What's the Next Big Thing? Preview
Preview: Season 5 Episode 6 | 30s
Airs February 23, 2011 on PBS
Greet the future: social robots, a "smart" electric grid, microbes that make diesel fuel, and more. Airs February 23, 2011 on PBS
Funding for NOVA ScienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
What's the Next Big Thing? Preview
Preview: Season 5 Episode 6 | 30s
Greet the future: social robots, a "smart" electric grid, microbes that make diesel fuel, and more. Airs February 23, 2011 on PBS
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