Set your Tivos and VCRs: Next week's (8/29/07) Mythbusters is entirely about recreating superhero gadgets.
You know I'll be there.
-- Bob
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The Internet Is For Norns.
...damn. First time in a long while that I've actually wanted cable. ^_^
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"I'm terribly sorry, but I have to kill you quite horribly now."
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...damn. First time in a long while that I've actually wanted cable. ^_^
I'm pretty sure it'll pop up on Youtube soon after.
Reminder: This is on the air in about half an hour, at least in the Eastern Time Zone.
-- Bob
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The Internet Is For Norns.
An interesting set of gadget tropes to pick; I suppose they pruned the list for those that were scientifically testable as opposed to "freeze rays" and such.
I think that the Batman-style grapnel/ascender rig is probably /possible/... just not quite as small as the cartoon makes it out to be, and probably hellaciously expensive.
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The actual componentry and machining would be far beyond what the Mythbusters could spend a few days on, but then, we're talking Bruce Wayne's Billions, here. And they did prove that the ascender itself was doable, and could lift a man at a reasonable speed.--
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anything explode.