Mechanical birds, aluminum snakes, dragonfly helicopters that sound like buzzing bees, remote controlled manta rays. They may look like toys, but they are incredible robots that may change the world. Joe Penna explores Mechanimals!
Robots on the job are part of the present and part of our future. By 2050, you have robot coworkers in all shapes and sizes doing all types of jobs. We will explore working robots and how they are changing the World now, and what it means for your future!
Future farmers are manipulating light for indoor farms. One day your hamburger could be grown inside of a test tube. What's the future bringing to your dinner table? Find out on Earth 2050!
Welcome to the future where humans and high tech are changing the World. Meet a robot designed to look like a man but act like a tank. Firefighters get superpowers with high tech eyes and ears. Man and machine, the ultimate combination.
Robots using the power of the sun to nuke viruses. Mechanical hands taking surgeons deep inside the human body. Modern healthcare, from gleaming new machines, to therapeutic robotic pets, what's the future of medicine? We find out this week on Earth 2050!
In the approach to 2050, cops and robbers isn't what it used to be. New gadgets are giving police extra sensory perception. True or False? Can your brain show when you're lying? The future of crime fighting on this episode of Earth 2050.
New devices are combining with the human body to change our World. Meet a man who hears in color, thanks to an antenna implanted in his skull. Modern space suits face a watery test on Earth, and Joe puts on a powerful headset showcasing brain power.
In the future, home sweet home will see some big changes, and not only in cities, how about caves on the moon? You think a lunar cave sounds strange? Try a living space out of a parking space. The future is coming to where you live, next on Earth 2050.
By 2050, will we be mining for gold, platinum and other precious metals on asteroids? Then, will space elevators become a reality? And will we find life beyond Earth? Find the answers with your host Joe Penna this week on Xploration Earth 2050!
Cars. We have trouble living with them but we can't live without them, and they are changing more than ever before. How will the car change in 2050? Could we be driving on roads that glow in the dark? Will your car be driving you? All this and more next!
3D printing is/will forever change how we make things. Manufacturing worldwide is getting a makeover, affecting industries from healthcare to education. It's in homes, kitchens, and it's even in space! Explore how 3D priting will change your life!
Is space truly the final frontier? Is there a place even closer that we know less about? The oceans of the Earth are vast and deep and what lies beneath the surface remains largely unchartered territory. Take an in depth look of oceans on Earth 2050!
Interactive entertainment in 2050, with fantasy and reality meeting in unexpected ways. Virtual reality is getting a lot less virtual and a lot more real. Robots are taking the stage in the opera of the future. Find out what this all will look like!
Billions are flocking to cities, needing a place to live. Futuristic apartments being built like cars on assembly lines. The furniture of the future plays hide and seek. Limited space even comes to the country side. Homes of the future, on Earth 2050!
In the approach to 2050, high tech and high fashion are coming together like never before. Our clothing is not what it used to be. The future of what we are wearing in this weeks edition of Earth 2050.
On the road to 2050, farms are coming to a city near you. Mobile farmland is going straight up in the skyscrapers, and the sky is the limit in the farms of the future. It's all about urban farming, this week on Earth 2050.
Money has changed more in the last ten years than it has in the last thousand. Join host Chuck Pell as he goes to outer space with Canada’s new plastic money. Local communities print their own money, and it works just like the real thing.
Mother Nature - the ultimate design innovator. Host Chuck Pell sees how humpback whales are showing designers how to save millions in energy costs. In the Florida Keys scientists are using the birds and the bees to wipe out killer mosquitos.
Military planners are turning to technology to win battles of the future. Host Chuck Pell plays videos games that are shaping modern battle plans. He’ll fly drones that are carrying a lot more than weapons. And, can scientists create an invisible army?
Human beings have been able to survive in practically every environment on Earth---from deserts to the frozen reaches of the Arctic. But what about living under the sea? Host Chuck Pell tries out a underwater ‘tent’ that could have the answers.
Drones. They’re the piece of future tech that everyone’s talking about. Host Chuck Pell discovers how drone technology is saving the lives of thousands in disaster sites around the world. The sky is the limit.
Chuck Pell experiences a forger’s nightmare when his handwriting is analyzed with the latest computer software. He’ll visit scientists who can tell police what a victim or suspect looks like simply by analyzing their DNA. Plus, forensic anthropology.
Future tech is allowing us to look into the ancient past like never before. Host Chuck Pell sees how archeologists are using satellite imaging and 3D sensing to map ancient native American cities. Plus, new techniques by archaeologists.
