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Canadian TV series or program
Beyond Invention is an 8-part
documentary television series that premiered on February 12, 2004, on
Discovery Channel Canada and, as of 2007
[update] , airs on the
Science Channel .
The series was produced by
Mystique Films in partnership with
Gryphon Productions and is narrated by
John Payne . It primarily focuses on cutting edge and
fringe science and technology.
New Energy : New forms of energy resources. Features John Hutchison (the "
Hutchison Effect "): Col.
John B. Alexander (United States Army
Intelligence and Security Command , retired;
psychokinetic investigator),
Nick Cook (
Jane's Defence Weekly ),
zero-point battery.
Anti-gravity :
Tim Ventura (
lifter researcher),
ion wind .
Joseph Newman's energy machine :
Milton Everett (retired mechanical engineer), publicist
Evan Soule ,
Alvin Swimmer , patent attorney
Paul Gomory .
Cryptozoology :
Rick Noll stalks
Bigfoot , artist
Jason Walton and scientist Dr.
Paul LeBlond tracks a 60-foot (18 m)-long sea monster, and
Dean Harrison tracks the
Tasmanian tiger , which experts say died out 70 years ago.
Cloning :
Brigitte Boisselier says she's already cloned five humans,
Robert Lanza is using cloning to rescue endangered species, and
Lou Hawthorne of
Genetic Savings & Clone clones pets.
Amazing Flying Machines :
Hovercraft ,
flying cars ,
space tourism . Features inventors
Kevin Inkster ,
Paul Moller , and
Steve Bennett .
Animal-Inspired Innovations :
Jeffrey Turner , a geneticist who stops bullets by splicing spiders with goats.
Keller Autumn , a biologist who dreams of sending robotic lizards to Mars. Bob McIntyre, a country inventor unleashing a bionic predator over the rooftops of Scotland.
Gadgets : Features toymaker
Brian Walker , composer
Tod Machover , and
Mike Wescombe-Down , the creator of a
shark -stopping device.
Enhancing
Sexuality : Using
silicone for enhancing sex. Features
Michelle Mone (
cleavage enhancement ),
Jana Sylvest and
Otter Louis (
erotic toys ), and
Matt McMullen (lifelike
dolls ).
Artificial Intelligence :
Barry Spletzer builds flying robots, cyber pioneer
Demetri Terzopoulos creates life inside the computer, and electronics engineer
Robert Michelson brings smart swarming bugs to the military.