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Mission 1: Is it time to stop buying and start repairing our tech?

INCOMING TRANSMISSION Agents - our intel team have discovered that in 2021 every person on Earth produced an average of 7.6 kg of e-waste (that’s 57 MILLION tons across the globe!) To see how responsible engineering can help fix our way to the future, we’ve sent Agent Clark to in ... Show more

. 37min 58sec

Mission 3: Decoding the internet of skills

INCOMING TRANSMISSION Agents - the bods in ‘D’ Branch believe the recent advances in networks, robotics, VR and haptics mean we could transcend our physical boundaries…so is it time we stopped talking about the internet of things and started talking about the internet of skills? ... Show more

. 37min 30sec

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