Plot Synopsis

New York Times technology columnist David Pogue shows and explains the latest breakthroughs in science and engineering. But David does more than that, he focuses on the people and the personal qualities that made these developments possible, showing how talent, luck and determination all played a role in the invention process. Each episode focuses on a different qualities of these inventions: stronger, smaller, cleaner and smarter in Season 1; and faster, colder, safer and wilder in Season 2. The four episodes of Season 1 were: "Stronger," which highlights the development of the world's strongest materials -- from metals to Kevlar to imitation spider silk; "Smaller," which looks at the world of nanotechnology, showing how even the smallest materials affect the big picture; "Smarter," which focuses on cross-disciplinary innovations and the effects of biology and material science; and "Cleaner," which explores the world of clean energy and green materials.
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MAKING STUFF returned for its second season on Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at 9pm ET/PT (check local listings). The four episodes in Season 2 were: "Faster," which investigates everything from lightning-fast electric muscle cars to ultra-sleek sailboats to ultra-fast cameras and quantum teleportation; "Wilder," which documents innovations inspired by life, such as underwater wi-fi based on dolphin communication, robotic mules and cheetahs for the military, and swarms of robotic bees; "Colder," which explores the frontiers of cold science, from saving the lives of severe trauma patients and cooling a warming planet to ultracold physics; and "Safer," which shows technology that can save us protect us from earthquakes, epidemics, hackers, and terrorists.