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here in Grand Bahama it's just another
day at the office and this is serious
business do you have a history of
bleeding I do have a history between
every time I get cut without fail I'm
the only one on this crew who's not
getting a suit of chainmail we are here
on a quest to unlock the secrets of
shark skin that's right sharks are
covered with tiny scales that somehow
repel microbes they're the inspiration
for a technology that could be coming
soon to a hospital near you this surface
mimics the texture of sharkskin in a lab
the advantages are clear it keeps deadly
bacteria at bay bacterial can't colonize
and proliferate the physical
modification of the surface is not
allowing them to do that just one way
that nature is inspiring the far-out
field called material science these
visionaries are dreaming big and
devising ingenious ways to make
materials stronger smaller smarter and
cleaner this is a carbon nanotube I
thought they're gonna be a lot smaller
Oh man's like a nuclear tanning bed in a
four-part Nova series we set out across
the globe to find the ultimate stuff of
the future hang on it's gonna be a wild
ride the real demolition derby are you
up for this I'm up for this now we'll
see what steel can really do we're the
Starsky and Hutch of science nerds
connives rock music please
would you mind not smashing up the PBS
logo imagine an airplane with wings that
warmth in flight bacteria that make
gasoline out of thin air tiny robots
that target tumors it's not a page out
of sci-fi it's real stuff this gives the
ability to control the motion deep
inside a person's body this is an
artificial muscle artificial muscle
easier lab is event will examine
materials under development today that
could open the door to the next great
revolution will they be man-made or
found in nature we find answers in some
surprising places so here's where we
keep our spiders Wow tonight try it
there's certainly welcome think we
normally use the electric just because
it's a whole lot faster but you never
see me milk oh good we'll look at
so-called smart materials that can sense
and react okay it feels climbing Steph
event the technical word and what are
the limits of these designer materials
we put the stuff of the future to the
test you underestimate these this is a
self-healing self-sealing coating
these are bottles where's the bullet in
the tank one thing is certain these
groundbreaking new materials will
transform the world we live in there are
estimates that we could increase the
effective generating capacity of this
country by 50% without building one
power plant just by adding batteries by
adding batteries the remarkable new
shape of things to come it's about one
one-hundredth of a human hair it's
stronger than steel oh my gosh it's
amazing making stuff coming soon on Nova