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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.

The Lightbulb Moment

S1, EP9 "Interstate: How the Interstate Connected and Divided America"

Dwight Eisenhower's interstate highway system was the biggest infrastructure project of its time, a bold plan to connect all corners of America and boost the post-war economy but it also ended up deepening the divide between rich and poor.

The Lightbulb Moment

S1, EP10 "Edison: How Edison Reinvented Invention"

Edison pioneered the world's first research and development center in Menlo Park and worked with a group of experimenters to methodically zero in on the holy grail of electric light.

Lost: MH370

On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappears while flying from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing; a reconstruction of the timeline surrounding the aircraft's disappearance; interviews with the missing plane's pilot's family members.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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