How Machines Work

Cement Plant, Airport Fire Truck, Passenger Ferry (1x12)

: 13, 2010

A clean-coal burning power plant in England is a giant machine the size of two Central Park's side-by side. It pulverizes coal to explosive dust to turn steam turbine, to feed a city. See how a mega-sized roller coaster delivers thrills while keeping us alive. Rollercoasters produce such G-forces, that your pocket phone weighs over 2 pounds in mid-flight. A massive binocular telescope atop an Arizona peak promised to deliver galactic images crisper and closer than those of the orbiting Hubble. At your local bowling alley, a pin-setting mechanical robot works behind the scenes clean up and reset your pins. It may be old tech, but this mechanical worker hasn't stopped in 40 years, no software needed.