Making stuff / a Nova production by Powerhouse Productions for WGBH.

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Video/Projected medium
Language
English
Published/​Created
[United States] : PBS Distribution, [2011]
Description
2 videodiscs (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

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    Step behind the headlines as Making Stuff dramatizes the human stories woven into the current wave of hi-tech breakthroughs. Hosted by the New York Times' lively technology correspondent David Pogue, each hour in this four-part series explores the talent, luck, and determination that can turn a wild idea into a cutting-edge material or high-tech breakthrough.
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    Creation/​Production credits
    • Making stuff stronger; Making stuff smaller: Written, produced, and directed by Chris Schmidt.
    • Making stuff cleaner: Written by Gary Glassman ; directed by David Huntley.
    • Making stuff smarter: Written, produced, and directed by Daniel McCabe.
    • Executive producers for Powderhouse Productions, Joel Olicker and Tug Yourgrau ; executive producer for Nova, Howard Swartz ; managing director, Alan Ritsko ; senior executive producer, Paula S. Apsell.
    Time and place of event
    Originally broadcast on PBS in 2011.
    System details
    DVD, widescreen; stereo; region 1, NTSC.
    Participant(s)/​Performer(s)
    Host, David Pogue.
    Language note
    Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
    Contents
    • Smaller and stronger / written, produced, and directed by Chris Schmidt
    • Cleaner / written by Gary Glassman ; directed by David Huntley
    • Smarter / written, produced, and directed by Daniel McCabe.
    Other title(s)
    Nova (Television program)
    ISBN
    • 9781608834129
    • 1608834123
    Publisher no.
    NOVA6219
    OCLC
    691379946
    Universal Product Code
    • 841887014151
    Gtin-14
    • 00841887014151
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