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- -: How Simple Ideas Lead to Scientific Discoveries
March 13, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Adam Savage walks through two spectacular examples of profound scientific discoveries that came from simple, creative methods anyone could have followed -- Eratosthenes' calculation of the Earth's circumference around 200 BC and Hippolyte Fizeau's measurement of the speed of light in 1849. (Launc...
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- -: Adam Savage: My quest for the dodo bird, and other obsessions
March 19, 2009 (about 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com At EG'08, Adam Savage talks about his fascination with the dodo bird, and how it led him on a strange and surprising double quest. It's an entertaining adventure through the mind of a creative obsessive. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from...
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- -: MythBusters' Adam Savage - Dodos, Maltese Falcons, and the Art of Obsession
December 20, 2008 (over 15 years ago)MythBusters co-host Adam Savage gives a fast-paced presentation on personal obsessions. Savage explains how his fascination with dodo bird skeletons eventually led to his designing of an exact bronze-cast replica of the titular statue from the 1941 Humphrey Bogart movie, "The Maltese Falcon." --...
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- -: Adam Savage's Favorite Mythbusters Episode
June 9, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/30/MythBuster_Adam_Savages_Colossal_Failures MythBusters co-host Adam Savage discusses his current favorite episode "Swimming in Syrup," in which the Mythbusters tested to see if a person can swim just as fast in syrup as in water. ----- The 4th annual...
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- -: Adam Savage on the Best Mythbusters Explosions
June 11, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/30/MythBuster_Adam_Savages_Colossal_Failures MythBusters co-host Adam Savage recalls his favorite explosion from the show. The winner? Water heaters. "I never get tired of watching those things blow up," he says. ----- The 4th annual Maker Faire Bay Ar...
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- -: Failure Builds Character - Mythbusters' Adam Savage
June 13, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/30/MythBuster_Adam_Savages_Colossal_Failures MythBusters co-host Adam Savage describes the life lesson he learned after a job from his early days as a set designer went horribly awry and ruined a friendship. ----- The 4th annual Maker Faire Bay Area ho...
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- -: Cannibal Mouse: The MythBusters Episode You'll Never See
May 28, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/05/22/Adam_Savage_Presents_Problem_Solving_How_I_Do_It "MythBusters" co-host Adam Savage recalls using mice to test the old adage about the cereal box being more nutritious than the sugary cereal inside it. While Savage and co-host Jamie Hyneman found the s...
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- -: Adam Savage on His 100,000-Volt Cattle Prod Shock
June 3, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/05/22/Adam_Savage_Presents_Problem_Solving_How_I_Do_It MythBuster Adam Savage describes being tricked by a producer into grabbing a cattle prod while filming the episode "Baghdad Battery." Savage says a 100,000-volt shock "feels so close to dying that it is...
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- -: MythBusters' Adam Savage on Problem Solving: How I Do It
November 30, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video with Q&A at: http://fora.tv/2010/05/22/Adam_Savage_Presents_Problem_Solving_How_I_Do_It Best known as co-host of Discovery Channel's MythBusters, Adam Savage also wears hats as an artist, actor, special effects wizard and industrial designer. In this presentation at Maker Faire Ba...
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- -: Adam Savage Introduces FORA.tv's Top Videos of 2010
December 7, 2010 (over 13 years ago)MythBusters' Adam Savage introduces FORA.tv's end-of-the-year video playlist on the people, ideas, and issues that changed 2010. Here is FORA.tv's full playlist: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSuJM-URcdw&list=PL4AFE111FA592DC1B "LHC First Physics : First collisions in the LHCb's experiment" by...
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- -: Adam Savage on MythBusting with President Obama
June 8, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/05/22/Get_Inspired_with_MythBuster_Adam_Savage_at_Maker_Faire MythBuster Adam Savage describes meeting President Obama as part of an event launching the national STEM initiative, a program geared towards increasing youth interest in math and science. "We we...
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- -: Sparks Fly as Caged MythBuster Adam Savage Busts a Move
July 15, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/05/22/Get_Inspired_with_MythBuster_Adam_Savage_at_Maker_Faire Tesla coils are great and all, but the real electricity in the room? The dance moves of "MythBusters" co-host Adam Savage during Maker Faire Bay Area 2011. ----- MythBuster Adam Savage talks ab...
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Adam Savage: Food for The Eagle timrosenblatt
April 23, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Adam Savage discusses how the universe works, and how it matters to you.
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Adam Savage: Adam Savage's Obsessions
December 1, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Adam Savage talks about some of his obsessions, including the unfinished Maltese Falcon.
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