
Modern Marvels
Experts design materials that can catch gunfire.

Experts design materials that can catch gunfire.

Technology transforms many aspects of police work.

Advancements in rescue technology, including the Jaws of Life and a Searchcam system that locates buried victims.

How science and technology have changed firefighting some of the worst fire disasters in American history.

The history of one of Thomas Edison's first inventions, the phonograph rare photographs and recordings document Edison's race against Alexander Graham Bell.

In the world of surveillance, Big Brother is not only watching, he's also listening, analyzing, recording, scanning, and tracking every aspect of our lives with advanced surveillance technology, there's virtually no place to hide.

Military and police personnel as well as private citizens hone their shooting skills.

Experts design materials that can catch gunfire.

Technology transforms many aspects of police work.

Advancements in rescue technology, including the Jaws of Life and a Searchcam system that locates buried victims.

How science and technology have changed firefighting some of the worst fire disasters in American history.

Come take a trip across the incredible Mackinac Bridge, and discover why it's one of the world's most amazing construction projects.

It's time to slice and dice take a cutting-edge look at the most amazing blades in the world, from the legendary sword of the samurai warrior with an edge sharp enough to sever a man's arm in a single swipe.

The Overseas Highway links mainland Florida with the Florida Keys, and contains 51 bridges, including the Seven-Mile Bridge a 175-million refurbishment that ended in 1982 resulted in today's remarkable Overseas Highway.

The Trans-Siberian railroad provokes a war, crosses treacherous terrain, and encounters huge obstacles it's the longest, most expensive and complicated railroad ever built ordered by the Czar in an effort to save his empire.

Perhaps the most important and yet least recognized aspect of warfare is battlefield engineering battlefield engineers lay the groundwork, quite literally, for the battle to come.

Infantry soldiers known as "Tunnel Rats" searched for and destroyed secret subterranean enemy networks in Vietnam armed with flashlights and pistols, these volunteers faced lethal odds and uncovered arms caches, with many casualties.

How dynamite has been used in the construction of roads, tunnels and dams. Included: the invention of dynamite.

Extreme firefighting techniques must be used to quell blazes from oil wells, war, forest fires and airplanes.

Come take a trip across the incredible Mackinac Bridge, and discover why it's one of the world's most amazing construction projects.