MythBusters Hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman took on their biggest experiment ever in an attempt to implode a full size tanker car! On their last episode of the season, the TV hosts spent four days in July at the Port of Morrow in Boardman, Oregon testing whether a railroad tanker can actually implode if… Continue reading How to Make a Railroad Tanker Implode
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Amazing Chinese Popcorn Maker
Discovery Channel show Mythbusters hosts got a hold of an old-school popcorn makers used by many street vendors in China. The metal, teardrop-shaped container is filled with popcorn, sealed, and cooked over a charcoal flame. The traditional popcorn maker blasts popcorn out like a cannon when the device is opened. Adam, Jamie The host of the science TV… Continue reading Amazing Chinese Popcorn Maker
Nik Wallenda Crosses Grand Canyon on High Wire
High-wire artist Nik Wallenda performed a heart-stopping stunt by traversing the Arizona’s Colorado River Gorge on a 1500-foot-high tightrope. The Daredevil completed the high-wire walk in 22 minutes and 54 seconds on a 2-inch (5-cm) steel cable over the Grand Canyon on Sunday. The historic event was screened live on the Discovery Channel. Watch the video below.
Video: The World’s Largest Ship in 76 Seconds
A timelapse video of the construction of Maersk Line’s very first Triple-E vessel at the DSME shipyard in Okpo, Korea. The video was produced by Discovery Channel and Maersk, and it consists of 50,000 photos taken over 3 months. Watch the video below.
New Volkswagen Beetle Shark Cage
As a sponsor of the 25th anniversary of shark week on the Discovery Channel, Volkswagen built an underwater shark cage in the shape of the new 2012 Beetle. To celebrate this historic milestone, Volkswagen teamed with noted marine biologist and shark expert Luke Tipple, along with a team of engineers to design and construct a mobile Beetle… Continue reading New Volkswagen Beetle Shark Cage