Making Stuff

Special Interest 2011

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Invisibility cloaks. Self-healing military vehicles. Smart pills and micro-robots that zap diseases. Clothes that monitor your mood. What will the future bring, and what will it be made of? In "Making Stuff," popular New York Times technology reporter David Pogue takes viewers on a thrilling tour of the material world we live in, and the one that may lie ahead.

Special Interest 2011

EPISODE 1

Stronger

What is the strongest material in the world? Is it iron? Are Kevlar and carbon nanotubes the way of the future, or will the powerful properties discovered in natural spider silk one day replace steel?

53 min · 19 Jan 2011
EPISODE 2

Smaller

How small can we go? Could we one day have robots taking "fantastic voyages" in our bodies to kill rogue cells? The triumphs of tiny are seen all around us in the Information Age: transistors, microchips, laptops, cell phones.

53 min · 26 Jan 2011
EPISODE 3

Cleaner

Most modern materials are dangerous to the environment, but what about cleaning up our world? Batteries grown from viruses, tires made from orange peel oil, plastics made of sugar, and solar cells that cook up hydrogen-these are just a few glimpses of a new generation of clean materials that could power devices of the future.

53 min · 2 Feb 2011
EPISODE 4

Smarter

What can nature teach us about building smarter materials? Can we create materials that sense and respond?

53 min · 9 Feb 2011

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Making Stuff

SPECIAL INTEREST

Invisibility cloaks. Self-healing military vehicles. Smart pills and micro-robots that zap diseases. Clothes that monitor your mood. What will the future bring, and what will it be made of? In "Making Stuff," popular New York Times technology reporter David Pogue takes viewers on a thrilling tour of the material world we live in, and the one that may lie ahead.

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Studio: PBS
Released: 2011

Languages

Subtitles: English (United States) (SDH)