Videos: Modern Marvels

Modern Marvels continues to explore the most awe-inspiring achievements in the world. The ultimate celebration and investigation of engineering excellence, each episode of Volume 6 is commemorated with the inspiration and determination that produced some of the most awesome and ordinary inventions and gadgets in our modern-day lives.

Modern Marvels continues to explore the most awe-inspiring achievements in the world. The ultimate celebration and investigation of engineering excellence, each episode of Volume 5 is commemorated with the inspiration and determination that produced some of the most awesome and ordinary inventions and gadgets in our modern-day lives.

From the heights of human ingenuity to the depths of engineering catastrophes, Modern Marvels puts on display the world's most awe-inspiring achievements. The ultimate celebration and investigation of engineering excellence, Volume 2 celebrates with viewers the inspiration and determination that produced the most awesome, and ordinary, inventions and gadgets of our modern-day world.

From the heights of human ingenuity to the depths of engineering catastrophes, Modern Marvels continues to explore the most awe-inspiring achievements in the world. The ultimate celebration and investigation of engineering excellence, each episode of Volume 3 shares with viewers inspiration and determination.

Modern Marvels continues to explore the most awe-inspiring achievements in the world. The ultimate celebration and investigation of engineering excellence, each episode of Volume 6 is commemorated with the inspiration and determination that produced some of the most awesome and ordinary inventions and gadgets in our modern-day lives.

Over the course of several hundred years, guns have undergone changes that have made them more efficient and effective.

California's tule fog, a thick ground fog named after the tule grass wetlands of the Central Valley is the leading cause of weather-related casualties in CA.

Though we don't see it, grease is a key component in our everyday lives.

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Countless tidy lawns and well-groomed gardens owe their good looks to the string trimmer, a weed-whacking device with surprisingly humble beginnings.

Harnessing solar energy has a bright future in helping the environment.

Designing the average food truck kitchen requires specialized engineering.

From the heights of human ingenuity to the depths of engineering catastrophes, Modern Marvels continues to explore the most awe-inspiring achievements in the world. Each episode of Volume 3 shares with viewers the inspiration and determination that produced some of the most awesome, and ordinary, inventions and gadgets in our modern-day lives.

Celebrating ingenuity, invention, and imagination brought to life on a grand scale, Modern Marvels tells the fascinating stories of the doers, dreamers, and sometime-schemers who created everyday items, technological breakthroughs, and man-made wonders.

Fireworks originated 1,000 years ago in China when chemicals were accidentally mixed together to create an explosive.