This episode delves into the new types of materials that scientists are creating by manipulating atoms, and their potential use in devices like space elevators. It then goes into the attempts to control the energy of nuclear fusion on a scale useful for power production. Nanotechnology is next on the menu: artificial proteins that imitate the process of photosynthesis; nanobots that will bring about a medical revolution; future military technologies and their dangers; and, finally, "personal fabricators", also known as 3D printers, that will be able to build any item of food, clothing, or technology from scratch.
The episode closes off with an excursion into quantum entanglement research, as an Austrian scientist shares his team's achievement: they've been able to instantly transfer information about a state change from a photon to its duplicate photon across the river Danube. What's fascinating is that the original photon shed the alteration afterwards, while the double retained it.
8/10.
The episode closes off with an excursion into quantum entanglement research, as an Austrian scientist shares his team's achievement: they've been able to instantly transfer information about a state change from a photon to its duplicate photon across the river Danube. What's fascinating is that the original photon shed the alteration afterwards, while the double retained it.
8/10.
