| The Re-Inventors | |
|---|---|
| Format | Scientific method - Documentary |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Production | |
| Running time | 43 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | History Television |
| Original run | 2008 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Re-Inventors is a Canadian TV show based around exploring historic inventions. In each episode the hosts choose a historic invention and attempt to rebuild it. Each invention is given a set of evaluation criteria before being tested. At the end of the episode, the invention is graded and if the invention is considered to have met the evaluation criteria, it is granted the title of 'Patent Approved'. Should the invention prove to be less than effective, it is granted the title 'Patent Denied'.
The show is hosted by Matt Hunter and Jeremy MacPherson, Hunter is a carpenter and MacPherson is a special effects artist. [1]
It is aired on the Canadian french TV channel Historia as Absurde et breveté and is dubbed into french.
Contents |
| Name | Synopsis |
|---|---|
| Aerosan | The team builds and tests an NKL 26 Aerosan. |
| Battering Ram | Matt and Jeremy get medieval and recreate a full-scale battering ram to see how well they work. |
| Bourne Submarine | The team attempts to build an early submarine. |
| Bulletproof Protection | Two designs from WWI in an attempt to aid a soldier from dangerous weapons. |
| Chinese Flamethrower | The Re-Inventors try one of the world's first flamethrowers. |
| Chinese Rocket | The Chinese were the first to design and construct a multi-stage rocket. |
| Da Vinci Chariot | Matt and Jeremy find out if Da Vinci's chariot could have found a place on the 15th-century battlefield. |
| Da Vinci Gun | Leonardo da Vinci designs the world's first 12-barrel machine gun. |
| Da Vinci Tank | The team attempts to build one of Da Vinci's most ambitious projects. |
| Double Barrel Cannon | The Re-Inventors see what happens when you chain two cannon balls together and try to fire them at the same time. |
| Fire Fighting | The team builds and tests two non-water using extinguisher designs from the past, one using chemicals combining to create an extinguishing foam and the other seeking to blow out the flames with gunpowder. |
| Floating Suit | Inventions ranging from shoes to suits that can help you from drowning. |
| 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. |
| Flying Machine | See if some of the ideas that were put forward to figure out how to fly could have beat the Wright brothers to the sky. |
| Four Armed Catapult | Designs for a four-armed catapult that shoots projectiles. |
| Earthquake Detector | The Didong Yi was intended to provide information to the Imperial Court that an earthquake had occurred so relief aid could be dispatched. |
| Gun Helmet | A World War I era helmet gun is built to see who would be in more danger, the user or the target. |
| Head Parachute | Getting people out of a burning building has been a challenge faced by inventors and designers since people started living in them. |
| Human Propulsion | Matt and Jeremy combine machines with muscle and add some rockets, propellers, and jets into the mix. |
| Hydraulic Saw | Designed by Francesco di Giorgio in the 15th century during the Renaissance, this saw was meant to harness the power of swift flowing streams and rivers and use this power to cut wood. |
| Ice Boat | The team builds and tests J. L. Finch's early 1940's ice boat against a modern design. |
| Incinerating Toilet | As populations have increased over the years, so have the ideas for disposal, removal, and processing regarding waste. |
| Invention War | In this episode the Matt and Jeremy modify a number of their previous inventions and pit them against one another in a bizarre battle scenario. |
| Life At Sea | The boys build and test the Davis Life Pod, a device designed to save people trapped at sea. |
| Monowheel | Matt and Jeremy test out a design for a monowheel. |
| Ned Kelly Armour | The Re-Inventors put Ned Kelly's homemade armour up to a ballistics test. |
| Panjandrum | The team tries to figure out where the World War II Allies went wrong with the Panjandrum project. |
| Pedestrian Protector | The "Automatic Device for the Protection of Pedestrian and the Vehicle Itself" patented by Heinrich Karl in 1932 is tested. |
| Roman Crane | The team attempts to build the Roman crane. |
| Snow Annihilator | The inventor of the Snow Annihilator claims the machine has all the answers to winter road maintenance and is tested against the Canadian winter. |
| Solar Crematorium | The Re-Inventors test out the idea for the Solar Crematorium, an invention that used sunlight to cremate dead bodies. |
| Syrian Torpedo | The team attempts to build an early Syrian torpedo |
| War Kite | 13th century Chinese fire arrow technology and a 17th century Japanese kite design are tested to see if they can help command the battlefield. |
| Windmill | The team digs out plans for an Islamic windmill design. |
| Wind Wagon | A machine, a cross between a windmill and a wagon, that had never been built and tested, until now. |