Modern Marvels - Season 15
Season 15
Datesjanv. 7, 2008 - janv. 29, 2010
Episodes
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.
janv. 7, 2008
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.
janv. 14, 2008
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.
févr. 7, 2008
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.
févr. 28, 2008
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.
mars 6, 2008
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.
mars 10, 2008
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.
mars 17, 2008
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.
mars 19, 2008
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.
mars 24, 2008
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?
avr. 4, 2008
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.
avr. 7, 2008
Season 15Episode 1260 min
Rats
Feared by millions worldwide, rats are some of the most dangerous, destructive and useful animals on Earth.
avr. 30, 2008
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.
mai 14, 2008
Season 15Episode 1560 min
Axes
mai 30, 2008
Season 15Episode 1660 min
Most Dangerous
juin 6, 2008
Season 15Episode 1760 min
Super Hot
juin 9, 2008
Season 15Episode 1860 min
Lead
juin 16, 2008
Season 15Episode 1960 min
Corpse Tech
juin 20, 2008
Season 15Episode 2060 min
Ice Cream
juin 23, 2008
Season 15Episode 2160 min
Bathroom Tech (2)
juin 30, 2008
Season 15Episode 2260 min
Crashes
juil. 10, 2008
Season 15Episode 2360 min
Underwear
juil. 17, 2008
Season 15Episode 2460 min
Batman Tech
juil. 21, 2008
Season 15Episode 2560 min
Coin Operated
juil. 24, 2008
Season 15Episode 2660 min
Secrets Of Oil
juil. 31, 2008
Season 15Episode 2760 min
Iron
août 14, 2008
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.
août 27, 2008
Season 15Episode 2960 min
Dangerous Roads
août 28, 2008
Season 15Episode 3060 min
Mold & Fungus
sept. 18, 2008
Season 15Episode 3160 min
Soft Drinks
sept. 29, 2008
Season 15Episode 3260 min
Corrosion & Decomposition
oct. 13, 2008
Season 15Episode 3360 min
Bull's-Eye
oct. 20, 2008
Season 15Episode 3460 min
Halloween Tech
oct. 27, 2008
Season 15Episode 3560 min
The Horse
nov. 19, 2008
Season 15Episode 3660 min
The Turkey
nov. 24, 2008
Season 15Episode 3760 min
Salt
déc. 1, 2008
Season 15Episode 3860 min
Car Wash
déc. 9, 2008
Season 15Episode 3960 min
Retro Tech
déc. 19, 2008
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.
déc. 22, 2008
Season 15Episode 4160 min
Measure It
déc. 23, 2008
Season 15Episode 4260 min
Night
déc. 26, 2008
Season 15Episode 4360 min
Fry It
avr. 1, 2010
Season 15Episode 4460 min
Mega Meals
mars 25, 2010
Season 15Episode 4560 min
De Havilland Mosquito
janv. 29, 2010
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