O tom, ako sa stať strojcom svojho šťastia, rozpráva jeden z najlepších a najoriginálnejších sci-fi filmov v histórii. Christopher Lloyd zostrojil stroj na cestovanie časom a Michael J. Fox s jeho pomocou odcestuje do minulosti. Omylom sa ale ocitne v inej dobe, ako chcel a bude mať veľa práce, dať všetko do poriadku.
Kolóniu mravcov ohrozuje gang nenásytných kobyliek. Flik, obyčajný mravec a stratená existencia, má nezvyčajnú víziu, kde sa snaží stať hrdinom a presviedča bandu cirkusáckých chrobákov, aby mu pomohli ubrániť jeho kolóniu pred nepriateľom.
Dom sa láme na kúsky. Bučiaca krava sa vo víre zdvíha do vzduchu. Traktory padajú ako dážď. Ťažký benzínový tanker sa stáva lietadlovou bombou. Rozsiahla ničivá prírodná sila devastuje všetko a blíži sa rýchlosťou 300 míľ za hodinu. Tornádo udrelo. Lovci búrok dúfajú, že pomocou elektronických senzorov získajú dosť informácií na vytvorenie lepšieho varovného systému. Aby to dokázali, musia vražednému tornádu vstúpiť do cesty. Naháňačka začína...
Ďalší superhrdina pripravený použiť svoje nadprirodzené schopnosti k ochrane svojej vyvolenej, svojho mesta a celého sveta. Spravodlivosť prilieta ochrániť ... Superpes! Disneyho superdobrodružstvo pre celú rodinu a tiež pre rodinných miláčikov.
Dvaja stroskotanci z Milwaukee vymyslia novú hru podobnú basketbalu s bejzbalovými pravidlami. Z hry sa cez noc stane hit, ktorý zaujme aj jedného miliardára. S jeho pomocou sa Coopovi s Remerom podarí sformovať profesionálnu ligu.
Veselého výrobca hračiek kedysi zradil pomocník, ktorému veril. O veľa rokov neskôr mu ale do života vstúpi dobrá a zvedavá vnučka a dá mu novú nádej.
Posledný film, v ktorom sa Charles Chaplin objavil vo svojom svetoznámom kostýme Tuláka. Zvádza v ňom súboj so strojmi v ére, ktorá nie je ľuďom veľmi naklonená. Film, ktorý je protestom proti nehumánnym aspektom technickej civilizácie a automatizácie ľudského života, je vybudovaný ako mozaika epizód. Každá z nich má vlastnú výstavbu gagov, geniálne sa v nej uplatňuje zmysel pre humor a iróniu.
Ben Jahrvi sa najnovšie živí na ulici ako predavač malých robotov, akýchsi miniverzií Čísla 5 - ale keďže nemá obchodného ducha, takmer by prepásol jedinečnú príležitosť! Jeho malé roboty totiž okúzlia peknú Sandy Banatoniovú, nákupcu veľkej firmy. Našťastie je tu kolega z ulice, predavač hodiniek Fred Ritter - a kým sa Ben spamätá, je z neho veľkovýrobca hračiek! Smolou je, že si novopečení podnikatelia pre svoju výrobnú linku vybrali miesto, kde sa práve skupina lupičov chystá na krádež diamantov... V boji s gangstrami, ktorí sa neštítia ničoho, však obaja muži dostávajú nečakaného spojenca - skutočného robota Číslo 5! Vojna s lupičmi sa teda môže začať...
Geniálny vynálezca, profesor Roch, je blízku objaveniu látky, ktorá môže v zlých rukách zničiť svet. A práve také ruky má gróf Artigas, tajomný a temný dobrodruh, ktorý vo svojej ponorke križuje svetové moria, potápa lode a bohatstvo, ktorého sa tak zmocní, používa ako nástroj k ovládnutiu sveta. Artigas unesia profesora Rocha zo sanatória a núti ho, aby v jeho sídle v kráteri sopky Back Cup vynález dokončil. Zhodou okolností Artigas unesie aj asistenta profesora, inžiniera Harta, ktorý je aj rozprávačom príbehu, a ktorý sa všemožne pokúša profesora oslobodiť a zamedziť skaze.
Aspiring entrepreneurs pitch various business ideas to "The Sharks" -- tough, self-made, multi-millionaire and billionaire tycoons -- in hopes of landing an investment.
