Description |
2 videodiscs (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD, widescreen; stereo; region 1, NTSC. |
Note |
Title from container. |
Performer |
Host, David Pogue. |
Credits |
Making stuff stronger; Making stuff smaller: Written, produced, and directed by Chris Schmidt. |
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Making stuff cleaner: Written by Gary Glassman ; directed by David Huntley. |
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Making stuff smarter: Written, produced, and directed by Daniel McCabe. |
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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. |
Event |
Originally broadcast on PBS as episodes of NOVA in 2011. |
Audience |
Not rated. |
Summary |
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. |
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. |
Language |
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing and optional English video description. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Technological innovations.
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Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Science television programs.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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Television programs -- United States.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
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Added Author |
Pogue, David, 1963- on-screen presenter.
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Schmidt, Chris, screenwriter, producer, director.
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Glassman, Gary, screenwriter.
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Huntley, David Moore, 1961- director.
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McCabe, Daniel, screenwriter, producer, director.
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Olicker, Joel.
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Yourgrau, Tug.
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Swartz, Howard B.
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Ritsko, Alan J.
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Apsell, Paula S.
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PBS Distribution (Firm)
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Powerhouse Productions.
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WGBH (Firm)
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Added Title |
Making stuff (Television program)
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Nova (Television program)
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ISBN |
9781608834129 |
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1608834123 |
Standard No. |
841887014151 |
Music No. |
NOVA6219 PBS Distribution |
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