S3 Ep 8 - High Tech Goes Exploring
Xploration Earth 2050 - The Entire Collection • 22m
Humans have always been interested in the workings of planet Earth and high tech is giving them all sorts of new insights. Did you know that Earth’s magnetic poles have shifted dozens of times during the planet’s history? Host Chuck Pell visits scientists who’ve created a huge device that shows how this happens and predicts when it will happen again. And we’ll explore the farthest reaches of the ocean’s floor, an area we know less about than the surface of Mars!
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S3 Ep 9 - Virtual Worlds Test Future ...
Movies and video games have been creating simulated environments for years but now the military is creating physical environments that simulate rain forests, deserts, combat situations, and even the surface of Mars. Chuck Pell goes to a lab where he’s in a blistering desert one minute and a tropi...
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S3 Ep 10 - Trees Change the Future
Environmental bad guys beware! Trees are now safer thanks to new satellite imagery giving us a view of our planet like we’ve never had before. We now know how many trees are on Earth and, almost in real-time, can tell who’s cutting them down. Chuck Pell samples a new kind of tree, one that’s bu...
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S3 Ep 11 - Future Power to the People
New sources of power are transforming people’s lives, particularly in developing countries. Host Chuck Pell meets two young entrepreneurs who’ve invented a portable light that’s virtually indestructible and runs on sunlight. And, believe it not, sewage is being used to create clean drinking wat...
