The Secret Genius of Modern Life
Headphones
Season 2 Episode 5 of 6
Headphones are marvels of miniaturisation worn by over 30 million people in the UK. Hannah Fry visits Bose to find out how today's teeny earbud tech works, and meets the human testers with 'golden ears'. She also discovers how helicopters in the Korean war helped put the 'shhh' into noise-cancelling
The Secret Genius of Modern Life airs on BBC Two England at 7:00 PM, Wednesday 23 October. (Subtitles, repeat, audio description.)
Topics
Education ➝ Science ➝ Factual Topics
Technology
Hannah Fry
Presenter
Paul Overton
Executive Producer
Eileen Inkson
Series Producer