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Prototype This!

Season 1
A team of designers and engineers invent the future one prototype at a time from an island warehouse in the San Francisco Bay.
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Boxing Robots

    October 9, 2008
    44min
    TV-G
    The team takes two weeks to conceptualize, build, test and demonstrate the future of gaming with giant, boxing robots.
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  2. S1 E2 - Traffic Busting Truck

    October 28, 2008
    44min
    TV-G
    The team of engineers attempts to build a car that will leave traffic in its rear-view mirrors by rising up and driving over it.
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  3. S1 E3 - Get Up and Go

    November 25, 2008
    44min
    TV-G
    The engineering team attempts to invent a space-age sleeping pod that gets users up, showered, dressed and out the door in a matter of minutes.
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  4. S1 E4 - Wearable Airbag

    December 9, 2008
    44min
    TV-G
    The engineers attempt to invent an airbag designed to protect workers in high-rises. This wearable airbag must sense free fall and deploy within a seconds!
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  5. S1 E5 - Flying Lifeguard

    March 11, 2009
    44min
    TV-G
    The team attempts to prototype two different flying lifeguard systems to save swimmers in danger on unguarded beaches.
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  6. S1 E6 - Mind Controlled Car

    October 14, 2008
    44min
    TV-G
    The team has ten days to build a road-rage-proof car using biofeedback and mind-control technologies. The guys put the prototypes to a demolition derby test where the cars slow down and shut off unless the drivers stay calm.
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  7. S1 E7 - Six-Legged All Terrain Vehicle

    November 4, 2008
    44min
    TV-G
    The team of engineers attempts to build the first all-terrain vehicle based on legs and not wheels.
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  8. S1 E8 - Backyard Waterslide Simulator

    November 11, 2008
    44min
    TV-G
    The team of inventors takes on the future of thrill rides -- a waterslide simulator that replicates the water-park experience from any backyard.
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  9. S1 E9 - Robotic Firefighter Assistant

    November 18, 2008
    44min
    TV-G
    The team attempts to build a hi-tech Pyro Pack to help firemen see in burning buildings and a robotic fireman to carry gear up flights of stairs and a victim back down.
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  10. S1 E10 - Automated Pizza Delivery

    December 2, 2008
    44min
    TV-G
    The team of engineers attempts to bring pizza delivery into the 21st Century via an assortment of robots, blimps and self-driving cars that must cross the Bay Bridge.
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  11. S1 E11 - Virtual Sea Adventure

    December 16, 2008
    44min
    TV-G
    The team of engineers attempts to invent the future of deep-sea diving with a virtual sea adventure that will allow users to SCUBA any reef in the world from a local swimming pool.
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  12. S1 E12 - Gecko Superhero Suit

    March 18, 2009
    44min
    TV-G
    The team of engineers borrows from the superhuman abilities of the gecko to invent a superhero climbing system known as the Geckoman.
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  13. S1 E13 - Robo Dog Sitter

    January 13, 2009
    44min
    TV-G
    The team engineers the world's first robotic dog sitter designed to play with, let out and discipline dogs remotely.
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Directors

John TessierAnthony ToyJay BluemkeDean Backer

Cast

Andrew "Zoz" BrooksTerry SandinMike "Doc" NorthJoe Grand

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