Washington Yotto Ochieng on the navigation tech that keeps our world moving
Jim Al-Khalili finds out about the satellites systems and additional navigation technologies that not only get us from A to B, but underpin the world's critical infrastructure.
As a child growing up on the shores of Lake Victoria in western Kenya, Washington Yotto Ochieng once watched a plane cross the night sky and told his mother he wished he could travel on it. But he remembers her encouraging him to dream bigger...
Today, Washington is a Professor of Engineering at Imperial College London, and President of the Royal Institute of Navigation. Over a career bridging industry and academia, he has helped shape the movement of urban transport; how satellites guide us and locate us; and how governments manage the technologies underpinning so much of modern life.
Professor Jim Al-Khalili speaks to Washington about his inspirational upbringing, how reliant we've become on technologies such as GPS, and his work encouraging the next generation of engineers in both the UK and Africa.
Presented by Jim Al-Khalili
Produced by Lucy Taylor
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