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Episode 10: Virtual Sea Adventure

Wednesday, Dec 17th, 2008

The team of engineers attempts to invent the future of deep sea diving with a virtual sea adventure that will allow you to SCUBA any reef in the world from …

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Episode 9: Wearable Airbag

Wednesday, Dec 10th, 2008

The engineers attempt to invent an airbag designed to protect workers from falls greater than thirty feet. This wearable airbag must sense freefall and deploy within a second, but can …

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Episode 8: Automated Pizza Delivery

Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2008

The team of engineers attempts to bring pizza delivery into the 21st century via an assortment of robots, blimps and a self-driving car that must cross the Bay Bridge.

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Episode 7: Get Up and Go

Wednesday, Nov 26th, 2008

The team of engineers attempts to invent a space-age sleeping pod that gets you up, fed, showered, groomed, dressed, informed and out the door in a matter of minutes.

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Episode 6: Robotic Firefighter Assistant

Wednesday, Nov 19th, 2008

The team attempts to build a hi-tech PyroPack to help firemen see in burning buildings and a robotic fireman to carry gear up flights of stairs and a victim back …

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Press

Sacramento News & Review

Joe Grand: Host of Prototype This

EDN Magazine

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Metro

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Information Security Magazine

Hardware security guru, ...