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How Do They Do It?

Season 9 2012
TV-G

  • 2012-07-13T02:00:00Z on Discovery
  • 25m
  • 7h 20m (20 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary
How Do They Do It? Ever wondered how the stripes get into toothpaste or how contact lenses are made? How do goods get from one country to another and then into our supermarkets? What are car tires made from and exactly why are plasma TV screens flat? Eating, drinking, driving, flying. These all are activities that we carry out with barely a second thought. But have you ever wondered what exactly goes into your teabag and how it got there? How does an airport handle hundreds of thousands of items of luggage each day? And just how can a car’s airbag inflate so quickly? Every day – often without even realizing it – we come into contact with technology, be it in the bathroom, in the car or on the golf course. We take a look at how things work, and focus on some of the most amazing examples of everyday objects including the world’s fastest elevator and the most expensive chocolate money can buy.

20 episodes

Season Premiere

2012-07-13T02:00:00Z

9x01 Leatherman; Formula 1; Glassware

Season Premiere

9x01 Leatherman; Formula 1; Glassware

  • 2012-07-13T02:00:00Z22m

How do they transform rubber into chewing gum; how do they make fish hooks strong enough to catch a shark; and how are the models built at the world's largest...

Panama hats; rounding up Florida's escaped pythons; keeping drivers safe in the world's longest tunnel.

How volcanoes help produce the world's best guacamole; building a truck that can cross a swamp; Fiskars scissors.

How do they build working miniature airports? How do they design houses to survive hurricanes? How is rhubarb cultivated in the dark?

How do billions of bees produce tonnes of California almonds? How do they clear the snow to keep Norway's planes in action? How are tricky stains removed?

Building a modern fighter jet; Belgium's Trappist monks make the world's finest beers; America's best performing SUV.

Making footballs for the National Football League; how mussels are farmed; designing the ultimate fighter pilot's helmet.

How billions of bees produce a million tons of California almonds; clearing snow to keep Norway's planes flying; removing the toughest stains.

Making a cable strong enough to hold a bridge; modern hunters use medieval weapons; how stores determine the right sizes and colors to have in stock.

Building the world's most powerful trucks; solving crimes using the world's largest DNA database; making cheese with paraffin.

9x11 Vanilla; Anchors; Lighters

  • 2012-09-21T02:00:00Z22m

How do they craft footballs for the National Football League? How do they farm mussels? How do they design the ultimate fighter pilot's helmet?

How are powerful Scania trucks built? How do they use the world's biggest DNA database to solve crime? How is paraffin used to make Gouda cheese?

A drink made from cactus; New York City uses steam; making soft ice cream.

How stuntmen survive a day of being knocked down and beaten up; how they make a watercraft that can swim like a dolphin; how they mine precious amber.

Making and testing tennis balls; the ultimate surround sound home cinema system; supplying New York with the finest steaks.

2012-11-30T03:00:00Z

9x17 Rayon; Snuff; Cola

9x17 Rayon; Snuff; Cola

  • 2012-11-30T03:00:00Z22m

How is NYC supplied with the finest steaks? How do they produce the ultimate surround sound home cinema systems?

How to connect a billion people across the world; using grass to make vodka; building the world's most expensive cable car.

How do they build the world's most expensive cable cars? How is vodka produced from grass? How do social networks connect people around the world?

Season Finale

2012-12-21T03:00:00Z

9x20 Chewing Gum; Fish Hooks; Delta

Season Finale

9x20 Chewing Gum; Fish Hooks; Delta

  • 2012-12-21T03:00:00Z22m

Turning rubber into chewing gum; How fish hooks are made to catch a shark.

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