Jamie Hyneman shows off the tire spikes used to thwart a pursuing vehicle in Spy Car Escape.
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Grant Imahara, Tory Belleci and Kari Byron pose with the ball-chucker they built to test whether an object fired backward from a vehicle moving forward will simply fall straight to the ground.
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Which is worse, having an empty bottle bashed over your head? Or a full bottle? Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman are on the case of the ... case (of beer).
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Is the force of two cars crashing into each other at 50 mph the same as one car crashing into a wall at 100 mph? Nope. Jamie Hyneman stands before the evidence.
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At the Alameda Bomb Range, Kari Byron, Tory Belleci and Grant Imahara show off the mock garage they built for the Gas Rocket test. Can a propane tank turn into a rocket if it is set on fire?
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The normally unflappable Jamie Hyneman — here with Adam Savage — stands before the duct-tape bridge, whose jiggling and jostling during his crossing caused him great distress.
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Can a torn-apart car be repaired — and stay together — with duct tape? Kari Byron, with Tory Belleci along for the ride, prepares for a top-speed spin.
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Adam Savage builds the 12-foot-high, 200-foot-long ramp for Waterslide Wipeout.
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Ignoring the 450 custom fireworks strapped to his back for the Fireworks Man test, Buster gazes calmly out at the quarry.
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For the Fireworks Man small-scale test, Grant Imahara, Tory Belleci and Kari Byron hold an Iron Chef-style rocket-building competition.
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Before he tests whether the combination of a stun gun and pepper spray can result in a fireball, Adam Savage sees whether pepper spray is itself flammable (yup, it is).
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Adam Savage shows just how far germs will spread if you hang out with an infected dinner-party guest.
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