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A Machine To Die For: The Quest For Free Energy	Machine to Die For is about the search for perpetual motion and free energy. Conventional science claims this is impossible, yet generations of inventors have been mesmerized by the promise of an engine that powers itself. The world’s reliance on diminishing fossil fuel resources and the associated problems of pollution serve to spur them on. A Machine to Die For showcases a number of dedicated, sometimes eccentric, and always obsessive individuals (More Info) Categories: Technology, Mystery Duration: 00:54:59 Date Added: 2011-09-09 17:49:10 Views: 782 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist

Ancient Aliens - S02E06 - Alien Tech	This episode proposes that some advanced weapon technologies currently in development, such as laser and sonic weapons, are rediscovered technologies used by advanced beings in the past. Also discussed are theories that aliens provided gravity manipulation devices to help man construct colossal stone structures around the world. (More Info) Categories: Space, UFO's and Aliens, Technology Duration: 00:43:58 Date Added: 2011-05-24 00:00:00 Views: 755 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist

Ancient Discoveries - S01E01 - Ancient Computer?	Roman Empire 27 BC - 476 AD. The Romans, always inspire from the Greeks, because the Greeks were older and had the most advanced Civilization and Technology. That's the reason, that always you here: a Greek doctor, a Greek architects, a Greek mathematician, a Greek scientist, a Greek technologies, a Greek war-Machines, a Greek Philosopher e.t.c. This episode investigates the Antikythera Mechanism, a computer-like device that may have been used to calculate the movements of stars and plane (More Info) Categories: History, Technology Duration: 00:50:17 Date Added: 2011-07-24 16:44:01 Views: 842 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist

Ancient Discoveries - S02E03 - Machines II	Roman Empire 27 BC - 476 AD. The Romans, always inspire from the Greeks, because the Greeks were older and had the most advanced Civilization and Technology. That's the reason, that always you here: a Greek doctor, a Greek architects, a Greek mathematician, a Greek scientist, a Greek technologies, a Greek war-Machines, a Greek Philosopher e.t.c. Ancient mechanical devices are examined: A jar that appears to be an electric battery, a flour mill in France that is run by waterwheels, and Arc (More Info) Categories: History, Technology Duration: 00:50:17 Date Added: 2011-07-27 19:45:17 Views: 655 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist

Ancient Discoveries - S03E07 - Machines of Ancient China	Ancient Discoveries looks at Chinese technology such as cosmic machines, hydraulic hammers, water-controlled clocks and mass production plants powered by water. (More Info) Categories: History, Technology Duration: 00:42:26 Date Added: 2011-08-30 23:24:40 Views: 586 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist

Arduino - The Documentary	The Arduino is a type of open source hardware. Using an Arduino is fairly straightforward: buy a board and attach it to a personal computer via a cable. Then load instructions into the Arduino’s processor via the personal computer, William Gurstelle explained. Once programmed, the Arduino makes decisions based on the information transmitted by whatever sensors you’ve hooked up, and does something corporeal, such as turn on or off the motors, displays, valves, and lights (More Info) Categories: Technology Duration: 00:28:15 Date Added: 2011-01-21 00:00:00 Views: 538 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist

Big, Bigger, Biggest - Building The Burj Dubai	A Documentary featuring the building of The Burj Dubai now called Burj Khalifa, the world tallest building as featured on Channel 5′s Big, Bigger, Biggest. (More Info) Categories: Engineering, Technology Duration: 00:44:54 Date Added: 2010-11-07 00:00:00 Views: 1633 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist

Big, Bigger, Biggest - Cargo Plane	Look at engineering leaps that have helped different types of structures go from big to bigger to biggest. In This Episode: Standing as tall as a seven-story building, the Antonov 124 is the world's largest cargo plane. Discover the landmark aircraft behind its design. (More Info) Categories: Aviation, Engineering, Technology Duration: 00:47:07 Date Added: 2010-12-12 00:00:00 Views: 703 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist

Big, Bigger, Biggest - Space Station	In Big, Bigger, Biggest: Space Station, Explore the world’s biggest space station. The International Space Station orbits 350 kilometres above our heads, hurtling around the Earth at almost 30,000 kilometres an hour. It is one of the greatest engineering feats of all time. Its crew performs vital experiments that will one day allow humans to live permanently in space. (More Info) Categories: Space, Engineering, Technology Duration: 00:46:43 Date Added: 2010-11-25 00:00:00 Views: 509 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist

Build It Bigger - Coaster Build Off	Danny Forster launches headlong into scream engineering --- building, designing and riding some of the greatest roller coasters on the planet. Danny works with two construction teams who create every exacting detail to make the ride both scary and safe. (More Info) Categories: Engineering, Technology Duration: 00:42:33 Date Added: 2011-06-16 00:00:00 Views: 414 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist

