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Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World

Season 1 Episode 6: The Smartphone

The history leading to the smartphone is a journey through Roman fire signals, Morse code, Marconi's wireless, Bell's telephone, Lamarr's spread-spectrum signaling, to Apple's 2007 iPhone and forward to brainwave-controlled smartphones.

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 The Telescope

1. The Telescope

Aired: Apr 21, 2019

Meet the brilliant minds throughout history, from Galileo to Edwin Hubble, re...

Episode 2 The Airplane

2. The Airplane

Aired: Apr 28, 2019

Take to the sky with the dreamers whose work gave humans the ability to fly. ...

Episode 3 The Robot

3. The Robot

Aired: May 5, 2019

Learn how robots were first conceptualized in ancient Rome and see how their ...

Episode 4 The Car

4. The Car

Aired: May 12, 2019

Go for a ride through the 9,000-year history of the car, from its roots in do...

Episode 5 The Rocket

5. The Rocket

Aired: May 19, 2019

Learn the explosive history of the rocket, from its origin in ancient China, ...

Episode 6 The Smartphone

6. The Smartphone

Aired: May 26, 2019

The history leading to the smartphone is a journey through Roman fire signals...

Info about Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World

Current Status: Ended

Network: PBS

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres:Documentary, History