Episode guide
Modern Marvels: Season 18
16 episodes · premiered Oct 3, 2011
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- Episode 1: Inside Your Walls Oct 3, 2011 · 44m Don't look now–but there's a lot more to your walls than you'd ever imagine. Take a penetrating look inside something we consider utterly mundane, and uncover a surprising and sometimes…
- Episode 2: Built by Hand Oct 10, 2011 · 44m We live in a highly mechanized world in which billions of products are made by machines–but there are some things that can be built only by using an even more sophisticated tool–the human…
- Episode 3: Swamp Tech Oct 24, 2011 · 44m It's a great American wilderness–millions of acres of wild, primeval land with its own people, its own technology…and its own rules. Survival there depends on smarts and science, guts and…
- Episode 4: Pocket Tools Nov 7, 2011 · 44m Teddy Roosevelt carried a revolver. The night they each died, Abraham Lincoln carried a $5 Confederate note and nine newspaper clippings, while John Wilkes Booth carried a candle and…
- Episode 5: Food Trucks Nov 14, 2011 · 44m Food Trucks are hitting the big time–across much of America, they're changing the way we eat. From humble beginnings as chuck wagons and hot dog carts, they've taken off as ethnic…
- Episode 6: Weird Machines Nov 28, 2011 · 44m It has been said that necessity is the mother of all invention–but that is not always the case. Some strange machines are built for sheer spectacle, some a glimpse into the future or even…
- Episode 7: More Candy Dec 5, 2011 · 44m Candy is America's sweetest guilty pleasure–so appealing that we spend $25 billion annually to experience it. Our cameras venture from Chicago to Santa Cruz, California to show you that…
- Episode 8: Battle Ready Dec 19, 2011 · 44m U.S. soldiers today face enormous challenges, often stationed in desolate locations behind enemy lines. Keeping them protected is priority number one–and the military is making enormous…
- Episode 9: Stink Dec 26, 2011 · 44m Just the whiff of a foul odor can make your head spin, your eyes water, your stomach turn–it can even send you hurling. From cesspools, military stink bombs, and rancid rotting meat… to…
- Episode 10: Waterproof Jan 2, 2012 · 44m From the beginning of time we've worked to protect ourselves against the very element that keeps us alive…Water. We love it and hate it. With water covering 75% of the Earth's surface…
- Episode 11: Wood Jan 9, 2012 · 44m Hundreds of years before steel and plastic, wood was the building block of America. But even today, it touches every aspect of our lives. It's underneath our feet and flying through the…
- Episode 12: Convenience Stores Jan 16, 2012 · 44m 160 million Americans visit a convenience store every day. Why? Because it's fast. But what you probably didn't know is how every detail of its design has been engineered to work that way…
- Episode 13: Tiny Weapons Jan 23, 2012 · 44m "Tiny" weapons may not sound impressive…but small can kill, and it can also be easily concealed. From a pocket pistol used by the police…to a submachine gun wielded by a bodyguard…to a…
- Episode 14: Under Pressure Jan 30, 2012 · 44m Every aspect of our lives involves pressure. It's what puts the bubbles in soft drinks, propels shaving cream from its can, cools the contents of your refrigerator, and causes volcanoes to…
- Episode 15: Shoes Feb 6, 2012 · 44m Shoes have come a long way from their humble beginnings as simple leather moccasins. Today footwear is built to withstand any extreme environment where a foot can tread — from the heart of…
- Episode 16: Alaska Feb 20, 2012 · 44m Our 49th state is one tough terrain. In the air, on the ground–and deep beneath it–survival here requires an amazing array of technological innovations. From buildings to highways, brutal…