Building Stuff

Around the world, engineers are finding ingenious ways to amplify our abilities and senses--allowing us to access and shape the world way beyond our natural gifts. From helping a blind man see without the use of his eyes to building a sling so powerful it can shoot rockets into space, see why engineering just might be the closest thing to a superpower we humans have. From NOVA.

From the time our species first evolved, we've been on the move. Not content to stay in one place, we've imagined and invented and built our way from one place to the next. From deep sea subs to wind-resistant skyscrapers to next-gen space habitats, see how today's engineers are designing and building creative new ways for us to get all around--and even off--our planet. From NOVA.

Thousands of years of human innovation have allowed us to shape the environment to improve lives. The consequences of our activities are not always benign--but there are solutions. From electrifying aviation, to building robots to protect threatened coral reefs, a new generation of engineers is finding creative solutions to some of our most critical environmental challenges. From NOVA.