Subjects: General

  • Team SpiderTech

    Canada’s pro continental cycling team – Team SpiderTech – uses a computerized training system to monitor its performance over time.

  • Bonneville Salt Cat

    This extreme high-speed machine sets land speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats with an engine that’s more than 60 years old.

  • Fargo Fireworks

    The best firework builders on the continent – including the “Wayne Gretzky of fireworks” – gather in North Dakota once a year to compete by lighting up the night sky.

  • Aeros Blimp

    Aeros is building a more maneuverable blimp the size of a football field that should revitalize the blimp business.

  • Wave Glider

    The Wave Glider unmanned research vessels are robotic explorers designed to monitor the world’s oceans and accumulate data.

  • Custom Aquariums

    Looking Glass Aquariums has built a reputation of creating saltwater aquariums in any size, shape or form that can be installed anywhere you like.

  • RYNO

    The RYNO is part unicycle, part motorcycle, part Segway that Chris Hoffman built at his daughter’s suggestion.

  • Hurricane Simulation

    Dan visits a hurrican research centre where he’s placed in a wind tunnel to see what it’s like to be caught in a hurricane.

  • U-Boat Worx

    This Dutch company personal submersibles that allow 2 to 5 people to explore the oceans in a unique way.

  • Quadrotor

    A high-tech team of students at UC Berkeley have developed a helicopter-like machine that uses learning-based model predictive control to predict where a falling object will land.