Modern Marvels
Cotton becomes the world's most ubiquitous fabric; a chronicle of its journey from dirt to shirt.
Cotton becomes the world's most ubiquitous fabric; a chronicle of its journey from dirt to shirt.
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Cowboys blend Old West traditions with modern technology from Spanish saddles to computer chips.
Cotton becomes the world's most ubiquitous fabric; a chronicle of its journey from dirt to shirt.
Copper conducts electricity, forms plumbing, creates roofs, and more as versatile metal.
They're the meat in our sandwiches and slices of American pop culture.
Rhe historic one-armed bandits; computerized slot machines; the wackiest vending machines.
Americans insert more than 3.5 million coins into vending machines every 15 minutes.
Sophisticated cultures develop codes for communication from hieroglyphics to modern cyberspace.
Civil War innovations including machine guns revolutionized modern American warfare.
Chrome hot rod; the Chrome Shop Mafia adds bling to truckers' big rigs; Arlington Plating Co.
More than 2 million people die in the United States each year.
Medieval castles withstand both bloody assaults and the test of time.
The gaming industry evolves into a high-tech, multi-billion-dollar industry.
All life-forms and modern technology are built on a foundation of carbon.
Americans visit car washes two million times per day at an annual cost of $25 billion.
Photographic pioneers; Joseph Niepce; Louis Daguerre; William Henry Fox; George Eastman.
It's the unsung essential of modern life; canning is the method of preserving and packaging food.
Examining how frequently experts in various disciplines can hit their targets.
How to construct a modern cartridge, and demonstrations of modern firepower.
A pilot who builds his own jet-powered glider; canoe makers in Montana; a knife maker in Washington.
Americans insert more than 3.5 million coins into vending machines every 15 minutes.
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