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- Grade Level: General
- Subjects: Science and Nature, Design and Technology
- Produced By: Exploration Production Inc.
- Year: 2011
- Country: Canada
- Language: English
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Autobahn Robot Car
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Researchers from the Free University of Berlin have developed a robot car that can drive all by itself and we're there to see it overtake a car in…
Paraclete XP
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
The world's biggest vertical wind tunnel allows sky divers to train more efficiently and helps families bring fun to a whole new level.
Bricklaying Machine
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Paving streets with paving stones by hand is a backbreaking job but the Tiger-Stone bricklaying machine makes the job easier than laying a carpet.
Coal Dumper
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Westshore Terminals has a massive machine that has turned the world of coal shipping upside down and can unload a train car full of coal in seconds.
Draggin' Jeans
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These Kevlar-reinforced jeans allow bikers to stay cool while saving their skin. The makers are so confident in their product that they literally put…
Hotspot Hunters
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After major forest fires, these firefighters use many methods to detect hotpsots before they can restart the fire.
Fishing Bats
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Dan ventures to Tai Shan, China, to find the cave home of a bat species that he has never seen before.
Metropol Parasol
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This dramatic and unique new structure in Seville, Spain, is one of the largest wooden structures in the world and is the source of a high-tech…
Student Launch V
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Middle school students flock to Spaceport America in New Mexico to witness the launch of a rocket containing 27 of their experiments.
Apogee
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One of the world's most advanced infared spectrometers is giving researchers a new look at the stars in and around our galaxy.
Devil's Slide
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California's Department of Transportation is undertaking a massive engineering project to build a pair of tunnels to bypass the rockslide-prone…
London White Water
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Engineers have turned a huge flat parking lot into world-class rapids for Olympic kayakers, and they continue to tweak the design to make it even…
Aqua Loop
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The race to build the ultimate thrill ride has been turned up a notch by this extreme combination of waterslide and roller coaster.
Military Free Falling
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Daily Planet goes to military free fall school to watch the soldiers train for a risky operation.
Skateboard Prof
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Professor Joe Kniss uses high-tech skateboards in an indoor virtual space called "The Dome" to aid him in teaching math and computer science.
Harrier Model
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Ewald Schuster has spent 30 years building a working model of the famous Harrier Jet and today is the day to attempt his first vertical landing.
iRing Rover Tires
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Engineers from McGill University visit the Mars Yard at the Canadian Space Agency to test prototype tires for the Juno lunar rover.
High Rise Escape Systems
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The events of 9/11 inspired firefighter Ryan Alles to develop a system for workers in skyscrapers to safely escape the tall buildings in times of…
Teen Terrorism Fighter
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17-year-old nuclear physicist Taylor Wilson was inspired by the events of 9/11 to invent a neutron detector that can cheaply and easily scan cargo…
Los Recortadores
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Bull Leapers use the laws of physics to their advantage as they entertain the Spanish crowds by leaping over bulls in the ring.
Plastination
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Visit the Plastinarium to learn how artist Gunther von Hagens and his helpers create the pieces for his world-famous Body Worlds exhibit, which is…
Kid Colton
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Aaron "Kid" Colton hasn't let a serious accident and a lack of cash derail his dream to regain his freestyle streetbike stunt championship.
Tarantula Feet
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Invertebrate neurobiologist Claire Rind has discovered how big, heavy tarantulas can climb smooth vertical surfaces.
Firewalking
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Anthropologist and extreme ritual researcher Dimitris Xygalatas travelled to San Pedro Manrique, Spain, to study the ritual of firewalking and made…
Jeju Mermaids
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Ziya travels to South Korea to uncover the truth behind the myth of the Jeju Mermaids, known as haenyo... and what she discovers may surprise you.
Landwalker
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Engineers in Japan have developed a fully wearable mechanical walking machine that can be "driven" by almost anyone, with a little training.
Recliner Guy
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Engineering student and mad tinkerer Chris McIntosh has turned an old recliner into a comfortable road warrior.
River Jumping
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Come along as we watch Jaco de Groot train and compete to become the Dutch National Fierljeppen Champion.
The Legendary Storch
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Watch as Dan's knuckles turn white when he takes a ride on one of the first STOL (Short Take Off and Landing) aircraft.
