Where to Watch 地平线 • 1982
22 Episodes
- Finding a Voice第 2 集
Finding a VoiceAn examination of computer-based communication aids for the severely speech impaired. Follows the trip to America of Dick Boydell, a cerebral palsy sufferer without the power of speech. At the Artificial Language Research Laboratory in Michigan, he tries out some of the machines developed the re to help him find his own voice. - Whatever Happened to the Energy Crisis?
第 4 集Whatever Happened to the Energy Crisis?The film provides a close look at alternative sources of energy against more conventional oil and nuclear power. The analysis of energy use is examined. Early wind and wave power systems are featured as well as more unusual schemes. - The Cline Affair第 6 集
The Cline AffairDocumentary on the first recorded instance of genetic engineering being carried out on a human, when in 1980, Dr. Martin Cline from Los Angeles operated on a 21 year old Israeli girl in Jerusalem to renew her defective blood system by implanting human genes. The programme examines the difficult ethical and moral questions surrounding the field of genetic manipulation and looks at the future of gene therapy. - The Future - Made in Japan?第 10 集
The Future - Made in Japan?Examines the prospects for Japanese economic supremacy in the 1990s and asks whether Japan will be able to compete in the development of new technologies or whether it will continue to look to the West for technological innovation. Also considers whether the Japanese education system stifles creativity. - The Fatal Bargain第 12 集
The Fatal BargainDocumentary which looks at the outbreak of a new disease in Spain in 1981 which has affected 17,000 people, killing 300, and the confusion which remains as to its causes. Although adulterated olive oil sold by unscrupulous businessmen is thought to be partly to blame, no-one seems sure to what extent. - The Scientist and the Baby第 17 集
The Scientist and the BabyDocumentary which looks at the great advances in the performance of ante-natal operations on the human foetus and the implications of these technical facilities for patient and health services and allocation of resources to this sort of medicine. - The Professor of Surgery第 19 集
The Professor of SurgeryAn informal portrait of Prof. Ian McColl at work in Guy's Hospital, London, and in Kent. He discusses what makes a good surgeon; how he teaches his students to talk to their future patients; and how much a patient should be told about what is going to happen in the operating theatre. - The Mysterious Mr. Tesla
第 22 集The Mysterious Mr. TeslaDocumentary about the little known Yugoslav-American scientist Nikola Tesla, whose experiments with electricity and wireless foreshadowed the discoveries of Edison and Marconi. Some of his most spectacular experiments are recreated by the programme's presenter Robert Syme.
