Key Stage: 2

Description

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Episode length - 30 minutes

Dick and Dom learn about the genuises whose ideas, creations and discoveries have shaped our world. In this series they look at technology.

1 - Space Tech - Dick and Dom look at the stars and reveal three geniuses whose technology ideas have pioneered space travel. The boys go to NASA to see where real astronauts train before going to space, meet the man who sent the Rover to Mars, and get to drive a real space vehicle.

See also: BD0017 Earth and Space (KS2)

2 - Robots - The boys reveal three geniuses whose ideas have changed the world of robotics, and the come face to face with one of the world's largest humanoid robots.

3- Technotoys - Dick and Dom get to play with the coolest toys with tech from both the past and the future. The boys reveal three geniuses whose ideas have changed the way we play and get to ride a real-life hoverboard and drive a full-sized remote-controlled car.

4 - Communication - Dick and Dom look at how technology has changed the way we communicate and the geniuses behind the innovations. From how a film star's idea to help win World War II led to Wi-Fi, to how technology may one day allow us to communicate just using our brains.

5 - Superhuman Tech - Dick and Dom attempt to become superheroes by using technology to have superpowers. They reveal three geniuses whose inventions allow us to do the impossible, from breathing underwater to having superhuman strength and even extra limbs! Not only that, Dom becomes a real-life human wrecking ball.

6 - Super Transport - Dick and Dom look at the geniuses whose ideas have changed travel and explore how people might travel in the future. They visit Germany to get a ride in a driverless car and attempt go hyperspeed when they make their own mini version of the future of transport.

7 - Dick and Dom's Tech - Dick and Dom travel through time to look at five of their favourite technological innovations that have changed the way we live at home. With the help from tech experts, their celebrity friends and science buddy Fran, they look at how these inventions work and how they have changed the way we live.

8 - Absolute Tech Genius- The eight finalists are put through their paces, with the top three flying to the US to meet Apple design boss Jonathan Ive, before the winner is crowned.

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