Engineering the Future
(2020)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 2
A new breed of dedicated visionaries is driving a technological revolution… creating extraordinary machines to help the planet and humankind. Narrated by David Oyelowo.The Race to Space
Episode 6 - 5-21-2022
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Timber Skyscraper
Episode 5 - 5-20-2022
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Perpetual Power
Episode 4 - 5-13-2022
All over the world, engineers and scientists are racing to solve one key problem: how to safely and efficiently store electricity at a huge scale but at a low cost. The quest is producing some truly remarkable ideas, and this episode details three of them.
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Hyperloop
Episode 3 - 5-13-2022
Virgin Hyperloop is a train that runs inside a steel tunnel. This revolutionary vehicle floats along the track using magnetic levitation, and glides at airline speeds for long distances due to ultra-low aerodynamic drag. It's fully autonomous and enclosed.
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The Metaverse
Episode 2 - 5-13-2022
Some episodes of ETF are about entire industries, some about individual companies. This episode is different, it's about an idea, the Metaverse. The Metaverse is the successor to the Internet. It will change the lives of almost every human on the planet.
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Electric Vehicles
Episode 1 - 5-13-2022
This film follows the emerging world of Electric Vehicles, the infrastructure needed for them, and the radical change we must make to the way we think about transport.
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Season 1
Solar
Episode 6 - 1-22-2019
The sun is the biggest source of energy in the solar system. Innovators are searching for new ways to capture more of the sun’s power, and make it available through the night, everywhere.
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Maritime
Episode 5 - 1-15-2019
If global shipping were a country it would be the sixth largest producer of greenhouse gas emissions. But shipping companies and engineers are creating remarkable new machines to make their industry greener, using a resource that has moved man across the world’s oceans for thousands of years…Wind.
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Tidal
Episode 4 - 1-08-2019
Tidal
The power of the ocean’s tides is the last great untapped energy source on Earth. From sub-sea kites to floating platforms, teams of engineers are racing to perfect the technology to harness the vast flows of water.
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Fusion
Episode 3 - 1-01-2019
It is the greatest technological challenge ever undertaken by humankind. Fusion - the aim to produce the ultimate unlimited environmentally friendly energy solution. The challenges, at times, seem overwhelming, and it has been dubbed 'bottling a star'. So far the goal of producing a working fusion reactor has remained elusive and out of reach, but we may now be almost there.
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Aviation
Episode 2 - 1-01-2019
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The way we fly around the world is about to change. A new breed of aviators who are not afraid to think outside the box, are trying to develop clean, green electric aircraft, and even autonomous sky taxis, with the aim of possibly ending the days of the environment damaging jet aircraft.
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Wind
Episode 1 - 1-01-2019
We can generate vast power from thin air - the wind. One of the world's biggest wind farms is being built off the English coast where the harsh conditions pose great challenges for the team. Meanwhile, a Norwegian team is striving to build the first-ever floating wind farm.
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