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Season 6 – How Do They Do It?

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After watching this series you may never look at ordinary objects in the same way again. A tube of toothpaste? Car tires? Tea bags? A lot of technology goes into even the simplest of consumer goods, and this program offers viewers a glimpse at just what that entails.
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How Do They Do It? — Season 6

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Dominic Frisby

Narrator

Chris Broyles

Narrator

Richard Stansfield

Producer

Martin Durkin

Executive Producer

Dan Korn

Executive Producer

Elizabeth McIntyre

Executive Producer

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Jul 2, 2009 From Waste to Power and More Turning garbage from a St. Patrick's Day parade into energy to power New York City; turning luxury cars into sports cars; Damascus Steel. Details Episode 2 Aired Jul 16, 2009 Blue Angels, Ski Dome, Fresh Fish The Blue Angels, the U.S. Navy's flight demonstration squadron; an indoor ski slope located in one of the world's hottest deserts; turning fresh fish into sushi. Details Episode 3 Aired Aug 10, 2009 Artificial Reefs; Earthquake-Proof Buildings; Cars on Rocket Fuel An old warship is turned into a playground for scuba divers; experts discuss how they keep buildings from falling over in earthquakes; rocket fuel is used to power cars. Details Episode 4 Aired Aug 13, 2009 Cowboys Hats; Deep Sea Dive; In-Flight Catering Cowboy hats; deep-sea diving; in-flight catering. Details Episode 5 Aired Aug 14, 2009 De-Icing, Glossy Magazines, Fisker Car Sports How they stop planes from icing up in cold weather; how clay is used to keep glossy magazines looking sharp; making a 200km-per-hour electric car. Details Episode 6 Aired Aug 17, 2009 Communicate with Spacecraft, Maintain Supertankers, Turn by Turn Navigation NASA communicates with distant satellites; maintaining large ships; satellite technology provides directions for vehicles. Details Episode 7 Aired Aug 18, 2009 Mega Hotels; Lasers; Desert Golf Feeding 3,600 guests at one of the world's largest hotels; the use of lasers; building a golf course in the middle of a Dubai desert. Details Episode 8 Aired Aug 19, 2009 Solid Rock; Orange Juice; Bending Glass Drilling through a mile of solid rock; producing fresh orange juice all year round; bending glass. Details Episode 9 Aired Aug 20, 2009 Jumbo Jet Garage; Nuclear Power; Pianos Servicing jumbo jets; creating nuclear power; building pianos. Details Episode 10 Aired Aug 21, 2009 G-Suits; Smart Grid; Vehicle Slowdown G-Suits stop pilots from blacking out in flight; smart grid; tracking and stopping a stolen car. Details Episode 11 Aired Aug 24, 2009 Make Assembly Line Robots, Seal Wine Bottles, Desalinatize Sea Water Designing assembly lines; sealing wine bottles; removing salt from sea water. Details Episode 12 Aired Aug 25, 2009 Airplane Parachutes; Create Solar Power; Photochromic Lenses Designing airplane parachutes; solar power; sunglasses. Details Episode 13 Aired Aug 26, 2009 Blast Through Rock, Map Earth, Provide Flowers Year-Round Blasting through rocks; mapping Earth; providing flowers year round. Details Episode 14 Aired Aug 27, 2009 Work in 600-Degree Heat; Make Champagne; Expand Ports Working in 600-degree heat; making champagne; expanding a port. Details Episode 15 Aired Aug 28, 2009 Manufacture Propellers; Intelligent Cars; Turning Metal Into Magnets Manufacturing propellers; intelligent cars; turning metal into magnets. Details Episode 16 Aired Aug 31, 2009 Large Aquarium; Making Sapphire; Bentleys How to maintain the world's biggest aquarium;, how to grow precious stones; building a Bentley. Details Episode 17 Aired Sep 1, 2009 Mine Oil; Operate Shipping Lanes; Restore Film How to avoid docking disaster when handling a thousand ships a day; creating new oil reserves from forest mud; restoring old movies. Details Episode 18 Aired Sep 2, 2009 Batteries; Building an Artificial Island; Creating Perfumes Creating expensive perfumes, the recycling solution to solve Singapore's waste and overcrowding problems; making batteries. Details Episode 19 Aired Sep 3, 2009 Manufacture Stainless Steel, Make Paper, Make Stretched Limos Dirt is used for stainless steel; luxury limousines are lengthened to make a smooth ride; koalas' favorite snack is turned into office stationary. Details Episode 20 Aired Sep 4, 2009 Make Military Helicopters, Design Metro Systems, Engineer Artificial Reefs Making military helicopters; metro systems; engineering artificial reefs. Details
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Season Info

Director
Anna Keel, Nick Patterson, Ed Venner, Nick Clarke Powell
Executive Producer
Martin Durkin, Dan Korn, Elizabeth McIntyre, Michael Sorensen
Network
Science Channel
Rating
TV-G
Genre
Documentary, Special Interest
Original Language
English
Release Date
Jul 2, 2009