Season 1 (2007)

Blast Proof House
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November 26, 2007

Can the team use the latest aviation break through to prevent a car or bus crossing the meridian and smashing into oncoming traffi...Read more

Crash Absorbing Concrete
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January 16, 2008 • 1h

Engineers determine if a new aviation technology called an aerated concrete arrestor bed can be used to prevent out-of-control veh...Read more

Hurricane Proof House
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January 23, 2008

The team tests a kind of carbon fiber to see, if it could be used to reinforce tunnels or keep a house from being destroyed in a hurricane.

Train Crash
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January 30, 2008

In response to the fact that over 3000 people die each year due to railroad crossing accidents, the team tests the idea to use lar...Read more

Earthquake Proof House
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February 6, 2008 • 1h

The team tries to figure out if technology can be used to isolate a house from the shaking of the ground, caused by an earthquake.

High Rise Escape
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February 13, 2008

The team tries to figure out how to decrease the number of fire-related deaths by having a stunt man test magnetic roller coaster brakes.

Fireproof House
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February 20, 2008

The goal is to insulate a home from forest fires. A good portion of the show has the team working on ways to get the huge blanket ...Read more

Runaway Trailer
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February 27, 2008

The team investigates if you can stop a runaway trailer with truck using rockets. After testing 3 ways of using the rockets, a dir...Read more

Fluidized Sand
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March 5, 2008

The team experiments with fluidized sand to help stop bank robbers in getaway cars.

Long Range Life Boat
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March 19, 2008

The team combines a life boat with torpedo technology to perform a long range rescue.

C02 Cop Car
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March 26, 2008

The team equips a police car with CO2 (carbon dioxide) fire extinguishers in order to disable a car during a high speed chase.

Boat Ejector Seat
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April 2, 2008

Deanne and the boys use ways to escape speedboat crashes with a parachute. First Deanne and the guys tried to use a parachute to e...Read more

Bomb Proof Plane
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April 9, 2008 • 1h

The team uses a material named Blastwrap in an attempt to protect a 747 from an explosion.