MY HOLLYWOOD DREAM MACHINES

As a MythBuster, model maker, and combat roboticist, I’ve hacked everything from R2-D2 to the Energizer Bunny.

Written by Grant Imahara

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Jeffrey Braverman

MY LOVE OF ENGINEERING GOES WAY BACK. When I was 3 years old, I got my first Lego set. I would say it changed my life, but at that age, I really didn’t have much experience to go on, so better to say it helped shape the way I look at solving problems. I learned to work within a modular system and to use the parts at my disposal to build what I imagined. And what I imagined, essentially, was a career in engineering.

When I was in high school, there were no STEM (or ...

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