Build It Bigger - Hurricane Proof Homes	A new, high-tech method of construction is replacing homes damaged by hurricanes in the Gulf Coast. Danny will join a team of 100 factory workers as they race to build an entire house that can withstand 160-mph winds in just five days. When they finish, two halves of the finished house will be shrink-wrapped and loaded onto trucks for delivery. Danny will embark on a 200-mile journey in Mississippi to deliver the home to its new owners, and he will help with the final installation. (More Info) Categories: Technology, Engineering, Nature Duration: 00:42:32 Date Added: 2011-06-13 00:00:00 Views: 434 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist

Cosmic Journeys - Crashing Into The Moon	Cutting-edge stories about the origins of the universe, black holes, exploding stars, the search for ET life, and the nature of the planets. In This Episode: A whole new space race has begun. Over the next decade, the United States... Germany... England... Japan... India... China... Russia... and even a few private companies... have plans to send rockets to explore the moon. They will map the lunar surface... search for clues to its origins... and find (More Info) Categories: Space, Science, Technology Duration: 00:17:42 Date Added: 2010-12-23 00:00:00 Views: 333 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist

Cosmic Journeys - The Incredible Journey Of Apollo 12	Cutting-edge stories about the origins of the universe, black holes, exploding stars, the search for ET life, and the nature of the planets. In This Episode: It's the ultimate buddy movie. Forty years ago, on November 19, 1969, astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean landed on the moon in one of the most important of the Apollo flights. This video shows them making a pinpoint landing on a treacherous lunar surface, finding rocks, and generally having a blast. The program featur (More Info) Categories: Space, Science, Technology Duration: 00:20:35 Date Added: 2010-12-23 00:00:00 Views: 368 Rating: 7.00/10 Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist

Cosmic Journeys - Voyage To Pandora: First Interstellar Space Flight	Cutting-edge stories about the origins of the universe, black holes, exploding stars, the search for ET life, and the nature of the planets. In This Episode: Pandora is the idyllic blue world featured in the movie Avatar. Its location is a real place: Alpha Centauri, the nearest star to our Sun and the most likely destination for our first journey beyond the solar system. Remarkably, it's anti-matter, the science fiction fuel of choice that could take us there. No (More Info) Categories: Space, Technology, Travel Duration: 00:21:08 Date Added: 2010-12-23 00:00:00 Views: 413 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist

Energy War	Forget the axis of evil, its the axis of oil The Cold War and the War on Terror were about ideology and globalization. The 21st century will be dominated by the struggle for energy: It will be every man for himself and it's going to get dirty. In the two-part documentary Energy War, VPRO's Backlight investigates the major developments with regards to energy sources. Featuring NY Times columnist Thomas Friedman. The film describes the geopolitical consequences of (More Info) Categories: Society, Disaster, Technology Duration: 01:18:29 Date Added: 2011-01-19 00:00:00 Views: 384 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist

Engineering Connections - S02E03 - HMS Illustrious	Richard Hammond unpicks the engineering DNA of the mighty aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious. A potent force with a powerful punch, this aircraft carrier can deliver a strike force anywhere on the globe at any time. It's a floating airport, city and battleship all rolled into one. But what connects this indomitable vessel with a boomerang, a hearing aid, an 18th century seed drill, Tower Bridge and the space race? (More Info) Categories: Military, Technology, Maritime Duration: 00:47:11 Date Added: 2011-07-31 11:23:22 Views: 847 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist

Explorer - Science Of Surveillance	Invisible eyes are searching for criminals and terrorists. But at what price? Will surveillance technology eventually invade our bodies, our homes and pervade our daily lives? Are we creating a future with nowhere to hide? Explorer deconstructs the London bombings investigation to reveal the limits of monitoring technology, and slips behind the scenes of high-tech command centers. In the new "Surveillance Society," every move you make can be watched. (More Info) Categories: Technology Duration: 00:45:53 Date Added: 2010-12-19 00:00:00 Views: 352 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist

Extreme Machines - Metal Monsters	Documentary looking at some of the most spectacular and dramatic train journeys in the world, including meetings with the engineers, drivers and passengers. The programme explores the historical background of some of the lines, and highlights the incredible engineering feats needed to build them. (More Info) Categories: Engineering, Technology Duration: 00:48:03 Date Added: 2010-09-28 00:00:00 Views: 473 Rating: 8.00/10 Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist

Extreme Machines - Wheels Of Steel	Extreme Machines is dedicated to finding out how machines work. This program focuses on the fastest, largest, and tallest trains. We take a brief look at the steam era -- at the Mallard and the huge Big Boys of the Union Pacific railways and a more detailed look at the trains of today -- in particular the French TGV with its top speed of 320 mph. We investigate breaking systems, on-board computer systems and the latest in hi-tech tracks. We show some of the spectacular train crashes and disaste (More Info) Categories: Engineering, Technology Duration: 00:41:58 Date Added: 2010-09-28 00:00:00 Views: 466 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist

Extreme Mega Factories	The world's largest chocolate maker; U.S. Mint; the world's largest creator of parade floats; hundreds of robots make Legos in a fully automated factory. (More Info) Categories: Engineering, Technology Duration: 00:43:28 Date Added: 2011-02-09 00:00:00 Views: 353 Rating: N/A Watch Full Documentary Here! Add To Playlist