Skip to Main Content

S1 E19 Bucking Bronco-Matic

Documentary

TV-PG

22m

Dec 31, 2015

Take a ride on this rodeo-ready bucking bronco machine that’s controlled by your emotions; Meet the inventor of what is quite possible the world’s smallest personal watercraft.

Season 1, 24 Episodes

season 1 (24 episodes)

Flight Assembled Architecture,

We meet the engineers behind a flock of flying robots – robots that build enormous, organized structures without any help from humans; The Wikispeed is a car that proves that speed and gas guzzling don’t have to go hand-in-hand.

Rickety Downhill Challenge,

We meet an online blogger who is obsessed with hot wheels: he writes about race cars and fast lap times from an old race track in Germany ; Spain’s new military planes may be as versatile as a cargo van, but they’re made for more heavy duty work.

Tunnel Under History,

An old parking lot is converted into a modular, Olympic-ready whitewater rapid course; We head to Barcelona, where they are building an underground high-speed train line under some of the city’s most famous buildings.

We sign off this week with a high speed bike that leaves the competition in its tracks – thanks to a little help from a jet-pack engine; A 3-D camera unlocks some of the mysteries of the legendary Stonehenge – and reveals intriguing graffiti too.

We all know wine tastes better as it ages - but what would you say to a beer 65 million years in the making?; We find out how one inventor is taking the work out of rollerblading.

If Looks Could Kill,

Check out a new kind of head gear for military pilots that is changing the rules of the game; A streamlined car from scratch that is fuel efficient, good for the environment; An electric unicycle? Sound impossible?

How do you test a lunar rover? The Spanish countryside is the perfect testing ground for the Eurobot; Find out how one lab in Wales is creating lightning bolts to make sure airplanes stay in flight when they’re struck.

Fighter Jet Training,

Flying a US Navy fighter jet is hard enough as it is - but doing it while trying not to pass out is even harder; Catching a taxi cab takes on a whole new meaning when that cab is going 300 kilometres per hour.

We meet the British secret operative who knows a thing or two about investigating UFOs - from real life experience; What does a radiologist and an expert marksman have in common?

Autobahn Robot Car,

Cruise down the Autobahn with reporter Dan Riskin without ever needing to touch the steering wheel; A high tech team at UC-Berkeley shows us a robot that can predict exactly where a moving object will land.

Drivable Dragons,

Meet the husband and wife team behind this incredible collection of home-made vehicle/spectacles; We check out the latest tech devices used to diffuse bombs – still live bombs from WW2.

Extra Terrestrial Vehicle / Inside The Titanic,

We meet an extraordinary person who takes factory cars and transforms them into extra-terrestrial vehicles; Go behind the scenes of this exclusive docudrama, 'Inside the Titanic,' to see the true villain – water.

Say hello to a NASA-engineered 'street legal' race car for baby boomers; Meet the artist who can show you how one man’s trash can be another man’s home.

Reporter Alan Nursall visits the starting line of Top Fuel race cars, and puts their Nitro Methane fuel to the test - by lighting a match; We meet Jurg the Youtube sensation, thanks to his arsenal of home-made slingshots.

Stupid Orchestra,

All the way from Germany, we bring you an ‘orchestra’ made up entirely of household appliances; What is the secret link between jet-lag and the peak performance of an athlete?

Otherlab / Old School Golf,

This ‘lab’ is very serious about fun and games: in fact a typical day at the office here looks more like a funhouse. But it’s all in the name of serious and scientific exploration; We travel to St. Andrew’s in Scotland.

Brain-Controlled Wheelchair,

Not so much ‘mind over matter,’ but rather ‘that’s using your head!’ We take a look at a new technology that allows severely disabled individuals to operate a wheelchair with their brain.

We travel to Brussels to check out a small army of solar tunnels running alongside the city’s railway tracks - the largest collection of working panels in the world; Reporter and self-confessed ‘Batman’ Dan Riskin travels to China.

Bucking Bronco-Matic,

Take a ride on this rodeo-ready bucking bronco machine that’s controlled by your emotions; Meet the inventor of what is quite possible the world’s smallest personal watercraft.

Fast forward to car manufacturing featuring cannabis. It sounds odd, but it's stronger than any car on the road today; A group of scientists want to build robot ears that mimic those of bats.

Meet a team of scientists working to determine - and prevent - when and where an avalanche will strike; Is this small robot army proof that the world will soon be taken over by soulless drones?

Not since the Concorde has there been a plane this fast - it travels over 3,000 mph; A robot created at University of Michigan named Mabel has graduated from baby steps to giant leaps.

Floating Island / Rhino Armored Car,

See the world's largest artificial islands off the coast of South Korea; The Rhino armored car features bullet-proof glass you can shoot out of; Scientists study slabs of ice from the coldest, most remote corners of our planet to see what's living inside.

What does it feel like to fly like a bird?; A Japanese inventor creates the ultimate tsunami survival capsule; A robot explorer beings its journey across the Pacific Ocean - autonomously.

Details

How Tech Works

Documentary

TV-PG

1 Season

22m

How Tech Works takes viewers around the world to meet the inventors and innovators behind the planet’s most cutting edge science and technology.

Watch Free TV Shows

Watch free TV shows, from exciting new releases to timeless classics. Whether you’re into gripping crime shows, fan-favorite sitcoms, reality TV, or acclaimed dramas, watch free full seasons of TV shows On Demand anytime, anywhere.