Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World

Take to the sky with the dreamers whose work gave humans the ability to fly. From Leonardo da Vincis "flying machines" to the modern commercial plane, without these inventions, we may have never left the ground.

Go for a ride through the 9,000-year history of the car, from its roots in dogsleds to Henry Fords affordable and assembly line-built Model T, and meet the scientists working on the next generation of self-driving automobiles.

Dial in to the fascinating history of the smartphone, from its roots in Morse Code to 2007, when Apple unveiled the first-ever iPhone. Plus, see how the next generation of smartphones will allow us to communicate through them just by thinking.