http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/smash-lab/292034?rss=object The latest on Smash Lab TV Guide RSS Publishing Engine V 1.0 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 1440 http://www.tvguide.com/Images/rss/tvg_rss_logo.gif http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/smash-lab/292034?rss=object http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Smash+Lab+Fluidized+Sand/2326528?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Smash+Lab+Fluidized+Sand/2326528?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://netstorage.discovery.com/feeds/thumbnails2/61dc9d079517f560e1b7b443e88f4cdf847d499eT.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Smash Lab: Fluidized Sand" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>The crew devise a few crime-busting techniques using a quicksand-like substance.</p> Discovery Channel http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Smash+Lab+Fluidized+Sand/2326528?rss=object Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Smash+Lab+Fluidized+Sand/2326528?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://netstorage.discovery.com/feeds/thumbnails2/61dc9d079517f560e1b7b443e88f4cdf847d499eT.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Smash Lab: Fluidized Sand" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>The crew devise a few crime-busting techniques using a quicksand-like substance.</p> Smash Lab: Fluidized Sand http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Smash+Lab+HurricaneProof+House/2326532?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Smash+Lab+HurricaneProof+House/2326532?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://netstorage.discovery.com/feeds/thumbnails2/4fc82083899d6c26f83b1448b4ed662a2c0d3e77T.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Smash Lab: Hurricane-Proof House" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Watch the effects of 100 mph winds on a home and our host, Kevin.</p> Discovery Channel http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Smash+Lab+HurricaneProof+House/2326532?rss=object Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Smash+Lab+HurricaneProof+House/2326532?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://netstorage.discovery.com/feeds/thumbnails2/4fc82083899d6c26f83b1448b4ed662a2c0d3e77T.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Smash Lab: Hurricane-Proof House" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Watch the effects of 100 mph winds on a home and our host, Kevin.</p> Smash Lab: Hurricane-Proof House http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Smash+Lab+BombProof+Plane+Highlights/2326192?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Smash+Lab+BombProof+Plane+Highlights/2326192?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://netstorage.discovery.com/feeds/thumbnails2/e35ba4a3b0eb5ed525b609b780401217f96c8383T.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Smash Lab: Bomb-Proof Plane Highlights" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Explosions galore as the crew test a variety of materials for the bomb-proof plane.</p> Discovery Channel http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Smash+Lab+BombProof+Plane+Highlights/2326192?rss=object Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Smash+Lab+BombProof+Plane+Highlights/2326192?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://netstorage.discovery.com/feeds/thumbnails2/e35ba4a3b0eb5ed525b609b780401217f96c8383T.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Smash Lab: Bomb-Proof Plane Highlights" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Explosions galore as the crew test a variety of materials for the bomb-proof plane.</p> Smash Lab: Bomb-Proof Plane Highlights http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Smash+Lab+Train+Crash/2326520?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Smash+Lab+Train+Crash/2326520?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://netstorage.discovery.com/feeds/thumbnails2/8d36556592aab1c942c539324a05dbdbd46db69eT.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Smash Lab: Train Crash" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Small air bags, big air bags and moon bounces are all fair game in testing for this experiment.</p> Discovery Channel http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Smash+Lab+Train+Crash/2326520?rss=object Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Smash+Lab+Train+Crash/2326520?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://netstorage.discovery.com/feeds/thumbnails2/8d36556592aab1c942c539324a05dbdbd46db69eT.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Smash Lab: Train Crash" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Small air bags, big air bags and moon bounces are all fair game in testing for this experiment.</p> Smash Lab: Train Crash http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Smash+Lab+Fireproof+House/2326662?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Smash+Lab+Fireproof+House/2326662?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://netstorage.discovery.com/feeds/thumbnails2/07c57a22dba09f373021139eff224825b235e1b5T.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Smash Lab: Fireproof House" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Things get very hot as the crew subjects a variety of materials to extreme heat and flames.</p> Discovery Channel http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Smash+Lab+Fireproof+House/2326662?rss=object Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Smash+Lab+Fireproof+House/2326662?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://netstorage.discovery.com/feeds/thumbnails2/07c57a22dba09f373021139eff224825b235e1b5T.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Smash Lab: Fireproof House" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Things get very hot as the crew subjects a variety of materials to extreme heat and flames.</p> Smash Lab: Fireproof House http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Smash+Lab+Earthquake+Proof+House/2326628?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Smash+Lab+Earthquake+Proof+House/2326628?