Smithsonian Exhibits produces replicas, dioramas, mannequins, object mounts and more for many of the Smithsonian museums. Adam talks to Carolyn Thome and Chris Hollshwander, modelmakers who use the very oldest — and the very newest — technologies to make artifacts accessible to all.
Adam Savage Learns About Smithsonian Exhibits!
Smithsonian Exhibits plans, designs and builds exhibits for many of the Smithsonian museums and offices that create public-facing exhibitions. Adam talks to its director, Susan Ades, about the challenges they face, as well as the artifact that touched her most.
Play-by-Play Deep Dives – Still Untitled: The Adam Savage Project – 9/17/19
A first for Still Untitled: we’re recording in the Tested podcast studio this week! Adam kicks things off by sharing a new YouTube obsession: high-level chess game commentaries. Adam also gives a recommendation for the show Couples Therapy. Then, we roll into a Spoilercast for Amazon’s new superhero show The Boys!
Adam Savage Tours Smithsonian Exhibits’ Fabrication Shop!
At Smithsonian Exhibits, Adam meets with head of production Chris Emo, touring his shop and learning how he and his team fabricate cases and other items to display artifacts safely at Smithsonian museums! (Adam ALSO gets a look at their dust retrieval system, which looks like it’s right out of the film Brazil.)
Tested: Assembling a VR 180 Camera Rig!
Tested producer Joey takes us behind the scenes in the assembly of our new VR 180 camera rig. Using a off the shelf Z Cam K1 Pro–which records stereo video at high resolution–Joey shows how he rigs up the camera with spatial audio microphone, recorder, and battery pack for on-location filming. This is how we made the videos in the just-launched Tested VR app! Check them out on Oculus Quest here!
Episode 517 – Don’t Call it a Slowfie – 9/12/19
We recap Apple’s big September announcements, including pricing and content on their two new services, hardware updates, and the new iPhone lineup. Plus, we dive down into the technology behind the always-on OLED Apple Watch display, ponder Nintendo’s new Switch controller accessory, and discuss new VR software out this week!
Inside Adam Savage’s Cave: New Apollo EVA Gloves!
Adam welcomes spacesuit replica maker Ryan Nagata back to the cave to share his latest iteration of Apollo 11 EVA gloves! Ryan’s previous glove builds were already the best we’ve seen, but new measurements, materials, and fabrication techniques makes these even better. Adam and Ryan geek out over the details!
Inside BB-8 – Still Untitled: The Adam Savage Project – 9/10/19
We’re joined this week by special guest Matt Denton, animatronics engineer and robot builder who has worked on the droids for the past few Star Wars films. Specifically, Matt was part of the team that built the various BB-8s for Episode VII! We chat with Matt about designing animatronics, the puppeteering of BB-8, and his personal robotics projects.
Tested Visits The NASA Ames Maker Space!
During our week at NASA Ames Research Center, we felt most at home at Spaceshop, NASA’s first in-house maker space. We learn about how the staff at Spaceshop use their high-tech tools to support the NASA Ames community, and then visit a few more of the awe-inspiring research labs on the campus!
Meet the Maker: Incite Focus
Wait, does Incite Focus sound familiar to you? If it does, it might be because Adam Savage stopped there in 2017 during his Maker Tour, and we walked away with TWO videos: one about the open-source, net-zero-energy micro cabin they were working on, and one about their open-source adjustable table. We were SO impressed with their work.
Read on for more about Incite Focus and to see the part they contributed to Project Egress.
About: Incite Focus is a world-recognized, cutting-edge production and training lab focused on the relationships between Digital Fabrication, Permaculture, Experiential Learning, and Appropriate Technology.
Our Fab Lab is a platform for learning and innovation: a place to play, learn, create, mentor, and invent.
We maintain a collaborative learning space where concepts and ideas are realized through technologies that give its users the capacity to produce items effective for personal, household, community, commercial, and industrial use.
Our small-scale production space for digital fabrication serves as a stimulus for local entrepreneurship, allowing Makers to make almost anything using an array of digital technology.
As a Fab Lab we are an educational outreach component of MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA) and a part of a global network that spans over 30 countries and 24 time zones. The Fab Lab is a global community connecting learners of all ages, educators, technologists, researchers, makers, and innovators.
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