Modern Marvels: Season 14
Season 14 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Modern Marvels Season 13.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 14 Progress Shield
Balls
Jan 17, 2007 · 44 min
Examining the technology and evolution of balls used in sports. Included: a tour of the Wilson Football Factory Ohio; the Rawlings baseball factory Costa Rica and the Baseball Hall
Environmental Tech
Jan 24, 2007 · 44 min
From the prairies of Saskatchewan to a Manhattan skyscraper we’ll see the 21st Century’s cutting-edge “green” technologies in action. New technologies such as carbon sequestration
Canning
Jan 31, 2007 · 44 min
It's the unsung essential of modern life. Canning is the method of a preserving and packaging food, without which civilization would never have ventured beyond the local food suppl
Pumps
Feb 7, 2007 · 44 min
The history of the pump is chronicled. Pumps used in water distribution in Southern California - The Colorado River Aqueduct, a robotic cow-milking pump and a pump used in heart su
Ice
Feb 11, 2007 · 44 min
The solid form of life's precious elixir has played a key role in fashioning our history and is making its mark as an unusual tool of technology. Explore how Earth's ice originated
More Ice
Feb 11, 2007 · 44 min
It traps a treasure of energy on the ocean floor, and confounds scientists still trying to solve why it’s so slippery. We’ll venture inside NASA’s Icing Research Tunnel in Ohio, an
The Destroyer
Feb 13, 2007 · 44 min
The destroyers made during World War II are examined. With interviews with veterans and archival film footage.
Star Trek Tech
Feb 18, 2007 · 44 min
In this episode we are presented with the technology and gadgets used while filming the Star Trek series. It also explores some of the real or possible technologies that were inspi
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Feb 21, 2007 · 44 min
Nuclear and biological Weapons of mass destruction are examined. With a computer-generated depiction of a dirty-bomb attack in Seattle and how scientists identify biological agents
Barbarian Battle Tech
Mar 7, 2007 · 44 min
It's clear from the bow that nearly brought down Rome, the suspension system that revolutionized the chariot, and the axe that named a country that barbarians and technology aren't
Dams
Mar 28, 2007 · 44 min
Dams - one of man's greatest accomplishments are explored. The history of dams from construction to demolition and their impact on the environment. Beavers and their dams and const
Yard Tech
Apr 12, 2007 · 44 min
The technology used to keep your lawn green including the lawnmower, riding movers, sod, astro turf, and sprinklers. The state of the art grass used in the University of Phoenix St
More Military Movers
Apr 18, 2007 · 44 min
Soldiers, machines, and supplies are only effective if they arrive at the battlefield in time. Explore the history and the technology behind the machines that do the heavy moving i
Deep Sea Salvage
May 2, 2007 · 44 min
Driven by the need for deep sea rescue and salvage capabilities, the US Navy Diving and Salvage Programs have gathered together a highly skilled team of divers, scientists and engi
Welding
May 9, 2007 · 44 min
It was a science first conjured amid the fiery ovens of ancient blacksmiths; today more than 50% of all U.S. products require some form of welding. Whether via electricity, flammab
60s Tech
May 16, 2007 · 44 min
A look at the technology behind some of the 1960s greatest inventions. With color television, transistor radios, satellite broadcasting, touch-tone phones, lava lamps, the Ford Mus
It Came From Outer Space
May 16, 2007 · 44 min
What do remote controlled robots, Tempur-Pedic mattresses, polarized glasses and metallized blankets have in common? They are all civilian inventions among the thousands derived fr
World's Strongest II
May 23, 2007 · 44 min
What does it take to become "the world's strongest"? You'll find out on this episode of Modern Marvels. With life-saving boron carbide body armor and MegaFly - a giant ram air para
Engineering Disasters of the '70s
May 30, 2007 · 44 min
To err is human, but when the error results in the loss of life, it's a disaster. Learn about the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, the Buffalo Creek Dam disaster, and the explosio
70s Tech
May 30, 2007 · 44 min
The 1970s were a decade of excess. Dust off your mirror ball, put on your leisure suit, and rediscover the gadgets of the era
Truck Stops
Jun 13, 2007 · 44 min
Join Modern Marvels as we discover how truck stops, serving more than twenty million truckers nationwide, are bigger and better than ever. These mammoth pit-stops are essential cog
Fertilizer
Jun 20, 2007 · 44 min
Without it one third of us would starve. Modern Marvels: Fertilizer tours the places that harness the vital nutrients that enrich the soil...that grow the crops...that feed us.
