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Making Stuff Colder Preview

Host David Pogue asks if cold holds the key to technology that can improve our lives.

Aired 10/02/2013 | Rating NR

NOVA

Making Stuff Colder Preview

Preview: Season 40 Episode 20 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions

Host David Pogue asks if cold holds the key to technology that can improve our lives.

Cold is the new hot in this brave new world. For centuries we've fought it, shunned it, and huddled against it. Cold has always been the enemy of life, but now it may hold the key to a new generation of science and technology that will improve our lives. In "Making Stuff: Colder," David Pogue explores the frontiers of cold science from saving the lives of severe trauma patients to ultracold physic

Aired 10/02/2013 | Rating NR

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