ALL THE WAY BEYOND TOMORROW.

YOU INTO THE FUTURE.

HOW'S THIS FOR STARTERS?

IN PERSONAL WATERCRAFT --

YOUR OWN MINISUBMARINE.

.
COME ON, LET'S GO FOR A RIDE

FROM THIS...

WE'RE TURNING IT ON NOW.

...TO THIS,

.
WITH THE FLICK OF A SWITCH

BRING IT ON.

I'M AN OLYMPIC RUNNER...

NOT A FIGHTER.

WITH SCIENCE IN MY CORNER.

AREN'T YOU?

LOOK OUT...

THAT WATCHESYOU.

AND IT CAN EVEN READ YOUR MIND.

SEE MY TONGUE RING?

COULD KILL YOU?

THEORY IS THIS?

SET OUT TO PROVE IT.

MERCEDES-BENZ

AND HAVE CHANGE OUT OF 5 GRAND?

SICK OF CHANGING LIGHT BULBS?

OUTLIVEDYOU?

♪ BEYOND TOMORROW ♪

♪ I LOVE THIS WORLD ♪

♪ BEYOND TOMORROW ♪

FOR A WINNING EDGE,

THE ENHANCEMENT THEY'RE AFTER.

THIS SMALL, ROBUST TECHNOLOGY

INTO THE 21st CENTURY.

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT,

FOR MICROTECHNOLOGY.

JASON, HOW DOES IT WORK?

HAVE GOT SENSORS

THE GLOVES, AND ON THE VEST.

HITS THE RED BOXER,

WHERE THAT BLOW LANDED.

ONTO THE SCREEN.

ON THIS RUNNING TALLY,

THAT BLOW WAS --

WHICH PART OF THE OPPONENT.

ISN'T IT?

EACH HIT IS ALSO RECORDED.

COME ON, FLETCHY!

A RIGHT SHOT! THAT'S IT!

THE GLOVES, HEADGEAR, AND VESTS

P
TRANSMIT EACH HIT TO THE LAPTO

CONNECTION.

KEEP YOUR HANDS UP.

THE BIGGEST TECHNICAL PROBLEM

TO THE SENSORS.

THE PROTECTIVE GEAR

WORN BY EACH BOXER.

ADAM FORSYTH

IN THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY.

IT'LL MAKE YOU A BETTER BOXER?

WHERE TO HIT,

SCORE THE PUNCHES.

WILL TAKE HIM TO BEIJING IN 2008

AND ALSO CLEAN UP A SPORT

ITS FAIR SHARE OF CONTROVERSY.

THE DEVELOPMENT STAGES.

IMPROVE THE SPORT

THE CORRUPTNESS OUT OF IT.

THE BOXING RING A LITTLE LATER

TO TRY OUT THE TECH MYSELF.

A COUPLE OF OTHER SPORTS

PREPARE FOR THE OLYMPICS...

ON THE WATER...

...AND IN THE WATER.

ABOUT BEING A RUNNER

IS THAT, UNLIKE THESE GUYS,

TO TRAIN.

THIS IS THE A.I.S. BOATSHED.

ANOTHER WAY

ATHLETES GET THAT WINNING EDGE.

LAKE BURLEY GRIFFIN,

AUSTRALIA'S BEST FEMALE ROWERS

TO THEIR TRAINING,

CALLED "ROVER,"

IN A BOX.

AND COMPETITION IS EXACTING.

NEEDS TO BE ANALYZED,

WHAT ROVER IS DOING.

ACCELEROMETER, AND GPS.

BOAT POSITION, SPEED,

100 TIMES A SECOND.

FOR ACCELERATION AND EFFICIENCY,

OF THE BOAT

IS CAREFULLY ANALYZED,

OUT HERE ON THE WATER.

WEARABLE MICROTECHNOLOGY

MILLISECONDS OFF RECORDS.

GOLD MEDALIST ALICE MILLS

PACKED FULL OF SENSORS

WILL IMPROVE HER TIMES.

A WHOPPING 2 1/2 SECONDS

WORLD RECORD.

WITHIN .01 OF A SECOND,

TECHNOLOGY TO HELP THEM TRAIN.

R
A GYROSCOPE AND ACCELEROMETE

AND ACCELERATION.

INFORMATION

AND TECHNIQUE,

OF HER TUMBLE TURNS.

FROM A MEMORY CARD TO A LAPTOP

AND THEN ANALYZED POOLSIDE.

AT THE DATA.

OKAY.

THE TOP SCREEN HERE,

YOUR FORWARD ACCELERATION.

THE SESSIONS BESIDE THE POOL

AS THE SESSIONS IN THE POOL.

FREESTYLE STROKE PATTERN HERE.

