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Smash Lab Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - Blast Proof House

First aired: Dec/26/2007

In this episode, the team attempts to use rhino liner in order to see if a home can be “blast proofed” in order to help it withstand an explosion.



2 :01x02 - Crash Absorbing Concrete

First aired: Jan/16/2008

The use of aviation technology is incorporated in ways to prevent cars from crossing over medians and crashing into other vehicles.



3 :01x03 - Hurricane Proof House

First aired: Jan/23/2008

The Smash Lab team tests to see of a carbon fiber can withstand hurricane force winds.



4 :01x04 - Train Crash

First aired: Jan/30/2008

Can giant air bags attached to the front of a speeding train safely push a car out of the way when stuck at a railroad crossing? The Smash Lab will put this theory to the test.



5 :01x05 - Earthquake Proof House

First aired: Feb/06/2008

To see if a home can be kept from shaking during an earthquake, a technology from the inside of the hold of an airplane is employed, which was originally intended to carry cargo with nearly zero friction.



6 :01x06 - High Rise Escape

First aired: Feb/13/2008

The team uses a mechanical roller coaster braking device in an idea for lowering the amount of fire-related deaths in high rise buildings. A stuntman is used to check the system by sliding down a 100 foot tower.



7 :01x07 - Fireproof House

First aired: Feb/20/2008

The team uses an insulating agent, Nanogel, to help fireproof a home from a forest fire, but must first figure how to cover the house with a blanket.



8 :01x08 - Runaway Trailer

First aired: Feb/27/2008

The team looks into a runaway trailer with brake failure, and test the theory of a controlled stop of the trailer with rocket engines.



9 :01x09 - Fluidized Sand

First aired: Mar/05/2008

An experiment to see if a runaway truck can be stopped by a bed of wet sand.



10 :01x10 - Long Range Life Boat

First aired: Mar/19/2008

The team tests whether a long range plane can drop a rescue raft for stranded sailors at sea using torpedo technology.



11 :01x11 - C02 Cop Car

First aired: Mar/26/2008

The team attempts to stop a car in a high speed chase using CO2 fire extinguishers.



12 :01x12 - Boat Ejector Seat

First aired: Apr/02/2008



13 :01x13 - Bomb Proof Plane

First aired: Apr/09/2008



14 :02x01 - Car Over a Cliff

First aired: Aug/05/2008

The team tests measures which can ease injuries for passengers of a speeding car which careens off a road and then bursts into flames as it plummets down a ravine, includes Chuck and Gadget using airbags on the vehicles exterior, while Deanne and Nat use stabilizing rods.



15 :02x02 - Unbreakable Car

First aired: Aug/12/2008

The team uses a reactive-armor technology and a metal-aluminum foam to make a car which can survive a 55-mph hit to the front and side.



16 :02x03 - Extreme Snow Plow

First aired: Unknown/Unaired

Chuck and Gadget help rescue a pregnant couple stranded in a snowdrift with the use of a jet powered snowplow. Plus, Nat and Deanne develop hot-air balloon prototypes.



17 :02x04 - Unsinkable Car

First aired: Aug/26/2008

Chuck and Nat give ideas for building an unsinkable car, while Deanne and Gadget look for ways of saving a woman who has fallen from an ocean liner.



18 :02x05 - Runaway Big Rig

First aired: Sep/02/2008

The team works on ways to stop a hijacked 18-wheeler, including jamming the wheels and using aircraft carrier technology.



19 :02x06 - Trapped in a Boat

First aired: Sep/09/2008

The team finds themselves trapped upside down in a boat, inspired by the motion picture "The Poseidon Adventure." Chuck and Gadget work on building a collapsible submarine, while Deanne and Nat cut their way free.



20 :02x07 - Crash-Proof Log Hauler

First aired: Sep/18/2008

An accident with a logging truck has the team using vacuum power and motor racing to keep a truck from crashing again.