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Smart Grid

Our electric grid is inefficient and shows signs of strain. Can a "smart grid" help?

Aired 02/23/2011 | Rating NR

NOVA scienceNOW

Smart Grid

Clip: Season 5 Episode 6 | 8m 53s

Our electric grid is inefficient and shows signs of strain. Can a "smart grid" help?

Our electric grid is inefficient and shows signs of strain. Can a "smart grid" help?

Aired 02/23/2011 | Rating NR

Funding for NOVA ScienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Detecting Earthquakes

Can we predict earthquakes? NOVA scienceNOW visits Haiti in search of answers. (10m 39s)

Profile: Jay Keasling

A synthetic biologist raised on a Nebraska farm is on a quest for clean-burning biofuels. (11m 45s)

Robotic Cars

Tiny, battery-powered cars called EN-Vs can talk to each other and drive themselves. (6m 34s)

Social Robots

Would you want a robotic friend who could chitchat, do chores, even take care of you? (11m 37s)

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Airs February 23, 2011 on PBS (30s)

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Funding for NOVA ScienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

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