The cast of the MythBusters television series conducts experiments to verify or dispel the prejudices of urban legends, old wives' tales, and the like. This is a list of the myths tested on the show, as well as experimental results (myth Busted, Plausible, or Confirmed).
Episode Summary
Video MythBusters (2006 season)
Episode 44 - "Paper Crossbow"
- Air original date: January 11, 2006
Paper Arrow
This myth is the first entry among those listed as one of the twelve myths that will not be tested in MythBusters: The Explosive Truth Behind the 30 of Town Legends of All Time Worrying . In an interview for Skeptic magazine, the myth seems to be considered too controversial by the Discovery Channel, who think testing myths can provoke prisoners to try something similar.
Vodka Myth II
Curry, Tory, and Grant were tested to see if vodka...
Maps MythBusters (2006 season)
Episode 45 - "Shredded Plane"
- Air original date: January 18, 2006
Aircraft Torn
The plane's tail section in a widely circulated photo is shredded by a...
Fire Without Matches
Fire can start...
Episode 46 - "Archimedes Death Ray"
- Air original date: January 25, 2006
This is the third episode where the Myth of the previous episode is reviewed, as well as the third episode to focus on just one experiment.
This episode, referred to as MythBusters Mailbag Special: The Great Archimedes Burn-Off from within the episode itself, sees a retest of the Ancient Radiance after fans of the series contested their original decision. For this purpose, MythBusters commissioned the contest, challenging viewers to prove a sensible myth.
Candidates can fit in one of two categories: a smaller scale version in which the object is to trigger an object of 5 ft (1.5 m) away, or a full-scale version, where the object is to ignite a trireme replica of 100 ft ( 30 m) away (according to the original myth). For the smaller-scale version, two finalists, Kari Lukes and Jess Nelson, both from UCSB, and Brenden Millstein (Harvard) and Stephen Marsh (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) teams selected to compete with MythBusters' disqualified when it was discovered that MythBusters did not follow the rules of the contest they set themselves). Only one participant (Mike Bushroe, a NASA space scientist) who entered the full-scale contest; However, winning entries are destroyed on the go for retest.
The MythBusters also invited a team from MIT, led by Professor David Wallace, who has independently verified that a ship can be switched remotely using multiple mirrors, to reexamine myths with Archimedean era technology rather than modern technology used in its own experiments.
Although it is widely demonstrated that, in fact, it is plausible that the mirror arrangement (or parabolic mirror) can make objects burn, MythBusters stands with their original Busted verdict due to many factors:
- Syracuse, where the myth is supposed to occur, faces east, so it can not take advantage of the more intense rays of daylight, rather than relying on the less powerful morning rays.
- The death rays will not work during overcast weather.
- The enemy ship is likely to be a moving target, so the mirror needs to be constantly refocused.
- Historical note: not mentioned about the use of fire during the Battle of Syracuse up to 300 years after the event, and does not mention mirrors up to 800 years after the event.
- The enormous amount of mirrors and personnel needed to light the boat at a reasonable pace
- The availability of other weapons is much more effective: flashing arrows and Molotov bombs more reliably in enemy ship settings, and more effective over longer distances.
The MythBusters also responded to fans' criticisms suggesting they were trying to illuminate the ship's sails rather than the body of the ship, and showed the screens spreading light because of their composition and the wind blowing against them, so it can not be easily set on fire compared to the ship's body.
Overall, MythBusters concludes that Archimedes' death rays are too complicated and impractical to be a viable weapon for his time. Jess Nelson will return as MythTern in the next episode, while Mike Bushroe will also contribute to the next episode as a researcher.
The myth will be revisited in 2010 in the Presidential Challenge just to be reborn.
Episode 47 - "Helium Football"
- Air original date: February 1, 2006
Helium Football
Adam and Jamie take on a common myth around the football environment, becoming more prominent during the productive racing of Ray Guy, whose kicks are so far away and have a lot of hanging time, some people assume the balls he uses are filled with helium.
Capture a Bullet in Your Teeth
The Build team uses a magic trick to catch a bullet, and see if it is possible to do any real tricks.
Episode 48 - " Franklin's Kite "
- Air original date: March 8, 2006 Franklin's Kite
Franklin's Kite
The Build team takes a piece of American folklore about the discovery of Benjamin Franklin as an electrician. The description of folklore is not historically accurate (as mentioned by Team Build), although it is a popular misunderstanding.
Facts About Flatulence
In this myth, Adam and Jamie tested some of the more common myths based on flatulence. Throughout the myth, MythBusters is careful to use only the scientific term 'flatus' as opposed to a more general 'fart', to prevent the coming sensitivity of the audience (although 'fart' has been used and broadcast without censoring by MythBusters before and after).
