Modern Marvels

Season 6, Episode 33

Episode Title: Crash Testing

Air Date: 1999-08-31

Overview:

Delves into the little-known, hugely important, multi-billion-dollar industry of product testing–where wrinkles get ironed out and goods are stripped of marketing and hype to see if they work. Meet product testers who serve as truth squads in an eccentric world of machines devised to “sneeze” at tissue paper and “sleep” on mattresses.