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in this bbc series presenter james may takes a tour of the twentieth century looking at some of the most surprising and influential technological advances of the past hundred years.at the beginning of the twentieth century, long-distance travel was only for the military and the very rich. but the invention of commercial aeroplanes and cars changed all that. travel became easier and more affordable, and the wor, as a result, became a little bit smaller. In the programme honey, I shrunk the world james soon discovers that driving a car in those days wasn't as easy as it is today. but shrinking the world wasn't just about travel. for the first time in the history, we could bring the world to us via the cinema, then the television, and later the computer.each day, 180000 people move into a city somewhere on the planet. In big city,brigth light, james sets out to discover how we've created this high-rise, 24/7 experiment in urban living. He heads for new york - to the top floors of the woolworth building, once the tallest building in the world. He looks at nhow, in the las hundred years, our cities have become a lot taller, and how we use electricity to power them.in the twentieth centtury the teenager was inventeed. but how? james may finds out.firts, he looks at fashion. yhe twenthieth century introduced fantastic new fabric in fantastic new colours, made possible by the invention of materials like nylon, which were much cheaper and more colourfoul than materials we used before. then, he looks at transport. As a teenager, james always dreamed of having his own motorbike. the motorbike gave teenagers more freedom by allowing them to travel further away from home, and their parents. finally, he looks at the electric guitar-one of the most importan symbols of teenage rock music even today. he talks to francis rossi, from the band status quo, who explains that 'volume is like speed-you buy a fast car because you want to be faster, you buy a big amplifier because you want tobe louder.in oher programmes, jmes looks at how advances in medicine have made many people's lives better, and what we have learndend from space travel.

en esta serie de la BBC James presentador puede toma un recorrido por el siglo XX mirar algunos de los ms sorprendentes e influyentes avances tecnolgicos de los ltimos cien aos.

a principios del siglo XX, los viajes de larga distancia era slo para los militares y los muy ricos. pero la invencin de los aviones comerciales y coches cambi todo eso. viaje se hizo ms fcil y ms asequible, y el wor, como resultado, se convirti en un poco ms pequeo. En el programa de la miel, he encogido a los james mundo pronto descubre que la conduccin de un coche en esos das no era tan fcil como lo es hoy. pero encoge el mundo no estaba a punto de viajar. por primera vez en la historia, podramos traer el mundo a nosotros a travs del cine, la televisin, y ms tarde el equipo.

cada da, 180.000 personas se mudan a una ciudad en algn lugar del planeta. En la gran ciudad, la luz brigth, james se propone descubrir cmo hemos creado esta gran altura, 24/7 experimento en la vida urbana. l se dirige a nueva york - a los pisos superiores del edificio Woolworth, una vez que el edificio ms alto del mundo. l mira a nhow, en las las cien aos nuestras ciudades se han convertido en mucho ms alto, y cmo usamos la electricidad para poder ellos.

in th XX centtury fue inventeed el adolescente. pero cmo? James May se entera. coquetea, l mira a la moda. yhe twenthieth siglo introdujo tejido nuevo y fantstico en fantsticos colores nuevos, posible gracias a la invencin de materiales como el nylon, que eran mucho ms barato y ms colourfoul que los materiales que usamos antes. entonces, l la mira de transporte. Cuando era adolescente, james Siempre so con tener su propia moto.

la moto dio adolescentes ms libertad que les permite viajar ms lejos de casa, y sus padres. por ltimo, se ve en la guitarra-uno elctrico de los smbolos MAS IMPORTANTES de la msica rock adolescente an hoy en da. l habla con Francis Rossi, desde el status quo de la banda, quien explica que "el volumen es como la velocidad-de comprar un coche rpido porque usted quiere ser ms rpido, usted compra un amplificador grande porque quieres Tobe ms fuerte.

en los programas de oher, JMes mira cmo los avances en la medicina han hecho la vida de muchas personas mejor, y lo que han learndend de los viajes espaciales.