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Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World.

Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World

The Smartphone

The history of the smartphone, from its roots in Morse code to Apple's unveiling of the first-ever iPhone in 2007; how the next generation of smartphones may allow for communication just by thinking. (65 minutes)

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The Airplane

A look at inventions that gave humans the ability to fly, from Leonardo da Vinci's flying machines to modern commercial planes. (65 minutes)