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Curiosity Now offers classic factual content from an extensive, award-winning library of original and curated documentaries across popular genres like science, history, space, wildlife, nature and more. Stacked for optimal binge-watching, Curiosity Now is a brand-safe environment for family-friendly viewing
The Lightbulb Moment
S1, EP11 "Like Button: The Unintended Consenquences of the Facebook Like Button"When first presented with the like button Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg worried that a quick thumbs up or down would discourage more meaningful online interaction but eventually his team changed his mind and transformed the world.
The Lightbulb Moment
S1, EP2 "Cubicle: How the Cubicle Became Universally Hated"The Cubicle was originally designed to set workers free; a futuristic designer named Robert Propst dreamed up the cubicle as a groovy 1960s workplace utopia that would unleash the modern knowledge worker's vast untapped potential.
The Lightbulb Moment
S1, EP3 "Barcode: How the Barcode Shaped Our Modern Economy"Barcodes have radically changed global commerce, helping fuel the rise of everything from massive companies like Walmart to world powers like China and it all started with a man daydreaming on a beach in 1949.
The Lightbulb Moment
S1, EP4 "Florida: How Real Estate Rogues Invented Florida as We Know It"Florida wasn't always the Sunshine State; in the 1920s, an army of real estate boosters set out to redefine Florida from an economic backwater to a ritzy vacation destination, sparking a land boom the likes of which America had never seen before.
The Lightbulb Moment
S1, EP5 "Mauve: The Fake Color That Made Our Modern World"In 1856, a chemistry student accidentally created a strange substance with a rich purple hue; Mauve takes over the fashion industry, make food look more appetizing, and enable stunning advances in medicine.
The Lightbulb Moment
S1, EP6 "Vanilla: The Bean That Shaped the Future of Food"In 1841 on the small island of Réunion, a 12-year-old slave did something no one had done before; the vanilla bean takes the world by storm, sparking the artificial flavor revolution and forever changing how we eat.
The Lightbulb Moment
S1, EP1 "The Hollywood Actress That Laid the Groundwork for WiFi"During WWII, Actress Hedy Lamarr, deemed the world's most beautiful woman, invented a technology that laid the groundwork for the wireless internet of today.
The Lightbulb Moment
S1, EP8 "Streaming: The Invention That Revolutionized Streaming Video"The early days of online video were plagued by low resolution, stamp-sized video, and unbearable buffering times but that changed when a breakthrough technology revolutionized streaming video and set the foundation for the era of Netflix.
Engineering the Future
S1, EP1 "Wind"Engineers race to generate vast power from thin air: the wind; one of the world's biggest wind farms is being built in harsh conditions along the coast of England; a Norwegian team works on the world's first floating wind farm.
Engineering the Future
S1, EP2 "Aviation"A new breed of aviators is innovating new ways to fly from clean and green electric aircraft to autonomous sky taxis.
Engineering the Future
S1, EP3 "Fusion"Exploring the quest to produce fusion -- an ultimate energy solution that has been likened to "bottling a star."
Engineering the Future
S1, EP4 "Tidal"The power of the oceans' tides is the last great untapped energy source on Earth; from sub-sea kites to floating platforms, teams of engineers race to perfect the technology to harness the vast flows of water.
Engineering the Future
S1, EP5 "Maritime"Shipping companies and engineers create remarkable new machines to make their industry greener, using a resource that has moved man across the world's oceans for thousands of years: wind.
Engineering the Future
S1, EP6 "Solar"The sun is the biggest source of energy in the solar system; innovators search for new ways to capture more of the sun's power and make it available through the night, everywhere.
Engineering the Future
S1, EP1 "Wind"Engineers race to generate vast power from thin air: the wind; one of the world's biggest wind farms is being built in harsh conditions along the coast of England; a Norwegian team works on the world's first floating wind farm.
Engineering the Future
S1, EP2 "Aviation"A new breed of aviators is innovating new ways to fly from clean and green electric aircraft to autonomous sky taxis.
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