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The Secret Genius of Modern Life - Series 2
Passport
- Broadcast
- 2023 (60 mins)
Hannah gains access to a top-secret site where anonymous staff and the latest tech work to make the British passport one of the most secure documents on the planet. She reveals the World War I spy craft...
The Secret Genius of Modern Life - Series 2
Vacuum Cleaner
- Broadcast
- 2023 (58 mins)
Hannah takes a look at the vacuum cleaner, going behind the scenes with Dyson and discovering how the motor in their latest vacuum spins nine times faster than that of a Formula One race car. She finds out...
The Secret Genius of Modern Life - Series 2
Smartphone
- Broadcast
- 2023 (59 mins)
With over six billion of them across the planet, smartphones have changed the modern world. With rare access to electronics giant Samsung, Hannah uncovers the technological game changers that have made the...
The Secret Genius of Modern Life - Series 2
Microwave
- Broadcast
- 2023 (58 mins)
Hannah Fry discovers the hidden WWII radar technology that heats up baked beans, learns the legend of the melted candy bar in an engineer’s pocket that kick-started a kitchen revolution, and puts her life...
The Secret Genius of Modern Life - Series 2
Headphones
- Broadcast
- 2023 (59 mins)
Headphones: these marvels of miniaturisation are worn by over 30 million people in the UK. Hannah Fry visits legendary headphone honchos Bose to find out how today’s teeny earbud tech works and meets the...
The Secret Genius of Modern Life - Series 2
Lift
- Broadcast
- 2023 (59 mins)
Hannah goes behind the scenes to look at the technology behind the lift, entering a 246m high lift shaft to test everything from the brakes to her own fear of heights. Along the way, she finds out how...
The Royal Institution Xmas Lectures 2023
Episode 1 - How to Build an Intelligent Machine
- Broadcast
- 2023 (59 mins)
Professor Mike Wooldridge asks: what is artificial intelligence? He compares how AI works and learns with how the human brain functions. Exploring the roots of AI, Mike reveals how Alan Turing devised the...
The Royal Institution Xmas Lectures 2023
Episode 2 - My AI Life
- Broadcast
- 2023 (59 mins)
Professor Mike Wooldridge reveals the huge role AI already plays in our daily lives - sometimes without us even realising its role. Mike investigates how games like chess and Go have become a training ground...
The Royal Institution Xmas Lectures 2023
Episode 3 - The Future of AI: Dream or a Nightmare?
- Broadcast
- 2023 (59 mins)
Professor Mike Wooldridge grapples with the future of AI in the third and final Christmas lecture. Mike takes a ride in a driverless car. Autonomous vehicles, once a science fiction dream, are now a reality....
Dirty Rotten Scammers
Episode 12
- Broadcast
- 2022 (44 mins)
Working mum Paula was getting ready for a night out with her husband when scammers called and advised her to move her money to a safe account, but a few days later she realized it was anything but safe. Also...