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Making Stuff Wilder

NOVA

Run Time: 55 mins

Air Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013

Average Rating: ⭐ 8 (1 votes)

PBS

Season 41 - Episode 4

Making Stuff Wilder

Average Rating: ⭐ 8 (1)

What happens when scientists open up nature's toolbox? In "Making Stuff Wilder," David Pogue explores bold new innovations inspired by the Earth's greatest inventor, life itself. From robotic "mules" and "cheetahs" for the military, to fabrics born out of fish slime, host David Pogue travels the globe to find the world’s wildest new inventions and technologies. It is a journey that sees today's microbes turned into tomorrow’s metallurgists, viruses building batteries, and ideas that change not just the stuff we make, but the way we make our stuff. As we develop our own new technologies, what can we learn from billions of years of nature’s research?

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