The Secret Genius of Modern Life S02E05 - Headphones
Summary:
Headphones: these marvels of miniaturisation are worn by over 30 million people in the UK. Hannah Fry visits legendary headphone honchos Bose to find out how today's teeny earbud tech works and meets the human testers with ‘golden ears'.
She discovers how helicopters in the Korean War helped put the ‘shhh' into noise-cancelling, why it took a muted Mormon church service to get headphones onto people's heads, and how an opera singer's electric shock therapy led to the invention of the speaker.
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Show Name....... The Secret Genius of Modern Life
Rating.......... N/A
Premiered....... 2022-11-09
Type............ Documentary
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Plot............ Hannah Fry uncovers the secrets behind the miraculous technologies of the modern world, revealing the mind-blowing stories behind their invention
Cast............ Dr. Hannah Fry ... Presenter
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Network......... BBC Two
Country......... United Kingdom
Language........ English
Runtime......... 60 mins
Status.......... Running
Air Date........ Wednesday 20:00
URL............. https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/64915/the-secret-genius-of-modern-life
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Episode Name.... Headphones
Season.......... 2x05
Plot............ Headphones: these marvels of miniaturisation are worn by over 30 million people in the UK. Hannah Fry visits legendary headphone honchos Bose to find out how today's teeny earbud tech works and meets the human testers with golden ears'.She discovers how helicopters in the Korean War helped put the shhh' into noise-cancelling, why it took a muted Mormon church service to get headphones onto people's heads, and how an opera singer's electric shock therapy led to the invention of the speaker
Runtime......... 60 mins
Air Date........ 2023-12-07 Thursday, 15:00
URL............. https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/2691030/the-secret-genius-of-modern-life-2x05-headphones
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Episode Name.... Lift
Season.......... 2x06
Plot............ Hannah goes behind the scenes to look at the technology behind the lift, entering a 246m high lift shaft to test everything from the brakes to her own fear of heights.Along the way, she finds out how rickety 19th-century coal mines made lifts safer, gets to grips with a piece of medieval siege technology still used in lifts today, and discovers how an 1850s PR stunt changed the modern skyline forever
Runtime......... 60 mins
Air Date........ 2023-12-14 Thursday, 15:00
URL............. https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/2693134/the-secret-genius-of-modern-life-2x06-lift
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