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The Secret Genius of Modern Life

Series 1

Fitness Tracker

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

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With around a third of the population now owning fitness trackers, Britain has become a nation obsessed with tracking its every move.

Hannah Fry finds out how 1970s car crashes helped us to count our steps, why high-altitude WWII dogfights led to a crucial health monitor and how fitness trackers are even being used to catch killers. Show less

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