
Machines: How They Work
How a paintball gun, a floor scrubber, and an ice machine really work.

How a paintball gun, a floor scrubber, and an ice machine really work.

A look at how a 3-D printer, a cross trainer, and a kitchen mixer really work.

The extraordinary inner workings of a ticket barrier, a refrigerator and an electric guitar.

The extraordinary inner workings of a carwash, a blender and a bicycle pump.

A look at how a frozen yogurt maker, a turnstile and an ergonomic chair really work.

How a pool table, a gas-fired boiler, and a shopping cart work.

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

A look at how a garden shredder, a deli meat slicer and a dental drill really work.

Discovering the inner workings of car winches; coffee machines; hiking boots.

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.

Helicopter overcomes mother earth when avalanches threaten the Winter Olympics; flood defenses.

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

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

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

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

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