Fixed: The Science/Fiction of Human Enhancement (2013)
Жанр : фантастика, документальный, драма, история
Время выполнения : 1Ч 1М
Директор : Regan Brashear
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"Fixed: The Science/Fiction of Human Enhancement" questions commonly held beliefs about disability and normalcy by exploring technologies that promise to change our bodies and mind forever. Told primarily through the perspectives of five people with disabilities, a scientist, journalist, community organizer, bionics engineer and exoskeleton test pilot, FIXED takes a close look at the implications of emerging human enhancement technologies for the future of humanity.
The Mayan Calendar is ending on December 21st 2012. What will happen to us between now and then? Are there other prophecies that also predict the closing of this world age and the start of a new beginning? Join author Sharron Rose on an adventure into the future. In this exciting and thought provoking feature documentary she travels across the entire United States speaking to the many experts on this fast approaching prophecy. They help her to reveal the secrets that will unfold before our eyes and will shape our future.
В Шарлотте, штат Северная Каролина, история открывается всем, кто отчаянно пытается решить самый последний кризис: серийный убийца специализируется на загородных бизнесменах. Молот и Запад делают расследование убийства своим главным приоритетом. Но Запад менее чем доволен, когда Хаммер соединяет ее с Бразилией, детенышем репортером, назначенным для покрытия полицейского участка.
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