To visualize how a gaming PC’s CPU and graphics card ramp up under load and dissipate heat, Sean and Norm open up a computer case and put its components under the lens of a high-resolution FLIR thermal camera. We’re able to visualize throttling when a processor gets too hot!
Alien Covenant’s Armor, Weapons, and Blood Effects!
On the set of the upcoming Alien: Covenant, Adam Savage learns about the array of prop guns and knives used in filming by production armorist John Bowring! Adam then stops by the breakaway effects department to see how the various alien, human, and synthetic bloods and fluids are made and used to great effect on screen!
Adam Savage Incognito: Double Totoro!
Adam loves wearing his Totoro cosplay at conventions, and is surprised to find another Totoro cosplayer at this year’s Silicon Valley Comic Con (also coincidentally named Adam!) We get a look at Adam’s extensive upgrades to his costume, and hit the floor in a double Totoro incognito!
Shot by Gunther Kirsch and edited by Norman Chan
This Old FX Shop: Realistic Hand Wound
In this revisit of a favorite practical effect, Frank shows us how to build up and paint a realistic hand wound for Halloween or your next horror film, using a kit from Smooth-On.
Adam Savage’s Maker Tour: Travis Early College High School
In Austin, Adam visits Travis Early College High School to learn about its maker-based, problem-solving curriculum and to lend its forensics class a hand with its beat-the-fingerprint-scanner project. (This series and tour is made possible by The Fab Foundation and Chevron.)