EVERY STROKE THAT YOU'VE DONE.

A SUMMARY OVER HERE.

METERS, YOU USED 87 STROKES.

AVERAGED ABOUT 54.

MAKE YOU FEEL

OF THE POOL,

YOU'VE GOT YOUR LAP SPLITS?

YOU'RE IN.

YEAH, IT'S PRETTY GOOD.

TO HAVE IT READY RIGHT AWAY

UNTIL THE NEXT DAY.

A NEW HIGH-TECH SUPERPOOL

PACKED WITH MICROTECH SENSORS.

THE VELOCITY

AND ALSO MONITOR HEART RATE.

THROUGH A MAGNETIC FIELD,

E
AN INSTANT 3-D COMPUTER PICTUR

POOR STROKE TECHNIQUE.

HALF A SECOND OFF HER BEST.

THE SAME,

.
DATA DIRECTLY TO THE COACH

THAT WE'VE EVER HAD

WE CAN GIVE INSTANT FEEDBACK

GOING ALONG,

WHAT THE CHANGE IS DOING.

ROVER'S DATA,

SHOT DURING TRAINING,

PERFORMANCE.

WHAT THE HUMAN EYE CAN'T.

THE ACCELERATION CURVE GOES UP

SQUARE-OFF.

STARTS TO SPRING AND RELEASE,

ACCELERATION.

CURVE OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE,

THROUGH THE SQUARE-OFF PERIOD,

THAT BOAT SHOULD GO QUICKER.

MORE STRAIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE

ON BEFORE THE CENTER...

Shirvington: AUSTRALIA'S ROWERS

OF WINNING OLYMPIC MEDALS,

THEM ON THE WINNERS' PODIUM

WITHOUT EXTRA EFFORT.

OUT THERE ON THE WATER.

30 HOURS A WEEK PLUS.

A CERTAIN NUMBER

OF PHYSICAL BENEFITS.

WHAT WE'RE DOING TECHNICALLY

TO YOUR BOAT SPEED

ANY HARDER.

[ BELL DINGS ]

I PROMISED I WOULD SHOW YOU

TECHNOLOGY.

SPARRING WITH A HEAVYWEIGHT.

HOW TO PULL PUNCHES,

MEETS A CHAMPION BOXER,

COMES IN HANDY,

THE BLOWS.

ADAM'S BLOWS HURT.

[ CHUCKLES ]

AREN'T YOU?

[ CHUCKLES ]

EVERY PUNCH.

EVERY PUNCH IS ON ME.

PULL AT HIM.

OKAY.

I'M OUT.

NOW YOU'VE SEEN ME DO IT.

TO THE PROFESSIONALS.

I CAN'T EVEN TALK PROPERLY.

HERE'S A QUESTION FOR YOU.

TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB?

WELL, IN THIS CASE, JUST ONE.

LIGHT BULB OUT

THIS INCREDIBLE-LOOKING THING,

NOT HAVE TO CHANGE IT AGAIN

FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

THIS IS THE enLux L.E.D.,

THE MOST RADICAL THING

TO THE HUMBLE LIGHT BULB

SAW THE LIGHT BACK IN 1879.

TRADITIONAL INCANDESCENT BULBS

TUNGSTEN FILAMENT

PASSED TO CREATE LIGHT.

[ ELECTRICITY CRACKLES ]

THE enLux L.E.D., HOWEVER,

OR LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES,

CONTAIN NO FILAMENT,

MUCH MORE ROBUST.

SURROUNDING ALUMINIUM BLADES.

QUITE A NICE LIGHT, REALLY.

AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO EMULATE

HAVE IN YOUR HOUSE.

COLORS AND STYLES

AND CAN BE SHIPPED WORLDWIDE.

THEY'RE $90 A POP.

BUT THE GREAT THING ABOUT THEM

THE ENERGY OF A NORMAL BULB.

AND LISTEN TO THIS --

THE MANUFACTURER CLAIMS

FOR 4 HOURS A DAY,

IT WILL LAST 35 YEARS.

SO HERE'S THE SUMS.

AROUND 1,000 HOURS.

LAST ABOUT 8,000 HOURS.

WILL LAST UP TO 51,000 HOURS.

THE REDUCED ENERGY COSTS,

YOU'LL BE AHEAD.

THE LATEST MERCEDES TOURER
,

AND YOU'LL LOVE THE PRICE.

♪ BEYOND TOMORROW ♪

ON.

AT YOUR PLACE

WITH A WINK AND A NOD.

"BEYOND TOMORROW" IN THE GOBY.

WE'RE GOING DOWN.

SEE YOU DOWN UNDER, SOON.

♪ BEYOND TOMORROW ♪

GE. IMAGINATION AT WORK.