Scottish Swordsmith
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Meet a member of a dying breed; a swordsmith that uses traditional techniques to forge master-crafted weapons
Jets and G-Forces
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Before fighter pilots ever take to the air, they have to prove that they can cope with the massive G-forces that their bodies will have to endure…
Afterlife vs Afterburner
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Monster truck meets jet truck when Grave Digger races Shockwave in a drag race between two massive engines.
Ziyology: Food for Thought
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Ziya wonders when human beings began to cook their food.
Bamboo Structures
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Engineers at the University of Pittsburgh believe that bamboo is the building material of the future.
The Flyzone
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Mark Miller checks out Canada's only mobile skydiving simulator.
Titan Hovercraft
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Mechanical engineering students at Colorado State University are building a hovercraft they hope will someday explore Titan, Saturn's largest moon.
Dutch Rocket Boys
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Blast off to the Netherlands where we meet a group of amateur rocket engineers that have built some pretty impressive record-breaking rockets.
Recycled Church
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Don Justo has built a massive, intricate Spanish cathedral entirely out of salvaged and donated materials, and he did it with no formal architectural…
Solar Tunnel
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Engineers in Antwerp, Belgium, built an above-ground train tunnel and then covered it in solar panels to generate clean electricity.
Dutch BMX Team
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Watch the Dutch National Olympic BMX Team train for their Olympic Games debut in London in 2012.
Loch Ness Hunter
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Steve Feltham has been a full-time Loch Ness Monster unter for 20 years.
Rickety Grand Prix
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Watch as a team of road warriors compete for the Rickety Downhill Challenge trophy on an abandoned stretch of road.
Sand Art
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Earthscape artist Andres Amador battles time and tide to create his works of art and photograph them before they're washed away.
Speed Flying
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Ice climber Will Gadd's newest sport, born in the Rocky Mountains, uses a paraglider-style wing to fly very close to the terrain.
Wind Tunnel Geese
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Researchers use the wind tunnel at UBC to discover how the Bar-headed Goose flies higher than other birds can even dream of flying.
IED Labradors
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K2 Solutions are now training Labrador Retrievers for use by the US military to detect roadside bombs.
Ancient Beer
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Fossil Fuels is the newest oldest beer in the world, brewed with yeast extracted from 45-million-year-old tree resin.
The Old School Club
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
The St. Andrews Golf Co. is Scotland's last remaining golf club maker and the only traditional wooden golf club maker on Earth. Daily Planet…
Mud Festival
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Ziya travels to South Korea to get down and dirty at the Boryeong Mud Festival.
LIT Motors C-1
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Part scooter and part car, this two-wheeled electric vehicle could change the world of personal transportation.
Rattler
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Mark Miller ventures to Canada's only desert to learn how to wrangle rattlesnakes.
Missoula Fire Lab
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Researchers are trying to understand how and why living plants burn.
Bat Wings
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Engineering student Colin Smith is hoping to synthetically reproduce a bat's wing.
Heavy Haulers
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Truckers face many challenges as they prepare to haul 12 giant pieces of machinery 1,100 miles from Southern Idaho to Northern Alberta.
Slingshot Guru
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YouTube snesation Jörg Sprave has built some very unusual and very powerful slingshots.
The Flycycle
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
When his wife hurt her knee and couldn't run or ride a bicycle, Wayne Wilson decided to build the flycycle, but can he get it off the ground?
Jamaica Bay, New York
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Check out how the world's third largest port is cleaning up its act, the eco-friendly way.
Omnicam
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
This cutting edge surveillance system is helping researchers observe the abundant yet elusive myctophids off the California coast.
Leonardo 3
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
A trio of Da Vinci scholars have built a number of Leonardo Da Vinci's amazing machines and they now make up an awe-inspiring exhibit at the Ontario…
Tailings Pond Cleanup
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
A group of researchers in Alberta are trying new ways to contain the toxic sludge produced when processing the oil in the tar sands.
3D Stonehenge
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Researchers are using lasers and high-tech photography called photogrammetry to make the most accurate and detailed 3D models the monuments ever seen.
Baseball Deglossing
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Former batboy Cameron Kruse has developed a machine that quickly and uniformly "muds" baseballs before use in a game.
Over the Edge
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Engineers are building a walkway along the cliff's edge at the Capilano Canyons to give visitors a rock climber's view. 30 stories up.
