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<\/p>\nUnless they are really into cosplay, building an Iron Man suit really isn\u2019t at the top of most people\u2019s bucket list. I mean, after all, they only need to go buy a costume, or have on made. But for Adam Savage, \u2018Mythbusters\u2019 former co-host and current host of the new eight-episode series \u2018Savage Builds\u2019, building an Iron Man suit meant much more than rubbing elbows at a nerd convention. It meant building a suit that could actually fly. But could it be done? Well, if anyone could do it, it would be Savage.<\/p>\n
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The New York City Native was actually raised in the Westchester County, New York town of Sleepy Hollow. It was at the bicycle shop in that town that Savage began to learn how to fix things, sparking the scientific interest inside of him. But he ended up acting during his childhood, appearing in commercials and music videos, including \u201cYou\u2019re Only Human\u2019 by Billy Joes. He also found himself assisting with special effects for the movie \u2018Star Wars. But a career on neither the big or little screen was his aim. By the time he was nineteen, Adam decided that he preferred to work with his hands much more, so he turned to being an animation assistant, doing special effects, and dabbling in graphic arts. All of that was short-lived as well; \u2018Mythbusters<\/a>\u2018 dawned on the horizon, and Savage was smitten, calling the program \u2018\u2026the perfect marriage of two things: performance and special effects\u201d. In 2011, the Netherlands\u2019 University of Twente presented him with an honorary doctorate for sparking a renewed interest in other people for technology and science.<\/p>\n Okay, okay\u2026enough about Adam\u2019s personal early life; let\u2019s get to the suit. Adam, as mentioned above, was one of the few, fractional individuals who wanted to build an Iron Man suit, and what better place to do it that than on his series \u2018Savage Builds\u2019, since the main premise of the program is extreme engineering? So, after garnishing the approval of the powers that be, Adam began the process necessary to get the ball rolling.<\/p>\n First, Adam visited the Colorado School of Mines, which is a science-based school. There he was able to choose individuals who would make up the team that would help him design and build the suit. Gravity Industries provided him with a jet-pack for the suit, with an additional five mini-jet engines strapped to the outside of the suit itself; each of the minis packed 1000 HP apiece! Expensive undertaking? I\u2019d say. But the truth is that Savage\u2019s pal Richard Browning is in charge of Gravity Industries, so chances are he got some kind of a discount<\/a>.<\/p>\nEnough About Adam\u2026What About the Suit?<\/h2>\n