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Take a peek into one of today's fully-automated homes that is so smart, the owner can operate everything from the home theater to the outdoor waterfall at a push of one button.

Take a peek into one of today's fully-automated homes that is so smart, the owner can operate everything from the home theater to the outdoor waterfall at a push of one button.

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"What's in Your Pocket"

Stories of those who believed in dreams and defied the commonplace with their extraordinary creations; covering some of the world's architectural and engineering structures, scientific inventions, and social wonders.

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S14, EP19 "Coin Operated"

Americans insert more than 3.5 million coins into vending machines every 15 minutes; how vending machines work; visiting a factory that produces high-tech vending machines; giant gumball machine.

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S15, EP26 "Coin Operated II"

The historic one-armed bandits; cutting edge, computerized slot machines; some of the wackiest vending machines; binoculars at popular tourist sites; a unique company that collects and cleans the coins thrown into fountains.

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S9, EP42 "Failed Inventions"

The minds of the off-kilter geniuses who thought up off-the-mark concepts; some tinkerers' musings were merely ahead of their time and deemed flops during the inventor's lifetime, but others were just plain bad.

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S14, EP16 "Bathroom Tech II"

Bathroom technology; Kohler makes a digitally controlled shower complete with steam, music and LED chromatherapy; manufacturing sinks; "uncloggable" toilet; the engineering behind low-flow showers and toilets.

Celebrating ingenuity, invention and imagination on a grand scale, "Modern Marvels" tells the amazing stories of the doers, dreamers and sometime-schemers who create everyday items, technological advancements and man-made wonders. From the Statue of Liberty to distilled spirits, and canals to bridges, no subject seems out of reach. Science, technology, electronics, mechanics, engineering, architecture, industry, mass production, manufacturing, and agriculture are just some of the many topics that have been covered during the long-running series.
Original Air Date: Nov 11, 1992
Genres: DocuseriesTV Series
Rating: TV14
Playback: HD
7 seasons available on demand
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