Engineering The Impossible (2002)
Gênero : Documentário
Runtime : 2H 0M
Director : Karin Hoving
Sinopse
Just how far can engineering go? This program explores the feasibility of constructing several extraordinary projects such as a Europe to Africa Bridge or a tunnel across the Straights of Gibraltar. Could engineers really construct a mile high skyscraper or floating ocean cities? State of the art computer graphics and real world scientists help to explain these technological dreams. Current engineering advances, like revolutionary new vacuum, make these engineering marvel's a distinct possibility!
The Richardson Olmsted Campus, a former psychiatric center and National Historic Landmark, is seeing new life as it undergoes restoration and adaptation to a modern use.
Heralded as a palace among minor and major league baseball stadiums, Silver Stadium set a standard of excellence from opening day. From May 1929 through the 1990s Silver Stadium served as home to Rochester's historic baseball team, The Rochester Red Wings, as well as many other sporting teams. When not being used as a baseball stadium, the space served as center stage for a variety of traveling acts. Hear from the people closest to the history of this magnificent facility as they take you on a journey through The Memories of Silver.
The Erie Canal was an engineering marvel in its time and remains so today. This documentary travels from Palmyra to the Genesee River, stopping along the way to visit the people and places that make the canal so special. Canal historian Thomas Grasso offers insight into the canal’s past while the Golden Eagle String Band provides the music track.
Highlighting the canal’s quiet beauty and fascinating people, Part 2 travels from the Genesee Waterways to Spencerport, Brockport, Holley, and Lockport– taking to the trails and the water, on everything from the historic Sam Patch tour boat to Luxury cabin cruisers. Dr. William Hullfish, a SUNY Brockport associate professor, musician and the expert in Erie Canal Songs.
A história por trás de John Delorean (Alec Baldwin), grande figura do ramo automobilístico que entrou para a História por suas criações e polêmicas. Engenheiro modelo da General Motors, John largou o cargo para criar sua própria empresa e dar vida ao icônico automóvel Delorean. Apesar disso, uma série de polêmicas, problemas na justiça e a ligação com o tráfico de drogas colocam em xeque o brilhantismo do empresário e tudo que conquistou.
Cleópatra, rainha do Egito, acredita que pode construir um templo em tempo recorde e faz uma aposta com Júlio César. Seu arquiteto, no entanto, precisa da ajuda de Asterix e Obelix para lutar contra romanos que tentam impedir a construção.
Durante uma missão tripulada a Marte que tem de retirar às pressas para a Terra, o astronauta Mark Watney é dado como morto. Sobrevive, mas fica preso e sozinho no planeta. Com escassos mantimentos, terá que contar com a sua criatividade, inteligência e espírito de sobrevivência para se manter vivo e comunicar com a Terra.
Farhan e Raju partem em busca de seu amigo e colega de faculdade há muito desaparecido, Rancho. No decorrer desta aventura, serão confrontados com uma antiga aposta esquecida, um casamento que terão de entrar de penetras e um funeral que não correrá como planejado.
In future Tokyo, a young woman in the privatized police force tracks down her father's killer while battling against mutant rebels known as engineers.
A vampire in London is searching for the ideal woman to 'redeem' him.
"Give me ten million dollars and trust me, we'll deliver a low-cost microprocessor compatible with Intel". This was former IBM Fellow and Dell Senior VP Glenn Henry's 1995 pitch to start a microprocessor company focused on low-cost Intel-compatible processors ("x86"). This documentary follows Henry and his team as they race to complete their latest chip, and offers an inside look at Centaur's unique management environment.
Um iraniano e seus dois assistentes chegam a uma humilde vila na região do Curdistão. Nomeado pelos locais como "Engenheiro", o homem é guiado por um garoto que o leva à uma anciã que parece estar prestes a morrer. O recém-chegado então passa a acompanhar os rituais e costumes daquela comunidade, enquanto cumpre seu propósito. Dirigido por Abbas Kiarostami e vencedor de três prêmios no Festival de Veneza.
A cool-headed crusader for the struggling engineers, Raghuvaran faces the powerful and arrogant owner of a construction company Vasundhara Parameswaran, as they engage in a battle to win the corporate game.
After 10 years of tests and 12 billion Euros invested, the state-of-the-art Airbus jet completed its first commercial flight in January 2015. We will discover how it was conceived and built, and explore its technological innovations every step of the way.
A agilidade no pit stop pode ser o fator decisivo para indicar quem ficará no topo do pódio de um Grande Prémio. Esta é a história dos visionários que criaram as técnicas e tecnologias que permitem uma troca de pneus em dois segundos.
Architect, engineer, geometrician, cartographer, philosopher, futurist, inventor of the famous geodesic dome and one of the most brilliant thinkers of his time. Fuller was renowned for his comprehensive perspective on the world's problems. For more than five decades he developed pioneering solutions reflecting his commitment to the potential of innovative design to create technology that does "more with less" and thereby improve human lives. He spent much of his life traveling the world lecturing and discussing his ideas with thousands of audiences. Now more relevant than ever, this film captures Fuller's ideas and thinking told in his own words.
"A Armadilha" é um filme noir moderno que reflete a verdadeira face da "sociedade sérvia em transição". É uma história que pode acontecer com qualquer um de nós. É um filme sobre um homem comum, que é forçado a escolher entre a vida e a morte de seu próprio filho.
An engineering dropout who traps himself in one trouble or the other, meets a wonderful woman and her cousin who changes his life.
Author David Macaulay hosts CATHEDRAL, based on his award-winning book. Using a combination of spectacular location sequences and cinema-quality animation, the program surveys France's most famous churches. Travel back to 1214 to explore the design of Notre Dame de Beaulieu, a representative Gothic cathedral. The program tells period tales revealing fascinating stories of life and death, faith and despair, prosperity, and intrigue.
A documentary about an innovative Disability Studies class at NYU Tandon School of Engineering where engineering students and adults with cerebral palsy learn to communicate, connect, and cultivate their abilities by making movies.
