Synopsis
Dara and the team of experts look to the future as they meet a robot with a sense of touch, investigate plans to mine the moon and peruse the fashions of tomorrow.
- Programme: Dara O'Briain's Science Club
- Series: 2
- Episode: 04: Future Fantastic
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2013
- Science
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