Xploration Earth 2050

1. Bio - Mechanimals

Air Date: 2014-09-13

Mechanical birds, aluminum snakes, dragonfly helicopters that sound like buzzing bees, remote controlled manta rays. They may look like toys, but they are incredible robots that may change the world. Joe Penna explores Mechanimals!

2. Episode 2

Air Date: 2014-09-20

3. Episode 3

Air Date: 2014-09-27

4. Episode 4

Air Date: 2014-10-04

5. Episode 5

Air Date: 2014-10-11

6. Episode 6

Air Date: 2014-10-18

7. Episode 7

Air Date: 2014-10-25

8. Episode 8

Air Date: 2014-11-01

9. Episode 9

Air Date: 2014-11-08

10. Episode 10

Air Date: 2014-11-15

11. Episode 11

Air Date: 2014-11-22

12. Episode 12

Air Date: 2014-11-29

13. Episode 13

Air Date: 2014-12-06

1. Future of Homes

Air Date: 2015-09-19

Billions are flocking to cities, needing a place to live. Futuristic apartments being built like cars on assembly lines. The furniture of the future plays hide and seek. Limited space even comes to the country side. Homes of the future, on Earth 2050!

2. Episode 2

Air Date: 2015-09-26

3. Episode 3

Air Date: 2015-10-03

4. Episode 4

Air Date: 2015-10-10

5. Episode 5

Air Date: 2015-10-17

6. Episode 6

Air Date: 2015-10-24

7. Episode 7

Air Date: 2015-10-31

8. Episode 8

Air Date: 2015-11-07

9. Episode 9

Air Date: 2015-11-14

10. Episode 10

Air Date: 2015-11-21

11. Episode 11

Air Date: 2015-11-28

12. Episode 12

Air Date: 2015-12-05

13. Episode 13

Air Date: 2015-12-12

14. Episode 14

Air Date: 2015-12-19

15. Episode 15

Air Date: 2015-12-26

1. Future of Sound

Air Date: 2016-09-10

Sound--you don't think much about it, but futurists and entrepreneurs do. Host Chuck Pell catches up with two college-age inventors who've created a fire extinguisher that puts out fires--with sound waves. Another inventor has created a 'sound cloaking' device that could make submarines invisible to sonar. And sound waves can also be used to defy gravity--provided you can generate enough noise.

2. Teaching Goes High Tech

Air Date: 2016-09-17

High tech is revolutionizing the way kids learn AND the way teachers teach. Join host Chuck Pell as he gets elbow deep in the 'sandbox of the future'--and 3D topographical sandbox that allows young students to test earth science theories with their own hands in real time. 3D printing is also helping students create historical artifacts that they used to see only in photographs.

3. Medical Tech Transforms the 3rd World

Air Date: 2016-09-24

Humans have always used their best technology to save lives, and new tech--and even some OLD tech--is now being employed by doctors the world over. Host Chuck Pell meets a designer who uses old car parts to help 3rd world doctors keep babies from getting jaundice. He takes a ride in a wheelchair that's built to work like an All-Terrain-Vehicle. Doctors and botanists join forces to GROW medicines.

4. High Tech Hits the Road

Air Date: 2016-10-01

Green technology is radically changing the way people get around. Host Chuck Pell will take to the road in a hybrid between a solar powered car and an old fashioned tricycle-- that has no carbon footprint. He'll visit the factory where electric powered buses are changing the daily commute for millions. And trains that float just inches above the ground will get you there faster than ever.

5. The Classroom of the Future

Air Date: 2016-10-08

If you want to see some of the world's most famous treasures you often have to travel thousands of miles. Now, asChuck Pell saw for himself, high tech is bringing fossils, artwork and historical artifacts to classrooms around the world. And virtual reality is changing the way teachers learn to do their job. Chuck goes to the virtual classroom to test himself in front of the students of the future.

6. Unusual Inventions

Air Date: 2016-10-15

Inventors are up to some crazy things. We'll see a mirror that records your reflection -from all sorts of angles--- and downloads all those images to your cell phone. Host Chuck Pell will demonstrate a bulletproof material made of a new kind of foam. And a New York City hotel has a new employee: a two-ton robot that loves to handle visitors' luggage.

7. High Tech Revolutionizes Medicine

Air Date: 2016-10-22

Doctors and botanists have come together to GROW medicine. Host Chuck Pell visits a lab where vaccines are developed inside of plants and then processed into pills--a development that could save millions of lives in the developing world. Drones are being used to deliver medicine not only across town---but across your living room. And virtual reality is giving doctors a new view of the human body.