DUBAI, IN THE PERSIAN GULF.

HAS FUELED AMAZING DEVELOPMENT,

CREATING A CITY OF CONTRASTS --

OF THE WORLD

FOR THE WEALTHY.

CHANGES IN THIS DESERT KINGDOM

ARE TAKING PLACE UNDERWATER.

UNTIL NOW, PRIVATE SUBMARINES

OF THE MEGA-RICH.

THANKS TO ONE MAN'S DREAM,

SPORT FOR THE 21st CENTURY.

I HAD THIS GREAT VISION

LOTS OF PEOPLE UNDER THE WATER

THE UNDERWATER WORLD...

ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYBODY.

WAS NO DESERT MIRAGE.

THE FRENCH NAVAL ENGINEER

RIGHT HERE IN THE DESERT.

HERV￩'S COMPANY, EXOMOS,

UNDERWATER MODELS...

THE DISCOVERY --

A TOURIST SUBMARINE

AND A PILOT.

UNDERSEA LIMOUSINES

FOR POLICE WORK.

DEPTH AS SAFE SCUBA DIVING --

ABOUT 40 METERS.

CAN SCUBA DIVE,

IN ONE OF THESE.

TESTING PROCESS IS REQUIRED,

AN ACCIDENT

AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.

IN THE UNDERWATER TEST TANK.

TODAY I'M THE GUINEA PIG

THEIR UNDERWATER LIMOUSINE --

THE 3-SEATER ADVENTURER.

IF YOU SEE SOME LEAKS.

WE'RE TESTING THIS WHOLE BOAT.

THIS IS AN OLDER HULL.

IN A SUBMARINE?

RIGHT.

OH! OH! OKAY.

[ LAUGHS ]

WE'VE SPRUNG A LEAK.

WE'RE GOING UP.

EARS POPPING.

[ SIGHS ]

IT'S CALLED A TEST TANK.

WE SPRUNG A LEAK.

DIDN'T WORK PROPERLY,

GOT TOO PRESSURIZED.

THE WATER STARTED TO COME IN.

BUT I'M TOLD IT'S EASY TO FIX.

THAT'S WATERTIGHT --

THE GOBY.

EXOMOS HAVE MADE BECOME CLEAR.

LAUNCHED THIS EASILY.

LOWERED INTO THE WATER

USING A CRANE.

OR SHOULD THAT BE A TEST-DIVE?

AND JUST A LITTLE BIT SCARY.

TELL MY MOTHER I LOVE HER.

[ LAUGHTER ]

Dive, dive, dive!

FOR UP TO THREE HOURS.

COMPRESSED AIR TANKS.

UNDERWATER NOW.

HOW FAR?

FROM THE TOP.

VIA FOUR ELECTRIC MOTORS --

AND TWO FOR UP AND DOWN.

I'M NOT A SCUBA DIVER,

LIKE THIS IS --

TO DO IT.

GOING ON DOWN HERE --

THE FISH, THE CORAL.

THIS REALLY IS AN AMAZING PLACE,

WITHOUT GETTING MY HAIR WET.

THE GOBY'S ELECTRIC MOTORS

10 NAUTICAL MILES UNDERWATER.

THE SUB SWITCHES

25-HORSEPOWER PETROL ENGINE.

[ WATER GURGLING ]

GOING DOWN A PLUGHOLE...

NO PLUGHOLE.

LIKE NO OTHER --

LOT WARMER THAN YOU'D THINK.

IN HERE

GAS, IT GETS HOTTER.

WE'VE GOT ONE ATMOSPHERE,

THE SURFACE OF THE WATER,

WE HAVE 1 1/2 ATMOSPHERES,

INTO THIS LITTLE CABIN.

IT'S PRETTY STEAMY.

ITS BALLAST TANKS WITH SEAWATER.

THE WATER IS BLOWN OUT

AND REPLACED BY COMPRESSED AIR.

I'M DOING THE BALLAST NOW.

INSIDE DECREASES,

AND EXPANDS.

LOOK AT THE FOG!

OH! MY EARS ARE POPPING.

THIS IS AMAZING!

IN A NIGHTCLUB.

YES.

THAT WAS INCREDIBLE.

"INNOVATION" AND "SAFETY"

WITH THESE SUBMERSIBLES.

SELF-INFLATING AIRBAGS

LET SUBS SURFACE IN SECONDS.

TO PROFESSIONAL TO POLICE WORK.

YOU'RE LOOKING

OF THE MOST SOPHISTICATED

SUBMARINES IN THE WORLD --

MINISUBS.

IS WORKING ON THE STINGRAY.

COSTS $45,000,

IN THE WATER TO DRIVE IT.

A DIVER IS IN A BUBBLE OF AIR.

