My Million Dollar Invention (2015)

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 2015-06-14

Last Air Date: 2015-08-02

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 8

Networks: Smithsonian Channel

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Top Cast

Henrihs Ahmadejevs as Chuck Hull's Boss

Seasons

Season 1 (2015)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Shock and Awe (2015-06-14)

How the electric chair, the Ouija board, and other chilling ideas became million-dollar inventions.
Ep. 2: The Vision Thing (2015-06-21)

See how the TV, speed camera, photocopier, and space telescope went from sketch drawings to life-altering inventions.
Ep. 3: 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.
Ep. 4: 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.
Ep. 5: 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.
Ep. 6: 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.
Ep. 7: 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.
Ep. 8: The Little Guy (2015-08-02)

Intermittent wipers, Lego bricks, and the smiley face came from the minds of ordinary people with extraordinary stories.