My Million Dollar Invention S01E01 - Shock and Awe
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What was Edison's controversial role in the invention of the electric chair? We explore chilling inventions, and reveal the stories of the inventors whose million-dollar ideas shook the world and created legacies still with us today.
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Show Name....... My Million Dollar Invention
Rating.......... N/A
Premiered....... 2015-06-13
Type............ Documentary
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Plot............ My Million Dollar Invention uses a compelling drama documentary format to showcase ideas with impact - from dynamite to electric chairs, television to the first toothbrush, running shoes to roller coasters. Each week the series focuses on a new theme: vision, danger, speed, crime and more. Every episode then tells the stories behind four major innovations and the inventors who imagined them, the painstaking efforts to bring the ideas to life, and what kind of legacy these inventions have left behind.Many stories involve some of the biggest names in science and industry - including Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, Alfred Nobel, David Sarnoff, Sam Colt, Charles Goodyear, and more. Others show viewers how a single idea by a single obscure individual, borne out of necessity, can become the seed that grows into global corporations, like Xerox. Each episode interviews the living inventors and experts, delves into the archives, and explores the intrigue, pitfalls and triumphs of a single inspiration that led to a business empire
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Network......... Smithsonian Channel
Country......... United States
Language........ English
Runtime......... 60 mins
Status.......... Ended
Air Date........ Sunday 20:00
URL............. https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/2135/my-million-dollar-invention
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Episode Name.... Shock and Awe
Season.......... 1x01
Plot............ What was Edison's controversial role in the invention of the electric chair? We explore chilling inventions, and reveal the stories of the inventors whose million-dollar ideas shook the world and created legacies still with us today
Runtime......... 60 mins
Air Date........ 2015-06-14 Sunday, 19:00
URL............. https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/173959/my-million-dollar-invention-1x01-shock-and-awe
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Episode Name.... The Vision Thing
Season.......... 1x02
Plot............ See how an office worker's arthritis led to the photocopier. Follow the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit. Meet the rally driver who gave us the speed camera, and watch the story of the inventor of television. Their innovations would change the way we looked at the world and the universe beyond it
Runtime......... 60 mins
Air Date........ 2015-06-21 Sunday, 19:00
URL............. https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/173960/my-million-dollar-invention-1x02-the-vision-thing
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