Reinventors

In the late 15th century the genius artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci designed a worlds first Da Vinci created blueprints for a 12barrel machine gun around 400 years before the first working machine gun was invented and came into being Matt and Jeremy dust off da Vincis schematics and test how effective Leonardos machine gun could be on both offense and defense

A pair of 20thcentury patents look at combining jets and propellers with a favorite winter pastime snowskiing Matt and Jeremy work on seeing whether either of the two human propulsion patents have any validity They work on combining skis with rockets propellers and they even add jets into the mix

Matt and Jeremy recreate a suit of armor designed and built in 1880 The duo work with various test dummies and materials to construct the suit Now they must put it to the test and see how it stacks up against modernday firepower Will this suit of armor get patent approved

Matt and Jeremy build and test two nonwater extinguishers from the 18th and 19th century One using chemicals combining to create an extinguishing foam and the other seeking to blow out the flames with gunpowder Will Matt and Jeremy be able to fight fire with these inventions

Matt and Jeremy take on the blueprints for a cannon from the US Civil War They build and test what happens when you chain two cannonballs together and fire them at the same time Two barrels with two 12pound cannon balls 15 pounds of chain fueled by 4 pounds of gunpowder combine to make one very dangerous device

Matt and Jeremy take on the blueprints for a torpedo designed 500 years before the first propelled missile was even conceived This blueprint and device was created by Syrian chemist and engineer Hassan AlRammah and given the name the egg that moves itself and burns Can the guys get this one working or will it get its patent denied