The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation - Season 4

The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation - Season 4

Season 4

Network
Episodes26
DatesSept. 30, 2017 - Mai 26, 2018
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Episodes

Luxury Tree Houses
Season 4Episode 130 min

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.

Sept. 30, 2017
Inland Surf Park
Season 4Episode 230 min

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.

Okt. 7, 2017
Globe Maker
Season 4Episode 330 min

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.

Okt. 14, 2017
Gloving
Season 4Episode 430 min

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.

Okt. 21, 2017
Fog Catchers
Season 4Episode 530 min

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.

Okt. 28, 2017
Origami Kayak
Season 4Episode 630 min

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.

Nov. 4, 2017
Shoes That Grow
Season 4Episode 730 min

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.

Nov. 11, 2017
Floating Hammocks
Season 4Episode 830 min

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.

Nov. 18, 2017
Peg Leg Crutch
Season 4Episode 930 min

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.

Jan. 13, 2018
Telehealth
Season 4Episode 1030 min

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.

Jan. 20, 2018
Bat Hotel
Season 4Episode 1130 min

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.

Jan. 27, 2018
United Kingdom Innovations
Season 4Episode 1230 min

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.

Feb. 3, 2018
3D Printing Inventor
Season 4Episode 1330 min

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.

Feb. 10, 2018
Sound Tunnels
Season 4Episode 1430 min

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.

Feb. 17, 2018
Solar Grill
Season 4Episode 1530 min

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.

Feb. 24, 2018
Food Huggers
Season 4Episode 1630 min

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.

März 3, 2018
Stress Wristbands
Season 4Episode 1730 min

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.

März 10, 2018
Female Inventors
Season 4Episode 1830 min

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.

März 31, 2018
Spray-On Touchscreen
Season 4Episode 1930 min

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.

Apr. 7, 2018
Super Soaker Inventor
Season 4Episode 2030 min

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.

Apr. 14, 2018
Magnetic Design
Season 4Episode 2130 min

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.

Apr. 21, 2018
100th Episode
Season 4Episode 2230 min

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.

Apr. 28, 2018
Girls Who Code
Season 4Episode 2330 min

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.

Mai 5, 2018
Segway Inventor
Season 4Episode 2430 min

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.

Mai 12, 2018
Artificial Arm Inventor
Season 4Episode 2530 min

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.

Mai 19, 2018
Strandbeest
Season 4Episode 2630 min

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.

Mai 26, 2018

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