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we've got a Need for Speed the race is
on to push humans and machines to new
levels of performance but just how fast
can we go I'm David Po and to find out
I'm taking a wild ride on one of the
fastest sailboats on the planet $100
million of Hightech knoow for what just
have to win a Sabo race that's all not
just any race but the America's up these
boats are so light and aerodynamic they
go three times the speed of the wind but
how it might seem crazy but this
sailboat doesn't have a sail instead it
has a wing this boat doesn't sail it
flies made of carbon fiber engineered
for maximum performance one example of
innovation pushing us to new limits of
speed in four new episodes of Nova's
minseries making stuff
scientists and Engineers reimagine the
world around us inventing technology to
be faster colder safer and wilder than
anything we've ever seen
unbelievable LS3 get up it's a world of
surprising
possibilities what a good toy
revolutionary robots viruses that build
batteries even Fabrics made of fish
slime feel like an outtake from
Ghostbusters how do they work we have
our magic coating on it take it that's
not the scientific term we put the stuff
of the future to the ultimate test H
I'll just have this one for myself can
we put Nature's toolbox to work we take
inspiration from how animals are
designed it looks like a fishtail okay
so it's a robot with a sensitive skin
can we engineer a super safe World
self-driving racing car so we really
think that all of the work that we're
doing will ultimately lead to safer
vehicles on the road so you're you're
I'm not doing anything right now it'll
find the shortest distance between two
points what a smart little car or turn
our ancient enemy the cold into a Force
for good come on in Dam it standard
freezer door real world thermos siphons
protecting this building from sinking
hopelessly into the Earth in our
high-speed age can we go even faster 80
mph yeah it's a bike this is the world's
fastest treadmill it's a dramatic
Improvement in a matter of minutes
there's got to be a faster way to load
an airplane there is a faster way to
load an airplane why did you ship
yourself in styrofoam what this way I
don't have to stand in the security line
at the airport the latest Innovations
will transform the way we commute
compute even cure disease small plastic
chip that has about 100 micro needles
and allow the delivery of our vaccine
we're giving our Material World a
makeover this is really not to protect
us so much as it is to protect the
fungus we're actually using the living
material as insulation Welcome to the
the future discovering the Bold new
shape of things to come and all new
making stuff coming this fall on
Nova