This episode begins with explaining how recycling works using as an example airplanes. Then goes on to Plasma TV’s by explaining the theory and showing us the Hitachi factory. After that it’s the fireworks turn. From China to New York, from production to consumption you can see how they do it! Big hot and noisy, it is time to make railway tracks. Melt, shape, cool, check, you are done! Finally, microseconds, micrometers, welcome to the world of inkjet cartridges and its ink, by taking a tour in the Hewlett Packard cartridge factory.
Salt mines, Trainers, Ships, Watches, Wind Farms
Tires, Excavators, Newspapers, Ports, Contact Lenses
Internet Cable, Cranes, Pencils, Water, Toothpaste
Glass, Golf Balls, Zippers, Coke Cans, Tire Changes
Concrete, Cell Phones, Lightbulbs, Steel, Traffic
Turning the family car into a rally car; titanium and letters.
Go beneath the surface to understand forest fires, car exhaust and the space station.
How a spacesuit keeps an astronaut alive, the diesel engines that power the world's biggest ships, and the manufacturing processes behind the famous neon signs which cover Las Vegas
Secrets behind nuclear submarines; crash-test dummies; growing fruits and vegetables.
The world's largest land-mining machine; how airboats are built; warehouse for car parts.
How black boxes survive an airplane crash; transporting giant steam turbines; making fireproof suits for race-car drivers.
The design and manufacturing of large jet engines; non-lethal weapons that stun without killing; the world's largest telescope.
Learning how large ships make their way through the Panama Canal; technology assists in waste management.
The world's strongest knives; growing diamonds in a laboratory; producing enough bricks to build the modern world.
The science behind electricity; the world's largest floating cranes.
Providing fresh drinking water in the desert; LED television screens; Ferrari sports cars.
Discover how packages are shipped worldwide in less than 24 hours; mining enough coal to feed the world's power stations.
Manufacturing drink cartons; prefabricated homes; mobile intensive-care vehicles.
How meteorologists forecast the weather; the Swedish armed forces use hovercrafts to carry troops and equipment over many types of surfaces.
Constructing freeways to handle a quarter of a million cars each day; minting coins.
Large cargo ships transport goods around the world; Peterbilt makes large, custom built trucks.
The rockets that launch the space shuttle; binocular lenses; windshield wiper blades.
Transporting oil rigs long distances; making electric shavers.
Manufacturing halogen light bulbs; car mufflers; creating unique lock and key sets.
How the latest generation of passenger aircraft are assembled; a lightweight chainsaw can have more muscle and a sharper bite than a great white shark.
Generating power from hydroelectric dams; manufacturing powerful computer microchips.
How gasoline is delivered to the pumps; the making of Swiss Army knives.
The making of wool carpeting and LEGO children's toys.
The technology behind high-speed trains; manufacturing ballpoint pens.
The secrets behind the manufacturing of mirrors; creating a two-dimensional design for a 3-D car.
Manufacturing durable jeans; creating the perfect wine glass.
Turning sand into aluminum foil; how a GPS (global positioning system) guides people to a specific destination.
The Blue Angels, the U.S. Navy's flight demonstration squadron; an indoor ski slope located in one of the world's hottest deserts; turning fresh fish into sushi.
NASA communicates with distant satellites; maintaining large ships; satellite technology provides directions for vehicles.
Turning garbage from a St. Patrick's Day parade into energy to power New York City; turning luxury cars into sports cars; Damascus Steel.
Cowboy hats; deep-sea diving; in-flight catering.
How they stop planes from icing up in cold weather; how clay is used to keep glossy magazines looking sharp; making a 200km-per-hour electric car.
G-Suits stop pilots from blacking out in flight; smart grid; tracking and stopping a stolen car.
Drilling through a mile of solid rock; producing fresh orange juice all year round; bending glass.
Servicing jumbo jets; creating nuclear power; building pianos.
Creating artificial reefs; earthquake-proof buildings; running cars on rocket fuel.
Designing assembly lines, sealing wine bottles, removing salt from sea water.
Manufacturing propellers, intelligent cars, turning metal into magnets.
Blasting through rocks, mapping Earth, providing flowers year round.
Work in 600 degree heat, make champagne, expand ports.
Designing airplane parachutes; solar power; sunglasses.
Find out how they look after sharks at the world's biggest aquarium, how to grow precious stones and what it takes to build a luxury Bentley.
How to avoid docking disaster when handling a thousand ships a day; creating new oil reserves from forest mud; restoring old movies.
