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1 online resource (streaming video file) (45 min. 26 sec.) ; 274308979 bytes |
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In this landmark series, Professor Stephen Hawking examines today's cutting edge science and reveals how it is shaping what the world will be like in years to come.Stephen Hawking has spent over 40 years analysing, understanding and describing the world. Now, this thrilling series challenges him to predict where science is going. By exploring the cutting edge of today's technology, he draws conclusions about how different life will be in the future.Hawking sets the agenda, with a team of five dynamic young scientists who travel the world to investigate the newest and most exciting scientific innovations. They experience amazing new concepts, testing their veracity, and feeling the speed of progress driven by the brightest thinkers on the planet.Stephen Hawking and his team investigate how breakthroughs in technology are being applied to human beings, not only for more effective repairs and replacement body parts, but also for upgrading the brain. The team travel to Oxford to test a radical new innovation that uses electrical stimulation of the brain to improve maths ability. They then explore how ligament damage, which affects over 400,000 people in the US alone, is being tackled with advanced regenerative techniques and the US army's Natick research centre is discovering how science is enabling precision, tailor made training to improve an individual's capabilities. (From the UK) (Documentary) G CC **New Episode** Follow the conversation on twitter #SBSdoco |
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Broadcast 2014-03-10 at 20:35:00 |
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Classification: PG |
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Brain stimulation.
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Cosmology -- Research.
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Guided tissue regeneration.
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Hawking, Stephen, 1942-.
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United States.
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Streaming video
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Lang, Gary, director
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Hawking, Stephen, host
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