S1 Ep 10 - The Future of Transportation
Xploration Earth 2050
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22m
The car is arguably the most influential invention in history. Join host Joe Penna as he discovers where this invention is headed in the run-up to 2050. Robotic cars, predicted 80 years ago, will be on roadways in a decade. Joe goes to a neighborhood where almost everyone drives an electric car. And he visits a company that’s putting a solar powered vehicle on the moon.
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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...
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S2 Ep 11 - Growing Food
With an expected nine billion mouths to feed by 2050 and the threat of climate change we will need to change our traditional methods of growing food in order to survive. Host Chuck Pell introduces us to developments going on in labs, research farms, plant genetics and something called aquaponics ...
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S4 Ep 11 - Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence, or ‘AI’, is all the rage among futurists. Is it good, bad, something to be worried about, or something to be embraced? Chuck Pell talks to leaders in the field of AI. They discuss Deep Blue, the IBM computer that beat the best chess player in the world, and show how game...
