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 tropical rain forest the next---all in one building.
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S2 Ep 9 - Forensic Science
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S2 Ep 10 - Future Tech Uncovers the Past
Future tech is allowing us to look into the ancient past like never before. Host Chuck Pell sees how archeologists are using satellite imaging and 3D sensing to map ancient native American cities. Anthropologists use new techniques to get prehistoric bones to yield information about our shared h...
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S4 Ep 10 - The Future of Sustainability
Sustainability is a word you’re going to hear a lot more of on the road to 2050. Why waste when you can turn that waste into useable, environmentally friendly products? Chuck Pell meets inventors who are literally creating shoes out of thin air. Yes, they’re taking carbon dioxide out of the atmos...
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