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Minoru Kurata invented the world’s first trashcan that can track and catch your trash.

Engineers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology built this humanoid robot to study the mechanics of swimming.

Students at he University of Tokyo’s JSK Lab built the world’s most anatomically correct robot, complete with 160 “muscles” and an almost complete skeleton.

Gil Portalatin, Chief Program Engineer at Ford Motor Company, takes us for a ride in Ford’s latest plug-in hybrid car.

Daryl Sykes takes us on a tour of the world’s most flexible manufacturing facility. The assembly line at this Ford automotive plant has the capability to make seven different vehicles at the same time.

We take a look at how the Memphis Zoo helps the Toronto Zoo meet the dietary demands of two very fussy giant pandas, Da Mao and Er Shun.

Dan visits rowing coach John Keogh at Fanshawe Lake to see how the speed of a boat changes with the number of rowers.

Alexander Reben built an adorable baby robot to explore the relationship between humans and machines.

Ultra-marathon swimmer Chloe McCardel is training to swim from Cuba to Florida – a distance of 170 kilometers – without stopping.

Australia’s largest high-voltage laboratory uses some extremely high-voltage generators to test insulators that protect high-power lines from lightning strikes.