Extreme Survival (Part 1)
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Offshore workers need to be prepared for the worst and this training school will teach them what to do if their helicopter goes down at sea.
Extreme Survival (Part 2)
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Offshore workers need to be prepared for the worst and this training school will teach them what to do if fire breaks out on their ship or oil rig…
Grizzly Men
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
See how a brave group of Canadian researchers are transforming the way they catch bears and do their part to protect the threatened species.
Horse Boarding
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
This new extreme sport in the United Kingdom combines the age-old sport of horse racing with modern skateboarding.
The Queen of the Nürburging
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Sabine Schmitz's Porsche Ring Taxi is probably the fastest and most expensive taxi in the world.
Superbus
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
This extreme electric bus from Italy has more in common with a Ferrari and a stretch limousine than a school bus.
Giants Head Race
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
This extreme downhill race in British Columbia attracts the world's best downhill longboard racers and the world's best skateboard wheel…
Blog of the Ring
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Dale Lomas is an blogger who loves hot wheels. He writes about fast cars and sets fast lap times on one of the world's oldest and longest race tracks.
Porsche Semper Vivus
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
With only two old photographs to work from, Hubert Drescher built a working replica of the world's first operational hybrid vehicle.
Zoleco
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Zoltan Bod is building a one-of-a-kind car to see just how many miles he can get out of a tank of gas while driving comfortably.
Bat Sonar
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Researchers at China's Shandong University are trying to solve the mystery of how horseshoe bats use their shapeshifting ears to navigate in the dark.
Wikispeed
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Fourty-four team members in four countries have teamed up to build a very fast modular car that pushes the limits of fuel efficiency.
Bucking Bronco-Matic
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Thrill Engineers at the Thrill Laboratory of the University of Nottingham are developing the next generation of thrill rides.
Speed Challenge (Part 1)
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Students from the University of Delft prepare for their attempt at breaking the world record for the fastest human-powered bike.
Speed Challenge (Part 2)
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We rejoin the students from the University of Delft to see if all their hard work will pay off as they make their attempt at breaking the world…
The AirBus A400M
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Get exclusive access to this new whale of a plane is one of the biggest and most powerful cargo planes on the planet.
Buckman Direct Diversion Project
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Get an inside look at the unique waterworks system in the desert of New Mexico.
Kymera Jet Board
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Meet the creator of the world's smallest personal watercraft, a jet-powered body board.
Vimy Ridge Cave Drawings
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
A Canadian photographer has constructed an ingenious device that will allow him to document the many carvings that were created by Canadian soldiers…
Micro Engraver
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Meet an exceptional man in Birmingham, England, who is helping to reignite interest in an old trade.
Hybrid Tugboat
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
The Port of Long Beach is the testing ground of the Carolyn Dorothy, the world's first hybrid tugboat.
Tunneling Under History
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Engineers and workers in Barcelona, Spain, have to be extremely careful as they build an underground high-speed train line under some of the world's…
Cow Burps
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
A cow belches every 40 seconds, and the Green Feed system was invented to measure the methane output of these burps.
Aviation Water Training
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
US Navy pilots undergo a rigorous training program to learn how to survive a crash in water.
Distracted Truckers
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
The Universoty of Central Florida had developed a simulator that tests how much distractions like cell phones affect truck drivers.
The Striker Helmet
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
This game-changing military pilot helmet with a high-tech visor is one of the most sophisticated helmets ever built.
Spaceport America Terminal
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Virgin Galactic's Space Flight venture for tourists is now just months away from launch and the final touches are being made on a truly…
Green Flight Challenge (Part 1)
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
A team of students from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University prepare to compete against professionals in NASA's first-ever competition to find…
Green Flight Challenge (Part 2)
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Qualifying day is here for NASA's Green Glight Challenge and the Embry-Riddle team is ready to show off their electric plane.
Swooping (Part 1)
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
If you're an adrenaline junkie who loves extreme sports, you'll enjoy watching this group of skydivers that are looking to break some canopy piloting…
Swooping (Part 2)
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
In the next stage of the canopy piloting competition, the teams are now shooting more for accuracy than speed.
Airbus C-295
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
This plane's highly configurable and highly customizable interior makes this "minivan of the sky" able to take on many military roles from carrying…
Rookie Driver
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Tegan Hammond is continuing her family's tradition of setting records at the Bonneville Salt Flats.