Manufacturing stainless steel; making paper; monster motorcycle
How batteries, perfume and artificial islands are made.
Making military helicopters; metro systems; engineering artificial reefs.
How peanut butter is made and how household devices are tested.
A Guinness brewery tour, silk's journey from silkworm cocoons to closets, and how soup is put into cans.
Examining how phosphates are used to put out fires, and the processes involved in refuelling and resupplying cruise liners.
Examining the operation of versatile construction machines, how beans are turned into sauce, and the processes involved in maintaining the Willis Tower Skydeck in Chicago.
The mining of the marble used in Washington DC's monuments, the manufacture of Tabasco sauce and storm-proof umbrellas.
Examining the technology used to dive for natural sponges, and how taxi drivers know their way to so many different destinations
How money is transferred in a safe and secure manner with behind-the-scenes banking technology, landing big game fish, bagpipes.
The processes involved in turning water into whisky, and the preparations that are being made for another natural disaster on the scale of Hurricane Katrina.
The technology involved in building life-saving crash test dummies, book binding, and the making of the butter substitute, margarine.
How aircraft tires are constructed, precision 19th-Century revolvers, and how synthetic fibers are designed to imitate natural grass.
The complex technological processes involved in creating banknotes, and how leather hide is turned into a pair of shoes.
Explore how fish are farmed, raw cane is turned into sugar, and suits are tailored in just one day.
The complex processes involved in maintaining the Eiffel Tower, and how snowboards are made.
How coffee beans are decaffeinated, salmon is smoked, and water is harnessed to power ships.
Examining the training of arson investigation dogs and the making of oak barrels for French wine.
Building the world's fastest lawnmower; setting the price of bread; how coconuts clean water.
The working processes of America's largest mine, and how made-to-measure shotguns are manufactured.
The complex technological processes involved in making off-road vehicles, the best way to stay on a bucking bronco, and how flour is used when making cakes.
The processes involved in turning trees into matches.
How Japanese master chefs prepare the extremely poisonous puffer fish; freight trains; how Scots weave over 700 types of tartan for kilts.
Bowling balls; tower bridge; Gummy Bears.
World's biggest ice hockey rink and car plant.
A 700-hundred-year-old tree is made into a two-ton Japanese drum; how a factory produces thousands of cars and stays green; how Italians make pasta.
New York's Rikers Island prison; how the famous Royal Mail mail boxes are made; turning fruit into jam.
Making playing cards that can defeat a cheat; brewing more than a billion bottles of lager a year; the world's most luxurious private jets.
How roulette wheels are made; making the world's purest olive oil; transforming a rusty wreck into a classic Batmobile.
Defusing thousands of World War II land mines; making crisp tasting cider; clearing undergrowth with a thin strip of nylon wire.
How accordions are built; how wasabi is made; how they produce a duck call that can trick birds.
Rescuing the crew of a sunken submarine; a monster digger; a car that runs on beer.
Kepping a car on the road in a 24 hour race; turning sweet sugar cane into rum.
How a 1700-seat circus tent is set up in 36 hours; turning Japanese maple and mahogany into an electric guitar.
Frankfurter; casino security; sniper rifles.
Tsukji; cricket bats; Parcels.
Panama hats; rounding up Florida's escaped pythons; keeping drivers safe in the world's longest tunnel.
How volcanoes help produce the world's best guacamole; building a truck that can cross a swamp; Fiskars scissors.
Building a modern fighter jet; Belgium's Trappist monks make the world's finest beers; America's best performing SUV.
Making footballs for the National Football League; how mussels are farmed; designing the ultimate fighter pilot's helmet.
How billions of bees produce a million tons of California almonds; clearing snow to keep Norway's planes flying; removing the toughest stains.
Making a cable strong enough to hold a bridge; modern hunters use medieval weapons; how stores determine the right sizes and colors to have in stock.
Building the world's most powerful trucks; solving crimes using the world's largest DNA database; making cheese with paraffin.
A drink made from cactus; New York City uses steam; making soft ice cream.
How stuntmen survive a day of being knocked down and beaten up; how they make a watercraft that can swim like a dolphin; how they mine precious amber.
Making and testing tennis balls; the ultimate surround sound home cinema system; supplying New York with the finest steaks.
How to connect a billion people across the world; using grass to make vodka; building the world's most expensive cable car.
Turning rubber into chewing gum; How fish hooks are made to catch a shark.
