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What is Really Big Things about?

As personal technology seems to be shrinking (e.g. laptops, phones) some technology is getting bigger. This show examines the huge devices and inventions that aid humans in our modern world.

Genre: Documentary

Season 1 of Really Big Things

Episode : Paper Maker

Episode : Wind Mill Factory

Episode : Largest Telescope

Episode : Giant Tree Spade

Episode : Swing Bridge

Episode : Really, Really Big Show

Episode 1: Matt machine; rammer hammer; paper maker

Episode 2: Retractable football field; largest dump truck; windmill factory

Episode 3: Vertical motion simulator; blast hole drill; LBT Telescope

Episode 4: Tire recycling; largest concrete structure ever made; giant tree spader.

Episode 5: The Evolution locomotive in Erie; dredger on the Mississippi River; swing bridge in Seattle.

Episode 6: The Goodyear Blimp; a trash compactor in California; Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas

Season 2 of Really Big Things

Episode 1: Cirque Du Soleil big top, Center to train Olympic kayakers

Episode 2: how massive amounts of dirty laundry are cleaned in Las Vegas; turning sand into glass.

Episode 3: Whale Shark Rescue; how Las Vegas hotels clean their enormous loads of dirty laundry

Episode 4: Ski Dubai; building and installing a 50-foot fossil burner

Episode 5: Solar field in New Mexico; the canal bridge in Magdeburg, Germany; construction of a man made island

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