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American TV series or program
Doing DaVinci
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Genre
| Popular science
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Starring
| - Valek Sykes
- Bill Duggan
- Flash Hopkins
- Jurgen Heimann
- Alan Bovinett
- Terry Sandin
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Country of origin
| United States
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Original language
| English
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No.
of seasons
| 2
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No.
of episodes
| 10
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Network
| Discovery Channel
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Release
| April 13, 2009
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2009-04-13
)
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August 23, 2010
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2010-08-23
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Doing DaVinci
is a
popular science
television program originally aired on the
Discovery Channel
in which the hosts attempted to create many of
Leonardo da Vinci
's
inventions
. The show aired on a weekly schedule with the first episode broadcast on April 13, 2009.
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Team
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The inventions are created by a team of six members:
- Valek Sykes
, a
special effects
expert and mechanical designer, actor, owner of Tech Works Studios and Exit Biohazard and Crime Scene Cleanup
- Bill Duggan
, a
carpenter
and the host of
Curb Appeal
- Flash Hopkins
, an artist, builder, and long time
Burning Man
personality
- Jurgen Heimann, a designer and
puppeteer
- Alan Bovinett, an entrepreneur and
mechanical engineer
.
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- Terry Sandin, a mechanical and animatronics engineer and a host of
Prototype This!
The team consults with da Vinci researcher Jonathan Pevsner to understand the inventions and decide on materials for their construction.
Construction
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The team first consults with Jonathan Pevsner to decide on materials and map out the basics of the design. The invention is then reconstructed in
Autodesk Inventor
and
Autodesk
's Digital Prototyping solutions.
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Then the team heads to a workshop to begin construction. After the invention is completed it is tested to determine whether or not the build was a success.
Episodes
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"
Machine Gun
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Major works
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Lost works
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Sculptures
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Works on paper
| Studies for the
Virgin of the Rocks
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Studies for the
Last Supper
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Studies for the Louvre
Saint Anne
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Manuscripts
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Other projects
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Leonardeschi
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Museums
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Related
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- ? Collaboration
- ?? Possible collaboration
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