The ArchiTECHS
Overview
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.
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 a better way 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..."
Showings
- Premiere (2006-10-11 23:00): Wednesday, October 11 at 11:00 PM
- Repeat (2006-10-12 23:00): October 12 at 3 AM & October 14 at 11:00 AM
Discussion
- Architechs Show thread on History Channel forums
- Note that a search of the History Channel web site will not find this page; WTF?
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
Details re: CAST MEMBERS OF THE FIREFIGHTING EPISODE:
David Brin - author http://www.davidbrin.com,
Tim Flattery - artist,
David Stollery - designer,
Jim Tucci - rocket scientist,
Andrew Thompson -architect,
Details re: CAST OF THE (never shown) HUMVEE EPISODE: Reichert von Wolfsheild - inventor, David Stollery - designer, Noah Shachtman - defense journalist, Alexander Rose - roboticist, Adam Rogers - editor WIRED Magazine, Tim Flattery -artist, David Brin - author,
Links
- 2006-10-10 ArchiTechs: terrific!... and other news: Brin comments on the preview
- 2006-10-11 Watch David Brin on The ArchiTechs Oct.11, 2006: announcement at Futurist.com