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==Overview==
 
==Overview==
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[[The ArchiTECHS]] was a one-episode television show on The History Channel - one of two pilots for a proposed series in which a team of innovators struggle to come up with unique design solutions under a suspenseful time limit.
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[[category:documentaries]][[The ArchiTECHS]] was a television show on The History Channel. Two pilots, one of which was broadcast, were filmed for a proposed series in which a team of innovators struggle to come up with unique design solutions under a suspenseful time limit.
  
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The show featured "five geniuses", including author-scientist [[David Brin]], TV legend and designer Dave Stollery, visionary artist Tim Flattery and others "in a 48-hour quest to design better ways to escape and fight skyscraper fires."
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The show was produced by {{pageforlink|http://mod3productions.com/|Mod3 Productions}}: Danny Gold, Mathew Asner, Larry Herbst
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===Pilot #1: "Skyscraper Firefighting and Escape"===
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[[Image:ArchiTechs.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Publicity photo of cast & production crew (?) for Pilot #1]]
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* '''Premiere''' (2006-10-11 23:00): Wednesday October 11 at 11 PM
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* '''Repeat''' (2006-10-12 23:00): Thursday October 12 at 3 AM
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* '''Repeat''' (2005-10-14 11:00): Saturday October 14 at 11 AM
  
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* '''Cast''':
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** '''[[David Brin]]''' – author/scientist (official web site: http://www.davidbrin.com)
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** '''[http://www.timflattery.com/ Tim Flattery]''' – artist
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** '''[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0831564/ David Stollery]''' – designer
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** '''[http://us.imdb.com/name/nm2443647/ Jim Tucci]''' – rocket scientist
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** '''[http://us.imdb.com/name/nm2450406/ Andrew Thompson]''' – architect
  
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Promotions for the show had this to say:<b> "Five geniuses are challenged: innovate fire rescue and evacuation tools for skyscraper disasters... ''and do it in 48 hours!'' Watch a small team of designers and visionaries form a high-tech think tank, racing the clock to shape bold, over-the-horizon designs for the future. With unprecedented cooperation from [[New York, NY|New York]]'s regional fire departments, episode #1 culminates in a dramatic presentation to Former FDNY Commissioner Thomas Von Essen, one of the heroes of [[issuepedia:9/11|9/11]]..."</b>
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This show featured "five geniuses", including author-scientist [[David Brin]], TV legend and designer Dave Stollery, visionary artist Tim Flattery and others "in a 48-hour quest to design better ways to escape and fight skyscraper fires."
  
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Promotions for the show had this to say:
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:'''Five geniuses are challenged: innovate fire rescue and evacuation tools for skyscraper disasters... ''and do it in 48 hours!'' Watch a small team of designers and visionaries form a high-tech think tank, racing the clock to shape bold, over-the-horizon designs for the future. With unprecedented cooperation from [[New York, NY|New York]]'s regional fire departments, episode #1 culminates in a dramatic presentation to Former FDNY Commissioner Thomas Von Essen, one of the heroes of [[issuepedia:9/11|9/11]]...'''
  
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Another <i>Pilot Episode</i> was filmed half a year earlier, at the U.S. Army National Training Center at Ft. Irwin, California, where a somewhet different and larger team of "geniuses" were charged (by 4 star General Paul Kern) with the task for "designing the next humvee." 
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===Pilot #2: the humvee episode (title unknown)===
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Result?  A super badass concept vehicle. It is unclear, as of January 2007, whether there are any plans to show that episode or offer it on DVD.
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* '''Cast''':
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** '''[http://www.qtask.com/about/team/brkvw.php Baron RK Von Wolfsheild]''' &ndash; Scientist/Designer
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** '''[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0831564/ David Stollery]''' &ndash; designer
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** '''Noah Shachtman''' &ndash; defense journalist; editor of [http://www.defensetech.org/ Defense Tech]
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** '''Alexander Rose''' &ndash; roboticist; Executive Director of [http://www.longnow.org/people/staff/ The Long Now Foundation]
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** '''Adam Rogers''' &ndash; editor, [http://www.wired.com/wired/ WIRED Magazine] (recent editorial: [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.06/myth.html The Myth of Superman])
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** '''[http://www.timflattery.com/ Tim Flattery] &ndash; artist
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** '''[[David Brin]]''' &ndash; author/scientist (official web site: http://www.davidbrin.com)
  
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This episode was filmed half a year earlier, at the U.S. Army National Training Center at Ft. Irwin, California, where a somewhat different and larger team of "geniuses" were charged (by 4 star General Paul Kern) with the task for "designing the next humvee." Result? A super bad-ass concept vehicle. This episode has not been broadcast and it is unclear, as of January 2007, whether there are any plans to show that episode or offer it on DVD.
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CAST MEMBERS OF THE FIREFIGHTING EPISODE:
 
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David Brin, Tim Flattery, David Stollery, Jim Tucci, Andrew Thompson
 
