Stephen Hawking's Science of the Future — Season 1, Episode 5: Designer Human
Documentary • 45 min • 1 season, 6 episodes • ★ 3.0/10
Episode synopsis
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.
About Stephen Hawking's Science of the Future
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.