YOUR BODY IS WET,

BUT YOUR HEAD IS DRY,

IN AN AQUARIUM

OVER YOUR HEAD.

TREMENDOUS VISIBILITY.

INTO THE BUBBLE

AND IS ALSO USED FOR BREATHING.

CONTROL THE STINGRAY'S MOTORS.

?
WANT TO HAVE ONE

AND THE POLICE FOR INSPECTIONS,

OF INTEREST FOR THE PRIVATE.

THIS IS ADVENTURE --

LOOKING FOR TREASURE

AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.

IT'S TERRIFIC.

OF 20 NAUTICAL MILES.

OF 15 POLICE DIVERS,

WHICH IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE

HERV￩'S UNDERWATER FLEET.

ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE.

IT'S A SUBMERSIBLE YACHT,

SCUBA DIVING TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

IT CARRIES 20 PEOPLE,

THEIR DIVE BOAT

BECAUSE IT GOES WITH THEM.

WHO HAS IT ALL.

AND CARRYING 20 PASSENGERS,

IT SUBMERGES IN JUST 60 SECONDS

UNDERWATER LUXURY.

HOLDS EIGHT PASSENGERS.

CAN SIT OUTSIDE ON THE DECK.

WHEN YOU HEAD TO THE WATER,

HOW MUCH BETTER WILL IT BE

IN YOUR OWN PERSONAL SUB?

OUT" HAVE A BRAND-NEW MEANING --

YOUR LIFE AT THE BEACH.

[ ALARM BELL RINGS ]

THEY'RE READY TO GO.

A SURGEON.

THEIR HEADS ON THE BLOCK.

♪ BEYOND TOMORROW ♪

CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME.

AND IT'S HARD TO AVOID
THE THINGS THAT CAUSE THEM.

( sneezes )

PRESCRIPTION NASONEX HELPS
RELIEVE NASAL ALLERGY SYMPTOMS,

LIKE CONGESTION.

MAYBE THAT'S WHY 6 MILLION
NASAL ALLERGY SUFFERERS...

USED NASONEX LAST YEAR.

SIDE EFFECTS WERE
GENERALLY MILD AND INCLUDED...

HEADACHE, VIRAL INFECTION,
SORE THROAT,

NOSEBLEEDS AND COUGHING.

FOR MORE INFORMATION,
TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR...

AND ASK IF NASONEX
IS THE ONE FOR YOU.

♪ HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY ♪

ONE OF THE GREAT TOURS.

AND NOW MERCEDES-BENZ RECKON

OF THEIR BRAND-NEW MODEL

NO MORE TO PAY.

THE MERCEDES-BENZ OF BICYCLES.

LIKE A CAR THAN A BIKE.

A DASHBOARD DISPLAY,

WITH AUTOMATIC GEARS.

OF ALL EIGHT GEARS BY ITSELF.

AN EASY TAKEOFF.

THE BIKE IN THE LOWEST GEAR.

CAN FEEL THE NEXT GEAR KICK IN.

SO IF I DROP BACK A BIT...

THERE, WE'VE DROPPED DOWN.

THEN WE SPEED UP.

THE COMPUTER KNOWS I'VE SPED UP,

BEEN SHIFTED UP.

VERY CLEVER.

CALLS IT THE FLIGHT DECK --

BIKE SPEED,

SUSPENSION SETTING.

YOU CAN DO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN.

THERE.

.
WHAT SPEED YOU'RE TRAVELING AT

FOR YOU

PUTS THE BIKE IN IT.

AS WELL.

SO IF YOU'RE PEDALING ALONG

LIKE THIS,

YOU NEED A SOFTER SUSPENSION,"

THE ADJUSTMENTS

THE SUSPENSION.

BESIDES THE FAMOUS NAME,

LIKE A PRETTY NORMAL BIKE.

THE TECH IS HIDDEN INSIDE.

A FULLY AUTOMATIC BIKE?

YOU NEED A COMPUTER.

THAT'S WHAT THIS BIKE HAS.

IN THE HANDLEBARS,

TUCKED AWAY UNDER HERE.

IN THE POWER --

WITH THIS BIKE.

BY PEDALING.

IN THE WHEEL.

BUT ALSO IT CAN STORE POWER,

THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS,

THE COMPUTER SYSTEM SHUT DOWN.

MORE PUSH-BIKES

.
BUILT IN THE WORLD THAN CARS

JUST AS SERIOUSLY

WHETHER ON FOUR WHEELS OR TWO.

ABOUT SAFETY, THE BIKE IS.

YOU KNOW THOSE HIGH-END CARS

SWITCH ON WHEN THINGS GET DARK?

AS WELL.

ON THIS BIKE.

JUST HERE IS A TINY SENSOR.

