Professor Chris Eliasmith, jointly appointed to the engineering and arts faculties at Waterloo, is among five international experts selected for the six-part series. They travel the world to highlight revolutionary scientific projects that will change our future.
His team at Waterloo built Spaun, the world's largest simulated model of the human brain. In this series, Eliasmith investigates an innovative technology for each episode, including a breakthrough in virtual reality, a cutting-edge helicopter that flies without a pilot, and a new adhesive fabric inspired by a gecko's sticky feet.
"There are many different kinds of expertise that go into the development of any of these technologies," said Eliasmith, a systems design engineering professor. "A lot of the projects are highly interdisciplinary, much like my own research. I was surprised to find that my work had something in common with each technology I featured for the program." [news release]