MythBusters

Episode 124: “Curving Bullets”

source: MythBusters Results

A shooter can curve a bullet around an obstacle by swinging or flicking his or her arm. (Based on scenes from the movie Wanted.) busted The Build Team first went to a shooting range and set up a target with a wooden obstacle halfway between themselves and the target. Grant, Tory, and Kari each at...

Published Wed, Jun 10

Mainstreet Los Gatos: No pickles, ice cream for Byron, she's ...

source: San Jose Mercury News

Byron is depicted with accompanying photos of herself dispelling myths about pregnancy such as the craving for pickles and ice cream. Since she is a mainstay on the TV show MythBusters on the Discovery Channel, the article nicely dovetails with her day ... Kari Byron pregnant Fried Post

Published Thu, May 28

Episode 122: "Thermite vs. Ice"

source: MythBusters Results

The shock wave caused by an exploding bomb is enough to trigger a misfire in an SKS rifle. The Build Team tested another, similar myth from the same source, involving an exploded bomb setting off guns placed around the blast zone. This time, one of the guns did fire from the shockwave of the exp...

Published Wed, May 27

Sweet Dreams, Deadly Machines

source: Gizmodo.com

Here's a recap of the finer moments: The guest appearances continued, with MythBusters' Adam Savage dropping in to blow our minds about the fine art of electrocution, and why you probably shouldn't try it at home. You all got in the game, ...

Published Tue, May 26

Don´t do some of these really stupid things with truck tires

source: Tire Business

 OH Have you ever watched “Blow It Up” on cable TV? Are you into “MythBusters”? Are Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman your heroes? If you said “Yes” to any of these questions, you're like 95 percent of all the people I know in the commercial tire industry. ...

Published Tue, May 26

Vancouver engineer invents self-balancing unicycle

source: OregonLive.com

 OR Wood has gotten two technological gadgetry celebrities on the SBU -- Adam Savage, host of the Discovery Channel's "MythBusters," and Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway. Savage contacted Wood just moments after he saw a story about the SBU on the Web ...

Published Mon, May 25

Discovery Channel Hit Show, MythBusters Comes To Rockford

source: WIFR

However, stateline kids will soon be able to learn what's "Behind the Myth." Mark your calendars and save the date for October 3rd as Grant Imahara and Kari Byron from the Discovery Channel hit show "MythBusters" are coming to Rockford, thanks to the ...

Published Thu, May 21

Get 'MythBusters' tickets Friday

source: Rockford Register Star

 IL By Georgette Braun Kari Byron and Grant Imahara, stars of the Discovery Channel's “MythBusters,” won't blow up things or perform myth-busting demonstrations like they do on TV when they appear Oct. 3 at the Coronado Performing Arts Center in Rockford. ...

Published Thu, May 21