CNN's 'Saved by the Future' explores how technological breakthroughs today could shape tomorrow

HONG KONG,Dec. 16,2020 -- In the third episode of 'Saved by the Future',CNNmeets the inventors,scientists and futurists who explore how breakthroughs today could shape tomorrow,changing how we move,live and interact with the world around us.

CNN’s ‘Saved by the Future’ explores how technological breakthroughs today could shape tomorrow

First up in this 30-minute show,hosted byNicki Shields,we meetRichard Browning,a real life 'IronMan' andfounderof Gravity Industries,a leading jet pack production company. For Browning,these devices are about more than advancing human flight – the company's devices are already being tested for potential real world use by paramedicsand first responders. He says that modern day advances in 3D printing and battery power could shape up a future where jet packs are both accessible and sustainable.

CNN next hears fromAmy Webb,quantitative futurist and founder of the Future Today Institute – an advisory group that identifiesemerging trendsand then examinesfuture possibilities. She says that,while smartphones have become an essential part of our everyday lives,according to their latest research,these devices will soon disappear. Instead,in the future,phones could one day be replaced by an entirely intelligent world full of wearable devices,smart cities,smarter cars -- all of which would change the infrastructure of the world around us.

Finally,CNN speaks toProfessor Michio Kaku,an expert in theoretical physicswho believes in the future,science and technologycould makemagichappen. One such example,he says,is a breakthrough knownasprogrammable matter – the process by which tiny robots,known as nanobots,are collectively programmed to shapeshift on demand. He points to technological advances across artificial intelligence and microscopic technology that could one day allow us to bend and adapt physical objects according to our needs.

Saved by the Future 3 trailer: https://bit.ly/37bPnUG

Saved by the Future 3 images: https://bit.ly/3nirss6

Saved by the Future microsite: https://cnn.it/35EgFlC

Airtimes for 30-minute special:

Sunday,December 20 at 12:00am,12:00pm and 7:30pm HKT

Monday,December 21 at 5:00am HKT

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