Engineering the Future

Virgin Hyperloop is a train that runs inside a steel tunnel; this vehicle floats along the track using magnetic levitation and glides at airline speeds for long distances due to ultra-low aerodynamic drag; it's fully autonomous and enclosed.

The emerging world of electric vehicles, the infrastructure needed for them, and the radical changes needed in the transport industry.

Exploring the quest to produce fusion -- an ultimate energy solution that has been likened to ``bottling a star.``

The sun is the biggest source of energy in the solar system; innovators search for new ways to capture more of the sun's power and make it available through the night, everywhere.

Shipping companies and engineers create remarkable new machines to make their industry greener, using a resource that has moved man across the world's oceans for thousands of years: wind.

The power of the oceans' tides is the last great untapped energy source on Earth; from sub-sea kites to floating platforms, teams of engineers race to perfect the technology to harness the vast flows of water.

The metaverse is the successor to the internet; some say it will change the lives of almost every human on the planet.

All over the world, engineers and scientists are racing to solve one key problem: how to safely and efficiently store electricity at a large scale but at a low cost.

Virgin Hyperloop is a train that runs inside a steel tunnel; this vehicle floats along the track using magnetic levitation and glides at airline speeds for long distances due to ultra-low aerodynamic drag; it's fully autonomous and enclosed.

A new era of space is dawning, where small satellites no bigger than a shoe box will be deployed in their thousands, referred to as satellite swarms.

Construction currently accounts for a staggering percentage of the world's energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions; exploring the world of timber buildings for a more sustainable future.