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The Re-Inventors
Over more than 500 years, tens of millions of patents for products have been issued, but some are lost to history, and most don't achieve the success of, say, the telephone. Hosts Matt Hunter and Jeremy MacPherson dig up some of those of yore to see how the ideas would fare in the modern world. The guys work with a team to examine original blueprints, build prototypes and test the inventions to see how well they work. Some that the hosts want to tackle are a submarine from the late 1500s, a 14th-century machine using wind power to propel a wagon, and a 1950s design combining a Ford Thunderbird with airplane parts to make a flying car.
EP1 "Flying Car"
With the advent and spread of airplanes and automobiles in the beginning of the 20th century an idea emerged that a marriage of the two would create the ultimate travel miracle.
EP6 "Incinerating Toilet"
As populations have increased over the years, so have the ideas for disposal, removal, and processing regarding waste.
EP1 "Da Vinci Gun"
Leonardo da Vinci designs the world's first 12-barrel machine gun.
EP2 "Monowheel"
Matt and Jeremy test out a design for a monowheel.