Digging out the rare opal in the Australian desert; Building the classic bi-wing strong enough to stand the stresses of modern stunt flying; Making the nougat core of everybody's favorite sweets.
Salad; Rope; Insulin
A look at how to make parmesan cheese, and the key to keeping the runways running at the world's busiest airports. Plus, a look at manufacturing reclining chairs
A look at ways to weave an authentic Turkish carpet, and how helicopter blade technology is being used to make cross country skis. Plus, the practicalities behind the Niagara Falls
A look at how sea weed for sushi is farmed, how a beer bottle is made that lasts for fifteen years and how they keep swimmers and surfers off a sharks menu.
Examining how the street lamps of Venice are cast, and how tiny trees are grown for the ancient Chinese art of penjing.
A look at how one of the fastest bikes in the world was created, how pilots train to perform death-defying acrobatics, and how oil and gas is brought up from the bottom of the sea.
A look at how New York bagels are hand-rolled, how they make a racing car tyre that will grip the track at 320kph, and how life-like sculptures are created out of glass.
A look at how waste is collected in Venice, how Australia's famous sheepskin boots are made, and how pond algae is turned into a health supplement.
Examining how rosebuds are turned into Turkish delight, and how sunscreen is made to block out harmful UV light. Plus, how to hammer out a silver spoon.
A look at how the world's finest canvases are created, how tofu is made, and how to get 50 drinks out of a single bottle of beer.
An insight into how people care for bees, plus a look at how to build a trike that can carry a whole family and how to stop a bullet with a sheet of ceramic.
An insight into how the minerals that are an essential ingredient in glass cookware are mined, and a look at how money is kept safe and secure inside cash machines.
How the alcoholic spirit aquavit is made, and how kangaroos help protect motorcycle riders in a crash. Plus, a look at the cleaning of New York's St Patrick's Cathedral.
A look at how to build a port ready to receive the world's biggest container ships, and how 28 million plastic bags are made every day.
An insight into how the world's most expensive vinegar is made, how divers keep dry and warm in the freezing ocean, and how to build a plane that can fly upside down.
A look at the process of forging super steel to make cars lighter, greener and safer, and how Australia's 80 million sheep are sheared every spring.
The technological processes involved in keeping people comfortable, entertained and safe with the latest aircraft seats, and a look at the design of bras with aerospace technology.
How plasterboard is made from power station smoke, the casting of the world's top awards, and how planes are built that can take off and land almost anywhere.
How car windows are made to keep out wind and rain, stones, thieves, noise and harmful UV rays. Plus, a look at the way gloss is added to create the perfect shade of lipstick
A look at how George Washington's favourite tipple is made, how aircraft seats are tested without crashing a plane, and the manufacturing processes behind billions of batteries
A look at how nickel is mined, how the lock gates for canals are built so that barges and boats can climb hills, and the processes involved in creating Taiwan's beloved bubble tea
Skyline logging is used to wrangle Vancouver's most elusive trees. Muscle and skill turns ordinary clay into intricate tiles in a Spanish workshop. A 90-year-old British treat is also prepared.
Jet over to Spain and see one of the most advanced and powerful planes in the world assembled. LL Bean's secret to making warm waterproof boots is revealed. And discover how they get bananas just ripe.
Commuters rise above Mumbai's chaos by riding India's only monorail. In Denmark, porcelain statues are hand painted and take several weeks to complete. Creative cupcake recipes originate in Manhattan and stretch around the world.
Travel down under, home to some of the largest wineries in the world and see how some of the most popular wines are produced. What does PTFE stand for? And how is it used to make extreme weather clothing for the most demanding customers.
Building a fighter jet; Turning bitter oranges into marmalade; Printing out a dress fit for the catwalk.
The powerful machines essential to building roads and highways are made; No pans are needed when you can bake bread in a can; Luxurious cell phones are made with rubies and sapphires.
Making the world's finest harp strings; Building roof windows that can keep out a hurricane; Making Belgian waffles.
Scrap metal is made into a gourmet cooking machine; The exotic aromas of India are created by hand; How sailors got their Dutch Courage.
A farm in the Netherlands is run almost entirely by robots. One of the largest toughest log stackers is put to work in Sweeden and grand pianos are navigated through the streets of New York.
Indian construction crews that use bamboo for their scaffolding needs; Mining strontium for multicolored fireworks.
Fashionable footwear; prefabricated houses; underground storage for books and documents.
South Africa's macadamia farmers; Chicago's water-filtration system. Also: the use of Mojo Barriers to keep music fans safe at the Pinkpop Festival in the Netherlands.
