What is inside a golf ball that makes it fly so far through the air?
And just how does a firework burst into multiple hand-picked colors and specific patterns at exactly the right time? In this episode, Marshall takes us to the Sea Ray boat factory in Vonore, Tenn., where engineers are using advanced robotics to manufacture one of their most popular recreational sports boats, the just-over-26-foot “Sundeck.” We’ll see how they build these boats from the outside in, starting with a mold that robots cover with a coat of gel paint. Then we’ll follow these boats as they are laminated, assembled and tricked out with features you might not expect to see on the water. Next, we’ll check out the Titleist facility in Acushnet, Mass., where golf experts crank out 300 million golf balls every year. We’ll see how each ball starts out as a batch of rubber ingredients and ends up with the unique dimples that give these mini engineering marvels their aerodynamic bodies. And we’ll learn how these key features can make a ball fly farther, spin faster or maximize lift to
