The Secret Genius of Modern Life

Episode
Fitness Tracker
Broadcast Info
2023 (59 mins)
Description
With around a third of the population now owning fitness trackers, Britain has become a nation obsessed with tracking its every move. Hannah Fry finds out how 1970s car crashes helped us to count our steps, why high-altitude WWII dog-fights led to a crucial health monitor and how fitness trackers are even being used to catch killers.
Genre
Culture; Technology

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The Open University, "The Secret Genius of Modern Life". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ou/search/index.php/prog/243806 (Accessed 10 Jan 2025)