Invention Nation Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• Season 1 Episode 13: Running Hot and Cold

  Solar-powered hot-water heater; a hologram improves the performance of solar panels; zero-emission air conditioner.

• Season 1 Episode 12: Smart Living

  Batteries made with pig manure; self-sustaining, computer-controlled smart house; brewery waste is converted into clean-burning fuel.

• Season 1 Episode 11: Desert Power

  Off-the-grid homes in New Mexico created from used tires and recycled scrap; electric cars; solar-powered dune buggies.

• Season 1 Episode 10: Self-Sustaining

  Building houses that can be heated or cooled at no cost; making solar panels; transforming bicycles into motorized vehicles.

• Season 1 Episode 9: Power Surge

  Turning garbage into electricity; revolving doors generate power; making biodiesel from algae.

• Season 1 Episode 8: New Cool

  Transforming sound waves into refrigeration; modified kitchen in a Vermont ski lodge; sewage treatment facility produces clean water.

• Season 1 Episode 7: Less Landfill

  Biodegradable plastic; making a skateboard from soy, hemp and bamboo; home insulation made from mushrooms.

• Season 1 Episode 6: Eco-Energy

  Bike-powered electric generators; wind turbines power a home built out of recycled materials; bus problems threaten the trip.

• Season 1 Episode 5: Innovative Alternatives

  Turning cow manure into electricity; corn becomes biodegradable packaging; straw is used for home insulation.

• Season 1 Episode 4: Dirt Rules

  Using recycled bottles to create a floating wetland; heating a greenhouse with compost; food waste is converted into methane gas.

• Season 1 Episode 3: Sun Power

  Trouble with the veggie engine; solar concentrators; microhydro inventions; lighting alternatives.

• Season 1 Episode 2: Human Powered

  Nobu, Chris and Micah install a solar panel on their bus, build a bamboo bike and test-drive the HumanCar.

• Season 1 Episode 1: Episode 1: Deep Fried Diesel

  Chris, Nobu and Micah convert their diesel bus to run on pure vegetable oil; making biodiesel fuel; cutting-edge hybrid vehicle technologies.