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Slow-Motion Sneeze: MythBusters Get Gross To Protect You From Swine Flu

Wilson Rothman — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:59:30 EDT

We love high-speed photography, but seeing Adam hurl a juicy sneeze at Jamie in super slowmo is enough to make us smash our EX-F1s. Still, it's for a noble cause: Awareness and avoidance of H1N1, aka Swine Flu. [Discovery]

MythBusters Flip Bus, Plow Into Fruit Stand For Benefit of Mankind

Wilson Rothman — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:40:00 EDT

We asked the MythBusters for teasers of the new season, starting tomorrow at 9pm and running every Wednesday on the Discovery Channel. What we got doesn't disappoint: Hair-raising bus wreck above, Hollywood-style fruit-stand crash below.

[MythBusters - Thanks Adam and Katherine!]

Adam Savage From Mythbusters Makes Maltese Falcon Replicas in His Spare Time

Brian Lam — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:37:57 EST

I met Adam Savage at the EG conference last year, and watching him give this talk, it became clear the man is obsessed with replicating things 3D things from 2D imagery.

Things like a skeleton of a dodo bird or the maltese falcon. And he does all this in his spare time. (Being pretty good at making thing from nothing, since he worked as a prop designer for many years before being on TV.)

[I enjoyed EG for the day I was there. If you're interested in going next year, and mention you read about EG on Giz, they've got a friends discount for you when you sign up.]

Credit Card Companies Bully Discovery, Mythbusters Into Axing Segment on RFID Vulnerabilities

Sean Fallon — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:00:00 EDT

Speaking to an audience at the recent HOPE hackercon event, Mythbusters' Adam Savage describes a harrowing conference call in which most, if not all of the big name credit card companies bullied the Discovery Channel into axing a show involving RFID vulnerabilities. Adam noted that he got chills just thinking about it and claims that Tory still gets "white" when describing the conversation. I suppose anyone would feel a little intimidated (and probably pee their pants a little) when faced by the combined legal power of some of the most powerful businesses in the world. [Wired via Boing Boing]