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In the first few years of the 20th century, inventors discovered how to soar into the sky. This breathtaking true story is about two men who, on one fateful weekend, tried to show the world a way back down.

A unique tour around the world in search of the great thinkers of our time and their next big ideas....

America’s self-invented tinkerers are back at it in their metaphorical garages - fiddling with everything from solar-powered cars to space elevators.

It's the 21st century, and let's be honest: things are a little disappointing. Despite every World's Fair prediction and the ads in comic books, we are not living the future we were promised....

This audiobook by award-winning journalist and author David Ewalt explores of the history, development, and future of virtual reality, a technology with world-changing potential, stemming from Ewalt's 2015 Forbes cover story about the Oculus Rift and its creator Palmer Luckey...

If you've ever read a book on an e-reader, unleashed your inner rock star playing Guitar Hero, built a robot with LEGO Mindstorms, or ridden in a vehicle with child-safe air bags, then you've experienced first hand just a few of the astounding innovations that have come out of the Media Lab....

Edison and Tesla were arch-enemies with competing visions as to how to electrically empower America. Which one ultimately proved to have the more accurate and enduring vision for the world? Who is in the news today and why? Come and find out the answers....