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Take a mind-blowing journey through human history, told through six iconic objects that modern people take for granted, and see how science, invention and technology built on one another to change everything. These are the secrets of how we got to our modern world.

Hedy Lamarr invents a way to control torpedoes remotely.
Dial in to the fascinating history of the smartphone.
Polybius invents a code so words can be exchanged between battalions freely.
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Dial in to the fascinating history of the smartphone.
Blast off into history to see how rockets originated not in the sky, but in a cave.
Go for a ride through the 9,000-year history of the ultimate freedom machine: the car.
Check out the history of robots and learn how they are becoming a part of everyday life.
Take to the sky with the dreamers whose work gave humans the ability to fly.
Look back in time to see how humans invented the telescope.
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Franklin Chang-Diaz demonstrates the energy required to launch a rocket into space.
Blast off into history to see how rockets originated not in the sky, but in a cave.
Jim Al-Khalili demonstrates why hydrogen is the ultimate rocket fuel.
In 1909, the Model T’s first year of production, Henry Ford sells over 10,000 cars.
Go for a ride through the 9,000-year history of the ultimate freedom machine: the car.
In 1886 Karl Benz has his patent accepted for what is regarded as the first automobile.
How military robots let the charge towards autonomous machines.
Check out the history of robots and learn how they are becoming a part of everyday life.
A lab in Germany is developing a robot that could fill factories with mechanical workers.
A modern day jet man tells the story of the pioneer of the jetty engine.