Storyline

Stephen Hawking’s Science of the Future investigates the very latest game changing innovations. Each episode takes one area of progress and sends five top scientists out to actively test the inventions and breakthroughs that are driving it. The team explore human upgrades, the virtual world, bio-mimicry, high-tech emergency responses, and more. Featuring a wide range of examples, from advanced robotics and breathtaking digital actors, to cutting edge smart homes and electronic brain stimulation, the series reveals how science is delivering astonishing improvements to all our lives. Using the evidence they gather, the team reveals the year when each innovation will be rolled out for us all to benefit from, and Hawking then draws out his own uniquely insightful predictions about what our world will be like in the years to come.

First Aired

2014-04-09
Last Aired

2014-06-06
Creator
Genre

Documentary
Seasons

1
Episodes

6
Status

Ended
Language

English
Network

National Geographic

Keywords:

innovation

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Season 1

1. Virtual World

Stephen Hawking and his team investigate how reality is being increasingly stretched as people become ...More

Stephen Hawking and his team investigate how reality is being increasingly stretched as people become less dependent on the physical world and more involved with the virtual electronic world. In this episode, a remarkable 3D virtual training program for the military is investigated, a new system is tested that can map places inaccessible to GPS and Sat Nav, bio-printing, where designs created on computers are turned into three dimensional living tissues is examined and a new wave of sci-fi technologically is revealed; a computer that can read people's minds.Less

45mins 2014-04-09

2. Inspired by Nature

Aarathi Prasad road-tests Boston Dynamics' incredible animal-inspired robots.

Aarathi Prasad road-tests Boston Dynamics' incredible animal-inspired robots.Less

45mins 2014-04-15

3. Code Red

Experts examine how scientists are fighting for our survival by battling the world's biggest killer di...More

Experts examine how scientists are fighting for our survival by battling the world's biggest killer diseases.Less

45mins 2014-05-03

4. Perfect City

Stephen Hawking and his team investigate how science is on the cusp of making urban living not just a ...More

Stephen Hawking and his team investigate how science is on the cusp of making urban living not just a richer experience, but more fun too.Less

45mins 2014-05-10

5. Designer Human

Stephen Hawking and his team investigate how breakthroughs in technology are being applied to human be...More

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.Less

45mins 2014-05-31

6. Hyper Connections

Stephen Hawking and his team investigate the dawning of a new age where machines talk to machines, whe...More

Stephen Hawking and his team investigate the dawning of a new age where machines talk to machines, where previously isolated sciences come together to form new disciplines.Less