Poster de la serie The Secret Genius of Modern Life

The Secret Genius of Modern Life

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Année : 2022

Nombre de saisons : 2

Durée moyenne d'un épisode : 59 minutes

Genre(s) : Documentaire

Hannah Fry uncovers the secrets behind the miraculous technologies of the modern world, revealing the mind-blowing stories behind their invention.

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Épisode 1 - Bank Card

10 novembre 2022

Hannah Fry takes a look at the bank card, the digital key to accessing cash, and finds out how its extraordinary innovations have some surprising and sinister origins.

Épisode 2 - Food Delivery App

17 novembre 2022

Hannah Fry tucks into the tech behind food delivery apps, which are now used by 24 million people in the UK. Hannah finds out how pizza made us fall in love with the internet.

Épisode 3 - Virtual Assistant

24 novembre 2022

Hannah Fry delves into the inner workings of virtual assistants, such as Amazon’s Alexa, Google Assistant and Siri, which are now found in almost half of all UK homes.

Épisode 4 - Electric Car

1 décembre 2022

Hannah Fry discovers why innovations in meat packing almost derailed the electric car revolution and how a breakthrough in camcorder batteries led to Elon Musk’s electric empire, as well as demonstrating how not to drive a multimillion dollar prototype car of the future.

Épisode 5 - Fitness Tracker

8 décembre 2022

Hannah Fry finds out how 1970s car crashes helped us to count our steps, why WWII dog-fights led to a crucial health monitor and how fitness trackers are even being used to catch killers.

Épisode 6 - Trainer

15 décembre 2022

Hannah Fry visits eBay’s authentication centre, where they are waging war against fake high-value trainers. She discovers how American breakfast waffles transformed our trainer soles and how an 18th-century tea set led to the use of celebrity endorsement.

Épisode 1 - Passport

8 novembre 2023

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.

Épisode 2 - Vacuum Cleaner

22 novembre 2023

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.

Épisode 3 - Smartphone

29 novembre 2023

With rare access to electronics giant Samsung, Hannah uncovers the technological game-changers that have made the smartphone a reality.

Épisode 4 - Microwave

6 décembre 2023

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 on the line to demonstrate why microwaves zap food but not people!

Épisode 5 - Headphones

7 décembre 2023

Headphones: these marvels of miniaturisation are worn by 30 million people in the UK. Hannah Fry visits Bose to find out how the teeny earbud tech works and meets the human testers with ‘golden ears’.

Épisode 6 - Lift

14 décembre 2023

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.

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