Virgin Hyperloop is a train that runs inside a steel tunnel. This revolutionary new vehicle floats along the track using magnetic levitation and glides at airline speeds.
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The fast advancement of freight trains, that can haul heavy weights across thousands of miles, and are the leviathan that keep the world on track.
This film explores the mind-blowing world of timber buildings for a more sustainable future.
All over the world, engineers and scientists are racing to solve one key problem: how to safely and efficiently store electricity at a huge scale but at a low cost.
A new era of space, where small satellites no bigger than a showbox will be deployed not in one or twos, but in their thousands, referred to as satellite swarms.
Virgin Hyperloop is a train that runs inside a steel tunnel. This revolutionary new vehicle floats along the track using magnetic levitation and glides at airline speeds.
A bridge in Manchester gets demolished.,
Terry wants to demonstrate how Hollywood has used different objects to silence a gunshot, and he and Larry will take to the range to see which one is the most qualified to act as a silencer. Terry also has a sit-down with Joey Zasa from Godfather 3 (Joe Mantegna) to discuss what he thinks of Hollywood's adaptation of the silencer.,
Bruce heads to Finland looking for props, including Cold War Russian anti-aircraft guns, for a new blockbuster movie. This could be a big money deal for Bruce.
Bruce heads to a Martello Tower on the Channel Islands. Plus, the twins must get a WWII Napalm filled flamethrower ready for a buyer.
Bruce and ex-Para Freddy head to Russia, finding some of Moscow's biggest military dealers. Back home, the twins restore a rare German engine starter.
Bruce dives into the murky secrets of World War II spies. In Italy, he unearths an iconic code-breaking machine. In the UK the lads revive two rocket launchers.
Our ancient ancestors had to come up with ingenious solutions and structures to travel freely - over the hills, valleys and rivers of our world.
The ancient ancestors realized that building structures and machines to harness water to provide transport, power, drainage and irrigation was vital to the success of their civilizations.
This episode explores some of history's most ingenious, yet lesser-known engineering solutions.
Throughout history, our ancestors have always strived to go higher, bigger, deeper, further - and this is reflected in the buildings and structures around our globe. But what secrets can these ancient structures reveal?
How do they do Wallace and Gromit's cheese of choice, Wensleydale? How do they turn pig hair into paintbrushes? How do they distill aromatic oils from the koala's favourite food, eucalyptus? How do they make the plastic that keeps your food fresh?
How do they forge one of the greatest inventions of all time, the axe? How do they cut, sew, stitch and glue together a courier's messenger bag? How do they build the world's fastest lifeboats?
How do they brew a beer that won't make you drunk? How do they build a car that flies over rocks and boulders? How do they bolt together an escalator that will carry millions every year? How do they bust criminals with a lie detector?
How do they make the world's grooviest music, the vinyl LP? How do they build the world's most crashed car, the dodgem? How do they create one of the world's oldest pain remedies, tiger balm?
How do they build a caravan that's tougher than an SUV? How do they forge tuning forks to provide musicians with perfect pitch? How do they resurface an ice rink in minutes? How do they put on the world's biggest festival of lights?
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