Smash Labs - Discovery Clones Mythbusters

Mythbusters is a show that appeals on many levels. Science geeks can enjoy their analysis of several myths and the experimentation they try to pull it off. Inventors and idea people can marvel at the ingenious devices and experiments that they design to test the myths. Fans of explosions and destruction can revel in the many spectacular explosions, smashs and crashes the show attempts each week. And those who just like good television can enjoy the show as just good fun, silly, and occasionally enlightening entertainment.

Perhaps in an effort to capture a bit of the Mythbusters audience, Discovery Channel has premiered Smash Lab, a series that the network describes on its website as follows:

The next generation in destruction instruction, Smash Lab features a team of maverick engineers as they take on everyday technology and apply it in revolutionary new ways. First they break down the technology to see how it works and then use their know-how to see how it could be used in a different, supersized way. Could bulletproof Kevlar protect an airliner from bombs? Could a car airbag be reinvented to stop a helicopter from sinking after ditching at sea? The Smash Lab team aims to find out.

Filmed at their Crash Lab in California, the team puts their ambitious plans to the test and captures them from every camera angle imaginable. Smash Lab is a visual feast of fireballs, explosions, crashes, collapses, collisions and impacts, because sometimes destruction is good for you.

After watching a recent episode, Smash Labs proves that Mythbusters is so much more than demolition. The Mythbusters crew takes the myth, breaks it down to its components, and does some analysis about the best way to test it and their belief on how it work. And the entire show is full of little payoffs leading up to the big explosion or crash at the end.