NOVA
Season 38 Episode 12 - Making Stuff: Smarter
7.0 ?
1974
Documentary
"Making Stuff: Smarter" looks at materials that respond to their environments and even learn, such as an airplane wing that changes shape as it flies. Scientists are turning to nature in developing such "smart" stuff. Sharkskin, for instance, has inspired a substance that, when sprayed in hospitals, could eliminate antibiotic-resistant bacteria. David Pogue visits a scientist who has even created a material that can render objects invisible. "Smarter" concludes with a vision of the ultimate in "life-like" stuff: programmable matter that could create a duplicate of a human being.
Episodes in Season 38
1
Building the Great Cathedrals
55 min
2
Emergency Mine Rescue
55 min
3
Trapped in an Elevator
55 min
4
Dogs Decoded
55 min
5
Secrets of Stonehenge
55 min
6
Quest for Solomon's Mines
55 min
7
Secrets Beneath the Ice
55 min
8
Deadliest Earthquakes
55 min
9
Making Stuff: Stronger
55 min
10
Making Stuff: Smaller
55 min
11
Making Stuff: Cleaner
55 min
12
Making Stuff: Smarter
55 min
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Smartest Machine on Earth
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Power Surge
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18
How Smart Are Animals?
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