Brave New World with Stephen Hawking - Season 1 - Eps 3: Technology
The experts explore how 21st-century technology is shaping our future by changing the way we live, the way we communicate and our perception of the universe. Physicist Kathy Sykes explores how our mobile phones can give experts access to our every habit and action: a brave new world in which it's hard to keep a secret but where urban planners can build cities around our needs. Designer Max Lamb witnesses the dawn of a new era in manufacturing where lasers are printing objects in 3D, and Stephen Hawking charts the rise of the former internet entrepreneur who is transforming space exploration. Environmental scientist Tara Shine visits an experimental new city in the desert where the citizens get about by unmanned pod car, and Kathy Sykes descends two kilometres underground to explore how scientists are using technology to study the most mysterious particles in the universe. From spaceship factories in California to one of the world's largest subterranean laboratories in northern Canada, the programme uncovers the technology that is shaping our future.
About Brave New World with Stephen Hawking
Title: Brave New World with Stephen Hawking
First Air Date: 2011-10-17
Last Air Date: 2011-11-21
Status: Ended
Rating: 9.3/10 (from 3 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 2
Total Episodes: 5
Network: Channel 4
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
Aided by some of the world's leading scientific figures, this new five-part series examines how 21st century scientists are battling the world's big killer diseases, breaking down the barriers between man and machine and expanding our understanding of the universe.
Cast
David Attenborough
Self
Richard Dawkins
Self
Stephen Hawking
Self - Host
Kathy Sykes
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