Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World
The Airplane
A look at inventions that gave humans the ability to fly, from Leonardo da Vinci's flying machines to modern commercial planes. (60 minutes)
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Mon, 4/29 at 3:00 pm on Austin PBS HDTV
The Smartphone
The history of the smartphone, from its roots in Morse code to Apple's unveiling of the first-ever iPhone in 2007; how the next generation of smartphones may allow for communication just by thinking. (60 minutes)
Mon, 5/6 at 3:00 pm on Austin PBS HDTV
(60 minutes)