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Season 4 - Episode Guide

Episodes

Luxury Tree Houses

Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Sep 30, 2017

Luxury Tree Houses

Host Mo Rocca shows us the man making mansions in the trees; the innovator turning your smart phone into an underwater camera; making Mexico's highways greener with vertical gardens; and, when the railroad world ditched steam for diesel.

Inland Surf Park

Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: Oct 7, 2017

Inland Surf Park

Host Mo Rocca shows us an innovative surf park in the North Wales countryside; stopping police chases with a tire lasso; the watch for the blind getting popular with the sighted; and the speed of flight, from the Wright brothers to space.

Globe Maker

Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Oct 14, 2017

Globe Maker

Host Mo Rocca shows us the London innovator creating artistic globes of the world; the woman who took her grandmother's tea recipe to make food last longer; the drone finding and clearing landmines from war-torn countries; and, the place where modern-day technology began.

Gloving

Episode: 4x04 | Airdate: Oct 21, 2017

Gloving

Host Mo Rocca shows us the new art form of lighting your fingertips; inventing the alien rock grabber; earbuds that translate languages in real time; and, the history of roads connecting the country.

Fog Catchers

Episode: 4x05 | Airdate: Oct 28, 2017

Fog Catchers

Host Mo Rocca shows us the social worker who created a wireless phone-charging purse; reversing hidden hunger by enhancing food nutrition; the daddy of java, Mr. Coffee; and, turning fog into water.

Origami Kayak

Episode: 4x06 | Airdate: Nov 4, 2017

Origami Kayak

Host Mo Rocca shows us the fold-up kayak; the British inventor changing hair color with the wind; how Thomas Edison inadvertently invented the electric tattoo pen; and, the mesmerizing movements of the Strandbeest.

Shoes That Grow

Episode: 4x07 | Airdate: Nov 11, 2017

Shoes That Grow

Host Mo Rocca shows us the art of the folding pop-up greeting cards; the inventor of shoes that grow along with the child's foot; tents that are taking to the trees; and, how electricity first moved from the lab to the home.

Floating Hammocks

Episode: 4x08 | Airdate: Nov 18, 2017

Floating Hammocks

Host Mo Rocca shows us the innovation of floating down a river on a hammock; the fingerprint padlock; looking back at the female pioneers of the sky; and, saving eyesight in Africa with a smartphone app.

Peg Leg Crutch

Episode: 4x09 | Airdate: Jan 13, 2018

Peg Leg Crutch

Host Mo Rocca shows us the hands-free peg leg crutch for leg injuries; the latest inventions for pregnancy and babies; smelling the world with your phone; and, the reading book that taught our ancestors.

Telehealth

Episode: 4x10 | Airdate: Jan 20, 2018

Telehealth

Host Mo Rocca shows us the cargo carrier that follows you; the device that allows doctors to examine you from the other side of the world; a new spin on the old-world butter churn; and, when the car industry moved to muscle cars.

Bat Hotel

Episode: 4x11 | Airdate: Jan 27, 2018

Bat Hotel

Host Mo Rocca shows us the bat B&B keeping bugs at bay; the wristband saving electrical workers from shocking danger; the historic balloon reaching the stratosphere; and, the kinder, gentler horseshoe.

United Kingdom Innovations

Episode: 4x12 | Airdate: Feb 3, 2018

United Kingdom Innovations

Host Mo Rocca shows us the latest innovations coming out of London and Wales, including an inland surfing park; hair coloring that changes with wind and temperature; earbuds that translate foreign languages in real time; and, Edison's delivery room for the technology boom.

3D Printing Inventor

Episode: 4x13 | Airdate: Feb 10, 2018

3D Printing Inventor

Host Mo Rocca shows us the underwater drone bringing bait to the fish; the inventor of 3D printing; updates on past innovators; and, how railroad signals changed train traffic.

Sound Tunnels

Episode: 4x14 | Airdate: Feb 17, 2018

Sound Tunnels

Host Mo Rocca shows us tunnels of sound with directional speakers; how silver thread has put an end to smelly clothes; the first modern copying machine; and, an innovative manual clothes washer.

Solar Grill

Episode: 4x15 | Airdate: Feb 24, 2018

Solar Grill

Host Mo Rocca shows us the fireless grill that cooks using heat from the sun; the sponge that can sop up ocean oil spills; the scuba diving tank you can pump up by hand; and, the innovator whose "car of tomorrow" failed to catch on.

Food Huggers

Episode: 4x16 | Airdate: Mar 3, 2018

Food Huggers

Host Mo Rocca shows us the women who invented a new way to keep food fresh; the inventor of the self-cleaning gym bag; the newest way to travel with wheels on your feet; and, the designer who changed the world's taste.

Stress Wristbands

Episode: 4x17 | Airdate: Mar 10, 2018

Stress Wristbands

Host Mo Rocca shows us the wristband that relieves stress; a chair that makes you balance and sit up straight; the personal air monitor; and, the history of clocks.

Female Inventors

Episode: 4x18 | Airdate: Mar 31, 2018

Female Inventors

Host Mo Rocca shows us the woman who used her grandmother's tea to keep food from spoiling; the social worker who invented the phone charging purse; the scientist who took a balloon into the stratosphere; and the new take on the age-old butter churner.

Spray-On Touchscreen

Episode: 4x19 | Airdate: Apr 7, 2018

Spray-On Touchscreen

Host Mo Rocca shows us the underwater trash can cleaning up harbors; the spray-on touchscreen that can change the computing world; concrete cloth building fast, rock-hard homes; and, the history of roadside lodging.

Super Soaker Inventor

Episode: 4x20 | Airdate: Apr 14, 2018

Super Soaker Inventor

Host Mo Rocca shows us the rocket scientist who invented the Super Soaker squirt gun; the street-traveling delivery robot; the light that uses gravity as power; and, the historic Le Mans race between Ford and Ferrari.

Magnetic Design

Episode: 4x21 | Airdate: Apr 21, 2018

Magnetic Design

Host Mo Rocca shows the amazing designs of magnetic liquid; the app that can detect head injuries; the drone planting forests; and, the history of the lathe which changed machinery.

100th Episode

Episode: 4x22 | Airdate: Apr 28, 2018

100th Episode

Host Mo Rocca shows us the best of our first 100 shows, including the wolves of Yellowstone; the teen who created an app to help those being bullied in school; the Jetman who flies with wings on his back; and, the story of Rosa Parks and restoring the bus where she made history.

Girls Who Code

Episode: 4x23 | Airdate: May 5, 2018

Girls Who Code

Host Mo Rocca shows us the woman who started an organization to encourage young women to learn computer coding; the man who created a paper airplane drone; how designers Charles and Ray Eames used design to teach math; and, the glove helping the disabled.

Segway Inventor

Episode: 4x24 | Airdate: May 12, 2018

Segway Inventor

Host Mo Rocca shows us the cat backpack; the man who invented the Segway; we get inventive advice from the innovators we've profiled; and, the history of pressed glass.

Artificial Arm Inventor

Episode: 4x25 | Airdate: May 19, 2018

Artificial Arm Inventor

Host Mo Rocca shows us the inexpensive artificial arm invented by a teen; the mouthpiece that's an automatic toothbrush; the mechanical snake that seeks out water pollution; and, the machine based on early computer theories.

Strandbeest

Episode: 4x26 | Airdate: May 26, 2018

Strandbeest

Host Mo Rocca shows us the innovation of floating down a river on a hammock; the inventor of shoes that grow along with the child's foot; the mesmerizing movements of the wind-driven sculptures called Strandbeests; and, how electricity first moved from the lab to the home.

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