Flatulence can be induced by consuming...
Two additional myths were filmed but not aired as part of the broadcast episode. This has been shown in a censored reet on live performance by MythBusters.
What is Girls Pass Gas?
Turning on Emissions
This is also referred to as "Flatus Burning."
Episode 49 - "Cell Phones on Airplane"
- Air original date: March 15, 2006
Helium Raft
Mobile Phones on Airplane
Episode 50 - "Bullet Fired"
- Air original date: April 19, 2006
Bullet Fired
Vodka Myth III
Vodka can...
Episode 51 - "Myths Reopened"
- Air original date: April 26, 2006
This is the fourth episode where myths are retested (counting Archimedes Death Ray revisit).
Salami Rocket
The MythBusters revisits the myth of Confederate Rocket with some new information from viewers. This is revisited at More Myths Revisited .
Splitting Arrow
At the urging of viewers, the team re-examined popular myths about the arrows seen in the Robin Hood Adventure movie.
Weapons Fired Under Water
It has been shown that, in some cases, the bullet becomes non-lethal when fired into the water but what happens when the whole rifle is fired under water?
Episode 52 - "Mind Control"
- Air original date: May 3, 2006
Painting With Explosives
This myth comes from the episode of "Do-It-Yourself, Mr. Bean" from the British comedy series. Bean starring Rowan Atkinson.
Mind Control
Remote, non-consensual mind control can be achieved with...
Episode 53 - "Exploding Pants"
- Air original date: May 10, 2006
Exploding Pants
This myth originated from New Zealand in the early 1930s, in which the epidemic of bursting pants had rampaged, injured and even killed farmers. The culprit is an unknown chemical that began to be used by large numbers of farmers at that time.
The Great Gas Conspiracy
The "Great Gas Conspiracy" mentioned in myth is a conspiracy theory that petrol companies secretly allied with automakers to produce inefficient fuel vehicles, to fatten their profits and share their differences. Myths tested are the ways found on the Internet that can be expected to outperform this conglomerate and get cheap, easy, and spectacular fuel efficiency for cars. The cars are Toyota Camry and Oldsmobile Toronado.
Theory was tested to see if cheap fuel efficiency can be achieved with...
Episode 54 - "Crime and Myths- Demeanor 1 "
- Air original date: July 12, 2006
The MythBusters tested the validity of several Hollywood theft scenes, using a specially constructed "course of attack" with Grant operating the security system as a mission controller, while two "crack teams" (Adam and Jamie, plus Tory and Kari) tried alternative myths.
Air Duct Climb
Though present in a number of films, the myth is primarily derived from the Firetrap film, in which Max Hopper (Dean Cain) scaled the duct silently using a magnet. Adam and Jamie were assigned to enter the incoming phase - a 20-foot airway constraint secretly. After each designing their own system, they test whether someone can secretly measure the air duct by using the system...
Laser Beam Dodge
Before Grant embarked on a myth, he claimed that he found that very visible and brightly colored rays were seen in the film, not in the real world, because that would not only defeat the purpose of making the laser system difficult to get around, but real light moves too fast for viewing by the naked eye, thus making such a laser system impossible to make in the first place. Instead, he created an emergency system using a laser pointer that works on the same principle (breaking a block that turns off the alarm.)
Every part of the myth comes from the movie Entrapment specifically, a scene where Gin Baker (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Mac MacDougal (Sean Connery) infiltrate Bedford Palace to steal invaluable masks. Kari and Tory regard this as their first challenge and test whether one can successfully navigate the laser light detector system...
Infrared Beam Dodge
After passing the visible laser, Kari and Tory face the same real world: infrared photo-detector. They tested the following methods:
Forced Glass Door
To access the jewelry room, Adam and Jamie tested whether glass doors could be violated silently (ie without turning off trained sonar alarms to detect smashing). It's inspired by films that often feature scenes in which a cat thief cuts a hole in the glass and removes it with a suction cup. They tested the following techniques in an exercise session for an hour and during the test itself...
Deceptive Pressure Sensors
This myth also comes from Entrapment and is the last act of Bedford Palace mask theft. Tory and Kari confronted this as their final challenge, trying to take on the Golden Buster idol while testing whether one can successfully deceive the pressure sensors under a glass casing with...
Protect
As their final challenge, Adam and Jamie were assigned to break a safe that turned out to contain a golden jewel stick. Adam leads and tests whether the safe can be quickly cracked by...
Scaling a Building
In the final round, Grant and Tory challenge Adam to weigh the 23-story building using his suction cup as a cat thief to get a helicopter on the roof.
