John Bowler
Mad Scientists (2011)
Season 1
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.
Released Oct. 6, 2011
Episode 30 min
10+
Genres: Reality, Reality TV
Keywords: imdb.non-fiction
Production Companies: Silent Crow Arts
Network: National Geographic
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Ultimate Rock Crawler
Adding a tail to a rock-crawling machine that is built to move like a lizard.
Oct. 5, 2011, midnight
S1E2 - The 26-Foot Lawn Dart
A backyard thrill ride that propels riders down 180 feet of monorail at dizzying speeds.
Oct. 5, 2011, midnight
S1E3 - The Moon Jumper
A portable version of a counterweighted teeter-totter allows for a 90-degree jump, straight up.
Oct. 12, 2011, midnight
S1E4 - Turbo-Charged Leaf Blower
Building a multipurpose lawn tool out of a home-made turbo jet.
Oct. 12, 2011, midnight
S1E5 - Swamp Flyer
Transforming a gyroplane into a gyroboat.
Oct. 26, 2011, midnight
S1E6 - Water Cannons on Wheels
Souped-up wheelchairs that can go off-roading and have water cannons.
Oct. 26, 2011, midnight
S1E7 - World's Weirdest Bike
Creating a motorcycle that is powered by springs from a garage door.
Nov. 2, 2011, midnight
S1E8 - Basketball-Playing Robot
A robotics genius attempts to build a robot that can beat him in a game of basketball.
Nov. 2, 2011, midnight
S1E9 - Human Water Rocket
An attempt to build a rocket belt strong enough to lift a man out of the water.
Nov. 16, 2011, midnight
S1E10 - Lawn Mower Hovercraft
John and a computer engineer build hovercrafts from old lawn mowers.
Nov. 16, 2011, midnight
S1E11 - Shocking Flying Machine
Transforming an airplane into a machine that runs on electricity.
Nov. 23, 2011, midnight
S1E12 - Jet-Powered Office Chair
John challenges an inventor to add a sidecar to his homemade jet-powered motorbike.
Nov. 23, 2011, midnight
National Geographic
30 min/ep
30 min
Oct. 6, 2011
Nov. 23, 2011, midnight
Ended
TV-PG / 10+
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