Machines! - Season 1 Episode 4 : Super Ferris Wheel, Jet Ski, Hoover Dam, Traffic Light

Season - Episode

1 Season 1 Mar 05, 2010

1 - 1

Coal-Fired Power Plant, Telescope, Rollercoaster, Bowling Pinsetter Mar 05, 2010
1 - 2

Solar Power Planet, Hydrogen-Powered Bike, Escalator, Tattoo Machine Mar 05, 2010
1 - 3

Rally Car, Town Hall Clock, Canal Lift Lock, Offset Printing Press Mar 12, 2010
1 - 4

Super Ferris Wheel, Jet Ski, Hoover Dam, Traffic Light Mar 19, 2010
1 - 5

Industrial Loom, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Logging Machine, Hovercraft Mar 26, 2010
1 - 6

Stunt Plane, Tug Boat, Carousel Apr 02, 2010
1 - 7

Search & Rescue Boat, Vacuum Toilet, Hybrid Car, Reinvented Zeppelin Apr 09, 2010
1 - 8

Thames Flood Barrier, Electric Locomotive, Gas Pump, Photo-finish camera Apr 16, 2010
1 - 9

All Terrain Vehicle, Car Wash, Elevator, ATM Apr 23, 2010
1 - 10

Water Bomber, Combine Harvester, Wind Tunnel, 50 Cal Machine Gun Apr 29, 2010
1 - 11

Helicopter, 3D Printer, Segway, Streetcar May 06, 2010
1 - 12

Cement Plant, Airport Fire Truck, Passenger Ferry May 13, 2010
1 - 13

Assault Vehicle, Mining Drill, Stirling Engine, Recycling Sorting Machine May 20, 2010
1 - 14

Machines! Season 1 Episode 14 Jan 01, 1970

Overview

In a city shy of skyscrapers, super-ferris wheel London Eye rises 40 stories above the Thames. 800 riders in 32 lounge-sized pods hang of its rim. So finely balanced, the machine never stops while loading and unloading passengers. The high-powered Samba is a jet ski prototype with a redesigned hull profile that races over the water. It also responds to the low-slung rider's body moves, spinning a full one hundred and eighty degrees at an almost standstill. Hoover Dam is a giant machine that uses water pressure to drive turbines that produce electricity - simple in theory. But in practice, the real work is holding back a raging river to create enough water pressure at bone-crushing depths. The traffic light is the visible end of a machine-like, coordinated web designed to keep urban people and traffic in synchronized motion. The modern intersection actually reads traffic patterns, and adjusts its signals in real time.

Year 2010

Studio Discovery

Director

Crew

Popularity 0.0505

Language English