Wow. The Mythbusters were hired by Nvidia to demonstrate how its new processor was superior to other processors.
Now that's how you advertise a product in the internet age. Relatedly, here's Adam Savage explaining that Mythbusters wanted to do a show exposing how hackable rfid tags were, but Texas Instruments, Visa, and the other credit card companies pressured the Discovery Channel into killing the show:
Via.
*Update: Or maybe Adam Savage is a blowhard who should be viewed with a heavy dose of skepticism in the future.
*Previously: Grid Monitor screensaver monitors the health of the power grid.
*Mythbusters dvds are 33% off at Amazon.
The Mythbusters fire 1100 paintguns simultaneously to instantly paint the Mona Lisa
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