THAT MEASURES THE AMBIENT LIGHT.

LIGHTS AUTOMATICALLY COME ON.

ARE SPECIAL.

THERE'S A BRAKE LIGHT.

THE INTERESTING THING IS,

WHEN YOU PUT ON THE BRAKE.

DOES IS IT MONITORS YOUR SPEED.

YOU'VE SUDDENLY SLOWED DOWN,

COMES ON.

THE BEST LUXURY CARS DON'T HAVE.

HEADWORK, BUT NOT THE LEGWORK.

THAT'S RIGHT --

WITH ALL THE LATEST EXTRAS,

GOOD OLD-FASHIONED MUSCLE POWER

TO GET YOU FROM "A" TO "B."

BONDI BEACH -- A HOT SURF SPOT.

OR UNWARY,

A DAY IN THE SURF CAN BE FATAL.

IN FEBRUARY 2005,

TO BRAVE THIS SURF

HER LIFE.

THE BOARD MAY HAVE HIT HER HEAD,

AND FACEDOWN.

GOT A RESCUE IN THE SURF.

HOLD ON.

DOES UNCONSCIOUS. OVER.

THE BONDI LIFEGUARDS

FOR EVENTS LIKE THIS.

A PERSON IS UNCONSCIOUS,

OF BRAIN DAMAGE.

Y
LIFEGUARDS ON DUTY THAT DA

ONTO THE RESCUE BOARD

IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.

CANDICE'S HEART HAD STOPPED.

WAS TO GET HER TO SHORE.

NATURE FOR THESE PROFESSIONALS.

IS ATTEMPTED.

UNCONSCIOUS,

AND HER HEART WASN'T STARTING.

A PORTABLE DEFIBRILLATOR

TO ELECTRICALLY JOLT THE HEART.

BREATHING WITHOUT AID

AND HADN'T COME TO.

ARE RESCUED

HERE AT BONDI BY THE LIFEGUARDS.

UNCONSCIOUS,

OF INTERNAL-ORGAN INJURY.

I SHOWED THE ARCTIC SUN.

AFTER CARDIAC ARREST...

SLOWING HIS METABOLISM

THE RELEASE OF TOXINS

WHEN HIS PULSE WAS RESTORED.

IN AUSTRALIA

AGAIN.

UNCONSCIOUS,

AND HER TEMPERATURE ROSE.

RESTARTING HER CIRCULATION

BRAIN WITH TOXINS.

AT PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL,

SHE WASN'T BREATHING BY HERSELF,

ANY OF THE CLINICAL TESTS

FOR BRAIN FUNCTION.

SO, MORE THAN EVER,

FROM PERMANENT BRAIN DAMAGE.

HER TEMPERATURE WAS 39 DEGREES.

HER BODY TO INDUCE HYPOTHERMIA.

HER METABOLISM

RECOVER FROM THE TRAUMA.

THAT WE DROP HER TEMPERATURE

VERY QUICKLY

TO CONTROL BOTH PRODUCTION

CHEMICALS ON THE BRAIN CELLS.

PUT THIS MACHINE INTO ACTION --

THE INNERCOOL.

PATIENT TO USE THE INNERCOOL,

AND I'VE BROUGHT HER BACK HERE

TECHNOLOGY SAVED HER LIFE.

SO, WHAT WE DO,

IN THE GROIN

AN ULTRASOUND MACHINE.

ON THE SCREEN,

IS INSERTED INTO THE VEIN.

INTO THE FEMORAL VEIN

TO THE HEART.

FOLLOWS THE SAME PATH,

ENLARGING THE VEIN.

IS INSERTED.

IT'S A HOLLOW GOLD TOOL

SOLUTION IS CIRCULATED.

IN JUST 30 MINUTES,

WAS REDUCED FROM 40 DEGREES

AND KEPT THERE FOR 16 HOURS.

INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH,

HAVE BEEN USED

PROCEDURES

FOR A NUMBER OF DECADES.

IN VERY CONTROLLED CIRCUMSTANCES

IN THE OPERATING ROOM.

TRADITIONALLY, THOUGH,

TRIED IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION,

MORE HIT-AND-MISS.

BACK TO HER NORMAL TEMPERATURE,

TO COME OUT OF COMA,

TO VOICE,

OUR HANDS

APPROPRIATELY.

THAT MUST HAVE BEEN

WE'VE HAD HERE.

ACTUALLY.

YEAH.

ACTUALLY FEEL

THE DOORS OF ICU?

I BASICALLY WANTED TO SEE

AND STUFF AND -- YEAH.

MM-HMM.

YEAH.

ISN'T IT?

YEAH.

IS NOT FOR EVERYONE.

OF OPPORTUNITY FOR ITS USE,

BE STARTED

HOURS AFTER INJURY.

