Name: Shapeshifting Transformer
Released: 2010-11-10

Sci Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible

S2 · E12 — Shapeshifting Transformer

S2:E12 · Shapeshifting Transformer

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12 episodes in this season

Earth 2.0

Galactic Colonization

Deep Impact

A New Solar System

Alien Invasion

First Contact

Destroy the Death Star

Black Hole Odyssey

Cyborg Army

A.I. Uprising

Holodeck

Shapeshifting Transformer

Sci Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible

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Shapeshifting Transformer

Season 2 · Episode 12 · Nov 10, 2010

According to Hollywood, evil robots are all around us, disguised as cars and trucks. But what the movies don't explain is what kind of mechanical power allows a Camero to stand up and move around like a human. Dr. Michio Kaku is on a quest to build a real life shapeshifting Transformer. On the way, he takes a ride in the amazing hydraulic cars of New York's 'Lunatic Low Riders' and explains the awesome power of a hydraulic smashing crane. At Pittsburgh Zoo, he gets an audience with Nature's greatest transformer — a color changing, shapeshifting, fifty pound hunk of muscle that can squeeze itself through a hole the size of a quarter. Over at Carnegie Mellon, researchers are more impressed with the abilities of the snake. Their robotic serpent can adapt itself to any terrain as it searches for the survivors of disasters. Its modular design impresses Michio as he puts the finishing touches to his very own version of Optimus Prime.

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Sci Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible

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200930m6.9

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Shapeshifting Transformer

Season 2 · Episode 12 · Nov 10, 2010

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