Drones. They're the piece of future tech that everyone's talking about. Host Chuck Pell discovers how drone technology is saving the lives of thousands in disaster sites around the world. The sky is the limit.

Billions are flocking to cities, needing a place to live. Futuristic apartments are being built on assembly lines and the furniture of the future plays hide and seek.

The materials in our modern world are undergoing a revolution. Check out new materials, industrial diamonds and concrete that heals itself like skin.

A designer creates a novel invention for a pooch with a problem. Thousands of abandoned dogs in Detroit get help from 'above'. And a humble fish gets a robotic alter ego.

Robots are clearly part of our present, but what will become of them in the future? Will they help us? Or replace us? Will they be loyal to us and teach them values?

Robot technology is moving so fast, its hard to determine where it's going. From robot co-workers, robot companions, and robotic teachers for kids, we explore the robot revolution.

Future tech is allowing us to look into the ancient past like never before, archeologists are using satellite imaging to map ancient native American cities.

Water - it's the key to life, and not as readily available as it used to be. In drought stricken California, brown is the new green. Scientists have invented a weird way to save water.

Human beings have been able to survive in practically every environment on Earth - from deserts to the frozen reaches of the Arctic. But what about living under the sea?

3D printing is/will forever change how we make things. Manufacturing worldwide is getting a makeover, affecting industries from healthcare to education. It's in homes, kitchens, and it's even in space.

Cars. We have trouble living with them but we can't live without them, and they are changing more than ever before. How will the car change in 2050? Could we be driving on roads that glow in the dark? Will your car be driving you?

In the future, home sweet home will see some big changes, and not only in cities, how about caves on the moon? You think a lunar cave sounds strange? Try a living space out of a parking space.

New devices are combining with the human body to change our world. Meet a man who hears in colour, thanks to an antenna implanted in his skull and Joe puts on a powerful headset showcasing brain power.

New gadgets are giving police extra sensory perception. Can your brain shfow when you're lying? The future of crime fighting on this episode of Earth 2050.

Robots using the power of the sun to nuke viruses, mechanical hands taking surgeons deep inside the human body. What is the future of medicine?

What's the future bringing to your dinner table? There's fast food, slow food, but how about future food? Future farmers are manipulating light for indoor farms.

Meet a robot designed to look like a man but act like a tank. Firefighters get superpowers with high tech eyes and ears. Man and machine, the ultimate combination.

By 2050, robots in all shapes and sizes will be doing all types of jobs. We explore working robots and how they are changing the World.

Mechanical birds, aluminum snakes, remote controlled manta rays. They may look like toys, but they are incredible robots that may change the world. Joe Penna explores Mechanimals!

Money has changed more in the last ten years than it has in the last thousand. Join host Chuck Pell as he goes to outer space with Canada's new plastic money.

On the road to 2050, farms are coming to a city near you. Mobile farmland is going straight up in the skyscrapers, and the sky is the limit in the farms of the future. It's all about urban farming, in this episode.

Oceans cover two thirds of the planet, yet remain largely unexplored. For animals that dwell on the surface or within the deepest abyss, it's finding food and conserving energy that is paramount. Narrated by David Attenborough.

Professor Brian Cox and Julia Zemiro are joined by Tim Minchin on their journey through the cosmos, plus Alan Duffy uses the Parkes dish to listen for aliens.

Professor Brian Cox and Julia Zemiro are joined by Tim Minchin on their journey through the cosmos, plus Alan Duffy uses the Parkes dish to listen for aliens.

Professor Brian Cox and Julia Zemiro are joined by Tim Minchin on their journey through the cosmos, plus Alan Duffy uses the Parkes dish to listen for aliens.

The Fierce Earth team investigate the terrifying giant waves of the tsunami. Zoe and Dougal travel to Japan to meet child survivors of the 2011 disaster and test ride the brand new tsunami escape pod.

In a region wrenched between seasonal extremes, the Luangwa River is a lifeline. Home to the world's largest hippo population, it becomes a war zone when the waters dry out.

A fisheries expert is approached by a consultant to help realise a sheik's vision of bringing the sport of fly-fishing to the desert and embarks on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible possible.

Pip Courtney hosts Australia's pre-eminent regional and rural television program, covering farming, weather, food, innovation, mining, fisheries, agribusiness, commodity prices and other issues affecting regional communities.

Gorgeously animated, this wordless story about a stranded castaway pays tribute to what's most important in life: companionship, love, family, and the stewardship of nature.

The Tasmanian tiger has been extinct since 1936, three intrepid scientists are setting out on a once-in-a-lifetime expedition to explore the possibility that this intriguing animal may still exist.

Life in the Limpopo River Basin is a fight for survival. It's the brutal dry season, with wildlife awaiting the flood waters. But the rains are late and disaster grips the Valley.

Pip Courtney hosts Australia's pre-eminent regional and rural television program, covering farming, weather, food, innovation, mining, fisheries, agribusiness, commodity prices and other issues affecting regional communities.

The Tasmanian tiger has been extinct since 1936, three intrepid scientists are setting out on a once-in-a-lifetime expedition to explore the possibility that this intriguing animal may still exist.

Pip Courtney hosts Australia's pre-eminent regional and rural television program, covering farming, weather, food, innovation, mining, fisheries, agribusiness, commodity prices and other issues affecting regional communities.

Discover how this seldom-seen animal provides creatures with the hotel and restaurant services they need to thrive in earth's biggest natural wetland- the Pantanal of Brazil.

Getting goods across Australia to the remote city of Perth is no easy task.

Join Andy and some of the world's cutest baby animals as they learn how to climb, swim, play and make friends in the wild!

In Queensland, Australia, a 100-year-old railway network transports freshly harvested sugar cane from farmers across the district to sugar mills.

In Queensland, Australia, a 100-year-old railway network transports freshly harvested sugar cane from farmers across the district to sugar mills.

Every six hours a milk train pulls into the biggest dairy factory on New Zealand to ship 14 million litres of milk around the country.

Saffron Woes Australia's saffron industry is in turmoil after the locally grown product was dropped from major supermarket shelves. Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud speaks to Pip Courtney about some of the challenges facing Australian agriculture. Against the Odds Mining towns have a reputation for dying when the minerals dry up. But a small community on the Gove Peninsula is bucking that trend. Collaborative Farming Two generational farmers have embarked on a collaboration which redefines family farming. They've joined forces - sharing land, machinery, infra-structure and staff.

Kinchega National Park is co-managed with the traditional owners of the land.

Sir David Attenborough narrates the dramatic story of two mountain lion mothers struggling to raise their cubs in Wyoming's Rocky Mountains giving scientists new insight into these great predators.

In the deserts of Namibia's Skeleton Coast, maverick biologist Flip Stander has dedicated his life to tracking and studying the local lions, to understand their secrets and help them to survive.

Discover how this seldom-seen animal provides creatures with the hotel and restaurant services they need to thrive in earth's biggest natural wetland- the Pantanal of Brazil.