MythBusters

Source: www.theregister.co.uk --- 22 hours ago
Host backtracks on corporate pressure claims The co-host of popular science television show MythBusters has backtracked on claims that the Discovery Channel spiked a planned exploration of RFID security after coming under commercial pressure from credit card companies.… ...

Source: mythbusters-wiki.discovery.com --- 21 hours ago
My Fantasy MythBusters Crew -- The MythBusters Build team plus the Top Gear drive team -- an unbeatable combination!! Members: The usual suspects from MythBusters joined by a team of British Nutjobs Name : The Stig Why I Chose Him/Her : The Stig can drive anything fast. Anything. Name : James May aka: Captain Slow Why I Chose Him/Her : Always takes his time, but gets it right, most of the time. Name : Richard Hammond aka: The Hampster Why I Chose Him/Her : Richard's great in a small spot, but keep him away from Jet Cars. Name : Jeremy Clarkson aka: The Shouty One Why I Chose Him/Her : Can drive anything on four wheels, a few boats, some planes and always has a snarky comment Myths The Myth : Beating the Police Camera Hypothesis : With enough speed, anything is possible My Busting Strategy : The Top Gear guys have done it before, they can do it again. Let them show you how its done. The Myth : Building a true amphibious vehicle Hypothesis : Top Gear did this and mucked it up. With the help of the MythBusters, they can finally get it right. My Busting Strategy : Three cars, three approaches, three different solutions to the problem The Myth : Jet Car Hypothesis : So far, there have been two jet cars and neither of them has been satisfactory. Do this one more time and get it right My Busting Strategy : Build a true jet car and let the Stig drive it. ...

Source: www.boingboing.net --- 9 hours ago
MythBusters' Adam Savage now says that credit-card companies and Texas Instruments didn't lean on him to kill a story about vulnerabilities in RFID cards: "There's been a lot of talk about this RFID thing, and I have to admit that I got some of my facts wrong, as I wasn't on that story, and as I said on the video, I wasn't actually in on the call," Savage said in the statement. "Texas Instruments' account of their call with Grant and our producer is factually correct. If I went into the detail of exactly why this story didn't get filmed, it's so bizarre and convoluted that no one would believe me, but suffice to say...the decision not to continue on with the RFID story was made by our production company, Beyond Productions, and had nothing to do with Discovery, or their ad sales department." 'MythBusters' co-host backpedals on RFID kerfuffle See also: Credit-card companies killed MythBusters segment on RFID vulnerabilities... ...

Source: www.tivocommunity.com --- 5 hours ago
Good episode. I could have done without the fainting goats since Dirty Jobs had already covered those beasties. It does confirm what I've always said: non-dairy creamer is Evil !! :D ...

Source: curry.mevio.com --- 1 day ago
Yep, life in Gitmo Nation is all fine, nothing to see here folks…. Comment ...

Source: forums.techgage.com --- 23 hours ago
From our front-page news:One video that seems to be spreading around the web like wildfire is of Adam Savage, who in a talk tells all about the MythBusters' inability to show their findings with RFID's hackable on the show. The talk happened at the Hackers On Planet Earth conference that occurred this past July, which I covered here (http://techgage.com/article/hackers_on_planet_earth_2008_the_last_hope/). In this video (embedded below), Adam is asked by an audience member why they haven't tackled RFID, and it becomes obvious quick that there's a big problem surrounding why. As he points... ...

Source: www.madboxpc.com --- 1 day ago
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Source: www.boxxet.com --- 15 hours ago
 CA - MythBusters co-host Adam Savage is stepping back from public comments suggesting that legal counsel from several credit card companies led the Discovery ... MythBusters Blocked From Revealing RFID Myths Tom's Hardware Guide all 2 news articles Original story at CNET . Related stories include: links for 2008-09-01 - Jon Lowder , Adam Savage: Credit Card Companies Bullied MythBusters - RFID Security Alliance and ... premiumsecret.com , dougmartin (Blogspot) , thetechstop.net , rickproctor (Blogspot) , omglog , elwood.net , MemeStreams Top URLs View all 12 related news and blogs, plus related videos, photos and more at Boxxet: MythBusters . ...

Source: tobefree.wordpress.com --- 7 hours ago
From: The Consumerist Credit card companies successfully nixed a MythBusters segment exposing RFID’s security flaws, according to Arbiter of Truth and MythBusters co-host, Adam Savage. Despite increasingly widespread use in passports and credit cards, radio-frequency identification is notoriously insecure. Hackers have successfully hijacked RFID-enabled credit cards from almost 70-feet away. MythBusters had arranged a conference call with [...] ...

Source: www.btarena.org --- 1 day ago
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Source: jimcofer.com --- 13 hours ago
You’re probably familiar with MythBusters, a show on the Discovery Channel that tries to debunk urban legends and other myths using scientific experiments. Well, it seems that the show’s producers wanted to do a piece on RFID, the tiny, controversial microchips that are increasingly coming into use on credit cards, passports and other items. According [...] ...

Source: itnerd.wordpress.com --- 12 hours ago
I’m guessing that Adam Savage got a call from his corporate master boss at Discovery Channel. That’s because he’s backed away from the comments he made about that RFID hacking episode that never happened. Before I get to that, let’s hear what Texas Instruments had to say about Adam’s comments: “In June 2007, MythBusters was interested in pursuing [...] ...

Source: www.topix.com --- 1 day ago
Discovery Channel prevented the exploration of RFID security by MythBusters , the popular science television show, after allegedly coming under pressure from credit card companies. ...

Source: www.thedailytube.com --- 1 day ago
Jamie and Adam from MythBusters rigged up a whole bunch of paintball guns and used them to paint a masterpiece. They rigged up 1,100 paintball guns to fire simultaneously and create their rendition of the Mona Lisa .  Not bad, guys.  It's at least recognizable. ...

Source: www.poracaso.com --- 18 hours ago
Se tem uma coisa divertida no programa de Adam e Jamie é ver as invenções que os dois doidos sempre criam para botar os mitos à prova. Aqui, no que parece uma convenção/exposição/palestra os dois exibem um brinquedinho que fizeram inspirados em armas de paintball: Esperem chegar à segunda parte, plz. … Instant-art. ...

Source: tecnoblog.net --- 18 hours ago
Adam e Jamie, os famosos MythBusters, foram a atração especial da Nvidia para o nVision 2008, que aconteceu na cidade de San Jose (CA). O mito da vez: “GPUs são mais rápidas que CPUs”. Ao contrário do que vocês podem estar pensando, nenhum experimento com chips foi realizado. A experiência foi feita com dois robôs atiradores [...] ...

Source: www.rampageguild.eu --- 1 day ago
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Source: digitallostboys.com --- 23 hours ago
I’ve been a big fan of the MythBusters series on the Discovery Channel because of all the neat experiments they perform to confirm or debunk stories and myths. Recently, at a HOPE hackercon event, Fred Savage (co-host of MythBusters), had mentioned about how the major credit card companies had basically “bullied” the Discovery Channel [...] ...

Source: imthegenius.com --- 10 hours ago
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