
Machines: How They Work
A look at how a piano, a vending machine, and a rappel really work.

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

The extraordinary inner workings of a lawn mower, a pinball machine and a padlock.

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

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

A look at how an outboard motor, a pneumatic drill and a retractable pen really work.

The extraordinary inner workings of an escalator, a leaf blower and a tape measure.

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

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

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.

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

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

Game changing innovators perform world-first stunts and unique twists on classic concepts.

Internet clips of silly putty, flying bikes and UFOs.

The top twenty crowd-pleasers; skilled souls who use their science to thrill.

Mighty individuals as they harness the skills required to blow the lid off the internet.

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.

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.