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.
Up Next in Xploration Earth 2050
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S1 Ep 10 - The Future of Transportation
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. ...
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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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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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