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The Re-Inventors

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.
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    Snow Annihilator
    Bulletproof Protection
    Fire Fighting
    Double-Barrel Cannon
    Davis Life Pod
    Water Powered Saw
    Wind Wagon
    Ned Kelly's Armour
    Zhang Hengs Seismometer
  • 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.
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  • Bulletproof Protection

    Two designs from WWI in an attempt to aid a soldier from dangerous weapons.
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  • Fire Fighting

    The Re-Inventors build and test two extinguisher designs from the past going beyond the use of water.
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  • Double-Barrel Cannon

    A design from the Civil War, for a double-barrelled cannon.
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  • Davis Life Pod

    The hosts test the patented designs of history's lost inventions.
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  • Water Powered Saw

    A gigantic table saw sounds good especially if it's only powered by water.
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The Re-Inventors

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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.

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Matthew Hunter, Jeremy MacPherson

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