How Do They Do It?

  • Premiered: May 2006
  • Episodes: 324
  • Followers: 27
  • Ended
  • Discovery
  • Thursday at 22
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Season 6
6x1
Coordinate Blue Angels Airshows; Build An Indoor Ski Slope; Make Sushi
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 16, 2009
The Blue Angels, the U.S. Navy's flight demonstration squadron; an indoor ski slope located in one of the world's hottest deserts; turning fresh fish into sushi.
6x2
Communicate with Spacecraft; Maintain Supertankers; Turn by Turn Navigation
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 16, 2009
NASA communicates with distant satellites; maintaining large ships; satellite technology provides directions for vehicles.
6x3
Produce Power from Waste; Customize Supercars; Make Super Steel Swords
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 23, 2009
Turning garbage from a St. Patrick's Day parade into energy to power New York City; turning luxury cars into sports cars; Damascus Steel.
6x4
Make Cowboys Hats; Train For A Deep Sea Dive; Prepare Inflight Catering
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Air date
Jul 30, 2009
Cowboy hats; deep-sea diving; in-flight catering.
6x5
De-Ice Planes; Glossy Magazines; Electric Sports Car
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 06, 2009
How they stop planes from icing up in cold weather; how clay is used to keep glossy magazines looking sharp; making a 200km-per-hour electric car.
6x6
Operate Mega Hotels; Cut Metal With Lasers; Build A Gold Course In Dubai
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Air date
Aug 13, 2009
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6x7
Develop G-Suits; Operate The Smart Grid; Track And Stop A Stolen Car
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Air date
Aug 20, 2009
G-Suits stop pilots from blacking out in flight; smart grid; tracking and stopping a stolen car.
6x8
Drill Through Solid Rock; Produce OJ; Bend Glass
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 27, 2009
Drilling through a mile of solid rock; producing fresh orange juice all year round; bending glass.
6x9
Service Jumbo Jets; Create Nuclear Power; Build Pianos
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Air date
Sep 03, 2009
Servicing jumbo jets; creating nuclear power; building pianos.
6x10
Artificial Reefs; Earthquake Proof Buildings; Rocket Fuel Cars
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Air date
Sep 10, 2009
Creating artificial reefs; earthquake-proof buildings; running cars on rocket fuel.
6x11
Make Assembly Line Robots; Seal Wine Bottles; Desalinize Sea Water
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 17, 2009
Designing assembly lines, sealing wine bottles, removing salt from sea water.
6x12
Manufacture Propellers; Create Intelligent Cars; Turn Metal Into Magnets
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Air date
Sep 24, 2009
Manufacturing propellers, intelligent cars, turning metal into magnets.
6x13
Blast Through Rock; Map Earth; Provide Flowers Year-Round
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Air date
Oct 01, 2009
Blasting through rocks, mapping Earth, providing flowers year round.
6x14
Work In 600 Degree Heat; Make Champagne; Expand One Of The World's Largest Ports
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 08, 2009
Work in 600 degree heat, make champagne, expand ports.
6x15
Airplane Parachutes; Solar Power; Photochromic Lenses
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 15, 2009
Designing airplane parachutes; solar power; sunglasses.
6x16
Maintain The World's Largest Aquarium; Make Sapphire; Manufacture Bentleys
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 22, 2009
Find out how they look after sharks at the world's biggest aquarium, how to grow precious stones and what it takes to build a luxury Bentley.
6x17
Mine Oil; Operate Shipping Lanes; Restore Film
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 29, 2009
How to avoid docking disaster when handling a thousand ships a day; creating new oil reserves from forest mud; restoring old movies.
6x18
Manufacture Stainless Steel; Make Paper; Monster Motorcycle
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Air date
Nov 12, 2009
Manufacturing stainless steel; making paper; monster motorcycle
6x19
Make Batteries; Build Artificial Islands; Create Perfume
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Air date
Nov 19, 2009
How batteries, perfume and artificial islands are made.
6x20 Season finale
Make Military Helicopters; Design Metro Systems; Engineer Artificial Reefs
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 19, 2009
Making military helicopters; metro systems; engineering artificial reefs.

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