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The Future Is Now Series

16 Details: 7 episodes
Story Editor Kolesnikov Vladimir
Director Rolikhin Filipp
HD
2019
Available in Russian, English

Artificial human organs from 3D-printer, bionic prosthetics and disease-fighting nanorobots, explore the latest developments in biomedical research with hosts Kate and Talish. They find out if we are there yet to beat diseases, cure ageing and overcome our physical limits.

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Organ Printing, Nanobots & Bionic Limbs - The Future is Now (E1) 24:1712 Artificial human organs from a 3D-printer, bionic prosthetics and disease-fighting nano-robots, hosts Kate and Talish look into the latest in biomedical research. They ask how far we’ve come, and where we might go, in beating disease, stopping ageing and overcoming human limitations.

The future of robots - The Future is Now (E2) 24:023 Robots come in many designs and perform tasks that range from surveillance and warehouse logistics to teaching and performing surgery. But recent advancements in robotics have allowed them to assume human functions and roles that we hardly thought possible. Artificial intelligence is gradually giving robots the ability to learn and adapt – which means they’re becoming more like us. But is it a cause for joy or alarm?

What's on the menu for 2070? -The Future is Now (E3) 23:52 The future of food is being shaped by chemists, physicists and chefs offering revolutionary concepts like "eating" zero-calorie nutrient-packed mist or hydro-colloid cubes. They can taste like anything – from blueberries to burgers - with help from flavour diffusers and 3D glasses. Whatever works to stave off a potential food crisis and lower the carbon footprint of the future!

Life after Artificial Intelligence (AI) - The Future is Now (E4) 24:22 When 20 years ago a computer beat a human at chess, it marked the dawn of Artificial Intelligence, as we know it. These days, neural networks, deep learning and all possible types of sensors allow AI to be used in healthcare, to operate self-driving cars and to tweak our photos on Instagram. But in the future the ability to learn, to emulate creative process and to self-organize may give rise to previously unimagined opportunities… and unprecedented threats.

Smart homes of the future for everywhere - The Future is Now (E5) 25:041 What new habitat are we going to call home? As the world's population grows, architects are coming up with mind-boggling concepts, like urban city blocks floating on water, 300-meter deep "groundscapes" using geothermal energy, or soaring houses, perfect for seismic regions. What's even better is that most of the ideas just a few years from being implemented.

Smart homes of the future for everywhere - The Future is Now (E9) 24:36 What new habitat are we going to call home? As the world's population grows, architects are coming up with mind-boggling concepts, like urban city blocks floating on water, 300-meter deep "groundscapes" using geothermal energy, or soaring houses, perfect for seismic regions. What's even better is that most of the ideas just a few years from being implemented.

Eternal Life: a Life Extension Technology and Digital Preservation of a Personality - (E10) 26:00 Eternal life might not be attainable in the near future, but genetic engineers and doctors are working on new life extension technology. The research could lead to keeping our bodies young, and scientists are developing ways of downloading our brain’s consciousness onto digital media once the body is at the end of its life cycle.

Virtual reality: Will it render the real world obsolete? - The Future is Now Episode 8 24:061 From military training to space exploration, VR technology has the potential to revolutionise the digital space. Augmented and virtual reality will change the way we do business, entertain, exercise and even worship. Improved immersion may come with a drawback: some might not want to remove their VR goggles and return to the real world.

Future transportation: defying gravity, speed and convention - The Future is Now Episode 7 24:061 While teleportation is still in the realms of science fiction, flying car hybrids, personal jetpacks and vacuum tube trains are technologically within reach. The mobility revolution will change the way we travel, relegating the internal combustion engine to museums, bringing more efficient and clean modes of travel covering unimaginable distances in a few hours.

Calling Mars home - The Future is Now Episode 6 21:58 Scientists agree that humankind needs a base to call a second home in case a natural disaster (or ourselves) erases life on Earth as we know it. Biomedical experts, space engineers, psychologists, agriculturalists and groups of prospective candidates are already working hand in hand with NASA, Roscosmos, and the European and Chinese Space Agencies to make a mission to Mars a reality in the near future.