Smash Lab	Season 1
Smash Lab Page Blast Proof House The team uses truck-bed-liner paint in an attempt to protect a building from an explosion. Crash Absorbing Concrete Aviation technology is employed to prevent a car or bus from crossing a median and hitting oncoming traffic. Hurricane Proof House A special type of carbon fiber used to reinforce tunnels is applied to a home to make it hurricane-proof. Train Crash The team tests an idea for using giant airbags on the front of a train to push cars safely out of the way to prevent accidents at railroad crossings. Earthquake Proof House Technology from inside of the hold of an aircraft, where a system is used to move cargo with almost zero friction, is employed to isolate a house from the shaking of the ground during an earthquake. Also: building an artificial-earthquake machine. High Rise Escape The team tackles an idea to reduce the number of high-rise fire-related deaths using a magnetic roller-coaster braking device. Included: a stuntman slides down a 100-foot tower to prove the system. Fireproof House The team uses Nanogel, an insulating material, as a fireproof blanket to protect a house from forest fires, but they must figure out how to throw the blanket over the house. Runaway Trailer The team grapples with the problem of brake failure on a runaway trailer, and experiments with rocket engines as a way to bring a trailer to a controlled stop. The experiment ends in a spectacular rocket malfunction. Fluidized Sand A bed of fluidized sand is used as a defensive road barrier to protect a bank from robbery, but the methods to move the sand prove problematic. Long Range Life Boat A mid-ocean rescue using a lifeboat that can be dropped out of a long-range plane to get help in a matter of hours. CO2 Cop Car The team adapts CO2 fire extinguishers to stop a vehicle in a high-speed car chase. Boat Ejector Seat A boat-rescue system using parachutes is proposed by the team, but the chute must deploy quickly and guarantee a safe landing. Bomb Proof Plane The team repurposes a material called Blastwrap, designed to absorb the energy from a bomb placed inside a public trashcan, to protect a Boeing 747 from an explosion.
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