Overview

Featuring mind-boggling ideas that could shape our future, join Top Gear's James May on a hugely fascinating and action-packed journey as he attempts to turn some of the world's most extraordinary ideas into reality... well, sort of! Episode 1: Come Fly With Me Upon the realisation that we are all still reliant on ideas developed in the 19th and early 20th century, James is on a mission to find a better, bolder way of getting from A to B. Along the way he travels to Russia, to take the controls of a once top secret mode of transport. He heads to the US, where he gets to fly an original and last surviving flying car, and ponders the air traffic nightmare that would ensue if they 'took off'. Episode 2: Man vs Machine James confronts the impending convergence between man and machine, and explores the world of cyborgs, robots and artificial intelligence. In Japan James meets a man who has made an android double of himself. He gets to play baseball with a robot and attempts to move using only the power of his mind. Episode 3: Power to the People Wondering why, in the shiny bright 21st century, virtually everything is powered by burning dead plants and animals, James looks for brighter, more powerful and technologically forward- thinking sources of energy. He travels to New Mexico to see how he might run his car on thin air, and on to The Netherlands where scientists are looking to harness a Japanese discovery 20km above the earth!