Season 1
13 episodes · Oct 15, 2008
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- S1E1
Mind Controlled Car
Oct 15, 200860mOur 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.
- S1E2
Boxing Robots
Oct 22, 200860mThe 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!
- S1E3
Traffic Busting Truck
Oct 29, 200860mThe 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.
- S1E4
Six-Legged All Terrain Vehicle
Nov 5, 200860mInspired by the "legs" of an innovative robot called RHex, the prototypers decide to use this basic design with its synchronized alternating tripod gait and build it BIG! What first appears as a simple upscaling project becomes a real challenge when the team discovers that size can change everything.
- S1E5
Backyard Waterslide Simulator
Nov 12, 200860mNo water theme park is complete without a long run on a water slide, but what do you do when you don't have the room in your backyard? Let the the laws of physics give you a ride! In what may be their most massive build, the team puts together an amazing, fun-filled "slide-in-a-ring" and then turns on the hose for some aquatic fun.
- S1E6
Robotic Firefighter Assistant
Nov 19, 200860mTwo devices to help firefighters are designed and built: a robot assistant that can carry gear up or victims down, and a vision aid that will help in navigating through fire and smoke.
- S1E7
Get Up and Go
Nov 26, 200860mThe team of engineers attempts to invent a space-age sleeping pod that gets you up, fed, showered, groomed, dressed, informed and out the door in a matter of minutes. Initial attempts to automate things like shaving and eating turn out to be either scary or messy, but some surprising breakthroughs pave the way for a triumphant public demonstration.
- S1E8
Automated Pizza Delivery
Dec 3, 200860mThe engineers attempt to create a fully automatic pizza delivery system, employing robots, blimps and a self-driving car, which will be tested by a crossing of the Bay Bridge.
- S1E9
Wearable Airbag
Dec 10, 200860mThe team has two weeks to develop an airbag for high-rise construction workers that can sense the onset of free fall and deploy within a second.
- S1E10
Virtual Sea Adventure
Dec 17, 200860mThe team want to invent a virtual deep sea diving adventure that allows you to SCUBA dive in a swimming pool but feel like you're at any reef in the world.
- S1E11
Flying Life Guard
Mar 12, 200960mThe team tries to develop two flying-lifeguard systems to protect swimmers on unguarded beaches.
- S1E12
Gecko Suit
Mar 19, 200960mThe team attemps to invent two devices for humans to scale a smooth vertical surface and to scale a rough vertical surface like a gecko does, calling the human either "Geckoman" or "Geckowoman."
- S1E13
Dogsitter
Mar 26, 200960mThe team of inventors attempts to engineer the world's first robotic dog sitter. Designed to play with, let out and discipline your dog, the Robo Dog Sitter will also allow an owner at work to communicate with his dog via a monitor on the robot.