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The Re-Inventors is a Canadian TV show based around exploring historic inventions. In each episode the hosts choose a historic invention and attempt to rebuild it. Each invention is given a set of evaluation criteria before being tested. At the end of the episode, the invention is graded and if the invention is considered to have met the evaluation criteria, it is granted the title of 'Patent Approved'. Should the invention prove to be less than effective, it is granted the title 'Patent Denied'.

The show is hosted by Matt Hunter and Jeremy MacPherson, Hunter is a carpenter and MacPherson is a special effects artist.

It is aired on the Canadian french TV channel Historia
Historia
Historia is a Canadian French language Category A specialty channel which presents informative and entertainment programming related to history in the form of dramas, films, documentaries, human interests programs and more...

as Absurde et breveté and is dubbed into french.

List of episodes

Name	Synopsis
Aerosan Aerosan An aerosani is a type of propeller-driven snowmobile, running on skis, used for communications, mail deliveries, medical aid, emergency recovery and border patrolling in northern Russia, as well as for recreation...	The team builds and tests an NKL 26 Aerosan NKL-26 The NKL-26 was an armoured aerosan introduced by the Soviet Union during the Second World War, based on the earlier NKL-6 . It was made of plywood and had a ten-millimetre armour plate on the front only, and was armed with a 7.62mm DT machine gun in a ring mount. It was powered by an M-11G... .
Battering Ram Battering ram A battering ram is a siege engine originating in ancient times and designed to break open the masonry walls of fortifications or splinter their wooden gates...	Matt and Jeremy get medieval and recreate a full-scale battering ram to see how well they work.
Bourne William Bourne (mathematician) William Bourne was an English mathematician, innkeeper and former Royal Navy gunner who invented the first navigable submarine and wrote important navigational manuals... Submarine Submarine A submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation below the surface of the water. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability...	The team attempts to build an early submarine.
Bulletproof Protection	Two designs from WWI in an attempt to aid a soldier from dangerous weapons.
Chinese Flamethrower Pen Huo Qi The Pen Huo Qi（Chinese: 噴火器; Pinyin: pen huo qi, "spray fire device"） is a double-piston pump naphtha flamethrower used in 919 AD in China, during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. The flamethrower was carefully documented and illustrated in the Chinese military manual known as the Wujing...	The Re-Inventors try one of the world's first flamethrowers.
Chinese Rocket	The Chinese were the first to design and construct a multi-stage rocket.
Da Vinci Chariot	Matt and Jeremy find out if Da Vinci's chariot could have found a place on the 15th-century battlefield.
Da Vinci Gun	Leonardo da Vinci designs the world's first 12-barrel machine gun.
Da Vinci Tank	The team attempts to build one of Da Vinci's most ambitious projects.
Double Barrel Cannon Double-barreled cannon The double-barreled cannon is an American Civil War-era experimental weapon and is now a modern landmark located in Athens, Georgia. While originally built for warfare, the cannon never saw battle.-Concept:...	The Re-Inventors see what happens when you chain two cannon balls together and try to fire them at the same time.
Fire Fighting	The team builds and tests two non-water using extinguisher designs from the past, one using chemicals combining to create an extinguishing foam and the other seeking to blow out the flames with gunpowder.
Floating Suit	Inventions ranging from shoes to suits that can help you from drowning.
Flying Car	With the advent and spread of airplanes and automobiles in the beginning of the 20th century an idea emerged that a marriage of the two would create the ultimate travel miracle.
Flying Machine	See if some of the ideas that were put forward to figure out how to fly could have beat the Wright brothers to the sky.
Four Armed Catapult Catapult A catapult is a device used to throw or hurl a projectile a great distance without the aid of explosive devices—particularly various types of ancient and medieval siege engines. Although the catapult has been used since ancient times, it has proven to be one of the most effective mechanisms during...	Designs for a four-armed catapult that shoots projectiles.
Earthquake Detector	The Didong Yi was intended to provide information to the Imperial Court that an earthquake had occurred so relief aid could be dispatched.
Gun Helmet	A World War I era helmet gun is built to see who would be in more danger, the user or the target.
Head Parachute Parachute A parachute is a device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating drag, or in the case of ram-air parachutes, aerodynamic lift. Parachutes are usually made out of light, strong cloth, originally silk, now most commonly nylon...	Getting people out of a burning building has been a challenge faced by inventors and designers since people started living in them.
