Season 1 Episode 9
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Edison: How Edison Reinvented InventionS1 E10Edison pioneered the world's first research and development center in Menlo Park and worked with a group of experimenters to methodically zero in on the holy grail of electric light.
Interstate: How the Interstate Connected and Divided AmericaS1 E9Dwight Eisenhower's interstate highway system was the biggest infrastructure project of its time, a bold plan to connect all corners of America and boost the post-war economy but it also ended up deepening the divide between rich and poor.
Streaming: The Invention That Revolutionized Streaming VideoS1 E8The early days of online video were plagued by low resolution, stamp-sized video, and unbearable buffering times but that changed when a breakthrough technology revolutionized streaming video and set the foundation for the era of Netflix.
Vanilla: The Bean That Shaped the Future of FoodS1 E6In 1841 on the small island of Réunion, a 12-year-old slave did something no one had done before; the vanilla bean takes the world by storm, sparking the artificial flavor revolution and forever changing how we eat.
Mauve: The Fake Color That Made Our Modern WorldS1 E5In 1856, a chemistry student accidentally created a strange substance with a rich purple hue; Mauve takes over the fashion industry, make food look more appetizing, and enable stunning advances in medicine.
The Hollywood Actress That Laid the Groundwork for WiFiS1 E1During WWII, Actress Hedy Lamarr, deemed the world's most beautiful woman, invented a technology that laid the groundwork for the wireless internet of today.
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