HISTORY’s longest-running series moves to H2. Modern Marvels celebrates the ingenuity, invention and imagination found in the world around us. From commonplace items like ink and coffee to architectural masterpieces and engineering disasters, the hit series goes beyond the basics to provide insight and history into things we wonder about and that impact our lives. This series tells fascinating stories of the doers, the dreamers and sometime-schemers that create everyday items, technological breakthroughs and manmade wonders. The hit series goes deep to explore the leading edge of human inspiration and ambition.
Japanese inventions are used and loved around the world. Through interviews and reenactments, go behind the scenes and discover how Japanese craftsmanship brought these top inventions into being.
JB Smoove hosts a business competition where entrepreneurs get 90 seconds to pitch their product to an audience of potential customers: The 100. If The 100 like the product and price, then the entrepreneurs go to a panel of Amazon executives and celebrity entrepreneurs. The panel selects which products join Amazon’s exclusive Buy It Now Store and award one entrepreneur $20,000 each episode.
Ueno may be the president of the science club at her junior high and a genius inventor, but she still can’t figure out how to confess to her crush, Tanaka! Can she find a way to give her heart what it truly yearns for?
Based on a French-language comic book, the web series features artists Cathon and Iris—two curious, quirky, and imaginative young women.
The show is about two brothers and a sister. The two brothers have a plumbing company and they are trying to invent something that would make the world a better place.
Nino is a 300-year-old boy who lives with his uncle, Dr. Victor, a sorcerer and scientist, and his great-aunt Morgana, a 6,000-year-old witch. The three of them live in a castle in the middle of the city of São Paulo. Apprentice sorcerer, Nino has never attended a school, because of the unusual age of 300 years. His parents left him living with Victor and Morgan, because they needed to travel on an expedition into outer space, taking their two younger brothers. In spite of having animal and supernatural friends in the Castle, Nino, feeling lack of friends like him, decides to do a spell he learned with his Uncle Victor, and ended up bringing to the Castle, three children who had just left school. Free of loneliness, Nino receives the visit of the three daily.
In the series, "Wallace will take a light hearted and humorous look at the real-life inventors, contraptions, gadgets and inventions, with the silent help of Gromit. The series aims to inspire a whole new generation of innovative minds by showing them real, but mind-boggling, machines and inventions from around the world that have influenced his illustrious inventing career" (the BBC press statement). Peter Sallis reprised his role as the voice of Wallace. The filmed inserts are mostly narrated by Ashley Jensen, with one in each episode presented in-vision by Jem Stansfield. John Sparkes also voices a portion in the unseen character of archivist Goronwy.
The Secret Life of Machines is an educational television series presented by Tim Hunkin and Rex Garrod, in which the two explain the inner workings and history of common household and office machinery. According to Hunkin, the show's creator, the programme was developed from his comic strip The Rudiments of Wisdom, which he researched and drew for the Observer newspaper over a period of 14 years. Three separate groupings of the broadcast were produced and originally shown between 1988 and 1993 on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom, with the production subsequently airing on The Learning Channel and the Discovery Channel.
Take a mind-blowing journey through human history, told through six iconic objects that modern people take for granted, and see how science, invention and technology built on one another to change everything.
Senya, the creator of the Lucy smart column, experiments with algorithms, discussing personal topics, family, and people around with Lucy, and tries to make her as human as possible. Lucy quickly becomes something much more than just a column - she turns out to be the only one to whom Senya can entrust her experiences, problems and reflections. Only she knows about all the problems that Senya's daughters faced at school, and only with her does he share his feelings about his relationship with his wife. A smart column helps a man to survive public humiliation in front of the whole family, find the son of the deputy who arranged this humiliation, and cope with the consequences of the irreparable act that Senya committed.
Kari Byron, Tory Belleci and Grant Imahara rank history's greatest inventions, heists and more.
A stone-age animated comedy focusing on the invention of a specific objects or ideas that we use in our everyday life.
Ancient Inventions was a BBC historical documentary series released in 1998. It was presented by ex-Monty Python member Terry Jones and looked at great inventions of the ancient world. The series is split into 3 episodes, namely City Life, Sex and Love, and War and Conflicts, all around 50 min long.
Dom Byrne presents the underground version of the hit BBC Two show that has been operating exclusively online
Explores the scientific, social, economic and environmental consequences of supposedly time-saving inventions, ideas and objects. Throughout a lifetime, the minutes that are actually lost or saved can add up to days, weeks, months or even years.
Youthful ingenuity is on display in this new competition series that features teams of inventive students tasked with designing, building, and testing new contraptions to vie for the title of Shop Class Champs. In each episode, they’ll present their work to a panel of experts who will rate their projects based on engineering, design, and the final test of the build.
Sir David Jason explores his favourite great British inventions and discovers how and why they were first thought up