How fraud-proof credit cards are made; how hot lunches are delivered to Mumbai workers; and how a thousand-ton ship is hoisted hundreds of feet into the air.
How electricity is delivered in London. Also: using NASA technology to make a perfect pizza in minutes; and turning pine trees into playhouses.
How baklava is made; how pilots fly gyroplanes; how a ukulele is crafted; and how the world's fastest ferry was built.
How longboards are made; how lemons are turned into lemonade; and how forklifts are built.
How coffee is roasted; how bricks are built; how lava lamps are made; and how diamonds are mined from an extinct volcano.
How the world's sharpest photos are taken; what it takes to create an airbag that can catch a falling car; and how jelly beans are made.
Included: caravans; tuning forks; ice resurfacers; and Festival of Lights.
Vinyl records, bumper cars and tiger balm are featured.
How non-alcoholic beer, Tomcars, escalators and lie detectors are made.
How axes, messenger bags and fast-rescue boats are made.
How Wensleydale cheese, paintbrushes, eucalyptus oil and plastic wrap are made.
Included: the Tesla; horse-hair fabrics; and pool cleaners.
How do they feed France's appetite for snails, turn slabs of steel into shiny cutlery, and craft a kayak you can paddle with your feet?
How do they build emergency bridges that can take the weight of a tank, make a marker pen that never fades, and design a 200 mph superbike?
How do they blow the world's finest crystal, heat the deepest swimming pool, and fill a million bottles a day of the world's favourite ketchup?
How do they forge a set of jaws that can chomp through concrete, stitch the historic airman's bomber, and brew the oldest beer in the Western World?
How do they turn Sheffield steel into a carpenter's handsaw, make a microphone that can pick up a whisper, and safely steer through a frozen river?
How do they brew moonshine in the heart of New York City, make a battery powered bicycle, and grow the rubber for wetsuits in the Arizona desert?
How do they mine one of the rarest gemstones in the world, craft the classic cowboy boot, and build a road sweeper that can pick up seven tonnes of trash?
How do they make the world's softest duvets, drill for oil thousands of metres below ground, and put the stretch in rubber bands?
How do they build a diesel engine that can fly, make cough sweets, turn clear plastic into bank notes, and whip up ice cream flavours?
How do they turn a family car into a fortress on wheels, grow millions of perfect Christmas trees and hammer out the world's finest cymbals?
How do they turn used aluminium cans into planes and rockets? Plus, how do they carve the traditional Black Forest cuckoo clock?
How do they build the ultimate car crushing colossus? Plus, how do Lea and Perrins concoct their Worcestershire sauce?
A look at how the amazing, and massive, decorations on Mardi Gras carnival floats are created, how rock candy is twisted together, and a look at how dentures are made.
How do they harvest and treat the world's most expensive tea? Plus, how does the Siekierki power plant of Warsaw, Poland heat half the city's homes?
How do they engineer the latest incarnation of the classic Royal Enfield Continental GT motorbike? Plus, how do 'art detectives' spot a forgery?
How do they blend science and destruction at crash test centres? And how do they piece together the complex mechanism of a pocket sized umbrella?
How do they extract iron ore from one of the most remote mines on the planet? And how do they make chandeliers that are fit for a queen?
How do they forge the blades to crack open oyster shells? Plus, how do scientists in a lab grow the synthetic diamonds of the future?
How do they make cheddar, the world's most popular cheese? How do they breathe life into Rususci Anne - the plastic woman that teaches CPR?
How do Ford produce the ubiquitous white van, the Transit? Plus, how do they ensure the Driza-bone coat lives up to its name?
How do they make wood burning stoves that bring warmth to the bleak Norwegian winter? Plus, how do build the synthesiser that changed music forever?
How do they assemble the reinvented Morgan 3 Wheeler? Plus, how do they protect firefighters' hands from heat, flame and chemical attack?
How do they make wind turbines with twice the wingspan of a Boeing? Plus, how do they mould car tyres from the ooze of a tree?
How they make the tank piercing super bullet; how they forge the infamous torture weapon, the dentist's drill.
Giant Floating Power Stations; The World's Smallest Aircraft.
Crayons for Children and Artists; Mirrors in India.
Race Cars That Run on Electricity; Mead.
Steam-Powered Paddleboats on the Mississippi River; The Waterfall Defense System.
Modern Paving Stones; A Traditionally Tailored Tuxedo.
