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Doomsday threats range from very real (nuclear arsenals) to controversial (global warming) to futuristic (nanotechnology, cyborgs, and robots). We witness amazing applications in the works, wonder at the limitless promise, and hear warnings of a possible nano-doomsday, with tiny, out-of-control mach...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Actuality Productions, Arts and Entertainment Network, New Video Group, History Channel (Television network)
Other Authors:	Cambou, Don, Goldie, W. Scott, Lacques, Anthony, Raphael, Max, Nash, Bruce M.
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Published:	[New York] : A & E Television Networks : [2004]
Series:	Modern marvels.
Subjects:	Nuclear warfare. Weapons of mass destruction. Global warming. Nanotechnology. Documentary television programs. Nonfiction television programs.

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Summary:	Doomsday threats range from very real (nuclear arsenals) to controversial (global warming) to futuristic (nanotechnology, cyborgs, and robots). We witness amazing applications in the works, wonder at the limitless promise, and hear warnings of a possible nano-doomsday, with tiny, out-of-control machines devouring everything around them. Despite the Cold War's end, we live under the shadow of nuclear weapons, arms races, and accidental launches. Next, we stir up a hotter topic--the connection between global warming and fossil fuels--and ask if they're cooking up a sudden, new Ice Age. And we examine 21st-century technologies that typify the dual-edged sword of Doomsday Tech with massive potential for both creation and destruction--nanotechnology (engineering on a tiny scale), robotics, and cybernetics.
Item Description:	First broadcast on the History Channel's television program Modern marvels. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (50 min.) : sound, color with some black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD-R.
Production Credits:	Producer/creator, Bruce Nash ; editor, Barney Robinson ; music by Guy Thomas.