Hydrostor
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
A group of companies are hoping to use giant air bags underthe surface of Lake Ontario to store excess energy until it's needed.
Pilot Survival Training
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Join us at the Aviation Survival Training Center where military pilots undergo emergency survival training.
Leviathan
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Canada's Wonderland is in the process of constructing one of the world's biggest and fastest steel roller coasters, standing over three hundred feet…
World of Speed
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Jay Ingram takes us to the Bonneville Salt Flats and shows us the incredible variety of vehicles that show up each year to set speed records.
Stair Lab
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Researchers at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute are trying to solve the common problems involved in helping people walk again after accident or…
Echolocation
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Dan ventures deep into a cave in China to try to catch a horseshoe bat so he can study how their ugly faces help them find their way in the dark.
Burning Down the House
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety has a unique research centre in Florida that studies how to minimize damage during natural…
Dumpster Home
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Meet an artist who reinforces the claim that one man's trash is another man's treasure.
Disabled Hang Glider
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Meet an incredible man from California who loves to hang glide... despite the fact that he is confined to a wheelchair.
Holloman Test Sled
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico houses the longest and fastest sled track in the world and is the place where the US military tests things like…
Boxer Jocks
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Got a score to settle with someone? How about using these life-sized Rock 'em Sock 'Em Robots?
Extra Terrestrial Vehicles
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Meet a Florida man who transforms regular factory-built cars into eye-catching custom creations.
Pulse Jet Bike
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
This Oregon inventor powers his beautiful bicycles with jet engines that he builds from scratch.
U-Boat Worx
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
This Dutch company personal submersibles that allow 2 to 5 people to explore the oceans in a unique way.
Quadrotor
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
A high-tech team of students at UC Berkeley have developed a helicopter-like machine that uses learning-based model predictive control to predict…
Custom Aquariums
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Looking Glass Aquariums has built a reputation of creating saltwater aquariums in any size, shape or form that can be installed anywhere you like.
RYNO
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
The RYNO is part unicycle, part motorcycle, part Segway that Chris Hoffman built at his daughter's suggestion.
Hurricane Simulation
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Dan visits a hurrican research centre where he's placed in a wind tunnel to see what it's like to be caught in a hurricane.
Bonneville Salt Cat
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This extreme high-speed machine sets land speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats with an engine that's more than 60 years old.
Fargo Fireworks
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
The best firework builders on the continent - including the "Wayne Gretzky of fireworks" - gather in North Dakota once a year to compete by lighting…
Aeros Blimp
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Aeros is building a more maneuverable blimp the size of a football field that should revitalize the blimp business.
Wave Glider
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
The Wave Glider unmanned research vessels are robotic explorers designed to monitor the world's oceans and accumulate data.
Echoloation
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Echolocation, or flash sonar, is being used to help the blind to interpret returning sound waves to map their environment in detail.
Falconry
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Falconer Alex May uses Harris Hawks to intimidate and scare seagulls and crows away from the Vancouver docks.
Team SpiderTech
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Canada's pro continental cycling team - Team SpiderTech - uses a computerized training system to monitor its performance over time.
Coast Guard Drug Chase
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Watch an elaborate training exercise on the Florida coast between the US Coast Guard, the fire department, Panama City Police and US Customs…
Floating Islands
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Three massive man-made floating islands in Seoul, South Korea are engineered to maintain position even in Korea's monsoon season.
Treycycle
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
The Treycycle, created by Ray Ackley, is a three-wheeled motorcycle powered by a V6 engine and designed for safety and performance.
Alpha Sphere
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Musician and inventor Adam Place has designed the Alpha Sphere to make electronic music a more hands-on experience.
Solar Roast Coffee
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Two brothers in Pueblo, Colorado are building a coffee empire with coffee beans roasted using solar energy.
Lufthansa Paint Shop
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Learn how aircraft including a huge Airbus A330 are painted at Lufthansa Technik near the airport in Hamburg, Germany.
Lightning Lab
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
A new hard-drive designed by ioSafe survives 1 million volts of electricity generated by a Tesla coil
Drivable Dragons
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
The husband and wife team of Jon Sarriugarte and Kyrsten Mate have designed and built two drivable dragons for Burning Man.
Internet Boot Camp
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
At the Save Brain Clinic neurologist Dr. Jaewon Lee treats Internet addiction by using biofeedback techniques to increase patients' beta waves.
