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Trash becomes energy at a small New York landfill where people are thinking differently about garbage.

Heart Stop Beating is the story of Billy Cohn & Bud Frazier, two visionary doctors from the Texas Heart Institute, who in March of 2011 successfully replaced a dying man's heart with a 'continuous flow' device they developed, proving that life was possible without a pulse or a heart beat.

The Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, epitomizes what can be achieved by progressive government working with local activists to adopt the latest technology -- but it's the award-winning architecture and design courtesy of New York City's Percent for Art program that will drop your jaw, especially those eight magnificent Digester Eggs.

For those without access to a simple toilet, poop can be poison. Businessman-turned-sanitation-superhero Jack Sim fights this oft-neglected crisis affecting 2.6 billion people.

One day, quadriplegic Hilary Lister and her friends smashed up and cannibalised a wheel chair, some metal pipes and a few electric circuit boards. The result was a unique technical invention that led her to conquer the oceans of the world and set her spirit free...

What if roads and highways were solar, fueling enough energy to power electric vehicles as well as nearby communities? Scott, the inventor/creator has the answer.

If we change the way we think about honor, could we make the world a better place? Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah proves we can in The Honor Code.

The "Bionic Eye", created by Dr. Joseph Rizzo and Prof. John Wyatt, is aimed at restoring sight to patients who suffer from degenerative blindness.

The sounds of the Roland TR-808 drum machine inspire musicians around the world, even though the device hasn't been made since 1984 and most of its avid users have never actually seen one.

Design students Anna and Terese took on a giant challenge as an exam project. Something no one had done before. If they could swing it, it would for sure be revolutionary. The bicycle is a tool to change the world. If we use bikes AND travel safe: Life will be better for all.

Dr Edie Widder takes us on a journey deep under the sea. She's used pioneering research with bioluminescent sea creatures to help us shine a light on the levels of pollution we're producing above the ground. Edie's love of the sea - and the simplicity of good science - shine through this journey of wonder.

Can virtual reality control pain?

MUSIC MAN tells the story of professor and inventor Ge Wang who teaches computer music at Stanford University where he began the innovative Stanford Laptop Orchestra. Wang believes everyone who loves music should be able to play it. To that end, Wang was the first to turn the IPhone into a musical instrument when he created the "Ocarina" phone app which became one of the most popular in the world when it was launched in 2009.

Panmela Castro was born and raised in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is the president of Nami Network, a feminist organization that promotes women's rights through graffiti-art. She travels the world with her art and has been honored with numerous international awards for her work.

Meet Maxim, the young inventor of a truly jaw-dropping new technology with limitless applications that will eliminate the need for screens and monitors -- and all manner of electronic junk.

In an area better known for apocalyptic sandstorms, punishing heat, and seemingly endless war, Sudan's state-of-the-art Salam Center is accessible to millions in need of trauma surgery and first-rate healthcare thanks to the innovative efforts of Dr. Gino Strada.

Mushrooms can save the world! Synopsis Short: This is the story of how mushrooms can save the world! Renowned mycologist and mushroom pioneer, Paul Stamets, harnesses the power of infamous fungi to fight the planet's leading problems; from developing cures for cancer, to destroying toxic radioactive waste.

You're humming along, tapping your toe, maybe nodding your head, listening to your favorite song, the artist's vocals ascending higher and higher up the scale to that heart-stopping, tear inducing pitch perfect note. Flawless. Inhuman? Auto-tune is transforming music. Listening will never be the same.

Meet Peter Diamandis - the visionary man behind the X Prize Foundation which provides financial awards to spur the next generation of big thinkers and enable inventors to solve the world's biggest crises. Through this dynamic portrait we see the world through Diamandis' inspired point of view. Revolution through Competition!

Micro-blog power revolutionises the meaning of free lunch in China

A short documentary about how persistence, luck and instinct brought together a biomedical professor, a 'wild' mayor and some exceedingly rare pigs - and triggered a medical revolution.

Tech entrepreneur Rehan Allawala is on a mission to empower Pakistan's most disenfranchised before they're left behind by the Internet revolution.

Who would dare to pit one fatal disease against another... inside the body of an six-year-old patient? The results will shatter all expectations.

Biologists spent ten years trying to map the structure of the elusive Mason Pfizer Monkey Virus, a problem that could unlock the cure for AIDS.The Contenders solved it in three weeks.Using the online puzzle game Fold It, scientists are enlisting video gamers to solve real- world problems.