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  • Skateboard Prof

    Professor Joe Kniss uses high-tech skateboards in an indoor virtual space called “The Dome” to aid him in teaching math and computer science.

  • Metropol Parasol

    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 controversy.

  • Student Launch V

    Middle school students flock to Spaceport America in New Mexico to witness the launch of a rocket containing 27 of their experiments.

  • Apogee

    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

    California’s Department of Transportation is undertaking a massive engineering project to build a pair of tunnels to bypass the rockslide-prone stretch of Highway 1.

  • Bricklaying Machine

    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

    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

    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 their butts on the line.

  • Hotspot Hunters

    After major forest fires, these firefighters use many methods to detect hotpsots before they can restart the fire.

  • Fishing Bats

    Dan ventures to Tai Shan, China, to find the cave home of a bat species that he has never seen before.