26 épisodes
(10 h 50 min)
Épisodes
S4 E1 • Luxury Tree Houses
Host Mo Rocca shows us the man making mansions in the trees; the innovator turning your smart phone into an underwater camera; making Mexico’s highways greener with vertical gardens; and, when the railroad world ditched steam for diesel.
Première diffusion : 30 septembre 2017
S4 E2 • Inland Surf Park
Host Mo Rocca shows us an innovative surf park in the North Wales countryside; stopping police chases with a tire lasso; the watch for the blind getting popular with the sighted; and the speed of flight, from the Wright brothers to space.
Première diffusion : 7 octobre 2017
S4 E3 • Globe Maker
Host Mo Rocca shows us the London innovator creating artistic globes of the world; the woman who took her grandmother’s tea recipe to make food last longer; the drone finding and clearing landmines from war-torn countries; and, the place where modern-day technology began.
Première diffusion : 14 octobre 2017
S4 E4 • Gloving
Host Mo Rocca shows us the new art form of lighting your fingertips; inventing the alien rock grabber; earbuds that translate languages in real time; and, the history of roads connecting the country.
Première diffusion : 21 octobre 2017
S4 E5 • Fog Catchers
Host Mo Rocca shows us the social worker who created a wireless phone-charging purse; reversing hidden hunger by enhancing food nutrition; the daddy of java, Mr. Coffee; and, turning fog into water.
Première diffusion : 28 octobre 2017
S4 E6 • Origami Kayak
Host Mo Rocca shows us the fold-up kayak; the British inventor changing hair color with the wind; how Thomas Edison inadvertently invented the electric tattoo pen; and, the mesmerizing movements of the Strandbeest.
Première diffusion : 4 novembre 2017
S4 E7 • Shoes That Grow
Host Mo Rocca shows us the art of the folding pop-up greeting cards; the inventor of shoes that grow along with the child’s foot; tents that are taking to the trees; and, how electricity first moved from the lab to the home.
Première diffusion : 11 novembre 2017
S4 E8 • Floating Hammocks
Host Mo Rocca shows us the innovation of floating down a river on a hammock; the fingerprint padlock; looking back at the female pioneers of the sky; and, saving eyesight in Africa with a smartphone app.
Première diffusion : 18 novembre 2017
S4 E9 • Peg Leg Crutch
Host Mo Rocca shows us the hands-free peg leg crutch for leg injuries; the latest inventions for pregnancy and babies; smelling the world with your phone; and, the reading book that taught our ancestors.
Première diffusion : 13 janvier 2018
S4 E10 • Tele-Health
Host Mo Rocca shows us the cargo carrier that follows you; the device that allows doctors to examine you from the other side of the world; a new spin on the old-world butter churn; and, when the car industry moved to muscle cars.
Première diffusion : 20 janvier 2018
S4 E11 • Bat Hotel
Première diffusion : 27 janvier 2018
S4 E12 • United Kingdom Innovations
Host Mo Rocca shows us the latest innovations coming out of London and Wales, including an inland surfing park; hair coloring that changes with wind and temperature; earbuds that translate foreign languages in real time; and, Edison’s delivery room for the technology boom.
Première diffusion : 3 février 2018
S4 E13 • 3D Printing Innovator
Mo Rocca shows us the underwater drone bringing bait to the fish; the inventor of 3D printing; updates on past innovators; and how railroad signals changed train traffic.
S4 E14 • Sound Tunnels
Host Mo Rocca shows us tunnels of sound with directional speakers; how silver thread has put an end to smelly clothes; the first modern copying machine; and an innovative manual clothes washer.
Première diffusion : 17 février 2018
S4 E15 • Solar Grill
Host Mo Rocca shows us the fire-less grill that cooks using heat from the sun; the sponge that can sop up ocean oil spills; the scuba diving tank you can pump up by hand; and the car innovator who failed, but changed the industry.
Première diffusion : 24 février 2018
S4 E16 • Food Huggers
Host Mo Rocca shows us the women who invented a new way to keep food fresh; the inventor of the self-cleaning gym bag; the newest way to travel with wheels on your feet; and the designer who changed the world's taste.
Première diffusion : 3 mars 2018
S4 E17 • Stress Wrist Bands
Host Mo Rocca shows us the wrist band that relieves stress; a chair that makes you balance and sit up straight; the personal air monitor; and the history of clocks.
Première diffusion : 10 mars 2018
S4 E18 • Female Inventors
Host Mo Rocca show us the woman who used her grandmother's tea to keep food from spoiling; the social worker who invented the phone-charging purse; the scientist who took a balloon into the stratosphere; and the new take on the age-old butter churner.
Première diffusion : 31 mars 2018
S4 E19 • Spray-on Touchscreen
Host Mo Rocca shows us the underwater trash can cleaning up harbors; the spray-on touchscreen that can change the computing world; concrete cloth building fast, rock-hard homes; and the history of roadside lodging.
Première diffusion : 7 avril 2018
S4 E20 • Super Soaker Inventor
Host Mo Rocca shows us the rocket scientist who invented the Super Soaker squirt gun; the street-traveling delivery robot; the light that uses gravity as power; and the historic Lemans Race between Ford and Ferrari.
Première diffusion : 14 avril 2018
S4 E21 • Magnetic Design
Host Mo Rocca shows us the amazing designs of magnetic liquid; the app that can detect head injuries; the drone planting forests; and the history of the lathe, which changed machinery.
Première diffusion : 21 avril 2018
S4 E22 • 100th Episode
Host Mo Rocca shows us the best of our first 100 shows, including the wolves of Yellowstone; the teen who created an app to help those being bullied in school; the jet man who flies with wings on his back; and the story of Rosa Parks and restoring the bus where she made history.
Première diffusion : 28 avril 2018
S4 E23 • Girls Who Code
Host Mo Rocca shows us: The woman who started an organization to encourage young women to learn computer coding; the man who created a paper airplane drone; how designers Charles and Ray Eames used design to teach math; and, the glove helping the disabled.
Première diffusion : 5 mai 2018
S4 E24 • Segway Inventor
Host Mo Rocca shows us: The Cat backpack; the man who invented the Segway; we get inventive advice from the innovators we've profiled; and, the history of pressed glass.
Première diffusion : 12 mai 2018
S4 E25 • Artificial Arm Inventor
Host Mo Rocca shows us the inexpensive artificial arm invented by a teen; the mouthpiece that's an automatic toothbrush; the mechanical snake that seeks out water pollution; and the machine based on early computer theories.
Première diffusion : 19 mai 2018
S4 E26 • Strandbeest
Host Mo Rocca shows us the innovation of floating down a river on a hammock; the inventor of shoes that grow along with the child's foot; the mesmerizing movements of the wind-driven sculptures called Strandbeests; and how electricity first moved from the lab to the home.
Première diffusion : 26 mai 2018