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, Kristen Lomasney and Thomas Crenshaw.
Generative AI is beginning to pollute historical archives with fake details, posing a threat to the accuracy of traditional prop making and heritage restoration. Adam Savage argues that while technology solves code, it cannot replicate the 'mark of the maker' found in microscopic Japanese artistry or the intentional imperfections of manual tools.
Career transitions and systemic friction often leave us feeling adrift. Adam Savage explores why 'big picture' thinking is actually a hidden management skill and offers a radical approach to job loss: staying 'lonely and attentive.' Discover how to navigate the fraught delta between the past and the future to ensure your next chapter is built on your own terms.
Original puppets from a stop-motion masterpiece are liquefying, forcing a desperate race to replace rotting polyurethane with archival silicone. Explore how master fabricators and obsessive collectors are using 1930s engineering and modern chemistry to keep the physical history of Halloweentown alive.
Superhero costumes aren't just spandex anymore; they're high-tech rigs with integrated cooling systems and structural embroidery. Adam Savage explores why Homelander's suit is a marvel of engineering, revealing the hidden layers that make a monster look like a god.
When a technical masterpiece is designed for destruction, the maker's pride turns into a complex internal conflict. Adam Savage explores the haunting realization that the world's most brilliant engineering can sometimes lead to the darkest human tragedies.