Elevator, gas pump, air-hockey table, wood chipper, deli meat slicer and dentist drill... Using ultra realistic CGI animation, we explode everyday objects into their component parts, to reveal their secret workings.
Lets take a look at the art movement photorealism and another test for your ears in the McGurk Effect phenomenon. We'll take you back in time to introduce you to Peppers ghost and highlight famous forward thinker Leonardo Da Vinci.,
Engineer and adventurer Rob Bell finds out what it takes to design and build the next generation of rollercoasters.,
Engineer and adventurer Rob Bell investigates four theme park rides in Europe and America which mix fun along with the the thrills.,
Jack meets a man with Sudden Artistic Output syndrome and unleashes his creativity.,
Wim Hof teaches Jack how to control his pain and plunge into the ice cold sea.,
Jack meets people with synaesthesia and experiences multisensory gastronomy.,
Anthony chats with the star of TV's ‘Ice Pilots'.,
Getting a bargain while purchasing aircraft in a unique and fast-paced way.,
This episode exposes the working life of people who spend months orbiting in micro gravity.
Taking down eight giant towers will take expert precision, planning & explosives. It's imperative none of them fall in the wrong direction or fire any debris.
The sheer size of these buildings automatically makes this a very difficult job but these towers are also surrounded by hundreds of homes.
In this episode, we make some virtual friends, have some virtual meetings, do some virtual research.
From empires to major metropolitan cities, transportation has been crucial. As cities grow more congested and overwhelmed with toxic air, how will future transportation help get us where we need to be?
Thom travels to the UK to track down real life rubber girl Claudia Hughes, a contortionist whose extraordinary flexibility defies human physiology.
Thom Hunt heads to Nevada, to meet Dean Karnazes, an ultramarathon runner who's taken endurance running to a level that defies human biology.
In this exciting episode we'll find out the reasons why tree stand accidents happen and how we can prevent them. Cool science mixed with dynamic experiments send our hosts, our stunt team and our special crash test dummies plummeting to the ground.
Nick and Laura create kick-ass tests to explore the immense power and startling speed of grizzly bears. They use Hollywood stunt tools to experience an attack. Then try to recreate a “miracle” arrow shot that saved a man from being killed by a bear.
Mike learns what happiness means to the people of Bhutan. He visits a school and a rural farm and learns how happiness is integrated into day-to-day life and leaves a note for his father at the famous Tigers Nest temple.
The story of the science behind the largest, most advanced, and most expensive telescope ever made.