Season 6 Episode 44
Modern Marvels
TV-14Documentary • Science • HistorySeason 2112 Episodes
Modern Marvels: Coin Operated PlusS21 E12Changing the way people think about coin-operated machines; exploring the ways people spend their quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies every day.
Modern Marvels: Tech TreasuresS21 E11Rediscovering some of the most beloved retro devices that built the tech-driven world of today; diving into some blasts from technology's past.
Modern Marvels: Mad Electricity PlusS21 E10Entering the mad world of Nikola Tesla's remarkable inventions; Tesla's 187-foot-high wireless network tower and lifelong rivalry with Thomas Edison; his disturbing death ray and earthquake machines.
Harvesting PlusS21 E9A fascinating journey from farm to table; the dizzying heights of California's date palm trees; the soggy Wisconsin cranberry marshes; the cavernous labyrinths of Pennsylvania's mushroom farms; picking through the most unique forms of harvesting.
Locomotives PlusS21 E8Taking a ride on the fastest and most powerful locomotives from around the globe including France's 300 MPH speed train, future trains that glide on cushions of air and mining locomotives that traverse tunnels 700 feet underground.
Freight Trains PlusS21 E7Climbing aboard the complex rail network that snakes through valleys, over rivers and across prairies to get America's goods from the factory to front doors.
Car Wash TechS21 E6Two million people wash their car every single day; taking a look at all the technology used to keep those beloved vehicles sparkling clean.
Dangerous DrivesS21 E5From Bolivia's Death Road to California's fog-smothered Highway 99 to dodging IEDs on the road to Baghdad Airport, "Modern Marvels" experiences the harrowing journey down some of the world's scariest roads.
Maximum HorsepowerS21 E4Examining 8,000 horsepower dragsters and hydroplanes with top speeds of 200 miles per hour and a cargo ship propelled by one of the most powerful diesel engines on Earth.
Ultimate HelicoptersS21 E3Examining the military's deadliest and most sophisticated choppers, homemade helicopters and million-dollar models customized with everything from bars and entertainment systems.
Steam PowerS21 E2Taking a deep dive into one of the oldest means of locomotion.
Wild RidesS21 E1Going way beyond the driver's seat of the average automobile.
Inventions of WarSeason 6 Episode 44
Cast
Adam RichmanRating
TV-14
Genres
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