Smash Lab - Season 1

Smash Lab - Season 1

Season 1

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Episodes13
DatesDez. 26, 2007 - Apr. 9, 2008
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Episodes

Blast Proof House
Season 1Episode 160 min

Blast Proof House

Can the team use the latest aviation break through to prevent a car or bus crossing the meridian and smashing into oncoming traffic? The team tries to re-purpose an amazing technology called an aerated concrete arrestor bed.
Dez. 26, 2007
Crash Absorbing Concrete
Season 1Episode 260 min

Crash Absorbing Concrete

Engineers determine if a new aviation technology called an aerated concrete arrestor bed can be used to prevent out-of-control vehicles from crossing the highway median and plowing into oncoming traffic.
Jan. 16, 2008
Hurricane Proof House
Season 1Episode 360 min

Hurricane Proof House

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.
Jan. 23, 2008
Train Crash
Season 1Episode 460 min

Train Crash

In response to the fact that over 3000 people die each year due to railroad crossing accidents, the team tests the idea to use large airbags, located at the front of the train, so cars are safely pushed away.
Jan. 30, 2008
Earthquake Proof House
Season 1Episode 560 min

Earthquake Proof House

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.
Feb. 6, 2008
High Rise Escape
Season 1Episode 660 min

High Rise Escape

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.
Feb. 13, 2008
Fireproof House
Season 1Episode 760 min

Fireproof House

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 over the home and secure the gaps. They estimate the home to be devoured in 1 1/2 minutes without protection and the experiment is considered a failure after a couple of minutes where something catches fire.
Feb. 20, 2008
Runaway Trailer
Season 1Episode 860 min

Runaway Trailer

The team investigates if you can stop a runaway trailer with truck using rockets. After testing 3 ways of using the rockets, a direct backwards-facing trailer-mounted system is used. A glitch in the firing system results in premature ignition, ending the experiment
Feb. 27, 2008
Fluidized Sand
Season 1Episode 960 min

Fluidized Sand

The team experiments with fluidized sand to help stop bank robbers in getaway cars.
März 5, 2008
Long Range Life Boat
Season 1Episode 1060 min

Long Range Life Boat

The team combines a life boat with torpedo technology to perform a long range rescue.
März 19, 2008
C02 Cop Car
Season 1Episode 1160 min

C02 Cop Car

The team equips a police car with CO2 (carbon dioxide) fire extinguishers in order to disable a car during a high speed chase.
März 26, 2008
Boat Ejector Seat
Season 1Episode 1260 min

Boat Ejector Seat

Deanne and the boys use ways to escape speedboat crashes with a parachute. First Deanne and the guys tried to use a parachute to escape a car crash. Second the gang tried to deploy an underwater chute to slow down one boat before it crashed into another. The theory was to give people time to escape a head-on collision with another boat before the first one crashed into it.
Apr. 2, 2008
Bomb Proof Plane
Season 1Episode 1360 min

Bomb Proof Plane

The team uses a material named Blastwrap in an attempt to protect a 747 from an explosion.
Apr. 9, 2008

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