Prototype This! (2008)

Genre

documentary

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 13 episodes

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A team of real inventors builds working prototypes of gadgets inspired by science fiction movies. Each episode shows them taking a fictional concept and trying to make it real using available technology. The show focuses on the challenges and successes of the building process.

inventivecuriousoptimisticpracticalteam-focusedfast-pacedexperimentalinformative

What happens

Prototype This! is an American television series with the stated goal to "look into the viability of gadgets and technology seen in science-fiction movies". The series premiered on October 15, 2008, on The Discovery Channel. It was filmed on Treasure Island in Building 180 and occasionally at Standard Metal Products in San Francisco. The show follows a team of inventors: Doc North – Material Science, University of California, Santa Barbara Joe Grand – Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Boston University Terry Sandin – Special Effects Designer, Hollywood Dr. Andrew "Zoz" Brooks – 3 degrees from the University of Adelaide, namely, Bachelor of Science (Organic Chemistry & Computer Science), First Class Honours in Computer Science and a Graduate Diploma in Education plus a Masters from the Australian National University's robotics laboratory and a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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