Building Stuff: Boost It! Preview
Preview: Season 51 Episode 15 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Is engineering humanity’s superpower? See how we can amplify our natural abilities in amazing ways.
How are leading innovators supercharging our natural abilities? From slingshots that can throw rockets into space to the latest in artificial sight, see how engineers are amplifying the human body’s powers.
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Building Stuff: Boost It! Preview
Preview: Season 51 Episode 15 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
How are leading innovators supercharging our natural abilities? From slingshots that can throw rockets into space to the latest in artificial sight, see how engineers are amplifying the human body’s powers.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(dramatic music) - [Announcer] On "NOVA," building stuff.
- [Speaker] Accelerating system.
- [Announcer] From the way we reach space.
- A spinning arm that's throwing satellites into space.
That's totally new.
- [Announcer] To restoring lost abilities.
- Oh my gosh, this man has lost his vision and now he can see something.
- [Announcer] Amazing innovations.
- That was the first time in years that I had a sensation of vision.
- In engineering, it's like a superpower.
- [Announcer] "Boost It!"
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Creating a Robotic Double Dutch Machine
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Blending innovation and culture, engineers bring a robotic Double Dutch machine to life. (5m 8s)
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