Science of Star Wars on Discovery Channel airing on 9th June

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Science of Star Wars on Discovery Channel airing on 9th June

Post by donleow » Thu May 26, 2005 2:22 am

Continuing its out-of-this-world theme, on Wednesday, June 9th from 9 pm to 11 pm( GMT), Discovery Channel host by starhub singapore will present THE SCIENCE OF STAR WARS, a special that reveals various types of "Star Wars-like" equipment in use today - or at least in development stages. Premiering on the Discovery Channel May 16-18 in US as a start, and hosted by none other Anthony Daniels as C-3PO and himself (with help from R2-D2), the HD version of SCIENCE OF STAR WARS will explore the real scientific underpinnings of the STAR WARS franchise.

THE SCIENCE OF STAR WARS premieres on June 9 at 8 pm (GMT) in singapore as of now, offering high definition viewers yet another look at the extraordinary world of outer space. Three hour-long episodes of THE SCIENCE OF STAR WARS will be packaged on Discovery Channel as "Discovery from a Galaxy Far, Far Away." Episode one, "Man and Machine," takes a close look at how robots are currently used to clean the house, walk the dog, and identify life in the rubble caused by an earthquake. It examines how droids will soon replace astronauts on dangerous spacewalks and act as flying R2-D2's to people living in space. And the future of artificial intelligence makes Darth Vader possible as scientists give prosthetics a mind of their own.

"Space Cowboys"is the title of THE SCIENCE OF STAR WARS episode two, which looks at high tech methods of mobility and communication. The show theorizes that in the near future hovercraft may be commonplace vehicles. Various other vehicles are still in prototype stages, but H2O cars and HyWire cars (hydrogen and by wire) are here today and equipped with technology able to "sense" traffic patterns or danger ahead. This episode poses the question of how tomorrow's hot rods might look.

The final episode of THE SCIENCE OF STAR WARS, "War, Weaponry and The Force" examines how "Star Wars" technology is changing the military. Not quite a clone army yet, but the Future Force Warrior (FFW-Army) and the Berkely Lower Extremity Exoskeleton (BLEEX) are equipping fighters with Storm Trooper-like gear. Laser Blasters being tested by the US military are a directed energy weapon that uses a laser beam to send an electric charge to the target. The Close Quarters Shock Rifle projects an ionized gas or plasma toward the target, and it can neutralize a whole group of attackers, and kill their electronic ignition getaway systems at the same time. This episode also explores the culture of China's Shaolin monks, martial arts experts whose philosophy of harmony with nature has led some to call them "real life Jedi Knights."


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Do visit back this url as i confirmed the airing time since is broadcast at saudi time zone...additionally, US and UK have already aired the show respectively on 18th and 22nd May


Also only available to singapore for the mean time, not sure other AP regions are able to view it or not and only applicable to starhub cable TV subscriber for educational channel.

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Post by hbng » Thu May 26, 2005 11:18 am

Will they be selling a DVD version? If not, can someone tape it :wink:

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Post by danchia » Thu May 26, 2005 11:51 am

Thanks for the update, Don . Great work !

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Post by donleow » Fri May 27, 2005 2:23 pm

thks to xavier correction, the show should be broadcast on 5th June instead of 9th June 2005 , here is the link provided by xavier


http://www.discoverychannelasia.com/ontv_starwars/

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