NOVA - Season 38 Episode 12
"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.
First Air Date : 1974-03-03
Last Air date : 2024-11-27
Runtime : 57 minutes
Genre : Documentary
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- Season 38 : Episode 12010-10-19
- Season 38 : Episode 22010-10-26
- Season 38 : Episode 32010-11-02
- Season 38 : Episode 42010-11-09
- Season 38 : Episode 52010-11-16
- Season 38 : Episode 62010-11-23
- Season 38 : Episode 72010-12-28
- Season 38 : Episode 82011-01-11
- Season 38 : Episode 92011-01-19
- Season 38 : Episode 102011-01-26
- Season 38 : Episode 112011-02-02
- Season 38 : Episode 122011-02-09
- Season 38 : Episode 132011-02-09
- Season 38 : Episode 142011-02-16
- Season 38 : Episode 152011-02-23
- Season 38 : Episode 162011-03-30
- Season 38 : Episode 172011-04-20
- Season 38 : Episode 182011-02-09