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CAST OF THE (never shown) HUMVEE EPISODE:
 
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David Brin, Tim Flattery, Adam Rogers,  Alexander Rose, Noah Shachtman, David Stollery, Reichert von Wolfsheild
 
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Produced by Mod3 Productions: http://mod3productions.com/
 
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Danny Gold, Mathew Asner, Larry Herbst
 
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[[image:ArchiTechs.jpg]]
 
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==Showings==
 
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* '''Premiere''' (2006-10-11 23:00): Wednesday, October 11 at 11:00 PM
 
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* '''Repeat''' (2006-10-12 23:00): October 12 at 3 AM & October 14 at 11:00 AM
 
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==Discussion==
 
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* [http://boards.historychannel.com/thread.jspa?forumID=600000061&threadID=800014486 Architechs Show] thread on History Channel forums
 
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** Note that a search of the History Channel web site ''will not'' find this page; [[WTF]]?
 
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A DVD of the show appears to be ambiguously for sale on the History Channel (A&E) site at:
 
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http://store.aetv.com/html/product/index.jhtml?id=75873
 
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Details re: CAST MEMBERS OF THE FIREFIGHTING EPISODE:
 
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David Brin - author    http://www.davidbrin.com,
 
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Tim Flattery - artist,
 
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David Stollery - designer,
 
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Jim Tucci - rocket scientist,
 
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Andrew Thompson -architect,
 
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Details re: CAST OF THE (never shown) HUMVEE EPISODE:
 
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Reichert von Wolfsheild - inventor, David Stollery - designer,
 
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Noah Shachtman - defense journalist,
 
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Alexander Rose - roboticist,
 
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Adam Rogers - editor WIRED Magazine,
 
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Tim Flattery -artist,
 
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David Brin - author,
 
  
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
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* A DVD of the show appears to be ambiguously for sale on the History Channel (A&E) site at: http://store.aetv.com/html/product/index.jhtml?id=75873
 
* '''2006-10-10''' [http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2006/10/architechs-terrific-and-other-news.html  ArchiTechs: terrific!... and other news]: Brin comments on the preview
 
* '''2006-10-10''' [http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2006/10/architechs-terrific-and-other-news.html  ArchiTechs: terrific!... and other news]: Brin comments on the preview
 
* '''2006-10-11''' [http://www.futurist.com/2006/10/11/watch-david-brin-on-the-architechs-oct11-2006/ Watch David Brin on The ArchiTechs Oct.11, 2006]: announcement at Futurist.com
 
* '''2006-10-11''' [http://www.futurist.com/2006/10/11/watch-david-brin-on-the-architechs-oct11-2006/ Watch David Brin on The ArchiTechs Oct.11, 2006]: announcement at Futurist.com
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* [http://boards.historychannel.com/thread.jspa?forumID=600000061&threadID=800014486 Architechs Show] thread on History Channel forums
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** Note that a search of the History Channel web site ''will not'' find this page; [[WTF]]?
 
===Reference===
 
===Reference===
 
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0783479/ IMDB]
 
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0783479/ IMDB]

Latest revision as of 15:41, 14 June 2008

Overview

The ArchiTECHS was a television show on The History Channel. Two pilots, one of which was broadcast, were filmed for a proposed series in which a team of innovators struggle to come up with unique design solutions under a suspenseful time limit.

The show was produced by Mod3 Productions [[W!]]: Danny Gold, Mathew Asner, Larry Herbst

Pilot #1: "Skyscraper Firefighting and Escape"

Publicity photo of cast & production crew (?) for Pilot #1
  • Premiere (2006-10-11 23:00): Wednesday October 11 at 11 PM
  • Repeat (2006-10-12 23:00): Thursday October 12 at 3 AM
  • Repeat (2005-10-14 11:00): Saturday October 14 at 11 AM

This show featured "five geniuses", including author-scientist David Brin, TV legend and designer Dave Stollery, visionary artist Tim Flattery and others "in a 48-hour quest to design better ways to escape and fight skyscraper fires."

Promotions for the show had this to say:

Five geniuses are challenged: innovate fire rescue and evacuation tools for skyscraper disasters... and do it in 48 hours! Watch a small team of designers and visionaries form a high-tech think tank, racing the clock to shape bold, over-the-horizon designs for the future. With unprecedented cooperation from New York's regional fire departments, episode #1 culminates in a dramatic presentation to Former FDNY Commissioner Thomas Von Essen, one of the heroes of 9/11...

Pilot #2: the humvee episode (title unknown)

This episode was filmed half a year earlier, at the U.S. Army National Training Center at Ft. Irwin, California, where a somewhat different and larger team of "geniuses" were charged (by 4 star General Paul Kern) with the task for "designing the next humvee." Result? A super bad-ass concept vehicle. This episode has not been broadcast and it is unclear, as of January 2007, whether there are any plans to show that episode or offer it on DVD.

Links

Reference

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