SF Toothpick City
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Scott Weaver has combined his love of San Francisco and his love of toothpicks to create the world's largest interactive toothpick structure.
Recycling Planes
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At Cotswold Airport in England, Air Salvage International strips and dismantles used airplanes for recycling.
Jay the Axeman
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Jay Ingram tries his skills at axe throwing to participate in the Backyard Axe Throwing League in Toronto.
Sniper Scans
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On a farm in Virginia, military doctors recreate sniper scenarios using simulated limbs as a means of training combat triage personnel.
Brain Controlled Wheelchair
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Researchers in Switzerland are developing a wheelchair for severely motor-impaired persons that can be controlled using brain signals alone.
Ghost
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Vancouver Paranormal Society investigators spend the night in a "haunted" old mansion using cameras and microphones in the hope of recording any…
Hemp Car
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Industrial hemp is being grown for a hybrid material to be used in making car parts for Canada's first bio-composite automobile.
Stupid Orchestra
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Musician/composer Michael Peterman has brought together an ensemble of vintage kitchen appliances for a one-of-a-kind orchestra.
Glow Dogs
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Cloned glow-in-the-dark dogs and cats are being used in research for tracking human diseases such as diabetes, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
Decoliner
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Experience another of automotive artist Randy Grubb's creations - the Decoliner - a fanciful vehicle inspired by 1930s art-deco trailers.
Flight Assembled Architecture
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Flight-enabled robots construct a six-metre-tall structure designed to be the prototype for a vertical village housing 30,000 people.
Tugboat
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Learn how to drive a powerful tugboat using a tugboat simulator, then see what it takes to control a real tugboat in Vancouver harbour.
Deep Sound
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Off the California coast, oceanographers deploy a robotic ear to measure noise in the ocean.
Rowing
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Sports technologists help rowers improve their speed and performance by using instrumentation to maximize the athletes' positive forces.
MIT Unicycle
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MIT undergraduate student Stephan Boyer has developed a partially self-balancing electric unicycle to enable him to get around a busy university…
Concussion Mouthguard
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New sports mouthguards crammed with electronics provide real-time information to help protect an athlete's brain from damage caused by concussion.
Sierra Fire Surveillance
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
A remote-controlled eye-in-the-sky with an onboard computer and camera will help firefighters track and deal with wildfires.
Gigantic Model Train
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It's a tough day for model railroaders at the Montreal Model Railroaders Association, when the time comes to dismantle and move what they worked on…
Human Hamster Wheel
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See what happens when The Careless Teens decide to construct a human hamster wheel from two antique wagon wheels and put it up in a tree.
Mini-Harley
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Model engineer Jerry Kieffer has built an exact replica of his beloved 1947 Harley-Davidson, at 1/8 the size of the original.
Otherlab
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The staff who work at Otherlab take on big problems, including how to make big inflatable robots move.
Sir James Dyson
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Inventor James Dyson talks about his company, which grew out of his frustration and dissatisfaction with vacuums and fans and taking new approachs to…
Spin Cycle
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Inventor Richard Hewitt has designed a bicycle that can wash your clothes as you pedal down the street.
Twin Otter
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Take a trip on a new Twin Otter aircraft, the Canadian all-weather, go-anywhere icon that has been brought back to life by Viking Air.
Rocket Plane
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A powerful rocket being tested near Oxford, England could soon power a longer, sleeker version of a conventional airline that would travel at Mach 5.
Inflatable Wetsuit
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A new inflatable wetsuit co-designed by Shane Dorian and Hub Hubbard is already in use by some big wave riders, making surfing a much safer sport.
Photonic Fence
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Hate mosquitoes? Eric Johanson is working on a laser which targets the critters and zaps them in mid-flight.
Tin Tone Guitar
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Jon Free makes tin tone guitars from biscuit tins and scrap pieces of wood and metal, and he is the world's only tin box guitar maker.
Avalanche Lab
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In a sub-zero lab in Montana, researchers reconstruct avalanches in order to better understand the specific weather patterns that create certain snow…
Troy Hartman
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To test if he can land safely while wearing a 50-pound jetpack, aerial stuntman Troy Hartman tries out different speedwings.
Horse on a Treadmill
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Experiencing sleep problems with jet lag? Find out how horses deal with jet lag when they are shipped overseas to race in competition.
