Subjects: General

  • Tin Tone Guitar

    Jon Free makes tin tone guitars from biscuit tins and scrap pieces of wood and metal, and he is the world’s only tin box guitar maker.

  • Avalanche Lab

    In a sub-zero lab in Montana, researchers reconstruct avalanches in order to better understand the specific weather patterns that create certain snow packs.

  • Inflatable Wetsuit

    A new inflatable wetsuit co-designed by Shane Dorian and Hub Hubbard is already in use by some big wave riders, making surfing a much safer sport.

  • Photonic Fence

    Hate mosquitoes? Eric Johanson is working on a laser which targets the critters and zaps them in mid-flight.

  • Sir James Dyson

    Inventor James Dyson talks about his company, which grew out of his frustration and dissatisfaction with vacuums and fans and taking new approachs to old problems.

  • Spin Cycle

    Inventor Richard Hewitt has designed a bicycle that can wash your clothes as you pedal down the street.

  • Twin Otter

    Take a trip on a new Twin Otter aircraft, the Canadian all-weather, go-anywhere icon that has been brought back to life by Viking Air.

  • Rocket Plane

    A powerful rocket being tested near Oxford, England could soon power a longer, sleeker version of a conventional airline that would travel at Mach 5.

  • Gigantic Model Train

    It’s a tough day for model railroaders at the Montreal Model Railroaders Association, when the time comes to dismantle and move what they worked on for over half a century.

  • Human Hamster Wheel

    See what happens when The Careless Teens decide to construct a human hamster wheel from two antique wagon wheels and put it up in a tree.