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How Do They Do It?

Season 6 · Episode 4

De-Ice Planes, Glossy Magazines, Electric Sports Car

0.022mJuly 30, 2009

How do they stop planes from icing up; how is clay used to keep glossy magazines looking sharp; and how do they build an electric car that can reach 200kmph?

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Episodes

Service Jumbo Jets, Create Nuclear Power, Build Pianos

Episode 9Artificial Reefs, Earthquake Proof Buildings, Rocket Fuel Cars

Episode 10Develop G-Suits, Operate The Smart Grid, Track And Stop A Stolen Car

Episode 11Assembly Line Robots, Seal Wine Bottles, Desalinize Sea Water

Episode 12Airplane Parachutes, Solar Power, Photochromic Lenses

Episode 13Blast Through Rock, Map Earth, Provide Flowers Year-Round

Episode 14Work In 600 Degree Heat, Make Champagne, Expand One Of The World's Largest Ports

Episode 15Manufacture Propellers, Create Intelligent Cars, Turn Metal Into Magnets

Episode 16Maintain The World's Largest Aquarium, Make Sapphire, Manufacture Bentleys

Episode 17Mine Oil, Operate Shipping Lanes, Restore Film

Episode 18Make Batteries, Build Artificial Islands, Create Perfume

Episode 19Manufacture Stainless Steel, Make Paper, Monster Motorcycle

Episode 20Make Military Helicopters, Design Metro Systems, Engineer Artificial Reefs