story about what we lose when we are tone deaf about technology and its relationship to our civil liberties

2014 • Technology

52:13

Go into the physical heart of the Internet and learn about the very first message sent by UCLA professor Leonard Kleinrock.

1/3 • Digits • 2017 • Technology

20:23

We explore the hidden history and super science of the Swiss Army Knife, the Winglet and the English Saddle.

1/10 • Incredible Inventions • 2017 • Technology