How Do They Do It?

7.6
200622m

An insider's look at the engineering and scientific miracles behind the things that form the modern world.

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Seasons

6 Episodes • Premiered 2006

Still image for How Do They Do It? season 1 episode 1: Recycling, Plasma TV, Fireworks, Railroad Tracks, Ink

1. Recycling, Plasma TV, Fireworks, Railroad Tracks, Ink

This episode begins with explaining how recycling works using as an example airplanes. Then goes on to Plasma TV’s by explaining the theory and showing us the Hitachi factory. After that it’s the fireworks turn. From China to New York, from production to consumption you can see how they do it! Big hot and noisy, it is time to make railway tracks. Melt, shape, cool, check, you are done! Finally, microseconds, micrometers, welcome to the world of inkjet cartridges and its ink, by taking a tour in the Hewlett Packard cartridge factory.

Still image for How Do They Do It? season 1 episode 2: Salt Mines, Trainers, Ships, Watches, Wind Farms

2. Salt Mines, Trainers, Ships, Watches, Wind Farms

Still image for How Do They Do It? season 1 episode 3: Tires, Excavators, Newspapers, Ports, Contact Lenses

3. Tires, Excavators, Newspapers, Ports, Contact Lenses

Still image for How Do They Do It? season 1 episode 4: Internet Cable, Cranes, Pencils, Water, Toothpaste

4. Internet Cable, Cranes, Pencils, Water, Toothpaste

Still image for How Do They Do It? season 1 episode 5: Glass, Golf Balls, Zippers, Coke Cans, Tire Changes

5. Glass, Golf Balls, Zippers, Coke Cans, Tire Changes

Still image for How Do They Do It? season 1 episode 6: Concrete, Cell Phones, Lightbulbs, Steel, Traffic

6. Concrete, Cell Phones, Lightbulbs, Steel, Traffic

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