Junkyard Wars
from the the-latest-in-gameshows dept
Wired is running an article about a show on TLC called Junkyard Wars which I haven't heard of (shows how much of the Learning Channel I watch). Anyway, like all good American shows, it's based on a British one. It takes teams of engineering-minded contestants, gives them a product to build (examples: a demolition machine, a mini-submarine), dumps them in a junkyard with lots and lots of tools, and gives them a day to find the parts and build. Of course, they're also competing with another team. So, it's not just about building the machine, but building it better. Sounds like the perfect show for Dennis, who built Techdirt under very similar conditions...
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England's people are undercapitalised
There are some brilliant people here in England but they just seem so under capitalised. I'm working on a little plan to change that ;) I'm looking into setting up a student tech fund and I've had some interested people don't worry I'll keep you updated :)
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UK Program
specially built robots beating the crap out of each other. Both good shows though.
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