Mythbusters bloke designs armoured vehicle and realistic maimed soldier

[Brazen]

Away from the TV cameras, the bangs also have a more serious side: Hyneman has been working with the US government to devise lightweight armor for US military vehicles in Afghanistan and Iraq, all thanks to his work with materials such as TNT and C4 in the frankly unconventional setting of MythBusters.

"We had a lot of experience in the show dealing with explosives, obviously in ways and situations that are outside the norm. This is very revealing, because when you see something outside the norm you get to see what the boundaries of the phenomenon are," Hyneman tells us.

This is not Hyneman's first work with the military, however. He also devised a "fully realistic human" robotic avatar to give newbie army medics something realistic to work on, and to help prevent them from freezing up when they see gore in the field for the first time. The MythBuster reckons his avatar is as close to human as it gets: it smells bad, has "real hair", groans, and spurts blood until you successfully apply a tourniquet. The machine is being manufactured "by the dozen" and used for training in the Middle East, he says.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/05/mythbusters_explosions/

[DGuller]

In my next life, I want to be Jamie Hyneman.  The dude is both an ultimate geek, and an ultimate alpha male.

[garbon]

In my next life, I want to be Jamie Hyneman.  The dude is both an ultimate geek, and an ultimate alpha male.

[Berkut]

In my next life, I want to be Jamie Hyneman.  The dude is both an ultimate geek, and an ultimate alpha male.

Do you even wonder what it would be like to service him?

[DontSayBanana]

Do you even wonder what it would be like to service him?

I didn't before, but now that's got me wondering.  Thanks for putting that in my head.

Gah, talk about "mustache rides."

[DGuller]

In my next life, I want to be Jamie Hyneman.  The dude is both an ultimate geek, and an ultimate alpha male.

Do you even wonder what it would be like to service him?

  No, not really.

[Brazen]

In my next life, I want to be Jamie Hyneman.  The dude is both an ultimate geek, and an ultimate alpha male.

I always used to think they were a pair of gay bikers.

[Berkut]

In my next life, I want to be Jamie Hyneman.  The dude is both an ultimate geek, and an ultimate alpha male.

Do you even wonder what it would be like to service him?

  No, not really.

I guess that means he is at least one stop below Obama in the DG alpha male pecking order then?

[garbon]

Gah, talk about "mustache rides."

What about them?

[DGuller]

I guess that means he is at least one stop below Obama in the DG alpha male pecking order then?

Saying that you want to be someone doesn't mean you want to blow someone.  When your son says that he wants to be a firefighter when he grows up, it means he wants to have a hose in his arms and wear a hat.

[Berkut]

I guess that means he is at least one stop below Obama in the DG alpha male pecking order then?

Saying that you want to be someone doesn't mean you want to blow someone.  When your son says that he wants to be a firefighter when he grows up, it means he wants to have a hose in his arms and wear a hat.

How did this become about wanting a hose in your arm...oh, never mind.

[Malthus]

You two - get a room. 

[garbon]

[HVC]

I think Berk is a little too into the DG blowing people meme. it's gettting a little creepy lol

[Malthus]

I think Berk is a little too into the DG blowing people meme. it's gettting a little creepy lol

Creepy? More like endearing.

Hey, it's spring. Romance is in the air!