Smash Lab Season 1

November. 26,2007      
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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."

Episode 13 : Bomb Proof Plane
April. 09,2008
The team uses a material named Blastwrap in an attempt to protect a 747 from an explosion.
Episode 12 : Boat Ejector Seat
April. 02,2008
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 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.
Episode 11 : C02 Cop Car
March. 26,2008
The team equips a police car with CO2 (carbon dioxide) fire extinguishers in order to disable a car during a high speed chase.
Episode 10 : Long Range Life Boat
March. 19,2008
The team combines a life boat with torpedo technology to perform a long range rescue.
Episode 9 : Fluidized Sand
March. 05,2008
The team experiments with fluidized sand to help stop bank robbers in getaway cars.
Episode 8 : Runaway Trailer
February. 27,2008
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 used. A glitch in the firing system results in premature ignition, ending the experiment
Episode 7 : Fireproof House
February. 20,2008
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 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.
Episode 6 : High Rise Escape
February. 13,2008
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.
Episode 5 : Earthquake Proof House
February. 06,2008
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.
Episode 4 : Train Crash
January. 30,2008
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 cars are safely pushed away.
Episode 3 : Hurricane Proof House
January. 23,2008
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.
Episode 2 : Crash Absorbing Concrete
January. 16,2008
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.
Episode 1 : Blast Proof House
November. 26,2007
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 technology called an aerated concrete arrestor bed.

Seasons

Season 2
Season 2 2008
Season 1
Season 1 2007

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