Cheese
Jun 27, 2007 · 44 min
From the giant cheese factories of Wisconsin to the goat farms of Northern California, this episode explores cheese.
Saws
Jul 18, 2007 · 44 min
They brought down the forests and built up the pyramids. They're a cut above for construction, salvage, demolition - and they even make music and some have used them to torture.
Aluminum
Jul 25, 2007 · 44 min
This useful metal was once considered more valuable than gold. Watch as aluminum is stretched, pounded, melted and turned into foam. Did you know that aluminum is made out of a pow
Sticky Stuff
Jul 30, 2007 · 44 min
A look at everyday stuff that is sticky including VHB tape, velcro, stealth rubber, cling wrap, and asphalt.
Chocolate
Aug 6, 2007 · 44 min
It's America's favorite flavor. We eat over three and a half billion pounds of it each year. It satiated the ancients and built modern-day empires. From the equatorial fields, to t
Bedroom Tech
Aug 13, 2007 · 44 min
We spend 1/3 of our lives in the bedroom, explore the technologies that help to ensure we wake up on the right side of the bed.
Vacuums
Aug 23, 2007 · 44 min
On this episode of Modern Marvels we'll see giant-sized vacuums that clean up after disasters like Hurricane Katrina and 9-11. Beneath the sea we'll meet The Super Sucker, an under
Traps
Aug 27, 2007 · 44 min
They're designed to capture and often kill, but they don't always harm their prey. Traps are devices as old as humanity itself. We'll trap 400 pounds Black Bears with West Virginia
Nature Tech: Volcanoes
Aug 29, 2007 · 44 min
Volcano technology is examined. Included: attempts to monitor and control activity.
Star Wars Tech
Sep 3, 2007 · 44 min
In this episode we are presented with the technology and gadgets used while filming Star Wars. It also explores some of the real or possible technologies that were inspired by vari
Extreme Aircraft II
Sep 20, 2007 · 44 min
Take a supersonic flight through a world of flying machines that are redefining our skies. Pull serious G’s in the U.S. military’s latest fighter jet: the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
Deep Freeze
Sep 25, 2007 · 44 min
Modern Marvels: Deep Freeze takes the technology of cold to the extreme: A 12-story ice box filled with 135 million pounds of ice cream, arctic vaults that store billions of seeds
Acid
Oct 1, 2007 · 44 min
It is the most widely produced chemical in the world and possibly the most dangerous. Take a look at the many uses of acid. See how the military harnesses acid to make the explosiv
World's Sharpest
Oct 11, 2007 · 44 min
The Katana blade of the Samurai is the world's sharpest sword. We'll craft one from scratch to reveal the secret of its legendary cutting ability. We'll also visit Cutco Cutlery, w
Engineering Disasters 21
Oct 25, 2007 · 44 min
A steam pipe explosion rocks in Midtown Manhattan. In Boston's sections of a tunnel ceiling fall onto the roadway. And in Minnesota a bridge plunges into the Mississippi River.
Environmental Tech II
Nov 12, 2007 · 44 min
Take a look at the innovations designed to hold off a global warming meltdown.
Corn
Nov 19, 2007 · 44 min
Corn has found its way into over 3,000 different items. Discover how tons of sweet corn make it from the field to a sealed can within mere hours at Lakeside Foods in Wisconsin and
The Pig
Nov 27, 2007 · 44 min
A pig is as smart as a three-year-old human. The pancreas, heart valve and intestines of the pig have been transplanted into human bodies. But the primary use of the pig is for foo
Rocks
Dec 3, 2007 · 44 min
From the Stone Age, to the Space Age, we've built our world from rocks. With moon rocks located at NASA's Johnson Space Center.
Most Shocking
Dec 10, 2007 · 44 min
The dangers associated with Electric Shock are real. It kills and injures thousands each year. In the last 100 years we've corralled its power to create marvelous devices. We'll ex
Cold Cuts
Dec 17, 2007 · 44 min
They're the meat in our sandwiches. We will take you behind the deli counter to reveal the secret ingredients in boloney. Watch a master sausage maker craft salami, and pile it on
Fast Food Tech
Dec 24, 2007 · 44 min
Carl's Jr., Jack in the Box, Wendy's, Burger King or McDonald's. Fast food joints dominate the American landscape to the tune of $150 billion dollars in annual sales.