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Making Stuff - Season 1

Series: Nova
4.5
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Episodes
4
Rating
TVPG
Year
2011
Language
English
Publisher
PBS

About

Step behind the headlines as Making Stuff dramatizes the human stories woven into the current wave of hi-tech breakthroughs. Hosted by the New York Times lively technology correspondent David Pogue, each hour in this four-part series explores the talent, luck, and determination that can turn a wild idea into a cutting-edge material or high-tech breakthrough.

Related Subjects

  • Science

Episodes

1. 01-Making Stuff: Stronger

1h

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Hosted by The New York Times technology columnist David Pogue, this groundbreaking series will focus on the personal qualities that underlie the process of invention — the visionary talent, sheer luck and dogged determination that turn a wild idea into a cutting-edge material.

2. 02-Making Stuff: Cleaner

1h

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From carbon nanotubes to artificial skin, our world is poised at the frontier of a revolution in materials science as far-reaching as the biotech breakthroughs of the last two decades. This four-part series explores how materials changed history and are shaping the future, ranging from cost-effective fuel cells and solar panels to quantum computers and ultra-light automobiles. The New York Times' technology correspondent and best-selling author David Pogue brings his trademark goofball humor and techie zeal to this fast-paced exploration of the future of "stuff." In each one-hour program-Stronger, Smaller, Smarter, and Cleaner-we explore the talent, luck, and determination that can turn a wild idea into a cutting-edge material or high-tech breakthrough.

3. 03-Making Stuff: Smarter

1h

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From carbon nanotubes to artificial skin, our world is poised at the frontier of a revolution in materials science as far-reaching as the biotech breakthroughs of the last two decades. This four-part series explores how materials changed history and are shaping the future, ranging from cost-effective fuel cells and solar panels to quantum computers and ultra-light automobiles. The New York Times' technology correspondent and best-selling author David Pogue brings his trademark goofball humor and techie zeal to this fast-paced exploration of the future of "stuff." In each one-hour program-Stronger, Smaller, Smarter, and Cleaner-we explore the talent, luck, and determination that can turn a wild idea into a cutting-edge material or high-tech breakthrough.

4. 04-Making Stuff: Smaller

1h

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From carbon nanotubes to artificial skin, our world is poised at the frontier of a revolution in materials science as far-reaching as the biotech breakthroughs of the last two decades. This four-part series explores how materials changed history and are shaping the future, ranging from cost-effective fuel cells and solar panels to quantum computers and ultra-light automobiles. The New York Times' technology correspondent and best-selling author David Pogue brings his trademark goofball humor and techie zeal to this fast-paced exploration of the future of "stuff." In each one-hour program-Stronger, Smaller, Smarter, and Cleaner-we explore the talent, luck, and determination that can turn a wild idea into a cutting-edge material or high-tech breakthrough.

Extended Details

  • SeriesNova
  • Closed CaptionsEnglish

Artists

Chris SchmidtProducer