Beyond 2000 Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• Aero Truck/Aboistop/Fingerprint Passport

  Helicopter; battery-operated dog collar controls barking; fingerprint passport-check; emergency-service robots.

• Agenda 21
• Air-Rider Hovercraft/Bomb Bugs

  Low-level flight; disarmament.

• Armored Limo; Space Robots

  Armored limousine; remote-control robots.

• Beam Software; Fuel Cell Vehicle

  New wave of computer games; electric vehicle uses fuel cells; stain-proof garments.

• Breakthroughs

  Inventor wins and loses fortunes; U.S. Patent Office; controversial cancer treatment.

• Cad Sails; Airport Bomb Detector

  Designing a sail; protecting works of art; high-tech bomb detector; knee cartilage.

• Combo-Plane; Fossil Scanning

  A multi-role fighter plane; high-tech fossil scanning; computer converts spoken words into text.

• Commander Simulator/Low-Light Boats/Self-Repairing Aircraft

  Command simulator; infrared harbor-security system; fail-safe airplane controls.

• Crash Truck; Solar Camera; Venice

  Fire engine/rescue vehicle; solar-powered camera; Venice, Italy.

• Desktop Rocker - Todd Rundgren
• Digital X-Ray; Tanita Scales

  New innovations in medicine; radiology technology; analyzing body fat.

• Dolphin Warning; Space Robot

  Communicating with dolphins; robots; possible cure for arthritis; staying awake behind the wheel.

• Earthquake Prediction; CPR Plus

  Robotic fish; satellites are designed to detect/predict earthquakes; hand-held cardiopulmonary resuscitation aid.

• Electric Wheel; Bullet Boat

  Electric car; water sports; cord blood; house can withstand earthquakes and floods.

• F-117 Flight Sims; Hubble Update; Security

  Flight simulators; the Hubble telescope; encoder rings.

• Flywheel Battery; Photocopy Art

  Flywheel batteries; photocopy art; the workings of a human nerve cell; the Abbey at Cluny; 3-D objects.

• Free Wing/Aerogel/Microtheatre/Skin Cancer Detector

  Safe flying; aerogel; optical illusions; detecting skin cancer.

• Hovercraft Simulator; Radio Tracker

  Hovercraft simulator; digital video service; Young Inventor's Network.

• Hyperinstruments
• Motorcycle Airbag
• Near-Death Experience; Pulse Radar

  Causes of near-death experiences; pulse-detector circuit; LCD screen helps astronauts; hand-held computer.

• Orbital Ethos/High Entertainment/Video Goggles/Organically-Trapped Glass

  Italian sports car; in-flight entertainment; NASA goggles; glass.

• Our Mouldy Past/Moscow Maglev/ECLSS

  Food from recycled waste; Russian magnetically elevated train; mass transit.

• Poetic Vision
• Remote-Control Sharks/Virtual Skiing

  Scaring sharks from swimming areas; skiing without risk.

• Renault Zoom/Volcanic-Ash Detector/Safety Hatch

  City car; volcanic-ash detector; polo ponies; boat-safety hatches; robots.

• Rocket Science; Paperless Society

  Computer games; optical telescope; treeless paper; laser treatment may cure ringing in the ears.

• Simulated Air Combat; Telescope

  Aerial dog-fight simulator; telescope; advertising agency; a leech farm.

• Ski Test Pilots
• Smokescreen/Camera on a Chip

  Airplane smoke screen; microchip camera.

• Spring Walker/Deep-Water Drilling/Smart Drugs

  Walking at 15 mph; deep-drilling production rig; studies blast drugs.

• Stealth Boat; Idea Olympics

  A stealth boat; annual invention contest; eye scan; bug-resistant grape vines.

• Stealth Guitar; Skywash; Smog Robot

  Electric guitars; robot cleans jets; measuring pollution emissions.

• Sub Simulator; Body Bits

  Submarine training; Medical Plastics Laboratory; crime-solving computer; undergarments that dissolve in hot water.

• Technocrime

  Police use sophisticated electronics.

• Toxic Waste; Silicon Studio

  Toxic-waste disposal; building can withstand explosions; digital special effects; cathedral; videophones.

• Vector Car/Phone for a Fire/ PFA Diet Computer

  Driving comfort; fire alert; diet computer.

• Water Roller-Coaster; Lasers; Boss Boat

  High-tech entertainment; Master Blaster; Laservision; Miami Boat Show; Transcard.

• Zero-Gravity Harness/Nobbler Nobbler/Cars Are Animals

  Keeping in shape in space; forensics; Israeli auto etiquette.