Modern Marvels Season 12 Episode 10 Desert Tech 2005
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It’s hot, dry, deadly, and hard to ignore with close to 40% of Earth classified as desert. But in this scorching hour, the desert turns from barren wasteland into an environment rich with hope. In the Middle East, desalination of seawater now fills water needs. Americans have created booming desert communities like Las Vegas, where the Hoover Dam produces hydroelectric power and manmade Lake Mead supplies water. Native Americans farmed the desert on a small scale, but 20th-century technology begot greater opportunity. Once desolate areas of California and Mexico now grow agriculture due to irrigation, and the desert’s abundant sunshine allows solar-energy and wind-power production. And in the future, desert technology may enable colonization of planets like Mars. We also take a look at how refrigeration and air conditioning have made life in desert communities tolerable, and examine the latest in survival gear and equipment.
- Released: 2005-02-23
- Runtime : 44 minutes
- Genre : Documentary
- Stars :
- Director :
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2. Car Tech of the Future 2005-01-06
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3. The Arch 2005-01-12
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4. More Nature's Engineers 2005-01-18
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5. World's Biggest Machines 3 2005-01-26
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6. Blackbird Stealth 2005-02-04
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7. The Butcher 2005-02-08
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8. George Washington Carver Tech 2005-02-15
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9. Firefighting!: Extreme Conditions 2005-02-15
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10. Desert Tech 2005-02-23
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11. Sub Zero 2005-02-23
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12. The Great Bridge: 8 Miles of Steel 2005-02-23
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13. Howard Hughes Tech 2005-02-28
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14. Edwards Air Force Base 2005-03-02
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15. Taxidermy 2005-03-09
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17. Deadliest Weapons 2005-03-16
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18. The Doomsday Clock 2005-04-07
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19. The Basement 2005-04-26
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21. Mega Movers 2005-04-27
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22. Punishment 2005-04-28
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23. Bricks 2005-05-11
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25. F/A-22 Raptor 2005-05-20
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26. Civil War Tech 2005-05-25
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27. Machines of D-Day 2005-06-03
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28. John Hancock Center 2005-06-08
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29. The Cape Cod Canal 2005-06-15
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31. Future Tech 2005-06-22
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32. Edison Tech 2005-06-28
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33. Secrets of Soviet Space Disasters 2005-07-01
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34. Mountain Roads 2005-07-05
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35. Route 66 2005-07-06
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36. Cowboy Tech 2005-07-20
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37. Sewers 2005-07-27
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38. Challenger Tank 2005-07-29
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39. World's Biggest Machines 4 2005-08-02
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40. Dredging 2005-08-03
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41. Lube Job 2005-08-10
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43. The World's Fastest 2005-08-24
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44. The B-2 Stealth Bomber 2005-08-26
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45. High Risk: Helicopter Lineman 2005-08-31
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46. Wiring America 2005-08-31
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47. Nature Tech: Lightning 2005-08-31
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48. HMS Victory 2005-09-02
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49. Engineering an Empire: Rome 2005-09-13
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50. Coffee 2005-09-14
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52. Cereal: History in a Bowl 2005-09-14
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53. F-117 Nighthawk Stealth 2005-09-22
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54. German Small Arms of World War II 2005-09-24
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55. The Auto Store 2005-10-05
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56. Secret Allied Aircraft of World War II 2005-10-14
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57. Engineering Disasters 17 2005-11-02
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58. Brewing 2005-11-16
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59. The Lumberyard 2005-11-30
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60. Da Vinci Tech 2005-12-04
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61. Custom Cars 2005-12-05
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62. More Hardware 2005-12-06
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63. Weird Weapons: The Allies 2005-12-17
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64. More Snack Food Tech 2005-12-20
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65. Walt Disney World 2005-12-25
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66. Nature Tech: Hurricanes 2005-12-29
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70. Private Collections 2004-12-06
