How Things Work
Ticket barrier, refrigerator, electric guitar, grass trimmer, garden sprinkler and movie camera lens... Using ultra realistic CGI animation, we explode everyday objects into their component parts, to reveal their secret workings.
Ticket barrier, refrigerator, electric guitar, grass trimmer, garden sprinkler and movie camera lens... Using ultra realistic CGI animation, we explode everyday objects into their component parts, to reveal their secret workings.
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Gravity Sketch is an intuitive multi-platform 3D creation tool developed by Oluwaseyi Sosanya and two other students of the Royal College of Art.
Canadian engineer Denis Boivin has invented the track n Go, which makes it possible for any 4x4 vehicle to become a snowmobile in 15 minutes.
Massoud Hassani has developed the mine kafon drone that could find and get rid of the landmines, fast and cheap.
George heads straight into the “Bearcage”, looking to get beat up by the biggest, baddest hailstones that Texas and Oklahoma can throw at them. He finds it –and the stormchasing vehicles don't look too pretty after coming through these massive storms
Filming the volcanoes, mudpools and geysers in the geothermic wonderland of New Zealand's north island, we learn that a new island is being created by an undersea volcano 1000 miles north in Tonga
George links up with two experienced polar adventurers in the frigid Canadian arctic in the depths of winter. First uses skis to cross the fractured sea ice of Frobisher Bay, then dog teams to head north through the spectacular Auyuittuq Mountains.
Captain James T Kirk's battle with the Gorn alien is one of the most popular episodes from the original series. He defeats the Gorn by creating gunpowder from the base elements found on the planet.
Using a unique method to crack a safe, Nick Wells (Robert De Niro) uses a blowtorch to cut through a safe, fill it with water, and blow the door off using a small explosive device.
Can you really fire a GE Minigun handheld with ammunition held in a backpack (also seen on Captain America: Winter Soldier). Additionally, for one of our larger tests – can you actually chop down a jungle forest with a minigun?
This week's experiments hit high notes as we discover the physics of theremins, investigate how the outer ear impacts human hearing, and put on a laser show with cymatics.
This week's experiments delve into the possibilities of mind control, why objects and people tend to sync together, and the magical mysteries behind magnesium.
This week's experiments highlight how electricity can tint titanium, how you can create a color wheel by lighting things on fire, and why the world gets all its colors from white light.
In this episode, we'll see ways that water is the backbone of energy and resources in different areas across the planet.
In this episode, we see a few different ways researchers are fighting invasive plants, animals, and materials in native habitats.
In this episode, we will visit a few different animal rescues centers starting with the marine mammal centre in Vancouver as they tend to orphaned harbor seals.
Join host Joe Penna as he talks to astronauts, designers and factory workers as they describe how the robotic revolution is affecting the way we work.
Join host Joe Penna as he explores how designers are using Manta Rays to change the way we explore the ocean's depths.
Paintball gun, floor scrubber, ice machine, pool table, shopping trolley, gas boiler... Using ultra realistic CGI animation, we explode everyday objects into their component parts, to reveal their secret workings.
Ticket barrier, refrigerator, electric guitar, grass trimmer, garden sprinkler and movie camera lens... Using ultra realistic CGI animation, we explode everyday objects into their component parts, to reveal their secret workings.
Lawn mower, pinball machine, padlock, watch, toilet, yo-yo... Using ultra realistic CGI animation, we explode everyday objects into their component parts, to reveal their secret workings.
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