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Smash Lab Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2007 - 2008
Episode 1
Blast Proof Building
Wed, Dec 26, 200744 mins
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.
Episode 2
Crash Absorbing Concrete
Wed, Jan 16, 200843 mins
Crash absorbing concrete, cement injected with air, is used to stop jet liners that overshoot their runway. Can it be used to stop an out of control car? The Smash Lab team has a few ideas they want to try and they have plenty of test cars to crash.
Episode 3
Hurricane Proof House
Wed, Jan 23, 200843 mins
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.
Episode 4
Train Crash
Wed, Jan 30, 200842 mins
Can an airbag on the front of a train protect the occupants of a car it collides with? The Smash Lab team intends to find out and will also find out if a train crash can get any worse.
Episode 5
Earthquake Proof House
Wed, Feb 6, 200844 mins
The Smash Lab team thinks carbon fiber fabric can be used to hurricane proof a house. That includes damage from wind and flying debris. Their control tests don't fair well because they're looking to handle a category 5.
Episode 6
High Rise Escape
Wed, Feb 13, 200844 mins
The Smash Lab team tries to devise a fire escape for skyscrapers using nothing more than magnetism.
Episode 7
Forest Fire
Wed, Feb 20, 200843 mins
In Smash Lab episode #6, "Forest Fire," Smash Lab sets out to see if Nanogel, a cutting edge insulating material, can protect a house from forest fires. The result is a fireproof blanket, but they have to come up with a way to throw the blanket over a building.
Episode 8
Runaway Trailer
Wed, Mar 5, 200844 mins
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!
Episode 9
Bomb Proof Plane
Tue, Mar 11, 200844 mins
Smash Lab evaluates a high tech bubble wrap filled with fire retardant to see if it can protect a plane in flight from an on-board bomb. Successful or not it takes a lot of explosions to test the theory.
Episode 10
Fluidized Sand
Wed, Mar 12, 200843 mins
In Smash Lab episode 10, the crew takes fluidized sand from a parts cleaner and experiments with other uses. The technology incorporates blowing air through a bed of sand at a specific pressure and speed, which turns a solid bed of sand into liquid-like instant quicksand. The idea is to use it as a crime deterrent, with a final test proving it can be used as a defensive road barrier. In a dramatic finale, the cast successfully stops a runaway robber and his getaway van in two hidden beds of quicksand.
Episode 11
Long Range Life Boat
Wed, Mar 19, 200843 mins
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.
Episode 12
Co2 Cop Car
Wed, Mar 26, 200844 mins
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.
Episode 13
Boat Ejector Seat
Wed, Apr 2, 200844 mins
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.
