Modern Marvels - Season 15

Modern Marvels - Season 15

Season 15

DatesJan 7, 2008 - Jan 29, 2010
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Episodes

Milk
Season 15Episode 160 min

Milk

Got milk? Billions of pounds of milk are consumed worldwide on a daily basis. Milk is the basis for its own food group, and has been around since the dawn of mammals. Visit a farm with a milking parlor that looks more like a cow merry-go-round. Learn what pasteurization is really all about, and even milk a yak. Find out what those active cultures in yogurt are and discover if milk truly makes the body good. Wait until you discover just how many types of cows there truly are.
Jan 7, 2008
Carbon
Season 15Episode 260 min

Carbon

Carbon is the chemical basis of all known life and yet this simple element is also the foundation of modern technology. Carbon burns hotter, cuts deeper, insulates more thoroughly and absorbs more fully than any other material. See why carbon is the key both in heavy-duty industries, as well as in tools like the graphite pencil, the charcoal water filter, and the diamond saw blade.
Jan 14, 2008
90's Tech
Season 15Episode 360 min

90's Tech

It was the dot com decade that opened up the information superhighway. "Modern Marvels: 90s Tech" takes you way back to the end of the 20th century and the beginning of today's trendy technologies. From DVDs to TIVO to GPS, see how the digital gadgets we can't live without all started in the 90s. Hear the Amazon story from its very own founder, Jeff Bezos, and see how millions of cyber goods are packaged and shipped at an 800,000 square-foot Amazon distribution center. At Google, learn the science of the world's most popular search engine. And was Furby really a threat to national security? We go beyond its furry exterior to show you the inner-workings of the intriguing pet. Heavyweight Boxing Champion George Foreman, will show us how to "knock out the fat" with one of the best-selling appliances of the decade. And its creators will demo some of the original first-person shooter games: Wolfenstein 3D and Doom.

Feb 7, 2008
Superhighways
Season 15Episode 460 min

Superhighways

Millions of drivers travel the world's superhighways each year. See a multi-billion dollar expansion project in Houston where a stretch of superhighway is being widened to 20 lanes & Take a ride atop the High-Five, a 12-story, five-level interchange that's become the latest Dallas tourist attraction. Then it's off to China's 28,000-mile National Trunk Highway System.
Feb 28, 2008
World's Strongest (3)
Season 15Episode 560 min

World's Strongest (3)

Witness some mind-blowing feats of strength starting with the world's most powerful elevators. Discover the world's strongest tire, the strongest mountain bike, the world's strongest land transport vehicle that carries the Space Shuttle & strongest home blender.
Mar 6, 2008
Strange Weapons
Season 15Episode 660 min

Strange Weapons

Discover microwave-like rays that make the enemy flee; laser weapons mounted on trucks & planes that can blow missiles out of the sky; non-lethal weapons include a B.B. machine gun; and a flashing device that may make you lose your lunch.
Mar 10, 2008
Whiskey
Season 15Episode 760 min

Whiskey

Visit some of the world's finest distilleries to see how each country brews this thousand-year old spirit. Go behind the scenes at Jim Beam, Jack Daniels and Canadian Club Whiskey.
Mar 17, 2008
Alaskan Fishing
Season 15Episode 860 min

Alaskan Fishing

Takes a look inside the amazing ultra-modern world of high stakes commercial fishing where a wrong decision on the captain's part can cost not just the season's catch, but also the lives of his crew.
Mar 19, 2008
Bread
Season 15Episode 960 min

Bread

It's the basic source of nourishment for half the world. Bake it, roast it, slice it, or toast it, it's a wonder with three simple ingredients.
Mar 24, 2008
Ultimate Gadgets
Season 15Episode 1060 min

Ultimate Gadgets

We're living in a gadget revolution. New and unimagined gizmos solve problems that we didn't even know we had. They emerge from cutting edge think tanks and tinkerers basement workshops. Will they usher in a techno utopia, or enslave us to pocket size technology?
Apr 4, 2008
Locomotives
Season 15Episode 1160 min

