
Machines: How They Work
The extraordinary inner workings of a mechanical watch, a toilet and a yoyo.

The extraordinary inner workings of a mechanical watch, a toilet and a yoyo.

A look at how a grass trimmer, a sprinkler, and a movie lens really work.

A look at how a piano, a vending machine, and a rappel really work.

A look at how a car jack, a movie projector, and a leatherman really work.

A look at how an ATM, a vacuum cleaner, and a skateboard really work.

A machine with 588 teeth keeps the airport running; tugboats break through ice in the port.

Wheel loader digs a copper mine; an assault transport that goes across land and into water.

The longest road-going vehicle brings electricity to an isolated region; tunneling behemoth.

Super tugs prevent disasters; a heavy-lift crane that has to build itself.

Dredger must cut through volcanic rock; a rig wreaks havoc; a chopper faces a test.

Alaska's Coast Guard fights waters to maintain buoys; rewards below Alaska's surface.

A ship built to endure tsunami size waves travels on a highway unlike any other in North America.

Alaskan engineers build a massive dam to power an entire town; the world's largest helicopters.

A barge carries an entire train; a flying ambulance saves lives at 14,000 feet.

An airport made from water and ice; a fish factory churns out millions of pounds of seafood a day.

A plane that flies using circular wings; painful ant bites; a glow stick explosion.

A woman who walks on water and a man that pumps up inner tubes with his ears.

A record-breaking butt skipper; a woman restraining four motorcycles.

A glass-breaking gorilla and a speed-racing sea lion face off against a snowman in the desert.

The world's most incredible skin, the world's first tattooing toes, and a speed flier.