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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.
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.
S11, EP12 "The Basement"
Explore basements from Pompeii to Pittsburgh; ancient Hittites, Phrygians, and Persians carved subterranean rooms for storage and shelter, Greeks and Romans valued them, Renaissance architects hid kitchens there, and Colonial Americans expanded use.
S5, EP25 "The Tool Bench: Hand Tools"
Well over two million years before modern man evolved, his primitive ancestors were making tools; the ability to extend the hand and strengthen the arm is considered one of the keys to human evolution.
S5, EP20 "The Tool Bench: Power Tools"
The history of civilization could easily be measured in terms of our ability to make, use, and improve tools; episode examines power tool industry, which is booming thanks to more powerful, lighter, and quieter cordless tools.
S10, EP10 "Bathroom Tech"
From tub to toilet to toothpaste, here's everything you ever wanted to know about the most used and least discussed room in the house.
