Adam Savage
MythBusters co-host & Tested editor | 14 years of science, making, and spectacular failures
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Adam Savage is a maker, editor-in-chief of Tested. com, and former co-host of the Discovery Channel's 'MythBusters,' where he spent 14 years scientifically testing myths and creating elaborate builds.
Before MythBusters, he worked as a special effects artist on films including Star Wars: Episode II and The Matrix. His YouTube channel and annual one-day builds have made him a beloved figure in the maker community.
His book 'Every Tool's a Hammer' shares lessons from a lifetime of making. With 3 talks at major events, he speaks on making, failure, creativity, and the joy of building things.
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My love letter to cosplay
Adam Savage makes things and builds experiments, and he uses costumes to add humor, color and clarity to the stories he tells. Tracing his lifelong love of costumes -- from a childhood space helmet made of an ice cream tub to a No-Face costume he wore to Comic-Con -- Savage explores the world of cosplay and the meaning it creates for its community. "We're connecting with something important inside of us," he says. "The costumes are how we reveal ourselves to each other."
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