Hidden High Tech: Super-Technologies for the Mobility of Tomorrow | Free Documentary

Mobility. A concept that humans have pondered over for centuries if not millennia. While experts keep coming up with the same questions: How can we transport more people and freight? How do we make mobility as safe as possible? And most of all: how do we make it environmentally friendly? About 8 billion people around the world, want to enjoy mobility. About 4 billion people fly on planes each year. And about 1 billion cars drive on our roads. Cities are growing, and traffic increasing. And environmental pollution is getting out of control. New environmental movements, like “Fridays for Future” and activists like Greta Thunberg denounce the state of affairs. There is little time to act. Climate change is man-made and almost impossible to stop.

At the same time, digitalization radically changes entire industries and society as a whole. And that opens new opportunities. We meet experts who rethink mobility and make it possible. They use 3D metal printing and create coatings for components used in cars, airplanes, and space travel. Our film enters the world of “hidden high-tech” – super technologies intended to make mobility and our cities safer and cleaner. Around the world, companies work on making manufacturing more efficient and environmentally friendly. We are visiting a Swiss company called Oerlikon, which develops and makes products for the aerospace and automotive industries, e.g. with 3D printing in industrial standard - high tech which is hidden under the engine cover.