My Million Dollar Invention
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8 episodes
1. Shock and Awe
1. Shock and Awe
How the electric chair, the Ouija board, and other chilling ideas became million-dollar inventions.
46min
Jun 14, 2015
2. The Vision Thing
2. The Vision Thing
See how the TV, speed camera, photocopier, and space telescope went from sketch drawings to life-altering inventions.
46min
Jun 21, 2015
3. Criminal Riches
3. Criminal Riches
See how crime made lucrative inventions out of the house alarm, the cash register, the Tommy Gun, and even the toothbrush.
46min
Jun 28, 2015
4. Danger Magnets
4. Danger Magnets
Would you inhale toxins, leap off a cliff, or shoot yourself to prove you're right? Meet four inventors who did just that.
46min
Jul 4, 2015
5. Need for Speed
5. Need for Speed
How did a waffle iron change the world of running shoes forever? Find out this and other invention secrets.
46min
Jul 11, 2015
6. Life and Death
6. Life and Death
The story of the gun meant to end violence, the box that keeps hearts beating, and the printer that can build anything.
46min
Jul 18, 2015
7. Guns and Goldmines
7. Guns and Goldmines
They walked through fires, faced poverty, ran for their lives, and found their fortune in gold, guns and games.
46min
Jul 25, 2015
8. The Little Guy
8. The Little Guy
Witness the tragic and triumphant stories of little guys with big inventions and their fight to bring them to the world.
46min
Aug 2, 2015