Hypoxia
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Scientists at Simon Fraser University use a hyperbaric chamber to study the effects of altitude and hypoxia on the human body.
Exploded View Car
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Watch how artist Paul Veroude dismantles a car piece by tiny piece and displays that same automobile in an exploded view.
Klunker Car Rally
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Follow two Canadian teams on a 6,000 kilometre car rally from England to The Gambia in Africa, using cheap cars with slim chances of reaching the…
Hockey Robot
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Can a robot play hockey? Check out Jennifer, the ice hockey-playing robot, as she helps researchers build robots that could be used in emergency…
Ice Microbes
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Professor John Priscu and his team have discovered that micro-organisms are thriving in ice three kilometres below the surface of Antartica.
Noah Capsule
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Shoji Tanaka, the inventor of the Noah Capsule, demonstrates how his miniature habitat is designed to help people survive earthquakes or tsunamis.
Tree Cloning
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Members at the Archangel Ancient Tree Archive gather plant material from giant sequoias for the purpose of propagation.
Spider Puppet
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Designer Tim Davies has built a large inflatable wearable spider puppet that is attracting lots of attention.
Red River Ice
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Three Amphibex icebreakers work together with two large ice cutting machines to break up the ice on the Red River in Manitoba.
Ski Joring
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Visit Whitefish, Montana for one weekend each year when cowboys and ski buffs get together for a crazy sport called ski joring.
Kryron Ballistic Armour
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New lightweight ballistic armour invented by John Bourque should be a lifesaver for military and law enforcement personnel.
Greathouse Labs
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Take a visit to Greathouse Labs, where Lance Greathouse builds special wheelchairs from junk in his spare time.
Hexapod
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Matt Bunting designs and builds hexapods that he has taught to recognize faces and walk and behave like living organisms.
Recycling Tires
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Visit a tire recycling facility in Ontario, where tires are chopped into tiny pieces, the steel is removed, and the crumbs of rubber are put into…
Swarmanoid
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Watch how small robots work together as a swarmanoid to overcome obstacles and achieve tasks they could not do individually.
Signal Snowboards
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Have a crazy idea for a snowboard upgrade? The guys at Signal Snowboards just might be able to bring your idea into reality.
First Fire
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What is the earliest date for the human use of fire? Anthropologist Dr. Michael Chazan just might have the answer to that.
Leviathan Water Dummies
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Safety testing for Leviathan, the biggest roller coaster in Canada, is intensive and thorough before any people are allowed to ride on the train.
Cobra Stability
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Watch how a research team works with live cobras in the Florida Everglades to gain useful information on human posture.
Paper Airplane Guy
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
John Collins knows more about the dynamics of flying paper airplanes than anyone else, and displays his prowess for the Guiness World Record.
Wind Turbine Blade Test
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
How well do wind turbine blades stand up under extreme weather conditions? To find out, researchers apply various pressures to new blade designs.
Ray Zahab
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Ultrarunner Ray Zahab is tested during a rigourous marathon in Chile across the Andes, to find out how much he suffers with the stress on his body.
Microlight Migration
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Come along on an amazing journey to re-introduce zoo-bred northern bald ibis into the wild, as they are taught migration patterns with the aid of a…
Delta IV Heavy Move
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
It is moving day for a massive Delta IV Heavy rocket as it travels from the horizontal integration facility at Cape Canaveral, Florida to the launch…
Rhino Armoured Vehicle
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
With armoured protection critical in the world's deadly combat zones, a new type of glass for armoured vehicles has very special capabilities.
SAR Dog and Snakebot
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Search and Rescue dogs carrying snakebots could be a big help to teams trying to locate disaster victims buried in rubble.
Freshpark
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Love skateboarding? Bring the skatepark to you with foldable ramps in a box that can be taken anywhere and linked together.
HMCS Victoria
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Climb onboard the HMCS Victoria and experience what it's like to work inside Canada's first fully operational diesel-electric stealth submarine.
Belly Landing
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Results from experiments with a model airplane simulator could help with belly landings of real aircraft in emergency situations.
Immersion Chair
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Want to test the buoyancy of crash survival suits? Try strapping yourself into this specially designed chair underwater.
Mentos and Diet Coke
By Exploration Production Inc. - 2011
Candies and pop are not just for fun anymore. They can also be used to find out more about polar bonding.