Dawn Thompson poses with Jamie Hyneman — who, along with Adam Savage, hosted this year's Punkin Chunkin competition — in front of her air cannon, Hormone Blaster.
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Even Jamie Hyneman is not immune to the wonders of the chunk.
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Jamie Hyneman explains the engineering behind the chunkin of punkins. The competition divisions include air cannon, centrifugal, human power, torsion and trebuchet.
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Adam Savage works up the Punkin Chunkin crowd.
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A team prepares for launch under the watchful eye of Jamie Hyneman.
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Jamie Hyneman poses with Roman Revenge, a competitor in the Torsion Machines division. A family team, Roman Revenge's Kim Moore and his sons (three out of four of whom study engineering), bring impressive talent to Punkin Chunkin.
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Jamie Hyneman takes in another launch.
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The competition Punkin Chunkin divisions include air-cannon, centrifugal, human power, torsion and trebuchet. What better hosts, then, than Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage?
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