Beyond Human
Beyond Human
This series explores a brave new world in which people are becoming more like machines and machines more like people. This time of tremendous technological change and even smaller and more powerful computer chips fuels some fantastic new visions about the future.
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Beyond Human | Robot I Will Crush You | PBS
Destruction and mayhem at the hands and jaws of a monster robot. 01:32
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Beyond Human | The Invasion of the Inhuman | PBS
Science fiction has returned again and again to the merger of man and machine, the Cyborg, with fascination and fear. 09:41
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Beyond Human | The Age of Androids | PBS
Imagine a day when machines walk among us, expressing thoughts, emotions, demanding their rights. Today, we are... 09:58
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Beyond Human | Designing Humanoids | PBS
To build a humanoid that can function in our world is a bold challenge being taken up by isolated labs around the... 07:25
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Beyond Human | Can a Robot be a Person? | PBS
As robots begin to move among us, how will we regard them? as property like automobiles, or as individuals with... 05:23
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Body Electric (#101)
The first program looks at miniscule machines that may become part of human bodies: robots coursing through the blood stream to battle cancer cells one on one; virtual vision systems projected directly into the cerebral cortex; or computers designed to interface with nervous systems. [55 minutes]
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Living Machines (#102)
This program investigates the smart machines and robots that may one day run society and do work for humans. To explore this strange new era, the program integrates live action with extensive animation and visual effects. [55 minutes]