Future Cities
tv show

9 total episodes
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2 seasons
First Aired June 07, 2016
Genres:
Overview
A look inside one of the world’s biggest startup nations - Israel, and Shenzhen, looking at how and why the city has evolved so rapidly.
Holy Land: The Power of Fantasy
Season 2 - Episode 3 - 0h 20m
Air Date
February 28, 2017
Overview
In the third instalment of Holy Land, WIRED explores how the power of fantasy continues to shape the region's tech ecosystem. We examine Shimon Peres’s extraordinary legacy in shaping Israeli innovation, tracing the evolution of the country’s world-leading education and R&D. We visit miLAB at IDC Herzliya, a prototyping centre that focuses on physical-digital interaction, an IDF intelligence unit to learn about the military’s unique hierarchical structure and autonomous drone startup Airobotics. Finally, we travel to Jerusalem, a city ‘complicated beyond description’, where we hear from Andy Dwonch of Gaza Sky Geeks, and Hani Alami of JEST to learn about how the political landscape in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem affects innovation.