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://netstorage.discovery.com/feeds/thumbnails2/536fa49cdd8dcd6f372d796cf53412e1db449a45T.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Smash Lab: Earthquake Proof House" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>The crew test motion-isolation systems on themselves and a model house.</p> Discovery Channel http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Smash+Lab+Earthquake+Proof+House/2326628?rss=object Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Smash+Lab+Earthquake+Proof+House/2326628?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://netstorage.discovery.com/feeds/thumbnails2/536fa49cdd8dcd6f372d796cf53412e1db449a45T.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Smash Lab: Earthquake Proof House" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>The crew test motion-isolation systems on themselves and a model house.</p> Smash Lab: Earthquake Proof House http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Smash+Lab+Runaway+Trailer/2326590?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Smash+Lab+Runaway+Trailer/2326590?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://netstorage.discovery.com/feeds/thumbnails2/5ce63b6fffc9f9b8573d3faedf7a59061ff15d1aT.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Smash Lab: Runaway Trailer" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>The crew tests rocket-powered braking systems.</p> Discovery Channel http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Smash+Lab+Runaway+Trailer/2326590?rss=object Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Smash+Lab+Runaway+Trailer/2326590?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://netstorage.discovery.com/feeds/thumbnails2/5ce63b6fffc9f9b8573d3faedf7a59061ff15d1aT.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Smash Lab: Runaway Trailer" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>The crew tests rocket-powered braking systems.</p> Smash Lab: Runaway Trailer http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Forest+Fire/1647478?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Forest+Fire/1647478?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513LYiamFuL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Forest Fire" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Forest fires endanger lives and property every year. Smash Lab sets out to see if Nanogel, a cutting edge insulating material, can protect a house from nature's mightiest infernos.</p> Amazon Video on Demand http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Forest+Fire/1647478?rss=object Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Forest+Fire/1647478?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513LYiamFuL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Forest Fire" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Forest fires endanger lives and property every year. Smash Lab sets out to see if Nanogel, a cutting edge insulating material, can protect a house from nature's mightiest infernos.</p> Forest Fire http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Blast+Proof+Building/1503491?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Blast+Proof+Building/1503491?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513LYiamFuL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Blast Proof Building" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Designers and engineers face an almost impossible challenge -- to use truck bed liner paint, normally used to protect vehicles from scratches and knocks, to protect an entire building from a massive explosion.</p> Amazon Video on Demand http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Blast+Proof+Building/1503491?rss=object Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Blast+Proof+Building/1503491?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513LYiamFuL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Blast Proof Building" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Designers and engineers face an almost impossible challenge -- to use truck bed liner paint, normally used to protect vehicles from scratches and knocks, to protect an entire building from a massive explosion.</p> Blast Proof Building http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Boat+Ejector+Seat/1507719?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Boat+Ejector+Seat/1507719?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513LYiamFuL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Boat Ejector Seat" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>The team takes to the water in this episode -- with parachutes! They will try to engineer a system that not only deploys fast enough to eject someone from an out of control boat - but also slows them down enough to safely hit the water.</p> Amazon Video on Demand http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Boat+Ejector+Seat/1507719?rss=object Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Boat+Ejector+Seat/1507719?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513LYiamFuL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Boat Ejector Seat" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>The team takes to the water in this episode -- with parachutes! They will try to engineer a system that not only deploys fast enough to eject someone from an out of control boat - but also slows them down enough to safely hit the water.</p> Boat Ejector Seat http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Smash+Lab+Season+1/1507754?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Smash+Lab+Season+1/1507754?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513LYiamFuL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Smash Lab Season 1" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Smash Lab is a groundbreaking series that challenges a team of maverick engineers and designers to take existing technology and apply it in revolutionary, life-preserving ways. The result: big ideas blowing the lid off science.</p> Amazon Video on Demand http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Smash+Lab+Season+1/1507754?rss=object Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Smash+Lab+Season+1/1507754?