ALSO KEEP IN MIND

AND FITNESS ON HER SIDE, TOO.

BEYOND TOMORROW?

THERE'S PLENTY MORE TO COME,

ONLY YOUR TV WILL UNDERSTAND.

FROM PARKINSON'S.

JUST ASK MICHAEL J. FOX.

BUT LOOK WHAT THEY CAN DO NOW.

ABOUT MAKING OUR LIVES EASIER,

PUTTING US IN CONTROL.

THAT DEMANDS TO BE ANSWERED

OR E-MAIL THAT WON'T GO AWAY

THE BECK AND CALL OF TECHNOLOGY.

IN KINGSTON, ONTARIO,

HEADS A TEAM

OUR MACHINES SOME MANNERS.

"ATTENTIVE APPLIANCES,"

ONE THING IN COMMON --

TO GIVE THEM A VISUAL CUE.

HERE IS A SIMPLE EXAMPLE.

WITH HER...

SHE KNOWS I'M LOOKING...

AND SHE'S READY FOR ACTION.

WATCH THIS.

OFF.

OH, YEAH.

ON.

OFF.

ON.

IT'S A GIFT.

OF ALL THIS TECHNOLOGY IS,

CONTACT, IT DOESN'T RESPOND.

OFF.

OFF.

OFF.

A CUTE WAY TO TURN OFF A LIGHT.

ON.

JUST LIKE A HUMAN,

FOR YOUR ATTENTION.

USER TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM.

IS ABLE TO DETECT

OR NOT WATCHING.

SHOW THE MOMENT HE TURNS AWAY.

YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT WATCHESYOU

TO HAVE A CONVERSATI
ON

WITH ANOTHER PERSON,

TO THE TV SHOW

.
WHERE YOU LEFT OFF

USING INFRARED ILLUMINATORS

THE CAMERA HERE

ON THE SIDE,

THIS CAMERA CAN CREATE

IN YOUR EYE.

THAT RED EYE VERY EASILY

FROM THE BACKGROUND IMAGES.

THERE'S A LITTLE DOT

ON YOUR CORNEA.

WITH YOUR PUPIL,

THE TV.

WAY BEYOND LAMPS AND TVs.

EVEN WALLS AND PARTITIONS

MORE RESPONSIVE TO HUMAN NEEDS.

FOR THIS TECHNOLOGICAL TWIST

CUBICLE-FARM OFFICE.

WITH MY COLLEAGUE

I COULD TAP ON THE GLASS.

HE WAS TOO BUSY --

I COULD TAP ON AGAIN.

AROUND ME,

CORRECT -- BINGO.

HOW YOU DOING?

OF PAPER ON MY HEAD.

OF MATERIAL

AND IDENTIFY WHO YOU ARE

WITHIN THE CUBICLE.

UP THERE IN THE CEILING.

OF US.

THE SYSTEM TO DETECT

AS WE CALL IT --

TO BE COMMUNICATING

OR WISHING TO COMMUNICATE.

THE TAGS ON OUR HEADS

IN OUR EYES.

ARE CLOSE ENOUGH,

ALL BECOMES CLEAR.

TURN OFF ABOUT 45 DEGREES?

OPAQUE AGAIN.

IT'LL GO OPAQUE AGAIN.

AND NOW WE GO BACK.

I LIKE THAT.

THERE YOU GO.

THAT IS FANTASTIC.

IS CALLED "PRIVACY GLASS."

IS SPREAD OVER THE GLASS.

WHEN A VOLTAGE PASSES THROUGH,

MAKING THE GLASS TRANSPARENT.

OF THAT FEATURE

AT SOME POINTS

FROM CO-WORKERS AT OTHER POINTS.

IN TODAY'S BUSY WORLD.

WITH AN ABSOLUTE SHOCKER.

A TONGUE STUD

OF BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LIKE A LIGHTNING ROD?

YEAH.

♪ BEYOND TOMORROW ♪

HOLD ON.

I GOT STRUCK BY LIGHTNING?

YES.

DID THAT HAPPEN?

Shirvington: IN AUGUST 2003,

BY LIGHTNING.

SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME.

[ THUNDER CRASHES ]

HE WAS LUCKY.

BY LIGHTNING STRIKES EVERY YEAR,

AND THAT'S JUST IN THE U.S.

MY TONGUE RING?

YOU MIGHT HAVE SWALLOWED IT.

LET'S SEE IT. UGH.

IN THERE, IT LOOKS LIKE.

THE BIG QUESTION FOR MATT --

THE REASON HE WAS STRUCK?

LIGHTNING STRIKES?

FOR ADAM AND JAMIE.

A TONGUE STUD

OF BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

THEORY IS THIS?

