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August 19th, 2008

Smash Lab - Car Over A Cliff

In this episode of SmashLab, which originally aired on August 5th, the team takes a trip high into the hills of the California Mountains to see what happens when your car actually goes over a cliff.
We know in Hollywood, when a car goes over the edge it blows up into a million pieces. SmashLab is […]

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August 11th, 2008

Smash Lab Episode Listings

The new season of Discovery Channel’s Smash Lab began on Tuesday, August 5th at 10PM ET/PT. Check below for the upcoming episodes that will air during the month of August.
Episode 1: Tuesday, August 5th 10-11PM
Its the middle of winter and a pregnant couple are stranded in a snow drift. To help them escape Chuck and […]

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August 4th, 2008

Smash Lab Returns

Discovery Channel’s SMASH LAB returns for its second season beginning Tuesday, August 5th. The episodes will air on Tuesday nights at 10PM ET/PT.
For those of you that are SMASH LAB virgins, its kinda similar to Mythbusters in that the each week the crew members spend alot of time testing and breaking things. But the real […]

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June 12th, 2008

Smash Lab - Boat Ejector Seat

In this episode of SmashLab which aired on Discovery Channel on April 2, 2008, the team uses ways to escape speedboat crashes with a parachute. First Deanne and the guys tried to use a parachute to escape a car crash. Second the gang tried to deploy an underwater chute to slow down one boat before […]

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April 28th, 2008

Smash Lab - Long Range Life Boat

This episode of Smash Lab aired back on March 23rd.
The Challenge: Use team would use torpedo technology to design a  manned Coast Guard lifeboat that can be dropped onto an ocean rescue scene from a long-range plane in a matter of minutes.
The Material: A phenomenon called supercavitation, where a bubble is formed behind an object […]

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April 18th, 2008

Yaay Smash Lab

So I know that I may have previously reported that I was angry that Smash Lab didn’t get its due respect for Alaska Week. But I’m happy to report that my spirits have been lifted. No, the Smash Lab guys didn’t get reinstated for Alaska Week, but I did find out they they do have their […]

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April 17th, 2008

No Smash Lab for Alaska Week???

So once again one of my favorite shows on Discovery Channels gets the shaft. Well not literally, but I’m a little bummed that Smash Lab didn’t get one single new episode for this whole Alaska Week thing that Discovery is kicking off starting April 20th.
I know the team at Smash Lab are no MythBusters by any means, […]

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April 11th, 2008

Smash Lab - CO2 Cop Car

In this episode of Smash Lab Deanne and the crew decides to test if you can use CO2 fire extinguishers to stop criminals in a high speed chase. It seems like alot of the Smash Lab experiments are surrounded around this concept. Remember the Fluidized Sand episode?This episode seems pretty simple and there is alot that […]

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March 10th, 2008

Smash Lab - Fluidized Sand

In this episode of Smash Lab the gang wants to test out if they can foil a bank robbery by stopping the get away car with Fluidized Sand. The concept of fluidized sand is that you can stop people and can foil crimes. Technology can be used in a number of ways  and circumstances. The […]

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March 6th, 2008

Welcome to SmashLab

This is the very first posting that I’ve done on this wonderful and intriguing show that is on Discovery Channel. 
SmashLab is a favorite for those budding pyros, engineers and techno-geeks that just can’t wait to blow things up.
Tune in Wednesday’s at 10p.m. ET/PT on Discovery
Photo credit: Discovery Channel/Stefano Paltera

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