Name: Smash Lab
Released: 2007-12-27T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show · Documentary · Reality

A team of maverick engineers incorporates everyday technology in revolutionary new ways by breaking it down to study how it works, then use that knowledge in a new, supersized way.

2007 · 42m

EPISODE 1

Blast Proof Building

Designers and engineers face an almost impossible challenge - to use truck bed liner paint to protect an entire building from a massive explosion.

42 min
EPISODE 2

Crash Absorbing Concrete

Can the team use the latest aviation breakthrough to prevent a car or bus crossing the meridian and smashing into oncoming traffic?

42 min
EPISODE 3

Hurricane Proof House

The `Smash Lab' teams test a special type of carbon fibre used to reinforce tunnels to see if it can protect a home from destructive hurricanes.

42 min
EPISODE 4

Train Crash

The `Smash Lab' team tests an idea to combat the amount of railway crossing accidents by using giant airbags on the front of a train to push cars safely out of the way.

41 min
EPISODE 5

Earthquake Proof House

Could technology used to move aircraft cargo also isolate a house from the shaking of the ground? The team tests this theory with an earthquake machine.

41 min
EPISODE 6

High Rise Escape

The team attempt to reduce the number of fire-related deaths using magnetic roller coaster brake devices. A stunt man is on hand to test the system.

41 min

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