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Backyard Waterslide Simulator

Joe steps up to test out the ride that gives you the thrills of a theme park without leaving home.

Discovery Channel Clips

  • Play Prototype This: Make Your Own Toys With the 3D Printer
    Make Your Own Toys With the 3D...

    Prototype This (01:46)

    Ever wanted to make your own toys? With the 3D printer, your number one childhood dream just became reality.
  • Play Prototype This: Six-Legged ATV
    Six-Legged ATV

    Prototype This (02:15)

    After perfect dry runs in the workshop, it's time to see if the experimental legs can really carry the robot's overweight chassis.
  • Play Prototype This: Mind Controlled Car
    Mind Controlled Car

    Prototype This (03:04)

    The guys adapt an advanced biofeedback system that lets them use mind control to drive a car.
  • Play Prototype This: Traffic Busting Truck
    Traffic Busting Truck

    Prototype This (02:57)

    The team combines omnidirectional wheels, pneumatics, steel legs and an innovative control system to create a vehicle that drives over traffic and can park almost anywhere.
  • Play Prototype This: Flying Lifeguard
    Flying Lifeguard

    Prototype This (03:23)

    Unguarded beaches have just become a little safer with the succesful testing of a pair of automated airborne lifeguards.
  • Play Prototype This: Mike North -- The Nano Man
    Mike North -- The Nano Man

    Prototype This (03:04)

    Hammer and chisel? Not for Mike. He creates the smallest sculptures around and holds the land speed record for a Viking ship.
  • Play Prototype This: Automated Pizza Delivery
    Automated Pizza Delivery

    Prototype This (03:38)

    Sick of waiting for the pizza delivery guy? The Prototype This! guys build an automated delivery robot for city dwellers.
  • Play Prototype This: Battery Management
    Battery Management

    Prototype This (02:36)

    Joe gives us an inside look at creating a custom power source for a six-legged all terrain vehicle.
  • Play Prototype This: Terry Sandin -- SFX Master
    Terry Sandin -- SFX Master

    Prototype This (02:22)

    Worried about smart machines taking over Earth? Blame the Prototype This special effects wizard.
  • Play Prototype This: Wearable Airbag
    Wearable Airbag

    Prototype This (02:55)

    The team comes up with an amazing invention to help prevent falling injuries that threaten workers in high-altitude jobs.
  • Play Prototype This: Backyard Waterslide Simulator
    Backyard Waterslide Simulator

    Prototype This (02:58)

    Joe steps up to test out the ride that gives you the thrills of a theme park without leaving home.
  • Play Prototype This: Boxing Robots Bout
    Boxing Robots Bout

    Prototype This (01:25)

    Giant boxing robots controlled by an innovative animatronic motion capture system fight it out in a hi-tech boxing ring.
 

Watch videos from Discovery Channel 's Prototype This as the team imagines and then invents the future by using emerging technologies to build the craziest, one-of-a-kind prototypes of tomorrow.

 
 

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