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Sneak Peek: Making Stuff Faster
5:06
David Pogue learns the secrets to running faster.
Steffen's Plan
1:59
Steffen's plan cut down on boarding time by over 50 percent.
David's Race
1:28
What has UPS built into its trip-route algorithm to cut fuel and reduced carbon emissions?
Traveling Salesman
1:21
Just 25 drop-off points means more than 15 trillion, trillion possible routes.
Eye Robot
1:51
Researchers guide this non-mechanical microrobot through the eye using external magnetics.
Corkscrew Robot
0:32
Researchers designed a tiny corkscrew tail for this robot.
Slow Goldfish
1:39
Seeing the goldfish in glycerin shows how water feels to a tiny robot.
Bee Toxin
1:31
The microscopic nanodevices are designed to carry the bee toxin safely through the body.
Invisibility Cloak
1:22
Researchers are bending microwaves to make an invisibility cloak device from radar.
Shape Memory Alloys
0:32
These metals "remember" their original shape and revert to it when heated.
Jellyfish
0:38
These buoys can move through the ocean for months with little more than a battery.
Bird Wings
1:56
Some day shape memory alloys could help build airplane wings that bend.
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