Mad Scientists

Mad Scientists

Mad Scientists

— IMDb 8.6 (42) Oct 2011 1 Season 12 Episodes TV-PG

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Overview

There's probably one in your neighborhood, an amateur inventor or eccentric engineer trying to fabricate the next big gizmo. Host and jack-of-all-trades builder John Bowler travels across America to meet these "mad scientists" and to check out their outrageous projects, from a jet-powered motorbike and rock-crawling machine to a basketball-playing robot and a giant telephone pole seesaw.

Silent Crow Arts

🇺🇸 United States · English

Cast

John Bowler

Self - Host

Ultimate Rock Crawler

Adding a tail to a rock-crawling machine that is built to move like a lizard.

The 26-Foot Lawn Dart

A backyard thrill ride that propels riders down 180 feet of monorail at dizzying speeds.

The Moon Jumper

A portable version of a counterweighted teeter-totter allows for a 90-degree jump, straight up.

Turbo-Charged Leaf Blower

Building a multipurpose lawn tool out of a home-made turbo jet.

Swamp Flyer

Transforming a gyroplane into a gyroboat.

Water Cannons on Wheels

Souped-up wheelchairs that can go off-roading and have water cannons.

World's Weirdest Bike

Creating a motorcycle that is powered by springs from a garage door.

Basketball-Playing Robot

A robotics genius attempts to build a robot that can beat him in a game of basketball.

Human Water Rocket

An attempt to build a rocket belt strong enough to lift a man out of the water.

Lawn Mower Hovercraft

John and a computer engineer build hovercrafts from old lawn mowers.

Shocking Flying Machine

Transforming an airplane into a machine that runs on electricity.

Jet-Powered Office Chair

John challenges an inventor to add a sidecar to his homemade jet-powered motorbike.

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