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3) Zero contact
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Follows five characters based all over the world, connected only by their devotion to the late founder and tech titan Finley Hart. The characters are then forced to work together to shut down Hart's most secret invention, a machine that is either the solution to mankind's problems or the end of life on Earth.
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Episodes from the first season for Red Green, leader of Possum Lodge and lord of duct tape. Red visits the lonely and bilingual (English and Beaver, naturally) Ranger Gord ; Hap's harrowing tales of working on a tiger ranch ; and Red's earliest inventions, including a coffin made from a freezer designed for thrifty mourners.
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Disc 1: No place to hide: From guns that shoot around corners to the world's most advanced supersonic jet fighters, these innovative weapons leave the enemy with no place to hide and with no clue where the attack is coming from ; Stealth: Modern warfare is about creeping up on your target unseen. The enemy of the future will probably be invisible because of the dark and secretive world of stealth technology.
Disc 2: Maximum impact: These weapons...
8) Envy
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Tim and Nick, best friends, neighbors and co-workers, are suddenly tripped up when one of Nick's harebrained, get-rich-quick schemes actually succeeds. VaPooRizer is a spray that literally makes dog poop, or any other kind of poop for that matter, evaporate into thin air. Tim, who had no faith in Nick's idea, passed on an opportunity to get in on the deal, can only watch as Nick's fortune -- and Tim's own envy -- grow to equally outrageous proportions....
9) Flubber
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Professor Ned Brainard is a lovable but bumbling science teacher who accidentally invents an incredible anti-gravity substance called "flubber."
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"The big spin: The greatest medical accident in history starts a trail that leads to Helen of Troy, 17th century flower-power, the invention of soda pop and earthquake detection."--Container.
"Bright ideas: A Baltimore man invented the bottle, which led to razors, clock springs, and the Hubbell telescope."--Container.
"Making waves: Hairdressers, Gold Rush miners, Irish potato farmers and English parliamentarians are really tied together."--Container.
"Routes:...
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"HIgh times: Unwrap a sandwich and you're on a path to World War II radar and Neo Impressionist painters."--Container.
"Deja vu: History repeats itself, when you know how to look. Pizzaro beats the Incas, the first stock market opens. The Queen of England salutes a Mexican beetle and Hitler's plans misfire."--Container.
"New harmony: Microscopic bugs inspired the novel'Frankenstein" which aided the birth of Socialism."--Container.
"Hot pickle:...
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"Something for nothing: Something impossible happened 400 years ago. And we wound up in outer space, thanks (en route) to pigeon lovers, the Pope, and electric Italian frogs."--Container.
"Echoes of the past: On his way to finding the secret of the universe, Burke takes us to the Buddhist tea ceremony, ties it to international spies and Lincoln's assassination."--Container.
"Photo finish: The Le Mans 24-hour race is the backdrop for linking photography...
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"Revolutions: Discover how the steam engine led to safety matches, imitation diamonds and the moon in a wild ride."--Container.
"Sentimental journeys: What has Freud got to do with maps? Or prison reform with blue dye? Or the inside of a star with the Himalayas? India reveals the answers."--Container.
"Getting it together: Start by examining a SWAT team, which leads to hot air ballooning, the root of many inventions."--Container.
"Whodunit?: Who...
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"One word: One medieval word kicks off the investigation into different cultures with the same stories that ends in cultural anthropology."--Container.
"Sign here: Dutch piracy starts international law and French probability math, phonetics, and Victorian seances."--Container.
"Better than the real thing: How the zipper started with technology Jefferson picked up in Paris during a row about Creation."--Container.
"Flexible response: Robin Hood...
20) American genius
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The eight-part docudrama, reveals the competitive forces behind history's most remarkable races for innovation. From Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates to the Wright Brothers vs. Glen Curtiss, explores the rivalries, delving into the fierce power struggles, deceit, fluke timing and raw ambition out of which innovation was born. Bold reenactments are woven together with expert interviews to shed new perspective on the backstories of innovation that have shaped...
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