SAYS THAT THE LIGHTNING BOLT

DIRECTLY TO IT.

LIKE A LIGHTNING ROD?

YEAH, EXACTLY.

TWO PLASTIC HEADS,

ONE WITH A TONGUE STUD,

A LIGHTNING GENERATOR

THE CHARGE JUMPS TO.

THAT'LL BE FUN.

WHY WE'RE DOING THIS.

OF THE MYTH,

SHOCK VALUE OF HIS OWN.

COME ON IN HERE?

CHAIR THERE.

HIS TONGUE PIERCED.

HE'S LOST FOR WORDS.

ALL RIGHT.

GIVE ME A BREATH IN.

YOU'RE DONE.

YOUR JEWELRY IS IN.

THE BEADS ARE TIGHT,

YOUR TONGUE BACK.

THERE YOU GO.

WHOO!

THAT WAS NOT SO BAD.

ALL FUNNY.

[ HYNEMAN CHUCKLES ]

OF COURSE, IT'S NOW ADAM

THE BALLISTICS-GEL HEAD.

ALL RIGHT.

AS MUCH AS I HAVE.

OVER 100 MILLION VOLTS.

WILL BE MADE

ELECTRICAL MACHINERY

OF ONE MILLION VOLTS --

STILL ENOUGH TO FRY A PERSON.

WILL DISCHARGE DOWN A WIRE,

.
THROUGH ONE OF THE TWO HEADS

THEN THE MYTH COULD BE TRUE.

[ ALARM RINGS ]

OF A SECOND.

IT'S HIT THE HEAD ON THE RIGHT.

IN FREEZE-FRAME.

[ ELECTRICITY CRACKLES ]

WITHOUT THE BARBELL IN IT.

IT DID.

HAS JUST STARTED.

SWAPPING THE HEADS ON THE RIG

DOESN'T PREFER ONE DIRECTION

OR THE OTHER.

[ ALARM RINGS ]

THIS TIME, IT HIT THE STUD HEAD,

BUT NOT THE ACTUAL STUD.

[ ELECTRICITY CRACKLES ]

Hyneman: SAME THING.

SEVERAL TIMES.

[ ELECTRICITY CRACKLES ]

TO THE METAL.

[ ELECTRICITY CRACKLES ]

THIS A DOZEN TIMES OR MORE.

THE RIG IS WORKING GREAT.

STRIKES,

OF THE HEAD.

GONE RIGHT FOR THE STUD.

ALL WE'VE GOT LEFT TO DO

OR SOME REALLY BIG ONES MAYBE,

SOMETHINGTO REACT TO THEM.

PRETTY GOOD LOOK THERE, JAMIE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

WELL, MAYBE MORE IS BETTER.

LET'S FIRE IT UP.

OKAY.

[ ALARM RINGS ]

[ ELECTRICITY CRACKLES ]

WITH THE STUDS IN IT.

THE STUDS.

THROUGH THE MIDDLE.

YEAH.

MAYBE EVEN MORE METAL.

IS THIS BIG,

THE LEAST OF YOUR WORRIES.

[ ALARM RINGS ]

[ ELECTRICITY CRACKLES ]

HAVING AN EFFECT,

OF ALL STUDS -- A DOORKNOB.

[ ALARM RINGS ]

[ ELECTRICITY CRACKLES ]

AT LAST, A DIRECT HIT.

RIGHT OUT OF HIS FACE!

[ ALARM RINGS ]

RESULTS ARE TOO INCONSISTENT

TO HAVE THE GUYS CONVINCED.

THIS A THOUSAND TIMES

THAT SAME RESULT.

REALLY UNPREDICTABLE.

THE CASE, JAMIE,

DOES HAVE AN EFFECT,

HOW MUCH OF IT THERE IS

AND WHERE IT IS ON THE BODY.

TO THE DOORKNOB,

WHO WEARS A DOORKNOB?

HAS SHOWN THE GUYS FOR SURE

ARE OVER.

THAT WAS HORRIBLE!

AFFECTS ALMOST 4 MILLION PEOPLE.

AGES,

IS EXPECTED TO DOUBLE.

AFFECT THE ELDERLY.

DIAGNOSED WHEN HE WAS ONLY 30.

ARE UNDER 40 YEARS OLD.

BY MUSCLE RIGIDITY,

LOSS OF BALANCE,

LIKE ROY GRIFFITHS',

UNCONTROLLABLE TREMORS.

IT'S WHERE...

ON SOMETHING LIKE CUTTING THIS.

WERE ALWAYS A MAJOR PROBLEM,

DEVELOPED A LOSS OF BALANCE

HE SEE A DOCTOR.

THAT I JUST PUT UP WITH.

SHALL WE SAY,

LIKE THAT.