Fire Gloves for Emergency Services Personnel; The Enamel Used for Baking.
How do the islanders of the Outer Hebrides use pedal power to weave world-famous Harris tweed? And, in Iceland, how do they prepare fermented shark?
How do they make the world's most expensive and luxurious beds? And, how do they deliver supplies and equipment to the International Space Station?
How do they make the distinctive Borsalino hat worn by Indiana Jones? And, how do they make a bicycle which can fold up to a tenth the size of a...
How do they make the world's most famous electric guitar, the Fender Stratocaster? And, how do they make Swedish fermented cod roe Kalles caviar?
It's been tipping over for 800 years - what's the gravity-defying magic behind Pisa's leaning tower? And, how are chocolate digestive biscuits manufactured?
How did the ancient Greeks invent parchment with techniques still used today? And how do they make shuttlecocks, the fasting moving object in sport?
How do they make some world's smoothest writing ballpoint pens that don't leak or fade? And, how do they make pizza for soldiers on the frontline?
In Cremona, how do they make modern violins that sound as good as the legendary Stradivarius? And, how do they build houses with volcanic rock?
How does a Dutch company make the world's fastest superyachts? And, how do they make a new space suit that weighs and costs the fifth of the previous design?
How is Parma ham, the most famous ham in the world, made? Plus, how do they make rowing machines, and how are the iconic London Underground signs made?
How do planes take off and land on a beach at one of the world's oldest airports? And, how do they hand-make the national dress of Bavaria, lederhosen?
How do they catch the world's largest lobsters? How do they build the iconic chesterfield sofa? And, how do they capture the world's sharpest TV pictures?
How do they take a car from Siberia to the Sahara without leaving Germany? Plus, how do they hand craft a baseball glove that will last a lifetime?
How do they print over 10 million copies a day of the world's best-selling newspaper? How do they knit 32,000 pairs of socks a day at South Africa's biggest sock...
How do they produce 99% of America's raisins in California's San Joaquin Valley? Plus, how do they make the world's oldest type of paper?
How do they use ancient techniques and modern technology to produce thousands of tonnes of barbecue charcoal? How do they cook up Japan's soba noodles?
How do they grow America's only freshwater pearls in Tennessee? How are the world's sharpest knives made, and how do they forge the world's sharpest knives?
How do they turn ugly root vegetables into sweet sugar? How do they make feather dusters? And, how do they make billions of balloons to keep parties popping?
How do they turn trees into billions of pencils? How do they make liquorice? And, how do they use traditional techniques to weave the world's most fashionable lace?
How do they mine one of the world's most valuable metals, platinum? How do they produce manga comics? How do they turn lemons into an Italian after-dinner drinks?
Exploring how one family in America make three quarters of the world's peppermint oil. Also, a look at state-of-the-art, performance-enhancing tennis rackets.
How do they make a trombone? How do they make traditional Spanish wineskins? And, how do they turn smelly muddy peat into rejuvenating face cream?
Over 35 million people love to surf. A look at how they make the perfect board for catching waves. Plus, exploring how the world eats 10 million tonnes of butter per year.
Top race horses are given VIP treatment to get to their new owners. Plus, a look at the creative methods used to photograph food.
A factory reveals the genius behind a favorite teatime accompaniment.
Craftsmen reveal the three-hundred-year-old secret to hand making violins.
Astronauts are protected from a hostile environment with space suits.
A family grows grapes on a grand scale, and engineers create new showers.
Companies make oodles of noodles and charcoal the old-fashioned way.
Blacksmiths unlock the ancient secrets of the infamous damask steel blade.
A vegetable satisfies sweet cravings, and rubber gets the party popping.
A plant is turned into candy, and traditional weaving is used to make lace.
The explosive secrets of platinum production are revealed.
Engineers provide an inside look at the process that is involved with building mega machines, including the design process involved with their creation.
Where money is no limit, high-roller supercar enthusiasts pay big bucks for cars designed and built to be faster, sexier and more exotic than ever before.
State-of-the-art aircraft examined from start to finish, with a look at engineering design, manufacture and the factory space needed to accommodate assembly.
Learn how gigantic structures are conceptualized and designed by architects, engineers and computers then brought from the drawing board to full reality.
How they design and build sea vehicles from massive mega-yachts to the next generation of military vessels that combine new materials and revolutionary hulls.
Automotive engineers provide insight into the effort that it takes to design and build the vehicles that are needed to perform a variety of tough jobs.
