‎Building the Ultimate - Apple TV

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A fascinating and dynamic documentary series exploring how modern technology shapes the objects we use.

Documentary · 2003 · 24 min

EPISÓDIO 1

Submarine

Speed, strength, stealth and power: the submarine is a mean machine going where man cannot. So, how does a submarine withstand the huge forces of sea pressure?

24 min · 27 de out. de 2003
EPISÓDIO 2

Helicopter

Agile and athletic, the helicopter is the only machine designed to take off vertically and hover - and the only vehicle to have saved more lives than it has killed.

24 min · 30 de out. de 2003
EPISÓDIO 3

Suspension Bridge

Graceful and slender, the suspension bridge is the only structure known to man that can span more than one mile. With new computer technology, we find out what really happened at the infamous Tacoma Narrows collapse of 1940.

24 min · 24 de nov. de 2003
EPISÓDIO 4

Spacecraft

A space shuttle has 2.5 million parts and travels at over 7,000 meters per second. With armor that is designed to break and heat shields that are designed to burn, spacecraft technology is literally out of this world.

24 min · 17 de nov. de 2003
EPISÓDIO 5

Tank

The tank is a unique combination of firepower, protection and mobility that dominates the battlefield.

24 min · 10 de nov. de 2003
EPISÓDIO 6

Passanger Jet

At any one time, over 350,000 people are flying in passenger jets - yet, fifty years ago, they didn't exist. Experts from engineering to ornithology reveal the secrets of the jet engine.

24 min · 1 de dez. de 2003