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The Secret Genius of Modern Life Season 1, Episode 5: Fitness Tracker
Hannah Fry finds out how 1970s car crashes helped us to count our steps, why WWII dog-fights led to a crucial health monitor and how fitness trackers are even being used to catch killers. Watch The Secret Genius of Modern Life Season 1, Episode 5 Fitness Tracker in HD free online. Enjoy high-quality streaming of The Secret Genius of Modern Life Season 1, Episode 5 and share your thoughts in the comments below!
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Episodes
6 episodes
Bank Card
Hannah Fry takes a look at the bank card, the digital key to accessing cash, and finds out how its extraordinary innovations have some surprising and sinister origins.
59 min
Food Delivery App
Hannah Fry tucks into the tech behind food delivery apps, which are now used by 24 million people in the UK. Hannah finds out how pizza made us fall in love with the internet.
59 min
Virtual Assistant
Hannah Fry delves into the inner workings of virtual assistants, such as Amazon’s Alexa, Google Assistant and Siri, which are now found in almost half of all UK homes.
59 min
Electric Car
Hannah Fry discovers why innovations in meat packing almost derailed the electric car revolution and how a breakthrough in camcorder batteries led to Elon Musk’s electric empire, as well as demonstrating how not to drive a multimillion dollar prototype car of the future.
59 min
Fitness Tracker
Hannah Fry finds out how 1970s car crashes helped us to count our steps, why WWII dog-fights led to a crucial health monitor and how fitness trackers are even being used to catch killers.
59 min
Trainer
Hannah Fry visits Ebay’s authentication centre, where they are waging war against fake high-value trainers.
59 min