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513LYiamFuL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Smash Lab Season 1" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Smash Lab is a groundbreaking series that challenges a team of maverick engineers and designers to take existing technology and apply it in revolutionary, life-preserving ways. The result: big ideas blowing the lid off science.</p> Smash Lab Season 1 http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Bomb+Proof+Plane/1503586?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Bomb+Proof+Plane/1503586?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513LYiamFuL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Bomb Proof Plane" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>The team takes on its biggest challenge yet; to repurpose a new material called Blastwrap. Blastwrap is designed to absorb the energy from a bomb placed inside a public trashcan. Could it work to protect a Boeing 747 from an explosion?</p> Amazon Video on Demand http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Bomb+Proof+Plane/1503586?rss=object Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Bomb+Proof+Plane/1503586?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513LYiamFuL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Bomb Proof Plane" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>The team takes on its biggest challenge yet; to repurpose a new material called Blastwrap. Blastwrap is designed to absorb the energy from a bomb placed inside a public trashcan. Could it work to protect a Boeing 747 from an explosion?</p> Bomb Proof Plane http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Fluidized+Sand/1503795?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Fluidized+Sand/1503795?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513LYiamFuL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Fluidized Sand" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Fluidized sand is used to clean high tech tools. By blowing air through a bed of sand it turns into instant quicksand and becomes a crime deterrent. Could it be used as a defensive road barrier and stop a getaway truck?</p> Amazon Video on Demand http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Fluidized+Sand/1503795?rss=object Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Fluidized+Sand/1503795?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513LYiamFuL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Fluidized Sand" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Fluidized sand is used to clean high tech tools. By blowing air through a bed of sand it turns into instant quicksand and becomes a crime deterrent. Could it be used as a defensive road barrier and stop a getaway truck?</p> Fluidized Sand http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/CO2+Cop+Car/1503742?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/CO2+Cop+Car/1503742?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513LYiamFuL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="CO2 Cop Car" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>The team uses CO2 fire extinguishers to stop the bad guy in a high-speed car chase. The system has to work fast, but car engines are hard to kill. They must find a way of targeting the cool gas each and every time, and then find ways of deploying it.</p> Amazon Video on Demand http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/CO2+Cop+Car/1503742?rss=object Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/CO2+Cop+Car/1503742?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513LYiamFuL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="CO2 Cop Car" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>The team uses CO2 fire extinguishers to stop the bad guy in a high-speed car chase. The system has to work fast, but car engines are hard to kill. They must find a way of targeting the cool gas each and every time, and then find ways of deploying it.</p> CO2 Cop Car http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Long+Range+Life+Boat/1503741?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Long+Range+Life+Boat/1503741?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513LYiamFuL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Long Range Life Boat" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Stranded at sea, sailors wait for a passing ship to be rescued. Top secret torpedo technology is used to develop mid ocean rescue. The idea is to design a coast guard life-boat that can be dropped out of a long range plane to help in a matter of hours.</p> Amazon Video on Demand http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Long+Range+Life+Boat/1503741?rss=object Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Long+Range+Life+Boat/1503741?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513LYiamFuL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Long Range Life Boat" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Stranded at sea, sailors wait for a passing ship to be rescued. Top secret torpedo technology is used to develop mid ocean rescue. The idea is to design a coast guard life-boat that can be dropped out of a long range plane to help in a matter of hours.</p> Long Range Life Boat http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/High+Rise+Escape/1503798?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/High+Rise+Escape/1503798?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513LYiamFuL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="High Rise Escape" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>The Smash Lab team has an idea to reduce the number of fire-related deaths. Their sky safety idea uses magnetic roller coaster brakes devices which have incredible stopping power. A stunt man slides down a hundred foot tower to prove the system.</p> Amazon Video on Demand http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/High+Rise+Escape/1503798?rss=object Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/High+Rise+Escape/1503798?