Behind many million-dollar inventions are priceless stories of inspiration, controversy, triumph, and tragedy. Explore inventions large and small, lifesaving and life-taking, scary and playful, and meet the men and women who dedicated, and often risked, their lives to follow their vision and ultimately change the world.
Episodes Season Season 1 · 0/8 0/8 watched · 2015 S01E01 Shock and Awe 2015-06-14
How the electric chair, the Ouija board, and other chilling ideas became million-dollar inventions. more S01E02 The Vision Thing 2015-06-21
See how the TV, speed camera, photocopier, and space telescope went from sketch drawings to life-altering inventions. more S01E03 Criminal Riches 2015-06-28
See how crime made lucrative inventions out of the house alarm, the cash register, the Tommy Gun, and even the toothbrush. more S01E04 Danger Magnets 2015-07-05
Would you inhale toxins, leap off a cliff, or shoot yourself to prove you're right? Meet four inventors who did just that. more S01E05 Need for Speed 2015-07-12
How did a waffle iron change the world of running shoes forever? Find out this and other invention secrets. more S01E06 Life and Death 2015-07-19
The story of the gun meant to end violence, the box that keeps hearts beating, and the printer that can build anything. more S01E07 Guns and Goldmines 2015-07-26
They walked through fires, faced poverty, ran for their lives, and found their fortune in gold, guns and games. more
S01E08 The Little Guy 2015-08-02
Intermittent wipers, Lego bricks, and the smiley face came from the minds of ordinary people with extraordinary stories. more 
