When did NOVA Season 38 Episode 12 air?
NOVA Season 38 Episode 12 aired on February 9, 2011 at 9 PM ET.
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Season 38 · Episode 12
Making Stuff: Smarter
Aired Feb 9, 2011at 9PM·55m
"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.
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