Episode 55 - "Steam Cannon"
- Air original date: July 19, 2006
Cereal Nutrition
The popular proverb states that sugary cereals are less nutritious than the boxes.
Cannon Steam
The diagram by Leonardo da Vinci prints a blueprint of a vapor-powered cannon that Archimedes supposedly built.
Challenge MythBusters Teeth
It is also referred to as "Who has the most white teeth." This myth is less challenging than the inside joke. MythBusters received many emails from fans complaining about Adam's brown teeth. It's not showing in the US. However, in the Discovery Europe version, it was included in the episode.
Episode 56 - "Whirlpool/Snowplow"
- Air original date: July 26, 2006
Whirlpool of Death
Whirlpool is an ancient maritime fear. According to myth, the tidal whirlpool can sink...
Snowplow Flips Car
A fan claims that he sees an overturned car when a snowplow passes in the opposite direction at high speed.
Episode 57 - "Mentos and Soda"
- Air original date: August 9, 2006
Diet Coke and Mentos
This is the first segment that is not rated "Busted", "Plausible" or "Confirmed", because no myths are proved or denied. Adam and Jamie did tests just to dissect the process and determine what actually makes what is called Diet Coke and Mentos eruptions, as seen in Kari Karim FHM and at EepyBird.com. However, they compare their results with many different theories given by experts on how geysers work, "destruction" of all of them. (None of the theories have a full list of contributing factors to the geyser, only partial explanation.)
The MythBusters also set a new record for cola geysers in over 30 feet (9.1 m) using a nozzle, beating the previous 18 foot (5.5 m) record set by the person who popularized the phenomenon, Steve Spangler. They extend the geyser to 34Ã, ft (10 m) using rock salt, which is more porous and therefore provides more nucleating sites per area than Mentos.
In this episode, Adam and Jamie also created homemade fireworks using water, liquid soap, and methane, and smoke bombs from burp and sugar; shows how to blow a tube from a Pringles chip pile using hydrogen gas, leaving the chip intact; and installing dry ice bombs. Adam also implies that more improvised explosives can be tested for future episodes. Although "do not try this at home" rejection, MythBusters concludes that Diet Coke and Mentos geysers are pretty safe for people to try, even for kids (with the exception of getting problems by their parents).
Seals in Helicopter
Episode 58 - "Shattering Subwoofer"
- Air original date: August 16, 2006
Destroying Subwoofer
Rough Road Wandering
Spinoff myth has been tested on More Myths Revisited
Episode_59_.E2.80.93_.22Crimes_and_Myth-Demeanors_2.22 "> Episode 59 -" Crime and Myths- Demeanor 2 "
- Air original date: August 23, 2006
Unlike the previous Crime and Myth-Demeanor, which focuses on the security system as seen in the movie, MythBusters strives to solve real-world security systems, all of which are installed in the original assault course.
Fingerprint Lock
The fingerprint reader takes a fingerprint sample and matches it with the approved person database. Special scanners mounted on the doors optically test the optical fingerprint sample, and have some additional "liveness-sensing" features that should look for pulses, body heat and sweat (though, ultimately, the door scanner is finally fooled more easily than a technologically-fingerprint scanner low on Jamie's laptop).
The process doubled - firstly, getting a thumbprint for the key (which Kari did by tricking Grant to copy a stack of CDs, thus giving them a print copy of the master) and then devising a method successfully copied the fingerprint to a point that could be used to bypass the key. Adam and Jamie used a variety of techniques before inventing techniques involving copper-plated circuit boards, acetate, acid leaching, and manual sanding of the fingerprints in their original quality.
After that, they both copied Grant's fingerprints into various media and then tested whether the biometric fingerprint keys could be solved by...
Thermal Motion Sensor
The thermal camera records every change in the temperature gradient in its field of view (as seen in the 1992 Sneakers film). Kari, Tory, and Grant test whether thermal motion sensors can be fooled by...
Ultrasonic Movement Sensor
The ultrasonic motion detector records every Doppler shift caused by a moving intruder. Kari, Tory, and Grant test whether ultrasonic motion detectors can be fooled by...
Safe Water
This myth is based on scenes from the movie Score where Nick Wells (Robert De Niro) used this technique to break into a glass-bearing safe.
Episode 60 - "Earthquake Machine"
- Air original date: August 30, 2006
Earthquake Machine Thumbnail
The MythBusters tested one of Nikola Tesla publications.
