

Ingenuity - Engineering Ground Breakers
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S1 E1 - Burj Dubai
Watch on supported devicesJuly 31, 200923minThe Burj Dubai holds the title as the tallest man-made structure ever built. Pushing the technological envelope, it is the benchmark all future record-breaking skyscrapers will be based upon. Near India's capital Delhi, the Qutub Minar reigns supreme for almost a thousand years as the world's tallest brick minaret.Watch for freeS1 E2 - Marina Barrage
Watch on supported devicesJuly 31, 200923minOn a fully urbanised island the size of Singapore, water scarcity is a dire issue. The solution is the construction of an urban reservoir, the first of its kind in the world. Together with cutting edge technology, Singapore is on its way to water sufficiency, just like how the city of Constantinople had the foresight to build massive underground cisterns in the 6th century.Watch for freeS1 E3 - Korean Tankers
Watch on supported devicesJuly 31, 200923minTankers are the workhorses of our modern economy and the largest of these are built in Korea. Features like double-hulls and multiple tanks have pushed the cargo and safety capacity of tankers to new heights, making them the mainstay of the oil industry.Watch for freeS1 E4 - Mumbai Highway
Watch on supported devicesJuly 31, 200923minFor years, the roads of Mumbai were a hotbed of congestion and overcrowding. Now, a dynamic link road promises to ease the city's traffic woes. But the construction of Mumbai's first double-tiered flyover has been anything but easy, with resettlement and land acquisition proving a logistic nightmare.Watch for freeS1 E5 - Beijing Airport
Watch on supported devicesJuly 31, 200923minThe largest airport terminal in the world in Beijing is an engineering marvel that nonetheless pays strict adherence to the principles of Chinese fengshui, and marks a new footnote in an age-old tradition of building big. To understand how far that tradition has progressed, we explore the Todai-ji temple in Nara, designed and built by a Chinese monk.Watch for freeS1 E6 - Marmaray Project
Watch on supported devicesJuly 31, 200923minIt is the world's deapest immersed tunnel. Spanning across Asia and Europe, the Marmaray Project promises to ease Istanbul's decades-old traffic woes. Located in an earthquake zone, it is an engineer feat that is only rivalled by the discovery of a nearby ancient port that hinted at how the early Greeks made the maritime traverse between the two continents several thousand years ago.Watch for freeS1 E7 - Palm Islands
Watch on supported devicesJuly 31, 200923minSelf declared 8th Wonder of the World, the Palm trilogy are the largest man-made islands in the world and a credible testimony of human mastery over nature. Employing technology like satellite positioning, it has broken new records and engineering milestones, recalling the heydays of the Harrapan civilisation in Dholavira.Watch for freeS1 E8 - Three Gorges Dam
Watch on supported devicesJuly 31, 200923minThe Three Gorges Dam is the largest hydro-electric dam in the world. That it is a sheer engineering marvel cannot be denied. Yet questions abound over environmental and social issues, not to mention logistics problems of moving ships up and down river. An ingenious system of shiplocks has gone towards solving that problem, echoing the techniques of Banaue farmers in the Philippines.Watch for free
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