Adam Savage’s Tested is a content platform and community playground for makers and curious minds. On Tested.com, the highly- engaged Tested YouTube channel, and at conventions and events, dynamic makers share ideas and inspire each other to build their obsessions. Led by Adam Savage, the Tested team explores the intersection of science, popular culture, and emerging technology, showing how we are all makers. Adam also takes viewers behind the scenes of films, TV shows, theater, and museums, shining a spotlight on the craftspeople and artists who make the magic we all enjoy.
Tested is also: Norman Chan, Joey Fameli, Josh Self, Ryan Kiser, Kristen Lomasney, Kishore Hari, Sean Charlesworth, Kayte Sabicer, Bill Doran, Ariel Waldman, and Darrell Maloney.
From Adam Savage’s Tested. In case you aren’t familiar, the tsuba is a sword guard that served both practical and symbolic purposes in Japan, and the level of craftspersonship is, in Adam Savage’s words, "mildly upsetting." @metmuseumconservator and armorer Ted Hunter delves into the history of tsuba, and shows us some examples that are truly…
From Adam Savage’s Tested. After spending the better part of this year working on this Grogu replica project, Adam and animatronic engineer Matthew Winchell walk us through all the movements and controls for this custom puppet. But to turn those motions and expressions into a believable character, Adam brings in puppeteer Michael Schupbach for a…
From Adam Savage’s Tested. Adam Savage visits one of the Jewelry Archive on the Paramount Pictures lot, where the studio houses a treasure trove of beautiful prop crowns, necklaces, and other jewels fabricated over 100 years of the studio’s filmmaking history. Thanks to the Paramount Pictures Archives team for hosting us at their archives! Tested…
From Adam Savage’s Tested. Google’s take on XR hardware is beginning to reveal itself as it plans to launch multiple Android XR products in the coming years. We visit their Android XR lab to go hands-on with several prototypes, including XREAL’s Project Aura, the latests Galaxy XR update, and two pairs of display smart glasses…
From Adam Savage’s Tested. From portable paint stations to repurposed hospital equipment, Sean shares some of his favorite discoveries, tools, and projects from this past year! Audioengine B1 Bluetooth Streamer: https://amzn.to/49Z5OEJ NECA Dante’s Inferno Room: https://store.necaonline.com/products/beetlejuice-1988-ultimate-trench-coat-with-spikes-beetlejuice-action-figure-dantes-inferno-room-deluxe-set Bauhaus Undead book: https://cleorecs.com/products/bauhaus-undead-expanded-edition-book Pixel Buds Pro 2: https://amzn.to/3YdWENn Ergotron StyleView SV42 Medical Cart: Check salvage warehouses and FB…
From Adam Savage’s Tested. Kayte shares some of her favorite tools she used this past year on modelmaking projects, cardboard costume builds, and painting in her home studio! Fanttik C8 Cordless Electric Scissors: https://amzn.to/4iEmtiW Paint Puck CollapsiBowl Paint Brush Cleaner: https://amzn.to/4iRVJf5 OLFA Precision Hobby Craft Knife: https://amzn.to/3KFfSbv Tubinoone Engraving Pen: https://amzn.to/48zt0a5 Craighill Chroma Scissors: https://amzn.to/4iEoCv8…