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Xploration Earth 20502050 is still decades away, but what might the world be like in that year? What new technology will be available? Will robots be commonplace? Will space tourism thrive? "Xploration Earth 2050" investigates some of the questions. The host speaks with entrepreneurs whose businesses focus on futuristic ideas and products in automotive technology, consumer electronics and health care. Scientists, doctors and science-fiction writers also explore the questions posed. The show also looks at older sci-fi movies to see how many proposed ideas have come to fruition.S2, EP1 "The Future of Living Spaces"More people move to cities than ever before; apartments built on assembly lines; high-tech furniture; a house barely larger than a one-car garage.
S4, EP8 "Future Tech Defies Death"Fascinating new hologram technology; a futuristic deep-freeze where people have their bodies cryogenically frozen.
S4, EP10 "New Frontiers in Sustainability"Turning waste into usable, environmentally friendly products; inventors create sneakers from carbon dioxide; landfills as a source of diesel fuel.
S4, EP3 "Plastic's Fantastic Future"Plastic, one of mankind's most revolutionary inventions, is everywhere, and it also fouls the environment; the world of plastic recycling, where used plastic is converted into lumber, clothing, works of art, car parts and homes.
S4, EP2 "Arts Takes on the Future"Whether artificial intelligence is intelligent enough to make art; works of art produced solely by computers; creative reuse takes what was once garbage and turns it into raw material for all sorts of artistic activities.
S4, EP7 "STEM Hits the Nation's Classrooms"An event sponsored by the Navy League puts young inventors in touch with adult professionals who can provide expertise; children compete in a contest to build robot submarines.
S4, EP4 "Living Spaces in Space"Training facilities for future colonies living on the moon or on mars; a habitat designed to simulate life on mars.
S4, EP11 "Exploring the World of Artificial Intelligence"The IBM Deep Blue computer and the role games play in creating artificial intelligence.
S4, EP9 "Future of Our Five Senses"Chuck looks at a new robotic hand; the biggest listening device on Earth; products that can enhance the sense of smell.
S2, EP7 "Humans Adapt to the Future"An underwater tent allows people to spend days beneath the ocean's surface; explorers use the Utah desert to simulate what it may be like to live on Mars; quick, cardboard homes work in almost any environment.
"Xploration Earth 2050"2050 is still decades away, but what might the world be like in that year? What new technology will be available? Will robots be commonplace? Will space tourism thrive? "Xploration Earth 2050" investigates some of the questions. The host speaks with entrepreneurs whose businesses focus on futuristic ideas and products in automotive technology, consumer electronics and health care. Scientists, doctors and science-fiction writers also explore the questions posed. The show also looks at older sci-fi movies to see how many proposed ideas have come to fruition.
S4, EP5 "DNA and Your Future"Scientists work with fossilized proteins; using DNA to help find the perfect mate; a dog's DNA.
S3, EP3 "Medical Tech Transforms the 3rd World"Using technology to save lives; old car parts help Third World doctors prevent babies from getting jaundice; a wheelchair built to work like an all-terrain vehicle; growing medicines.
S4, EP6 "New Frontiers in Soft Robotics"The world of human-like soft robotics; jellyfish serve as models for artificial hearts.
S2, EP10 "The Future Explores the Past"Future tech allows archaeologists to look into the ancient past; satellite imaging and 3-D sensing; prehistoric bones; an English king is identified after lying buried for 500 years.
S1, EP11 "The Future of 3D Printing"Uses of 3-D printing: home products, recycling, body organs.
S1, EP13 "The Future of Entertainment"Creating operas with robots; virtual reality games; simulated environments.
S3, EP4 "High Tech Hits the Road"Green technology: a hybrid between a solar powered car and an old fashioned tricycle, an electric-powered bus factory, and trains that float just inches above the ground.
S3, EP2 "Teaching Goes High Tech"A 3-D topographical sandbox allowing students to test earth-science theories with their own hands in real time; 3-D printing helps students create historical artifacts; nationwide math competitions.
S3, EP1 "Future of Sound"A fire extinguisher that puts out fires with sound waves; a sound cloaking device making submarines invisible to sonar; using sound waves to defy gravity.
S3, EP9 "Simulated Worlds Test the Future"The military creates physical environments that simulate rain forests, deserts, combat situations, and even the surface of Mars.
S3, EP7 "High Tech Revolutionises Medicine"Doctors and botanists have come together to grow medicine; a lab where vaccines are developed inside of plants and then processed into pills; drones are being used to deliver medicine; virtual reality is giving doctors a new view of the human body.
S3, EP5 "The Classroom of the Future"Virtual reality brings fossils, artwork and historical artifacts to classrooms around the world and changes the way teachers learn to do their jobs.
S3, EP6 "Unusual Inventions"A mirror that records your reflection and downloads all of the images to a cellphone; bulletproof material made of a new kind of foam; a two-ton robot that handles visitors' luggage.
S3, EP10 "Trees Get Technical"Trees are now safer thanks to new satellite imagery giving a new view of the planet; a new kind of tree to stop global warming.
S3, EP8 "High Tech Explores the Earth"Humans have always been interested in the workings of planet Earth, and high tech gives new insights; magnetic poles; the ocean floor.
S3, EP12 "Games of the Future"High tech can be fun and games: drone racing; a robot soccer match; a new football dummy.
S4, EP13 "Future Tech Goes Back in Time"How virtual reality technology recreates ancient cities; laser scanning and video animation bring new life to fossil research.
S2, EP6 "The Future of Warfare"Video games shape modern battle plans; drones carry more than weapons; scientists find a way to make tomorrow's army invisible.
S2, EP5 "Nature Inspires the Future"Humpback whales show designers how to save energy; birds and bees wipe out killer mosquitoes in the Florida Keys; dogs learn to sniff out deadly diseases.
S2, EP4 "The Future of Money"Canada's new plastic money; local communities print their own money; digital money.
S2, EP3 "The Future of Urban Farms"Farms move from the countryside to the city; the vertical farm; the world's busiest airport is home to a honeybee colony.
S2, EP2 "The Future of Clothing"Electric clothes; wearable technology uses the body's own energy to charge a phone; the sneaker of the future.
2050 is still decades away, but what might the world be like in that year? What new technology will be available? Will robots be commonplace? Will space tourism thrive? "Xploration Earth 2050" investigates some of the questions. The host speaks with entrepreneurs whose businesses focus on futuristic ideas and products in automotive technology, consumer electronics and health care. Scientists, doctors and science-fiction writers also explore the questions posed. The show also looks at older sci-fi movies to see how many proposed ideas have come to fruition.
Original Air Date: Sep 8, 2014
Genres: NatureTV Series
Rating: TVPG
Playback: HD
1 seasons available on demand (5 episodes)
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