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The Secret Genius of Modern Life Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2022 - 0
Episode 1
Bank Card
Thu, Nov 10, 2022 60 mins
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.
Episode 2
Food Delivery
Thu, Nov 17, 2022 60 mins
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.
Episode 3
Virtual Assistant
Thu, Nov 24, 2022 60 mins
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.
Episode 4
Electric Car
Thu, Dec 1, 2022 60 mins
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.
Episode 5
Fitness Tracker
Thu, Dec 8, 2022 60 mins
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.
Episode 6
Trainer
Thu, Dec 15, 2022 60 mins
Hannah Fry visits Ebay's authentication centre, where they are waging war against fake high-value trainers.
