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Prototype This!

5.0 / 10

2008

1 season

13 episodes

Documentary

Look into the viability of gadgets and technology seen in science-fiction movies. In a warehouse on an island in San Francisco Bay, a team of engineers and PhD's are inventing the future one prototype at a time.

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Cast

Joe Grand

Seasons

Ep 1
1.Mind Controlled Car
15-10-200860m
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 c...
Ep 2
2.Boxing Robots
22-10-200860m
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...
Ep 3
3.Traffic Busting Truck
29-10-200860m
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...
Ep 4
4.Six-Legged All Terrain Vehicle
05-11-200860m
Inspired 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 firs...
Ep 5
5.Backyard Waterslide Simulator
12-11-200860m
No 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!...
Ep 6
6.Robotic Firefighter Assistant
19-11-200860m
Two 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 sm...
Ep 7
7.Get Up and Go
26-11-200860m
The 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 attem...
Ep 8
8.Automated Pizza Delivery
03-12-200860m
The 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.
Ep 9
9.Wearable Airbag
10-12-200860m
The 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.
Ep 10
10.Virtual Sea Adventure
17-12-200860m
The 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.
Ep 11
11.Flying Life Guard
12-03-200960m
The team tries to develop two flying-lifeguard systems to protect swimmers on unguarded beaches.
Ep 12
12.Gecko Suit
19-03-200960m
The 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...
Ep 13
13.Dogsitter
26-03-200960m
The 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 owne...

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