The Best Episodes of The Secret Genius of Modern Life Season 1

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.0/10(40 votes)

   #1 - Bank Card

   S1:E111/10/2022

   Hannah Fry takes a look at the bank card, the digital key to accessing cash, and finds out how its extraordinary innovations have some surprising and sinister origins.

   Director:James Howard

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:James Howard

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   7.8/10(36 votes)

   #2 - Virtual Assistant

   S1:E311/24/2022

   Hannah Fry delves into the inner workings of virtual assistants, such as Amazon’s Alexa, Google Assistant and Siri, which are now found in almost half of all UK homes.

   Director:Lyndon Bruce

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Lyndon Bruce

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   7.7/10(30 votes)

   #3 - Fitness Tracker

   S1:E512/8/2022

   Hannah Fry finds out how 1970s car crashes helped us to count our steps, why WWII dog-fights led to a crucial health monitor and how fitness trackers are even being used to catch killers.

   Directors:Declan Healy, Lyndon Bruce

   Writer:Unknown

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   Directors:Declan Healy, Lyndon Bruce

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   7.5/10(31 votes)

   #4 - Electric Car

   S1:E412/1/2022

   Hannah Fry discovers why innovations in meat packing almost derailed the electric car revolution and how a breakthrough in camcorder batteries led to Elon Musk’s electric empire, as well as demonstrating how not to drive a multimillion dollar prototype car of the future.

   Directors:James Howard, Alastair Duncan, Fay Finlay

   Writer:Unknown

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   Directors:James Howard, Alastair Duncan, Fay Finlay

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   7.5/10(24 votes)

   #5 - Trainer

   S1:E612/15/2022

   Hannah Fry visits Ebay’s authentication centre, where they are waging war against fake high-value trainers.

   Director:Fay Finlay

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Fay Finlay

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   7.4/10(33 votes)

   #6 - Food Delivery App

   S1:E211/17/2022

   Hannah Fry tucks into the tech behind food delivery apps, which are now used by 24 million people in the UK. Hannah finds out how pizza made us fall in love with the internet.

   Directors:Declan Healy, Valerie Mellon

   Writer:Unknown

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   Directors:Declan Healy, Valerie Mellon

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