Learn why the United States Mint needs a pizza-sized sculpture to make heads and tails on quarters, and how tiny embedded details thwart counterfeits. Then, find out how a washing machine produces more G-forces than a shuttle liftoff, and how a spider-like part holds it all together. Finally, learn how today's fishing rods barely give the fish a fighting chance. They're strong, light and extremely flexible because they're made of a space-age miracle fabric: carbon fiber.