The Secret Genius of Modern Life
Smartphone
Season 2 Episode 3 of 6
Hannah Fry delves into the technology of the smartphone. She discovers how 1940s comic book hero Dick Tracy inspired the first mobile, examines how the invention of the digital camera led to one of the biggest commercial blunders of all time and what a 2010 South Korean sausage frenzy can reveal about touchscreens
The Secret Genius of Modern Life airs on BBC Two HD at 7:00 PM, Wednesday 9 October. (Subtitles, repeat, audio description.)
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Education ➝ Science ➝ Factual Topics
Technology
Hannah Fry
Presenter
Paul Overton
Executive Producer
Eileen Inkson
Series Producer