This week's episode, we explore the fascinating future of growing food. By the year 2050, the planet will likely have over 9 billion people to feed. In order to survive, we have to change how we produce our food.
Water - it's the key to life, and not as ready available as it used to be. In drought striken California, brown is the new green. Scientists invent a weird way to save water this week on Earth 2050.
Robot technology is moving so fast, its hard to determine where it's going. From robot co-workers, robot companions, and robotic teachers for kids, we explore the robot revolution, this week on Earth 2050.
Robots are clearly part of our present, but what will become of them in the future? Will they help us? Or replace us? Will they be loyal to us and teach them values? All this and more on Xploration Earth 2050.
A designer creates a novel invention for a pooch with a problem. Thousands of abandoned dogs in Detroit get help from "above". And this humble fish gets a robotic alter ego. This week, we explore animals and future tech on Earth 2050.
Sound - you don’t think much about it, but futurists and entrepreneurs do. Host Chuck Pell catches up with two college-age inventors who’ve created a fire extinguisher that puts out fires---with sound waves. Also witness a sound cloaking device!
High tech is revolutionizing the way kids learn AND the way teachers teach. Host Chuck Pell gets deep in the ‘sandbox of the future’---and 3D topographical sandbox that allows young students to test earth science theories with their own hands in real time
Humans have always used their best technology to save lives, and new tech---and even some OLD tech---is now being employed by doctors the world over. Meet a designer who uses old car parts to help 3rd world doctors keep babies from getting juandice. Doctors and botanists have come together to GROW medicine. Host Chuck Pell visits a lab where vaccines are developed inside of plants and then processed into pills--a development that could save millions of lives in the developing world.
Green technology is radically changing the way people get around. Host Chuck Pell will take to the road in a hybrid between a solar powered car and an old fashioned tricycle-- that has no carbon footprint.
If you want to see some of the world’s most famous treasures you often have to travel thousands of miles. Now, as host Chuck Pell saw for himself, high tech is bringing fossils, artwork and historical artifacts to classrooms around the world.
A metal stronger than a speeding bullet, a robot that helps you with your bags at your hotel, a bike helmet helps urban planners map out future cities, and the mirror of the future has a memory.
Host Chuck Pell visits engineers who are adapting the air bags used in cars, to personal use, with the intent of eliminating severe injuries, such as broken hips. Drones are being used to deliver medicine not only across town---but across your living room. And virtual reality is giving doctors a new view of the human body.
Weather---it’s Mother Nature’s way to remind us how beautiful---and fickle---she can be. Host Chuck Pell visits a local TV station to see how supercomputers are used to predict future weather events.
High tech is revolutionizing the way art is being created. Is Artificial Intelligence intelligent enough to make art? Host Chuck Pell find out when sees works of art produced solely by computers.
Plastic is one of mankind’s most revolutionary inventions. It’s everywhere—in your home, in your car, in your clothes. It’s also fouling your environment. Host Chuck Pell visits the world of plastic recycling.
A child born in 2000 will most likely see people living on the moon and maybe even Mars. Host Chuck Pell visits training facilities for these future colonies.
DNA - we all have it, and it’s being used for a lot more than solving crimes. Could we get DNA from dinosaurs? Host Chuck Pell visits a lab where they’ve discovered fossilized proteins that are coming awfully close.
We tend think of robots as boxy, hard, and a little awkward. Well, those days are over. Discover the new world of soft robotics, where robots are so human-like they can actually feel things.
The STEM initiative, which is designed to promote Science, Technology, Engineering and Math to the nation’s schoolchildren, is getting a big boost from both the private---and public---sectors.
New technology is capable of things not thought possible a generation ago. Chuck has a conversation in real-time with a hologram of a holocaust survivor. Thanks to new tech these survivors will be able to personally relate their experiences, forever.
Future tech is changing the basics of human existence, including our five senses. Host Chuck Pell experiences a future robotic hand that will transform our sense of touch.
Host Chuck Pell meets inventors who are literally creating shoes out of thin air. Yes, they’re taking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and creating sneakers with it. And who would have thought that landfills would be a great source of diesel fuel?
Artificial Intelligence, or ‘AI’, is all the rage among futurists. Is it good, bad, something to be worried about, or something to be embraced? Leaders of AI discuss Deep Blue, the IBM computer that beat the best chess player in the world.
Solar power is the fastest growing power source in the world; in fact, it’s a new industry creating tens of thousands of jobs. Host Chuck Pell learns how the eyes of moths are being used to create more efficient solar energy.
Future tech is bringing the past alive. Join host Chuck Pell as Virtual Reality technology recreates ancient cities and laser scanning and video animation give new life to old fossils.