Human Propulsion	Matt and Jeremy combine machines with muscle and add some rockets, propellers, and jets into the mix.
Hydraulic Saw	Designed by Francesco di Giorgio Francesco di Giorgio Francesco di Giorgio Martini was an Italian painter of the Sienese School and a sculptor, as well as being, in Nikolaus Pevsner's terms, "one of the most interesting later Quattrocento architects'" and a visionary architectural theorist; as a military engineer he executed architectural designs and... in the 15th century during the Renaissance, this saw was meant to harness the power of swift flowing streams and rivers and use this power to cut wood.
Ice Boat Ice boat An ice boat is a boat or purpose-built framework similar in functional design to a sail boat but fitted with skis or runners and designed to run over ice instead of through water. Ice yachting is the sport of sailing and racing iceboats. Sailable ice is known in the sport as "hard water" versus...	The team builds and tests J. L. Finch's early 1940's ice boat against a modern design.
Incinerating Toilet Incinerating toilet An incinerating toilet is a toilet that burns excrement instead of flushing it away with water.-Description:Incinerating toilet may be powered by electric, gas or other energy sources....	As populations have increased over the years, so have the ideas for disposal, removal, and processing regarding waste.
Invention War	In this episode the Matt and Jeremy modify a number of their previous inventions and pit them against one another in a bizarre battle scenario.
Life At Sea	The boys build and test the Davis Life Pod, a device designed to save people trapped at sea.
Monowheel Monowheel A monowheel is a one-wheeled single-track vehicle similar to a unicycle. However, instead of sitting above the wheel, the rider sits either within it or next to it. The wheel is a ring, usually driven by smaller wheels pressing against its inner rim...	Matt and Jeremy test out a design for a monowheel.
Ned Kelly Ned Kelly Edward "Ned" Kelly was an Irish Australian bushranger. He is considered by some to be merely a cold-blooded cop killer — others, however, consider him to be a folk hero and symbol of Irish Australian resistance against the Anglo-Australian ruling class.Kelly was born in Victoria to an Irish... Armour	The Re-Inventors put Ned Kelly's homemade armour up to a ballistics test.
Panjandrum Panjandrum Panjandrum, known also as The Great Panjandrum, was a massive, rocket-propelled, explosive-laden cart designed by the British military during World War II. It was one of a number of highly experimental projects, including Hajile and the Hedgehog, that were developed by the Admiralty's Directorate...	The team tries to figure out where the World War II Allies went wrong with the Panjandrum project.
Pedestrian Protector	The "Automatic Device for the Protection of Pedestrian and the Vehicle Itself" patented by Heinrich Karl in 1932 is tested.
Roman Crane Crane (machine) A crane is a type of machine, generally equipped with a hoist, wire ropes or chains, and sheaves, that can be used both to lift and lower materials and to move them horizontally. It uses one or more simple machines to create mechanical advantage and thus move loads beyond the normal capability of...	The team attempts to build the Roman crane.
Snow Annihilator	The inventor of the Snow Annihilator claims the machine has all the answers to winter road maintenance and is tested against the Canadian winter.
Solar Crematorium Crematory A crematory is a machine in which cremation takes place. Crematories are usually found in funeral homes, cemeteries, or in stand-alone facilities. A facility which houses the actual cremator units is referred to as a crematorium.-History:Prior to the Industrial Revolution, any cremation which took...	The Re-Inventors test out the idea for the Solar Crematorium, an invention that used sunlight to cremate dead bodies.
Syrian Torpedo Torpedo The modern torpedo is a self-propelled missile weapon with an explosive warhead, launched above or below the water surface, propelled underwater towards a target, and designed to detonate either on contact with it or in proximity to it.The term torpedo was originally employed for...	The team attempts to build an early Syrian torpedo
War Kite Kite A kite is a tethered aircraft. The necessary lift that makes the kite wing fly is generated when air flows over and under the kite's wing, producing low pressure above the wing and high pressure below it. This deflection also generates horizontal drag along the direction of the wind...	13th century Chinese fire arrow technology and a 17th century Japanese kite design are tested to see if they can help command the battlefield.
Windmill Windmill A windmill is a machine which converts the energy of wind into rotational energy by means of vanes called sails or blades. Originally windmills were developed for milling grain for food production. In the course of history the windmill was adapted to many other industrial uses. An important...	The team digs out plans for an Islamic windmill design.
Wind Wagon	A machine, a cross between a windmill and a wagon, that had never been built and tested, until now.

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History Television: The Re-Inventors
Historia: Absurde et Breveté

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