The team showcase breakthroughs in technology and engineering that are creating a new generation of machines. Mark Evans fuses his brain with a computer in Switzerland to test a new breed of machine.
Kathy Sykes hits the streets of San Francisco to have the ride of her life as she experiences the future of transport in a driverless car. In Italy Jim Alei-Khalili comes face to face with a remarkable, baby-like robot called iCub, which learns like a child.
Joy Reidenberg discovers the extraordinary exoskeleton that can make the paralysed walk and give one man the strength of three. In the Canary Islands Maggie Aderin-Pocock visits one of the world's biggest telescopes, where they're searching for new planets in the furthest reaches of the universe - planets that we could one day colonise.
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Series 1 Episode 1 Machines
The team showcase breakthroughs in technology and engineering that are creating a new generation of machines. Mark…
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Series 1 Episode 2 Health
The experts examine how scientists are fighting for our survival by battling the world's big killer diseases.
- Animal hunting and advancements in surgery
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Series 1 Episode 3 Technology
The experts explore how 21st-century technology is shaping our future by changing the way we live, the way we…
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Series 1 Episode 4 Environment
Science turns superhero as it battles to save the planet and preserve the human race.
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Series 1 Episode 5 Biology
The experts unearth the amazing breakthroughs that are transforming the resilience and strength of the human body.
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