PARKINSON'S,

NEUROSURGEON DR. KENNETH OTT.

OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE

SO HE MAINLY HAS A TREMOR.

TREMOR IN HIS ARM AT REST HERE.

TREMOR -- A POSTURAL TREMOR.

IN FRONT OF YOUR NOSE LIKE THIS,

YEAH.

TREMOR.

TAKE A DRINK HERE, ROY --

TAKING A DRINK OF COFFEE.

[ CHUCKLES ]

AS WELL.

SO WHEN HE TRIES TO --

BOTHERSOME TO ROY

SOMETHING.

IT SURE IS.

LIKE MOST PARKINSON'S SUFFERERS,

DRUGS TO CONTROL HIS SYMPTOMS.

THIS MEDICINE WEARS OFF,

REQUIRE HIGHER DOSES.

FROM THE MEDICINES,

JERKY MOVEMENTS.

HE DOESN'T HAVE THAT.

I'M NOT A JERK.

YOU'RE NOT A JERK.

[ CHUCKLES ]

PART OF THE BRAIN HAS DIED

BECOME OVERACTIVE TO COMPENSATE.

REGULATE BRAIN WAVES.

ELECTRIC JOLTS --

185 A SECOND --

THE BRAIN WHICH IS OVERACTIVE.

THE CELLS CAUSING TREMORS.

IMPLANTED.

IS SWITCH THEM ON.

ROY WAS LIKE THIS...

SWITCH THE IMPLANT ON...

HAVE A LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE.

DIAGNOSED WITH PARKINSON'S

AND IS ON HIS WAY TO SURGERY.

THE BREAKTHROUGH TREATMENT

A PRISONER IN HIS OWN BODY.

AND ARE YOU NERVOUS?

NO?

QUITE CALM.

ARE YOU NERVOUS?

I AM, ACTUALLY.

THE PACEMAKER

"DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION."

IS REQUIRED,

ARE TAKEN.

AND THAT'S WHERE IT IS.

THE GREEN DOT?

IS THE TARGET.

DR. OTT USES THE SCANS

ENTERING THE BRAIN

ELECTRODES

THE SIZE OF A MATCH HEAD.

OF THIS OPERATION

THE WHOLE TIME

HIS TREMORS.

THE HOLE, RIGHT THERE.

BRAIN SURGERY BEFORE.

STAND THIS CLOSE EITHER.

IT'S AMAZING.

INSERTION OF MICROELECTRODES.

THE OVERACTIVITY SPOT

IN ROGER'S BRAIN.

SOUNDS OF PARKINSON'S.

IN A SHEATH.

FINDING THE RIGHT SPOT

READINGS AT VARIOUS DEPTHS.

ARE INSERTED

AND HOOKED UP TO MONITORS.

THE MICROELECTRODES

TO THE AMPLIFIERS.

THE MICROELECTRODES

MILLIMETER BY MILLIMETER.

THE BRAIN THAT'S HYPERACTIVE --

PARKINSON'S DISEASE --

FOUND THE RIGHT SPOT.

[ MONITOR CRACKLING ]

OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE.

[ CRACKLING CONTINUES ]

DR. OTT HAS IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK.

AND THE SPIKES ON THE GRAPH

OF THE BRAIN.

ASCERTAINED,

ARE REMOVED,

CAN BE INSERTED.

ELECTRODE INTO THE TARGET.

WITHOUT RISKS.

INFECTION, OR EVEN A STROKE.

THE TARGET AREA IN THE BRAIN.

THEY'VE IMPLANTED THE ELECTRODE.

THE WIRE FROM THE ELECTRODE

OF THE TOP OF THE HEAD HERE,

'ROUND TO THE SIDE,

THE SIDE, THROUGH THE NECK,

TO THE STIMULATOR.

IS IN THE RIGHT POSITION,

BRAIN IMPULSES --

A RADIO SIGNAL.

TO HIS LIMBS,

AND THE SHAKING WILL STOP.

IT WILL TAKE SOME MONTHS

IF THE PACEMAKER HAS WORKED,

IN OTHERS.

ACTIVE PERSON, RIGHT?

HAS BECOME TOP PRIORITY.

IN THE PAST,

I'M TRYING TO TEE -- DOING THAT.

AS YOU CAN SEE.

MORE OF A STEADY HAND.

[ CHUCKLES ]

FOR PARKINSON'S YET,

SO CURRENT SUFFERERS

WITH THE DISEASE

FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.

BUT WITH THE BRAIN PACEMAKER,

THEY CAN LIVE TO THE FULL.

www.vitac.com

DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

♪♪ BEYOND TOMORROW ♪

♪ I LOVE THIS WORLD ♪

WHERE MY FUTURE LEADS ♪