Episode of Series “21st Century”.
Demonstrates the application of the principles of natural systems in living animals such as bats, rattlesnakes, frogs and rats, to engineering devices to guide blind persons, self guiding missiles, photoelectric scanners capable of distinguishing shapes and bionic computers designed to learn and to control man-like robots. Reporter: Walter Cronkite.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
320038
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Vision
History → Technology and civilization
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Artificial intelligence
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Bioengineering
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Cybernetics
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Robots
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Systems engineering
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Technological innovations
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Technology
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Technology and civilization
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)