简介： Massivemachinesrequireengineeringextremes. Themassiveman-madesatellite,commonlyknownastheInternationalSpaceStation,hurtlingaroundtheEarthat27,600kmanhour,hasbeenatemporaryhomeforhumansforthelast20years.Thebiggestlandvehicleonearth,abucketexcavatortitledBagger293,thatcanmove240,000cubicmetersofdirteachday.Innovationhasalwaysmeantbuildingbigger,faster,taller,longerandstrongerthananythingthatcamebefore.We’veseenthemindramaticvisualfashion.Buthowdotheseactuallywork?Whatsetseachmachineapart.Whatbigideasdroveitsevolutionandwhatlimitationsdidthismachineovercome?Whatforceswasitbuilttowithstandandwhereisthebreakingpoint?UsingCGIandexpertinsights,we‘stripdown’thedesignofsomeoftheworld’suniquecolossalmachinesandrevealmechanicalsecretsthatnotonlymadethemwork,butalsochangedtheworldinabigway! Eachepisodeexploresfourincrediblemachines,linkedthematically.Fromseaandspacefaringdesigns,tomegaairborne,miningandindustrialmachines,we’llbreakdownwhattheycandoaswellaskeyinnermechanicsandmaterialsthatmakeitallpossible.Dynamicarchivalfootagefeaturing;slowmotion,aerials,andtime-lapsesgetuspastthe‘caution’tapeandupcloseandpersonalwiththesecompoundmonsters.CGIprovidesbreakoutsandblueprintsandalookathiddenmechanisms.Addingexpertiseofstructural,mechanical,chemicalandforensicengineerstohelprevealwhat’satstakewhenthesecolossalconstructionsareputwork,andhowallthepiecescometogethertomakeabigimpact. EPISODES: S1E1SeaMonsters S1E2AstronomicalEngineering S1E3ThereBeDragons S1E4Sub-ZeroSupermachines S1E5EarthBiters S1E6MammothManufacturing
