2008

The first series: The research diaries and interesting background information on the projects and the researchers themselves. Find out about humanoid robots, sinking coasts, and an animal invasion.

• An Animal Invasion

  The "killer shrimp" & Co.: Is globalisation a threat to Lake Constance?

• The City of 5 Million

  Are megacities mankind's future? How do people live and survive in them?

• Blue Wonder

  Getting to the bottom of the deep blue sea: The role of the oceans.

• Textile Concrete

  How can you make something heavy light? Textile concrete opens up new prospects.

• Sinking Coasts

  Around 10,000 years ago, people lived where now there are crashing waves.

• The Human Machine

  Can a robot learn how to see, hear or feel from humans?

• Rainforest

  Between Nature and exploi- tation: Is it possible to re- concile the needs of man- kind with those of nature?

• Temple Restoration

  Stone doesn't last forever. Can the temple complex of Angkor still be rescued?

• Run, Lola, Run

  Seeking the perfect two-legged robot.

• Giant Dinosaurs

  Why did the sauropods grow to be the largest land-dwelling creatures that ever lived?