The Re-Inventors

Season 1

Armed with blow-torches and history books, Matt and Jeremy take on challenges from the solar crematorium to the Panjandrum to the Chinese rocket and everything in between, stacking yesterday's ideas against today's world to see how the designs hold up.

Where to Watch Season 1

22 Episodes

  • Syrian Torpedo
    E4
    Syrian TorpedoWatch the Re-Inventors test a torpedo designed 500 years before the first self-propelled missile was even conceived.
  • Hydraulic Saw
    E6
    Hydraulic SawThis invention was designed to run on waterpower instead of muscle, but testing it will take all of their strength.
  • Wind Wagon
    E7
    Wind WagonSee what happens when the Re-Inventors attempt to get an ancient troop transport wagon into fighting shape.
  • Pedestrian Protector
    E11
    Pedestrian ProtectorBy the 1930s, more cars hit the road... and more pedestrians got hit by them. Our hosts put one old solution to the test.
  • Aerosan
    E12
    AerosanOur hosts test how this Soviet winter troop transport vehicle would survive against Russian weather and artillery fire.
  • Ice Boat
    E13
    Ice BoatIs this 1940s iceboat winter-ready or skating on thin ice? The Re-Inventors bundle up to find out.
  • Syrian Torpedo
    E15
    Syrian Torpedo
  • Double-Barrel Cannon
    E16
    Double-Barrel Cannon
  • Fire Fighting
    E17
    Fire Fighting
  • Floatation Suit
    E18
    Floatation Suit
  • Flotation Suit
    E19
    Flotation SuitIt looks like a doghouse resting on a wet suit, but this 1916 invention could have saved countless lives lost at sea.
  • Davis Life Pod
    E20
    Davis Life Pod
  • The Bourne Submarine
    E21
    The Bourne Submarine
  • Water Powered Saw
    E22
    Water Powered Saw
  • Wind Wagon
    E23
    Wind Wagon
  • Human Propulsion
    E24
    Human Propulsion
  • Pedestrian Protector
    E25
    Pedestrian Protector
  • Ice Boat
    E26
    Ice Boat
  • Ned Kelly
    E27
    Ned Kelly
  • Zhang Heng’s Seismometer
    E28
    Zhang Heng’s Seismometer
  • Battering Ram
    E29
    Battering Ram
  • Chinese War Kite
    E30
    Chinese War Kite

 

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