Preview: Season 51 Episode 15 | 30s | Video has closed captioning.
How are leading innovators supercharging our natural abilities? From slingshots that can throw rockets into space to the latest in artificial sight, see how engineers are amplifying the human body’s powers.
Airing: 11/13/24
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(dramatic music) - [Announcer] On "NOVA," building stuff.
- [Speaker] Accelerating system.
- [Announcer] From the way we reach space.
- A spinning arm that's throwing satellites into space.
That's totally new.
- [Announcer] To restoring lost abilities.
- Oh my gosh, this man has lost his vision and now he can see something.
- [Announcer] Amazing innovations.
- That was the first time in years that I had a sensation of vision.
- In engineering, it's like a superpower.
- [Announcer] "Boost It!"
On NOVA.
(exciting music)
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