Lava Lava Explosion
Kari, Tory and Grant began by checking the news that 24-year-old Philip Quinn had been killed two years earlier in his trailer home in Kent, Washington after he had heated the lava lamp on his stove, just to blow up and send broken glass to his chest. This gives them a "MSI: Myth Scene Investigation" moniker, a tribute to CSI. They finally tested whether the following could potentially explode with deadly consequences if heated on the stove by heating the questionable material on the stove and placing the ballistic gel body with the actual human ribs and fake hearts near the stove so they could check for potential injury:
Episode 61 - "Deadly Straw"
- Air original date: September 6, 2006
Straw Through a Palm Tree
Primary Perception
The Build Team tests perception theory Cleve Backster's world-renowned primer perception.
Episode SP9 - "Mega Movie Myths"
- Air original date: September 13, 2006
Adam, Jamie, Buster, and the Developer Team were watching a mythical movie they had done in the past, and decided to dedicate all the episodes to them. This episode is special for two hours.
Episode 62 - "Killer Cable Snaps"
- Air original date: October 11, 2006
Slice Killer Cable
Pottery Records (Archaeoacoustics)
Episode 63 - "Air Cylinder Rocket"
- Air original date: October 18, 2006
Air Cylinder of Death
A compressed air cylinder can...
Gunpowder Machine
Episode 64 - "More Myths Revisited"
- Air original date: October 25, 2006
This is the fifth episode where the myths of the previous episode are reviewed.
Sword vs. Rifle
Rough Street Wandering
Salami Rocket
This marks the first time Confirmation myth is moot. In this case, the claim is that the rocket was launched not because of a two-part hybrid reaction, but only because of the release of pressurized nitrous oxide.
Tailgate Up vs. Tailgate Down
Episode 65 - "Exploding Lighter"
- Air original date: November 1, 2006
Exploding Lighter
MythBusters tested the following myths about standard disposable butane lighters.
Gunslinger Myths
Using Colt Peacemaker and Navy revolver, MythBusters tested whether an Old West cowboy could...
Episode 66 - "Concrete Glider"
- Air original date: November 8, 2006
Concrete Glider
This myth is part of a famous cliché technique: "Like a tin balloon, you can not make concrete flying flies."
See also Lead Balloon .
Train Suction
Episode 67 - "Firearms Folklore"
- Air original date: November 29, 2006
This is the last episode to use the original and final opening sequences before the shoot begins in high definition.
Folklore Firearms
Some of these myths are reviewed in "More Myths Revived".
Hammer vs. Hammer
This myth was raised by a concerned audience, who worried Jamie risked suffering myth every time she hit two hammers together as part of a building.
This myth is revisited in "More Myths Revived".
Episode 68 - "Anti-Gravity Device "
- Air original date: December 6, 2006
This is the first episode that features a new opening sequence and is filmed in high definition.
Anti-gravity
Anti gravity is a hypothetical force that removes the effects of gravity on an object (as opposed to counteracting it). The MythBusters tested various devices that claimed to produce anti gravity.
Christmas Lights
Christmas tree fires usually happen during winter holidays, and cause millions of dollars in damage every year in America alone. MythBusters tested one hypothesis about the cause of the Christmas tree fires.
Vodka Myth IV
Vodka can...
Episode SP10 - "Special Holidays"
- Air original date: December 6, 2006
MythBusters tests various holiday myths.
If a frozen turkey falls, it can...
The following myths state that turkeys can be cooked with...
The MythBusters tried several household methods in an attempt to prevent the newly cut Christmas tree from spilling its needle for six weeks. One can keep the needle from falling from the Christmas tree by adding...
The MythBusters invented the Rube Goldberg machine using Diet Coke and mentos.
Episode 69 - "22,000-Feet Falling "
- Air original date: December 13, 2006
22,000 Fallen Feet
During World War II, an Allied pilot, Alan Magee, fell from his underwater B-17 tower at 22,000 feet (6,706 m) and survived. The MythBusters tested a version of this story. According to the explosive used for the episode, this was the largest explosion executed for MythBusters up to that time with dynamite and a 500 pound detnord (227 kg) and ignited with 2 explosive caps as Adam mentioned in the dialogue, one for detcord, and another for balloon. The resulting explosion drove at a speed of 21,000 feet (6.401 m) per second, destroying the train station and killing the pilot proving that it is unlikely the bomb shock wave and the human body to equalize the pressure.
On/Off light
Throughout the series, Jamie always presses M5 Industries' employees and production staff to turn off the lights every time they leave the room to save electricity. The Build team tests whether Jamie is correct in his affirmation. During this myth, Grant and Kari visited the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department in California to see the Centennial Light.
References
External links
- MythBusters Website
- MythBusters on IMDb
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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