Black Mirror and the Automated Drone Insects

11/1/2018

Botanical Mystery Tour

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Black Mirror is a British sci-fi TV series that explores some nightmarish consequences of new technologies. In the season 3 episode “Hated in the Nation,” humans have curbed colony collapse disorder by developing autonomous drone insects. Are we headed to a world where robot bees are possible? Or is the idea just a ludicrous invention of Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker’s imagination? Do we still not know why bees are disappearing? And what can we do now to save them?

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Black Mirror and the Automated Drone Insects
11/1/2018
27:49
Black Mirror is a British sci-fi TV series that explores some nightmarish consequences of new technologies. In the season 3 episode “Hated in the Nation,” humans have curbed colony collapse disorder by developing autonomous drone insects. Are we headed to a world where robot bees are possible? Or is the idea just a ludicrous invention of Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker’s imagination? Do we still not know why bees are disappearing? And what can we do now to save them?

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Black Mirror and the Automated Drone Insects

Botanical Mystery Tour

More episodes from "Botanical Mystery Tour"

Harry Potter and Magical Plants

The Silence of the Lambs and Death's-Head Hawkmoths

Shakespeare in the Garden

The Star Wars Sarlacc Pit and Carnivorous Plants

Alice in Wonderland and the Mysteries of Mushrooms

The Simpsons, Dennis the Menace, and the Corpse Flower

Black Mirror and the Automated Drone Insects