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De los creadores de “Cazadores de Mitos” (Beyond Productions) llega una nueva serie documental a Discovery Channel para flipar: “Prototype This!”

En esta nueva serie la propuesta es: “examinar la viabilidad de hardware y gadgets que vemos en los efectos especiales de las películas”. Los genios anfitriones son:
Joe Grand (aka Kingpin): Ingeniero eléctrico con su propio negocio, Gran Idea Studio, y propietario de Kinpin Empire. Pero se le conocerá más como hardware hacker con el grupo L0pht Heavy Industries.
Terry Sandin: Animatronics. Veterano técnico de efectos especiales en Hollywood.
Zoz Brookz: Doctor en ingeniería eléctrica e informática y arte-ingeniero que busca la unión entre ciencia y arte.
Mike North: Freak de las nano tecnologías y Doctor en ciencias materiales que durante sus años de estudios inventó el único adhesivo que se puede activar y desactivar electrónicamente.

Aquí el resumen de los primeros capítulos que prometen mucho:

MIND CONTROLLED CAR - October 15 @ 10 e/p
Our team of inventors attempts to prototype a car that utilizes biofeedback sensors to restrict a cars performance as its driver’s agitation level increases. Joe and Zoz will use cutting edge biofeedback and mind control technologies as the brains of the prototypes while Terry and Mike retrofit the test cars for an extreme test to prove the concept: a demolition derby where road rage is inevitable.

BOXING ROBOTS - October 22 @ 10 e/p
The prototype team looks into the future of gaming — and giant, boxing robots are what they see. Joe and Zoz utilize a technology called optical glyph tracking to allow the robots to register and mimic their human counterparts’ boxing movements while Mike is charged with dressing the metallic skeletons and Terry with building the metal beasts themselves. And then it’s into the boxing ring for a metallic monster slugfest!

TRAFFIC BUSTING TRUCK - October 29 @ 10 e/p
The boys take on the challenge of building a car that will beat traffic by rising up — and driving over it. And as an added bonus, the lift allows the vehicle to find parking like nothing else on wheels. The key to this build is a set of amazing wheels that can move in all directions without actually turning.

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