Retired hovercraft builder Geoff Hatton tests his latest invention – a true flying saucer.
Subjects: General
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The Bonneville Salt Flats
This 30,000 acre prehistoric lake bed in Utah has become the mecca of speed.
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Amsterdam Subway Expansion
Extending the Amsterdam subway is one of the most challenging construction projects in the world.
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Human-Powered Vehicles
More than two dozen teams of college students arrive in Florida for the East Coast Human-Powered Vehicle Challenge.
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Fact of the Matter: Martinis
Donna Francis aids Jay in his quest to discover if a shaken martini really is better than a stirred one.
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CAVE Air Ambulance Simulator
When an air ambulance service needed new helicopters, they used the CAVE virtual reality theatre to virtually design the a new helicopter.
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SWAN – System for Wearable Audio Navigation
Can technology help a blind man learn to ride a bicycle or go skiing?
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Tabula Rasa
This sci-fi videogame is a MMORPG (massivley multiplayer online role-playing game) that’s trying to differentiate itself from the fantasy MMORPGs by grounding itself in science.