Episode 1
Aired Jan 7, 2008
Milk
Around the world, people consume billions of gallons of milk every day; a cow-milking parlor; pasteurization; a three-story milk evaporator; milking a yak; the world's largest butter churn; yogurt.
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Episode 2
Aired Jan 14, 2008
Carbon
All life-forms and modern technology are built on a foundation of carbon; the steel industry; coal-fired power plants; graphite pencils; a charcoal water filter; diamonds.
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Episode 3
Aired Mar 6, 2008
World's Strongest III
Mechanical feats of strength by the world's most-powerful elevators, a monster mine machine, the world's strongest mountain bike, a space vehicle transporter and an unbeatable blender.
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Episode 3
Aired Feb 7, 2008
'90s Tech
Technologies of the 1990s: the information superhighway; DVDs; TiVo; GPS; Google; Amazon distribution center; virtual pets; George Foreman's grill.
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Episode 4
Aired Mar 10, 2008
Strange Weapons
Strange weapons of the past and present include Japanese ninja claws, microwavelike rays, lasers, robots, the "pukelight," and a superslippery substance.
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Episode 4
Aired Feb 28, 2008
Superhighways
How superhighways move millions of people every year; 20-lane project in Houston; China's 28,000-mile National Trunk Highway System; High-Five interchange in Dallas; the anatomy of a traffic jam.
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Episode 5
Aired Mar 16, 2008
Alaskan Fishing
A large factory-fishing boat hunts down, catches and processes 300 tons of Alaskan pollock each day in the Bering Sea; the crew reveals the inner workings of one of the most sophisticated and complex vessels afloat.
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Episode 6
Aired Mar 17, 2008
Whiskey
Tours of some of the world's finest whiskey distilleries demonstrate how different countries put their unique stamps on an ancient drink called the "water of life"; Jack Daniels; Jim Beam; Canadian Club; Jameson's; Glenlivet.
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Episode 6
Aired Feb 11, 2007
More Ice
Ice traps a treasure of energy on the ocean floor and confounds scientists still trying to solve why it's so slippery.
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Episode 7
Aired Mar 24, 2008
Bread
Different cultures' history, production and consumption of bread reveal its variety of forms, ranging from baguettes to pita, corn bread, and flour tortillas.
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Episode 8
Aired Apr 4, 2008
Gadgets 3
Explore the hottest trends in gadgets, how they've evolved and where they're going; discover which gadget inventors may hold tomorrow's hottest new trends and learn why some gadgets succeed while others crash and burn.
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Episode 9
Aired Apr 7, 2008
Locomotives
Zip through the french countryside at nearly 300 MPH on the TGV, the fastest locomotive in the world; ride on the little engines that could as they guide giant ships through the Panama Canal; watch two locomotives crash head-on.
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Episode 10
Aired May 14, 2008
Mad Electricity
Each flip of an electric-light switch attests to the genius of Nikola Tesla, creator of the alternating current (AC) system; the Tesla coil; energy-efficient bulbs.
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Episode 11
Aired May 30, 2008
Axes
The history and technology behind the ax as a weapon and tool; lumberjack competition; battle-axes; Indian tomahawks; factory; collector.
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Episode 12
Aired Apr 30, 2008
Rats
Rats are some of the most dangerous, destructive and useful animals on the planet; an exterminator comes face to face with the rodents; hundreds of thousands of rats are bred and raised in a a high-tech facility.
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Episode 12
Aired Jun 6, 2008
Most Dangerous
The most dangerous snakes, sports, weather events; America's most dangerous volcano; tornado hazards; base jumping.
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Episode 13
Aired Jun 9, 2008
Super Hot
Pyroman the life-size mannequin is exposed to more than 1,000 degrees F; steel workers suit up to beat refinery heat; coffee makers and hair dryers malfunction at Underwriters Laboratories; a friction lab tests aircraft and race-car brakes.
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Episode 14
Aired Jun 20, 2008
Corpse Tech
The human body is host to a multitude of hidden secrets even after death; coroner; funeral home director; forensic anthropologist; engineers.
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Episode 15
Aired Jun 23, 2008
Ice Cream
The history of ice cream ranging from the gelato of Italy and a 19th-century French process to today's frozen desserts; visiting Dreyer's, TCBY and Joy Cone Co. factories; Ben & Jerry's flavor innovations.
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Episode 16
Aired Jun 30, 2008
Bathroom Tech II
Bathroom technology; Kohler makes a digitally controlled shower complete with steam, music and LED chromatherapy; manufacturing sinks; "uncloggable" toilet; the engineering behind low-flow showers and toilets.
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Episode 17
Aired Jul 10, 2008
Crashes
World-shaking crashes; efforts to make auto racing safer; the latest in motorcycle crash survival equipment; a sky diver survives falling 11,000 feet without a parachute; NASA's asteroid-tracking team; colliding subatomic particles.
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Episode 18
Aired Jul 17, 2008
Underwear
Brief history of undergarments; the evolution from itchy woolen union suits to comfortable briefs and boxers; socks with special threads to prevent odor; fire retardant underwear; the bra industry.
