Subjects: General

  • Mighty Planes

    Mighty Planes

    Building on Discovery Channel Canada’s internationally renowned home-grown hit series MIGHTY SHIPS, Exploration Production Inc. (EPI) extends the “MIGHTY” franchise, trading the sea for the sky in this new high-octane, high-energy, and high-altitude thrill ride. MIGHTY PLANES delivers unprecedented access to the planet’s most impressive aircraft featuring the world’s only flying hospital, the world’s first superjumbo passenger aircraft, the world’s biggest seaplane and more… buckle up and prepare to take-off!

    MIGHTY PLANES explores the art and science of aviation, on planes that soar to faraway places on astounding missions. From preparation, loading and take off, through the journey and to the landing and unloading, viewers will experience the high-stakes and high-stress jobs through the eyes and lives of the characters that make it all happen. Featuring the genius of flight technology with the aid of high-end CGI, MIGHTY PLANES captures all the action as it happens.

  • Daily Planet Segments (2002-2010)

    Daily Planet Segments (2002-2010)

    Daily Planet takes viewers to the distant corners of the world, uncovering the oddest creations and introducing the brightest minds while offering discussion and commentary on the scientific aspects of current events.

  • Engineering at the Cutting Edge

    The main aim of this series is to inspire and excite young people with the best of British cutting-edge engineering. Each of the programmes addresses a question at the heart of modern engineering. Ed McCann, who is passionate about engineering and its role in shaping our future, presents the series in a very informal way, inspiring engineers to address his probing questions. Ed is a visiting lecturer of civil engineering design at Imperial College, London. 5 x 25 min.

  • Depth of Field – Films About Farming – Spray Creek Ranch

    Spray Creek Ranch is a regenerative organic, Animal-Welfare-Approved livestock farm raising grass-fed cattle and sheep, and pasture-raised chickens, hens, pigs, and turkeys. Since 2014 they have transitioned over 400 acres into organic production, and are currently working on building an on-farm abattoir. The film showcases regenerative agriculture, rotational grazing, animal welfare practices, and working with the environment to protect all species.

  • Lightning Insulators

    Lightning Insulators

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

  • Smart Trashcan

    Smart Trashcan

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

  • Swumanoid

    Swumanoid

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

  • Kenshiro

    Kenshiro

    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.

  • Ford C-Max Energi

    Ford C-Max Energi

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