Locomotives

Race through the French countryside at nearly 300 MPH on 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 as the federal government monitors safety. Descend 700 feet below the earth's surface where mining locomotives move miners through a maze of tunnels. Then, it's a "jiffy lube" for locomotives inside America's largest maintenance shop. Finally, glide into the future with a locomotive that levitates on a cushion of air.
Apr 7, 2008
Rats
Season 15Episode 1260 min

Rats

Feared by millions worldwide, rats are some of the most dangerous, destructive and useful animals on Earth.
Apr 30, 2008
Nikola Tesla's Mad Electricity
Season 15Episode 1360 min

Nikola Tesla's Mad Electricity

Nikola Tesla's bizarre vision of the future brought him failure, but his genius electrified the world.
May 14, 2008
Axes
Season 15Episode 1560 min

Axes

May 30, 2008
Most Dangerous
Season 15Episode 1660 min

Most Dangerous

Jun 6, 2008
Super Hot
Season 15Episode 1760 min

Super Hot

Jun 9, 2008
Lead
Season 15Episode 1860 min

Lead

Jun 16, 2008
Corpse Tech
Season 15Episode 1960 min

Corpse Tech

Jun 20, 2008
Ice Cream
Season 15Episode 2060 min

Ice Cream

Jun 23, 2008
Bathroom Tech (2)
Season 15Episode 2160 min

Bathroom Tech (2)

Jun 30, 2008
Crashes
Season 15Episode 2260 min

Crashes

Jul 10, 2008
Underwear
Season 15Episode 2360 min

Underwear

Jul 17, 2008
Batman Tech
Season 15Episode 2460 min

Batman Tech

Jul 21, 2008
Coin Operated
Season 15Episode 2560 min

Coin Operated

Jul 24, 2008
Secrets Of Oil
Season 15Episode 2660 min

Secrets Of Oil

Jul 31, 2008
Iron
Season 15Episode 2760 min

Iron

Aug 14, 2008
Wheat
Season 15Episode 2860 min

Wheat

Dangerous roads throughout the world are examined, including Bolivia's "Death Road" and Highway 99 in California. Also: a visit to the Federal Highway Administration's safety-test laboratory.
Aug 27, 2008
Dangerous Roads
Season 15Episode 2960 min

Dangerous Roads

Aug 28, 2008
Mold & Fungus
Season 15Episode 3060 min

Mold & Fungus

Sep 18, 2008
Soft Drinks
Season 15Episode 3160 min

Soft Drinks

Sep 29, 2008
Corrosion & Decomposition
Season 15Episode 3260 min

Corrosion & Decomposition

Oct 13, 2008
Bull's-Eye
Season 15Episode 3360 min

Bull's-Eye

Oct 20, 2008
Halloween Tech
Season 15Episode 3460 min

Halloween Tech

Oct 27, 2008
The Horse
Season 15Episode 3560 min

The Horse

Nov 19, 2008
The Turkey
Season 15Episode 3660 min

The Turkey

Nov 24, 2008
Salt
Season 15Episode 3760 min

Salt

Dec 1, 2008
Car Wash
Season 15Episode 3860 min

Car Wash

Dec 9, 2008
Retro Tech
Season 15Episode 3960 min

Retro Tech

Dec 19, 2008
Super Human
Season 15Episode 4060 min

Super Human

How do you weigh a whale? How does your speedometer work? Take a look at the five most common areas of measurement: distance, time, speed, weight, and temperature.
Dec 22, 2008
Measure It
Season 15Episode 4160 min

Measure It

Dec 23, 2008
Night
Season 15Episode 4260 min

Night

Dec 26, 2008
Fry It
Season 15Episode 4360 min

Fry It

Apr 1, 2010
Mega Meals
Season 15Episode 4460 min

Mega Meals

Mar 25, 2010
De Havilland Mosquito
Season 15Episode 4560 min

De Havilland Mosquito

Jan 29, 2010

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