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Episode 19
Aired Jul 24, 2008
Coin Operated
Americans insert more than 3.5 million coins into vending machines every 15 minutes; how vending machines work; visiting a factory that produces high-tech vending machines; giant gumball machine.
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Episode 20
Aired Jul 31, 2008
Secrets of Oil
Rubber, plastic, nylon, aerosols, resins, solvents, and lubricants, none can exist without oil; the secrets of oil and the many products it has spawned; oil refinery in California; chemical weapons suits; making asphalt; blending jet fuel; Vaseline.
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Episode 21
Aired Aug 14, 2008
Iron
How iron mined in Minnesota is made into steel; iron weapons revolutionize warfare; military metallurgists customize weapons and demonstrate their firepower; iron magnets.
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Episode 22
Aired Aug 21, 2008
Wheat
How wheat feeds the world; wheat becomes everything from bread to beer; a custom harvester follows ripening wheat fields from Texas to North Dakota; exporting wheat; grinding grain into flour; Widmer Brothers Brewery; Wheatware.
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Episode 23
Aired Aug 28, 2008
Dangerous Roads
Traveling some of the world's most dangerous roads, including Bolivia's "Death Road," California's fog-shrouded Highway 99, the road to Baghdad's airport and Colorado's Million Dollar Highway; highway safety; off-road drivers.
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Episode 24
Aired Sep 18, 2008
Mold & Fungus
Learning about various fungal organisms that live in the human body, grow from the ground, float in the air, and help create some foods and beverages; professional remediators battle millions of green invaders in a moldy home.
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Episode 25
Aired Oct 9, 2008
Lead
Mankind makes use of lead, a versatile but toxic metal, for 6,000 years; mining; car battery factory; specialists remove harmful lead objects from homes and businesses; lead makes crystal sparkle.
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Episode 26
Aired Oct 13, 2008
Corrosion & Decomposition
America's aging infrastructure is in danger of collapse due to corrosion, according to engineers; technology for battling corrosion; harnessing the destructive power of decomposition.
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Episode 27
Aired Oct 20, 2008
Bulls-Eye
Examining how frequently experts in various disciplines can hit their targets, including archers, sharpshooters and even a billiards player; the ancient world's ballista and trebuchet weapons; knife thrower; Cirque du Soleil's daring artists.
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Episode 28
Aired Oct 27, 2008
Halloween Tech
The celebration of Halloween has become a $6 billion economic powerhouse; the annual Halloween Haunt at Knott's Berry Farm; the production of monster makeup, masks and costumes; carving pumpkins; making fake blood; haunted house.
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Episode 29
Aired Nov 19, 2008
The Horse
A celebration of the horse, the animal that helped mankind change the world; the thoroughbred racing industry in Kentucky; how a Minnesota logging company uses real horsepower; a Colorado program pairs horses and prison inmates.
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Episode 30
Aired Nov 24, 2008
The Turkey
The turkey is the centerpiece of Thanksgiving dinners and one of the dumbest birds in the animal kingdom, but it has managed to survive since the dinosaurs; Butterball factory; turkey hunting; dining on turkey testicles and eggs.
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Episode 31
Aired Dec 1, 2008
Salt
Salt is a versatile substance with 14,000 known uses; visiting a salt mine under Lake Erie; an evaporation facility harvests ocean salt near San Francisco; a Florida restaurant offers 40 varieties of salt.
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Episode 31
Aired Aug 29, 2007
Nature Tech: Volcanoes
Scientists test volcanoes for signs of impending activity; seemingly tranquil mountain peaks can erupt without warning.
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Episode 32
Aired Dec 8, 2008
Car Wash
Americans visit car washes two million times per day at an annual cost of $25 billion; how car washes are built to clean, ranging from tunnel systems to in-bay automatics; visiting the biggest car wash facility in the United States.
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Episode 33
Aired Dec 19, 2008
Retro Tech
The evolution of technology; how things now considered obsolete worked such as the typewriter, VCR, analog TV, vinyl record, film camera and brick-sized mobile phone, as well as products that superseded them.
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Episode 34
Aired Dec 22, 2008
Super Human
Whether humans have the ability to possess superpowers; a man can strap on an exoskeleton and lift hundreds of pounds with little effort; Mr. Cyborg can control machines with his thoughts; flying like Superman.
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Episode 35
Aired Dec 23, 2008
Measure It
How distance, time, speed, weight and temperature are measured; weighing a whale; how a speedometer works; the National Institute of Standards and Technology; measuring tapes made by Stanley Tools.
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Episode 36
Aired Dec 26, 2008
Night
Some activities occur only when the world is dark; fishermen use lights to lure squid to their nets; finding night crawlers in Toronto; military night-vision gear; police helicopter's Spectrolab spotlight; baseball stadium.
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Episode 40
Aired Jul 8, 2009
Batman Tech
Batman dazzles readers with an amazing array of gadgets since his DC Comics debut in 1939; going inside the Batcave, experts compare the Dark Knight's gadgets to actual technology.
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Episode 41
Aired Jul 22, 2009
Star Wars Tech
The six "Star Wars" films exhibit technological advances.
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