Playback serverIf a title won’t play, switch servers.
Modern Marvels
Season 14 · Episode 1
Balls
0.044mJanuary 17, 2007
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 of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. And also "juego de pelota" - the ancient Mesoamerican ball game.
Episodes
- Episode 1Balls
- Episode 2Environmental Tech
- Episode 3Canning
- Episode 4Pumps
- Episode 5Ice
- Episode 6More Ice
- Episode 7The Destroyer
- Episode 8Star Trek Tech
- Episode 9Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Episode 10Barbarian Battle Tech
- Episode 11Dams
- Episode 12Yard Tech
- Episode 13More Military Movers
- Episode 14Deep Sea Salvage
- Episode 15Welding
- Episode 1660s Tech
- Episode 17It Came From Outer Space
- Episode 18World's Strongest II
- Episode 19Engineering Disasters of the '70s
- Episode 2070s Tech
- Episode 21Truck Stops
- Episode 22Fertilizer
- Episode 23Cheese
- Episode 24Saws
- Episode 25Aluminum
- Episode 26Sticky Stuff
- Episode 27Chocolate
- Episode 28Bedroom Tech
- Episode 29Vacuums
- Episode 30Traps
- Episode 31Nature Tech: Volcanoes
- Episode 32Star Wars Tech
- Episode 33Extreme Aircraft II
- Episode 34Deep Freeze
- Episode 35Acid
- Episode 36World's Sharpest
- Episode 37Engineering Disasters 21
- Episode 38Environmental Tech II
- Episode 39Corn
- Episode 40The Pig
- Episode 41Rocks
- Episode 42Most Shocking
- Episode 43Cold Cuts
- Episode 44Fast Food Tech