8. High Tech Explores the Earth

Air Date: 2016-10-29

Humans have always been interested in the workings of planet Earth and high tech is giving them all sorts of new insights. Did you know that Earth's magnetic poles have shifted dozens of times during the planet's history? Host Chuck Pell visits scientists who've created a huge device that shows how this happens and predicts when it will happen again.

9. Simulated Worlds Test the Future

Air Date: 2016-11-05

Movies and video games have been creating simulated environments for years but now the military is creating physical environments that simulate rain forests, deserts, combat situations, and even the surface of Mars. Host Chuck Pell goes to a lab where he's in a blistering desert one minute and a tropical rain forest the next---all in one building.

10. Trees Get Technical

Air Date: 2016-11-12

Environmental bad guys beware! Trees are now safer thanks to new satellite imagery giving us a view of our planet like we've never had before. We now know how many trees are on Earth and-almost in real-time--- can tell who's cutting them down. And host Chuck Pell samples a new kind of tree---one that's built in a lab and designed to stop global warming.

11. New Power to the People

Air Date: 2016-11-19

New sources of power are transforming people's lives, particularly in developing countries. Host Chuck Pell meets two young entrepreneurs who've invented a portable light that's virtually indestructible and runs on sunlight. And, believe it not, sewage is being used to create clean drinking water and electricity.

12. Future Games

Air Date: 2016-11-26

High tech is a serious business, but it's also fun and games. Host Chuck Pell gets in the virtual cockpit for a new kind of drone racing that's going international. He'll watch as robots compete in the world's most futuristic soccer match. And a new football 'dummy' isn't as dumb as he seems.

13. The Maker Movement

Air Date: 2016-12-03

New tech is allowing all of us to become inventors. Welcome to the Maker Movement --- a worldwide phenomenon designed to get everyone making all sorts of strange and unusual gadgets. Host Chuck Pell visits a Makers Faire for some hands-on experience in how young and old alike are creating the future.

14. Transforming How Things Are Made

Air Date: 2016-12-17

We don't often think about what things are made of, but the materials that go into our vehicles, homes, and appliances are undergoing a revolution. Host Chuck Pell will see how industrial diamonds are transforming manufacturing. He will experiment with a type of metal that gives new meaning to 'waterproof.' And he'll get in the lab with a brand of concrete that heals itself-just like human skin.

1. Future of Weather Prediction

Air Date: 2017-09-09

Weather---it’s Mother Nature’s way to remind us how beautiful---and fickle---she can be. Host Chuck Pell visits a local TV station to see how supercomputers are used to predict future weather events.

2. Art Takes on the Future

Air Date: 2017-09-16

High tech is revolutionizing the way art is being created. Is Artificial Intelligence intelligent enough to make art? Host Chuck Pell find out when sees works of art produced solely by computers.

3. Plastic's Fantastic Future

Air Date: 2017-09-23

Plastic is one of mankind’s most revolutionary inventions. It’s everywhere—in your home, in your car, in your clothes. It’s also fouling your environment. Host Chuck Pell visits the world of plastic recycling.

4. Living Spaces in Space

Air Date: 2017-09-30

A child born in 2000 will most likely see people living on the moon and maybe even Mars. Host Chuck Pell visits training facilities for these future colonies.

5. DNA and Your Future

Air Date: 2017-10-07

DNA -- we all have it, and it’s being used for a lot more than solving crimes. Could we get DNA from dinosaurs? Host Chuck Pell visits a lab where they’ve discovered fossilized proteins that are coming awfully close.

6. New Frontiers in Soft Robotics

Air Date: 2017-10-14

We tend think of robots as boxy, hard, and a little awkward. Well, those days are over. Discover the new world of soft robotics, where robots are so human-like they can actually feel things.

7. STEM Hits the Nation's Classrooms

Air Date: 2017-10-21

The STEM initiative, which is designed to promote Science, Technology, Engineering and Math to the nation’s schoolchildren, is getting a big boost from both the private---and public---sectors.

8. Future Tech Defies Death

Air Date: 2017-10-28

New technology is capable of things not thought possible a generation ago. Chuck has a conversation in real-time with a hologram of a holocaust survivor. Thanks to new tech these survivors will be able to personally relate their experiences, forever.

9. Episode 9

Air Date: 2017-11-04

10. Episode 10

Air Date: 2017-11-11

11. Episode 11

Air Date: 2017-11-18

12. Episode 12

Air Date: 2017-11-25

13. Episode 13

Air Date: 2017-12-02