Modern Marvels - Apollo 11

Today on Far Future Horizons we highlight the greatest scientific and technological achievement in living memory – Apollo 11 and the first manned Moon landing.

Modern Marvels - Apollo 11 chronicles the trials and tribulations of the Apollo program and its ascent to glory as the Apollo 11 crew touched down on the Moon's surface.

With insightful narration, interviews with Astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Flight Director Gene Kranz, NASA experts, scientists and engineers, the program winds through the evolution of the space program from President Kennedy’s famous congressional address to the stories of personal sacrifice necessary for Apollo’s success.

Thomas Edison and Electric Lighting

Today on Far Future Horizons we celebrate the birthday of the Wizard of Menlo Park  - Thomas Alva Edison. 

This episode of Modern Marvels looks at Edison’s work on the development of electric lightning.

Benjamin Franklin – America’s Renaissance Man

Today on Far Future Horizons in order to help commemorate the two hundred and fortieth anniversary of the founding of the United States of America we explore the life of perhaps the greatest inventive mind that ever graced America’s cultural landscape before the birth of Thomas Edison and the arrival of America’s greatest import - the creative technological genius Nikola Tesla.

Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. His signature appears on all the documents related to the founding of our nation from the Declaration of Independence to the Treaty of Paris which formally ended the American Revolutionary War between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United States of America.

Modern Marvels - E.T. Tech

Painting by Copyright © 1998-2014 Lynette R. Cook

Today on Far Future Horizons we present Modern Marvels ~ ET Tech which explores the technologies used in the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) and Astrobiology. 

Spirit Landing on Mars

These technologies have taken us to the planet Mars to sift its sands for life. And, have also led to development of sophisticated radio telescopes that help us sieve through the cosmic radio noise for signs of intelligent civilizations that share this awesome Cosmos with us.

Magnets and Magnetism

Today on Far Future Horizons we focus our attention on magnets and magnetism and the technological applications associated with this familiar yet mysterious force.

High Tech Hitler

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another exciting episode of the acclaimed documentary series Modern Marvels that explores the technology that fuelled the Third Reich's war machine.

The Doomsday Clock

The Doomsday Clock, a symbolic indicator made famous by the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists since its inception in 1947, was moved Tuesday January 8, 2013 from six minutes to five minutes before midnight as a warning about nuclear dangers and climate change.

"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." ~ J. Robert Oppenheimer Quoting from the Bhagavad Gita

 

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another episode of the acclaimed documentary series Modern Marvels which tells the story behind the "Doomsday Clock" of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

The Doomsday Clock symbolizes all the existential threats currently facing the human species. According to the Doomsday Clock the World will end at the stroke of midnight!

Leonardo’s Marvelous Inventions

Today on Far Future Horizons we explore the life and work of a man, who more than anyone else in history, epitomizes the Age of the Renaissance - Leonardo da Vinci.

In this episode of the History Channel’s Modern Marvels we take another close look at the technological innovations that flowed forth from Leonardo’s prodigious imagination and intellect.

Nearly 500 years after his death, Leonardo da Vinci still intrigues us. Most people think of him as a great artist, but he was also a remarkable scientist and inventor. His love of mechanics was unparalleled and he filled his notebooks with pages of incredible machines--from weapons of war to "Ships of the Skies", from submarines and scuba suits to robots and an analogue computer...even contact lenses and alarm clocks! 

Leonardo da Vinci's Flying Machine

The Transatlantic Cable Modern Marvels

Today on Far Future Horizons we present Modern Marvels “The Transatlantic Cable” which tells the story of Cyrus West Field and his epic struggle to lay the first transatlantic cable between the Old and New Worlds.

In today’s era of high-speed communications and global connectivity it’s difficult to imagine a time when news travelled no faster than it could be delivered in person. A message can now be sent around the world in less time than it takes to read this sentence.

Deep Sea Exploration: Challenging the Abyss

 

One of the greatest unexpected peace dividends to emerge after the collapse of communism and the end of the cold war was the impact it would have on undersea exploration. A cornucopia of amazing new technologies once devoted to purposes of the military and espionage could now be employed to explore Earth’s final frontier – The Abyss. 

Today Far Future Horizons we present another exciting episode of the acclaimed documentary series Modern Marvels that first aired on November 3^rd, 1997 and chronicles the history of deep-sea exploration and the vessels and devices that make it possible. 

Star Wars Tech

Today on Far Future Horizons,  in breathless anticipation for the upcoming  Los Angeles premiere on December 14^th, 2015 of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, we will take a close look at the science behind George Lucas’ epic science fantasy saga – Star Wars.

Modern Marvels: 90's Tech

Furby

Today on Far Future Horizons we travel back to the last decade of the Twentieth Century for a retrospective look at the beginnings of the trendy technologies that have defined that epoch and has shaped ours.

Modern Marvels: 80's Tech

DeLorean DMC-12

Today on Far Future Horizons we take a trip back in time, back to the 1980s and will examine some of the most popular gadgets and fads that defined a decade.

Modern Marvels: 70's Tech

The Famous Video Game Pong

Today on Far Future Horizons we take a retrospective look at the technology of the Nineteen Seventies.

From pong to CB radios, to the instant camera to the Pontiac Firebird and everywhere in between it all has the mark of the technology of the seventies.

Modern Marvels: 60s Tech

Today on Far Future Horizons we take a voyage back to the 1960s and recall the technological happenings that helped shape the decade. A decade that saw humankind take its first steps on another world.

 
Color TV, computers the size of Mac® trucks and Lava lamps we return to the heady days of the Space Age with this affectionate look at the advances that convinced us the “future is NOW!” For over a decade, Modern Marvels has brought grand stories to life. This documentary is the ultimate celebration of engineering excellence.

Batman Tech

Today on Far Future Horizons we explore the technological wizardry of "The Caped Crusader" in another exciting episode of Modern Marvels.

Modern Marvels ~ Renewable Energy

Today on Far Future Horizons we take a look at the future of renewable energy with another exciting episode of the acclaimed documentary series Modern Marvels.

In the Twenty-first Century, two realizations are dawning on the world's population: we are hopelessly dependent on petroleum, which is only going to get more expensive; and global warming, caused mainly by our burning of fossil fuels, will impact civilization in ways that we're only beginning to grasp. 

Modern Marvels ~ Future Tech

 

Today on Far Future Horizons we travel forward in time to the year 2060 and explore some of the Modern Marvels of the future.

Star Trek Tech

For nearly forty eight years Star Trek has engulfed our imagination and sent us on voyages to brave new worlds across the galaxy.

Today on Far Future Horizons we present another outstanding episode from the acclaimed documentary series Modern Marvels that focuses on the technology of the iconic science fiction series Star Trek.

Civil War Tech

Battle of Hampton Roads or the Battle of Ironclads

The Civil War is often referred to as the first "modern" war. Many of the technologies devised during that period permanently changed the way wars were fought.

Today on Far Future Horizons we present Civil War Tech, another exciting episode from the acclaimed documentary series Modern Marvels.