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Smash Lab

3.5 / 10

2007

2 seasons

20 episodes

Documentary

Smash Lab was a reality television series that premiered on December 26, 2007, on the Discovery Channel. The idea of the show is to take everyday technology and test it in "extraordinary ways."

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Cast

Deanne Bell

Reverend Gadget

Seasons

1.Blast Proof House
26-11-2007
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 technol...
2.Crash Absorbing Concrete
16-01-200860m
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...
3.Hurricane Proof House
23-01-2008
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.
4.Train Crash
30-01-2008
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...
5.Earthquake Proof House
06-02-200860m
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.
6.High Rise Escape
13-02-2008
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.
7.Fireproof House
20-02-2008
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 t...
8.Runaway Trailer
27-02-2008
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 use...
9.Fluidized Sand
05-03-2008
The team experiments with fluidized sand to help stop bank robbers in getaway cars.
10.Long Range Life Boat
19-03-2008
The team combines a life boat with torpedo technology to perform a long range rescue.
11.C02 Cop Car
26-03-2008
The team equips a police car with CO2 (carbon dioxide) fire extinguishers in order to disable a car during a high speed chase.
12.Boat Ejector Seat
02-04-2008
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...
13.Bomb Proof Plane
09-04-200860m
The team uses a material named Blastwrap in an attempt to protect a 747 from an explosion.

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