A Truly Amazing 8 Part Series!
The Digital Discoverers
Join us for an amazing 8 part streaming series with the people who changed your world!
Most people think Steve Jobs or Bill Gates invented the tech in our pockets—but the real pioneers are namMost people think Steve Jobs or Bill Gates invented the tech in our pockets—but the real pioneers are names you don’t know: Vint Cerf, who created the Internet; Gladys West, who gave us GPS; Martin Cooper, the cell phone; Lon Safko, The First Computer To Save A Human Life, and more.
The Digital Discoverers is an 8-part docuseries hosted by William Shatner that finally tells their untold stories—before they’re lost forever. These innovators, many now in their 70s, 80s, and 90s, literally changed the world!
William Shatner is your host for the most amazing journey of your life!
The Internet
Vint Cerf, the Father of the Internet, shares his story about how he and his team started with just a simple idea of connecting all the U.S. military installations along with selected universities in such way that it could not be disrupted by a nuclear attack. Funded by DARPA, his inspiration became a reality and changed the world as we know it!
Virtual Reality
Dr. Thomas Furness, The Father of Virtual Reality tells all in this episode of how he and a team of Ph.D.s developed the world's first V.R. software, while painting over the cockpit canopy of an F-15 fighter jet, he had the pilot take off, run maneuvers, and land in total darkness thus inventing the virtual reality we know today!
Social Media
Biz Stone, the Inventor of Twitter, in this episode discusses his vision for SMS Text messaging on a one-to-many global scale. His vision quickly saved lives in earthquakes, forest fires, and other natural disasters and even used his technology to overthrow governments. Hear in his own words how Twitter started as a dream and became a reality.
Computer Tech
Who created "The First Computer to Save a Human Life?", voice recognition, voice synthesizing, and home automation for the physically disable? Your host, Lon Safko did! Lon's computer, 18 other inventions, and 30,000 of his documents are part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
Experience The People Who Changed Your World...
These are the people who changed your world and you don’t even know their names! In these 8 episodes The Digital Discoverers will feature more than a dozen astonishing people who changed the world as we know it. Visionaries who happened to be in the right place at some very interesting and pivotal times in history. Each playing a part in history by having their own personal moments of inspiration when it was needed the most. They change the world into a better place! They each put their own “dent” in the universe!
Share This Journey Of Discovery
Share the life experiences of Vint Cerf “Father of the Internet”, Gary Thuerk “Father Spam” who sent the world’s 1st SPAM message, Dr. Thomas Furness, Father of Virtual Reality, Dr. Sam Wise the co-developer of VR & the DataGlove, Lon Safko, inventor of “The First Computer To Save A Human Life” and others, as we discuss how it all got started and how it all ended up in the smartphone in your hip pocket! Can Vint connect inter-planetary rovers to the Internet? What is the future of email marketing and digital communication? How is AI, AR, VR, and IoT affecting your life on into the future? What is the next innovation on the horizon that will change all our lives forever? Watch and find out!
