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==Overview==
 
==Overview==
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[[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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[[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.
  
 
The show was produced by {{pageforlink|http://mod3productions.com/|Mod3 Productions}}: Danny Gold, Mathew Asner, Larry Herbst
 
The show was produced by {{pageforlink|http://mod3productions.com/|Mod3 Productions}}: Danny Gold, Mathew Asner, Larry Herbst
 
===Pilot #1: "Skyscraper Firefighting and Escape"===
 
===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]]
 
* '''Premiere''' (2006-10-11 23:00): Wednesday October 11 at 11 PM
 
* '''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''' (2006-10-12 23:00): Thursday October 12 at 3 AM
 
* '''Repeat''' (2005-10-14 11:00): Saturday October 14 at 11 AM
 
* '''Repeat''' (2005-10-14 11:00): Saturday October 14 at 11 AM
  
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* '''Cast''': [[David Brin]], Tim Flattery, David Stollery, Jim Tucci, Andrew Thompson
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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
  
 
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."
 
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:  
 
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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:'''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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===Pilot #2: the humvee episode (title unknown)===
 
===Pilot #2: the humvee episode (title unknown)===
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* '''Cast''': David Brin, Tim Flattery, Adam Rogers,  Alexander Rose, Noah Shachtman, David Stollery, Reichert von Wolfsheild
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* '''Cast''':
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** '''[http://www.qtask.com/about/team/brkvw.php Baron RK Von Wolfsheild]''' – Scientist/Designer
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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 badass 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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** '''[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0831564/ David Stollery]''' – designer
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** '''Noah Shachtman''' – defense journalist; editor of [http://www.defensetech.org/ Defense Tech]
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** '''Alexander Rose''' – roboticist; Executive Director of [http://www.longnow.org/people/staff/ The Long Now Foundation]
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** '''Adam Rogers''' – 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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==Discussion==
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** '''[http://www.timflattery.com/ Tim Flattery] – artist
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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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** '''[[David Brin]]''' – author/scientist (official web site: http://www.davidbrin.com)
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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  http://www.timflattery.com/
 
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David Stollery - designer, www.imdb.com/name/nm0831564/
 
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Jim Tucci - rocket scientist, http://us.imdb.com/name/nm2443647/
 
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Andrew  Thompson -  architect.  http://us.imdb.com/name/nm2450406/
 
  
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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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Details re: CAST OF THE (never shown) HUMVEE EPISODE:
 
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Reichart von Wolfshield - inventor, http://www.phobosweb.com/corporate/bios/reichart.html
 
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David Stollery - designer, www.imdb.com/name/nm0831564/
 
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Noah Shachtman - defense journalist, http://www.defensetech.org/
 
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Alexander Rose - roboticist http://www.longnow.org/people/staff/,
 
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Adam Rogers - editor WIRED Magazine, http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.06/myth.html
 
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Tim Flattery -artist, http://www.timflattery.com/
 
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David Brin - author/ scientist  http://www.davidbrin.com
 
  
 
==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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