Sound - you don’t think much about it, but futurists and entrepreneurs do. Chuck Pell catches up with two college-age inventors who’ve created a fire extinguisher that puts out fires - with sound waves.  Another inventor has created a ‘sound cloaking’ device that could make submarines invisible t...

High tech is revolutionizing the way kids learn AND the way teachers teach.   Join host Chuck Pell as he gets elbow deep in the ‘sandbox of the future’---and 3D topographical sandbox that allows young students to test earth science theories with their own hands---in real time. 3D printing is also...

Humans have always used their best technology to save lives, and new tech, and even some OLD tech, is now being employed by doctors the world over. Chuck Pell meets a designer who uses old car parts to help 3rd world doctors keep babies from getting jaundice.  He takes a stroll in a wheelchair th...

Green technology is radically changing the way people get around. Host Chuck Pell will take to the road in a hybrid between a solar powered car and an old fashioned tricycle, that has no carbon footprint. He’ll visit the factory where electric powered buses are changing the daily commute for mill...

If you want to see some of the world’s most famous treasures, you often have to travel thousands of miles. Now, as host Chuck Pell saw for himself, high tech is bringing fossils, artwork and historical artifacts to classrooms around the world. And virtual reality is changing the way teachers lea...

Inventors are up to some crazy things. We’ll see a mirror that records your reflection, from all sorts of angles, and downloads all those images to your cell phone. Host Chuck Pell will demonstrate a bulletproof material made of a new kind of foam. And a New York City hotel has a new employee: a ...

Doctors and botanists have come together to GROW medicine. Host Chuck Pell visits a lab where vaccines are developed inside of plants and then processed into pills, a development that could save millions of lives in the developing world. Drones are being used to deliver medicine not only across t...

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 h...

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...

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...

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...

High-tech is a serious business, but it’s also fun and games. Chuck Pell gets in the virtual cockpit for a new kind of drone racing that’s going international. He’ll watch as robots compete in the world’s most futuristic soccer match. And a new football ‘dummy’ isn’t as dumb as he seems.

New tech is allowing all of us to become inventors. Welcome to the Maker Movement, a worldwide phenomenon designed to get everyone making all sorts of strange and unusual gadgets. Chuck Pell visits a Makers Faire for some hands-on experience in how young and old alike are creating the future.