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Modern Marvels
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.
S11, EP22 "Edison Tech"
Thomas Alva Edison, the Wizard of Menlo Park, created electric lights, power systems, motion pictures, recorded sound, and tattoo pens; his innovations evolved into modern CDs, iPods, satellite radio, and technologies from Internet to outer space.
S13 "'60s Tech"
Color TV; satellite broadcasting; transistor radios; the Ford Mustang.
S13, EP16 "'70s Tech"
The 1970s were a decade of excess; dust off your mirror ball, put on your leisure suit, and rediscover the gadgets of the era; Play PONG with its inventor and learn how this simple game created a billion dollar empire.
S12, EP10 "'80s Tech"
The 1980s transitioned from Industrial to Information Age with brick cell phones, Pac-Man, Rubik's Cube, Sony Walkman, and CDs; microchips revolutionized work, play, and communication through Silicon Valley innovations including Apple computers.
S12, EP38 "Christmas Tech"
Christmas observance by world's population incorporates trees, ornaments, lights, and treats made cheaper and safer through technology; explore Rockefeller Center preparations, Macy's holiday windows, UNICEF snowflake installation, and more.
S12, EP19 "Mummy Tech"
Egyptian mummies speak from graves through state-of-the-art CT-scanning technology; explore 2,000-year-old child mummy, 70-day mummification process, King Tut's mysterious death investigation, and nitrogen-filled conservation cases preventing decay.