Smash Lab - Season 1
Season 1
Network
Episodes13
DatesDez. 26, 2007 - Apr. 9, 2008
Episodes
Season 1Episode 160 min
Blast Proof House
Can the team use the latest aviation break through to prevent a car or bus crossing the meridian and smashing into oncoming traffic? The team tries to re-purpose an amazing technology called an aerated concrete arrestor bed.
Dez. 26, 2007
Season 1Episode 260 min
Crash Absorbing Concrete
Engineers determine if a new aviation technology called an aerated concrete arrestor bed can be used to prevent out-of-control vehicles from crossing the highway median and plowing into oncoming traffic.
Jan. 16, 2008
Season 1Episode 360 min
Hurricane Proof House
The team tests a kind of carbon fiber to see, if it could be used to reinforce tunnels or keep a house from being destroyed in a hurricane.
Jan. 23, 2008
Season 1Episode 460 min
Train Crash
In response to the fact that over 3000 people die each year due to railroad crossing accidents, the team tests the idea to use large airbags, located at the front of the train, so cars are safely pushed away.
Jan. 30, 2008
Season 1Episode 560 min
Earthquake Proof House
The team tries to figure out if technology can be used to isolate a house from the shaking of the ground, caused by an earthquake.
Feb. 6, 2008
Season 1Episode 660 min
High Rise Escape
The team tries to figure out how to decrease the number of fire-related deaths by having a stunt man test magnetic roller coaster brakes.
Feb. 13, 2008
Season 1Episode 760 min
Fireproof House
The goal is to insulate a home from forest fires. A good portion of the show has the team working on ways to get the huge blanket over the home and secure the gaps. They estimate the home to be devoured in 1 1/2 minutes without protection and the experiment is considered a failure after a couple of minutes where something catches fire.
Feb. 20, 2008
Season 1Episode 860 min
Runaway Trailer
The team investigates if you can stop a runaway trailer with truck using rockets. After testing 3 ways of using the rockets, a direct backwards-facing trailer-mounted system is used. A glitch in the firing system results in premature ignition, ending the experiment
Feb. 27, 2008
Season 1Episode 960 min
Fluidized Sand
The team experiments with fluidized sand to help stop bank robbers in getaway cars.
März 5, 2008
Season 1Episode 1060 min
Long Range Life Boat
The team combines a life boat with torpedo technology to perform a long range rescue.
März 19, 2008
Season 1Episode 1160 min
C02 Cop Car
The team equips a police car with CO2 (carbon dioxide) fire extinguishers in order to disable a car during a high speed chase.
März 26, 2008
Season 1Episode 1260 min
Boat Ejector Seat
Deanne and the boys use ways to escape speedboat crashes with a parachute. First Deanne and the guys tried to use a parachute to escape a car crash. Second the gang tried to deploy an underwater chute to slow down one boat before it crashed into another. The theory was to give people time to escape a head-on collision with another boat before the first one crashed into it.
Apr. 2, 2008
Season 1Episode 1360 min
Bomb Proof Plane
The team uses a material named Blastwrap in an attempt to protect a 747 from an explosion.
Apr. 9, 2008
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