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The Re-Inventors

All Episodes 2008

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  • 2008-05-24T00:00:00Z
  • 25m
  • English
  • Documentary
Since the first patent was issued over 500 years ago, inventors from around the world have been trying to build the next big thing. But for every brilliant creation, there are thousands that never get off the drawing board. This series proves that not all failed inventions are failures. Re-Inventors Matt Hunter and Jeremy MacPherson dig up original patent designs to build and test inventions from the past like the Gun Helmet, the Head Parachute and the Suitcase Suit. Some designs crash and burn, but others actually prove brilliant when given a chance. Whitehorse-born Macpherson is an amateur historian and special effects artist who has worked on films like X-Men and Chicago.Toronto's Hunter is a skilled carpenter and backyard inventor. Armed with blow torches and history books, they journey through the strange and entertaining world of invention, proving human beings will try to build just about anything.

44 episodes

2008-05-24T20:00:00Z

Special 8 Chinese Flamethrower

Special 8 Chinese Flamethrower

  • 2008-05-24T20:00:00Z25m

1x04 Syrian Torpedo

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Watch the Re-Inventors test a torpedo designed 500 years before the first self-propelled missile was even conceived.

1x06 Hydraulic Saw

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This invention was designed to run on waterpower instead of muscle, but testing it will take all of their strength.

1x07 Wind Wagon

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See what happens when the Re-Inventors attempt to get an ancient troop transport wagon into fighting shape.

1x11 Pedestrian Protector

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By the 1930s, more cars hit the road... and more pedestrians got hit by them. Our hosts put one old solution to the test.

1x12 Aerosan

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Our hosts test how this Soviet winter troop transport vehicle would survive against Russian weather and artillery fire.

1x13 Ice Boat

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Is this 1940s iceboat winter-ready or skating on thin ice? The Re-Inventors bundle up to find out.

1x19 Flotation Suit

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It looks like a doghouse resting on a wet suit, but this 1916 invention could have saved countless lives lost at sea.

1x23 Wind Wagon

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1x26 Ice Boat

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1x27 Ned Kelly

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2x02 Gun Helmet

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2x04 Flying Car

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2x05 Monowheel

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