Mega Engineering

Episode 1

Dome Over Houston

Mon, Jun 8, 2009 43 mins

One solution to counter the almost overwhelming environmental challenges facing Houston is to cover it with a giant geodesic dome.

Episode 2

Bering Strait Tunnel

Mon, Jul 6, 2009 44 mins

An underwater transcontinental tunnel connecting Alaska and Russia offers enormous benefits and even greater challenges.

Episode 3

Personal Pods

Mon, Nov 2, 2009 44 mins

Personal Pods are a high-speed, non-stop, self-driving transit system that could solve traffic problems in around the world. Engineers are working towards the ultimate goal - no traffic.

Episode 4

Underground City

Mon, Oct 5, 2009 44 mins

Episode 5

Mile High Skyscraper

Mon, Sep 7, 2009 44 mins

Shanghai faces a double crisis: overpopulation and urban sprawl. The Chinese are running out of room no matter how fast they build, so the city may implode. Under this crushing growth, Shanghai's economy, the health of its people, and the city's stability all lie in the balance. The solution could be building up, not out. And that could mean constructing the planet's tallest tower - at one mile high, it would be the world's first moving, breathing building. But to build it, engineers will have to overcome incredible obstacles and revolutionize the way we construct skyscrapers...Cable-less elevators would have to be invented, farms that grow inside buildings would be engineered, and windows that breathe and think for themselves could be created.

Episode 6

City at Sea

Mon, Aug 3, 2009 44 mins

Rebuilding New Orleans as a City At Sea may be its best protection from future disasters.