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513LYiamFuL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="High Rise Escape" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>The Smash Lab team has an idea to reduce the number of fire-related deaths. Their sky safety idea uses magnetic roller coaster brakes devices which have incredible stopping power. A stunt man slides down a hundred foot tower to prove the system.</p> High Rise Escape http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Crash+Absorbing+Concrete/1503524?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Crash+Absorbing+Concrete/1503524?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513LYiamFuL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Crash Absorbing Concrete" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>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. Watch what happens ...</p> Amazon Video on Demand http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Crash+Absorbing+Concrete/1503524?rss=object Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Crash+Absorbing+Concrete/1503524?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513LYiamFuL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Crash Absorbing Concrete" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>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. Watch what happens ...</p> Crash Absorbing Concrete http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Hurricane+Proof+House/1503538?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Hurricane+Proof+House/1503538?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513LYiamFuL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Hurricane Proof House" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>The Smash Lab teams tests a special type of carbon fiber used to reinforce tunnels to see if it can protect a home from destructive hurricanes.</p> Amazon Video on Demand http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Hurricane+Proof+House/1503538?rss=object Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Hurricane+Proof+House/1503538?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513LYiamFuL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Hurricane Proof House" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>The Smash Lab teams tests a special type of carbon fiber used to reinforce tunnels to see if it can protect a home from destructive hurricanes.</p> Hurricane Proof House http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Train+Crash/1503520?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Train+Crash/1503520?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513LYiamFuL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Train Crash" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>There are nearly 3000 railway crossing accidents each year. With more extreme experimentation, the Smash Lab team tests an idea to use giant airbags on the front of a train to push cars safely out of the way.</p> Amazon Video on Demand http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Train+Crash/1503520?rss=object Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Train+Crash/1503520?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513LYiamFuL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Train Crash" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>There are nearly 3000 railway crossing accidents each year. With more extreme experimentation, the Smash Lab team tests an idea to use giant airbags on the front of a train to push cars safely out of the way.</p> Train Crash http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Earthquake+Proof+House/1507741?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Earthquake+Proof+House/1507741?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513LYiamFuL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Earthquake Proof House" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Inside of the hold of an aircraft there is a system used to move aircraft cargo with almost zero friction. Could technology be used to isolate a house from the shaking of the ground? The team tests this theory by building an artificial earthquake machine.</p> Amazon Video on Demand http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Earthquake+Proof+House/1507741?rss=object Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Earthquake+Proof+House/1507741?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513LYiamFuL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Earthquake Proof House" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>Inside of the hold of an aircraft there is a system used to move aircraft cargo with almost zero friction. Could technology be used to isolate a house from the shaking of the ground? The team tests this theory by building an artificial earthquake machine.</p> Earthquake Proof House http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Runaway+Trailer/1497505?rss=object <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Runaway+Trailer/1497505?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513LYiamFuL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Runaway Trailer" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>People travel towing boats, mobile homes, motocross trailers; but unlike a semi, there's no backup system to stop in an emergency. The Smash Lab crew has an idea; can retro firing rockets bring a safe, controlled stop? Watch firing rockets ignite!</p> Amazon Video on Demand http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Runaway+Trailer/1497505?rss=object Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 <p><a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Smash+Lab/Runaway+Trailer/1497505?rss=object"><img align="left" border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513LYiamFuL._SX320_SY240_.jpg" width="60" height="45" alt="Runaway Trailer" style="margin:0 5px 5px" /></a>People travel towing boats, mobile homes, motocross trailers; but unlike a semi, there's no backup system to stop in an emergency. The Smash Lab crew has an idea; can retro firing rockets bring a safe, controlled stop? Watch firing rockets ignite!</p> Runaway Trailer