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World Wise Web: Part two

Teenagers meet pioneering inventors whose creations shaped our world, including Marty Cooper, the creator of the first mobile phone.

Teenagers meet pioneering inventors whose creations shaped our world, including Marty Cooper, the creator of the first mobile phone; Pixar's Danielle Feinberg, who has worked on films including Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo and The Incredibles; Professor Maja Mataric, whose robots help people including stroke survivors and autistic children; Ben Gomes, head of Search at Google; orthopaedic surgeon Professor Munjed Al Muderis, developer of innovative implants for amputees; and Dr Anita Sengupta, whose team developed the parachute which helped land Nasa's Curiosity Rover on Mars.

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50 minutes

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Wed 23 Sep 2020 23:06GMT

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  • Sun 20 Sep 2020 02:06GMT
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  • Wed 23 Sep 2020 09:06GMT
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