Quotes by Grant Imahara - Page 1

Hopefully, the 27th time's the charm!
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Charm
Hopefully
Mythbusters
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Baby Yoda is universally cute, hands down.
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Cute
Universally
Yoda
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I love looking at machines that mimic human behavior.
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Human Behavior
Machines
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In the '60s astronauts were rockstars. Everyone wanted to be an astronaut.
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Astronaut
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I think we're on too many government watch lists. We'd better let this one go.
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Government
Thinking
Watches
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I've seen how they make the Chicken McNuggets and exactly what goes into them.
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Chicken
Exactly
Exactly What
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I think it's something you're born with - the desire to know how things work inside.
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Born
Desire
Inside
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After the third episode of 'The Mandalorian,' I knew I had to make my own Baby Yoda.
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
My Own
Own My Own Make
Episode
Third
Yoda
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There's nothing like experiencing the sights and sounds of a live robot combat event.
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Combat
Sights
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I have a secret weapon. And it could have something to do with special robot knowledge.
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Robots
Secret
Special
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Unfortunately, making what is essentially a laser sword falls into the deadly category.
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Category
Deadly
Essentially
Unfortunately
Laser
Sword
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Drones, with their agility and small size, seem perfect for search and rescue operations.
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Agility
Drones
Operations
Perfect
Rescue
Size
Small
Search
Seem
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Everybody has stories about using duct tape. Of course, most don't try to lift a car with it.
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Tape
Lift
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Contrary to popular belief, not a significant amount of research goes into cockroach radiation.
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Amount
Belief
Contrary
Radiation
Research
Significant
Cockroach
Goes
Popular
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In special effects, you can cheat to make it look good. In real science, you have to have results.
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Effects
Special Effects
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Any sport that turns a squash into a lethal projectile is safest watched from the comfort of your couch.
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Comfort
Squash
Turns
Watched
Couch
Lethal
Sport
Safest
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Technology has always been a catalyst for change, such as the invention of the airplane or the Internet.
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Airplane
Catalyst
Invention
Change Technology Internet
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Engineers are great at many things. They're not necessarily great at recognizing basic human psychology.
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Engineers
Psychology
Recognizing
Basic
Necessarily
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What you need to have is that link between your education and what you do. Make creativity part of the subject.
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Link
Subject
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I was one of those kids that would take apart the remote control and take all the wheels off my little toy cars.
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Wheels
Apart
Remote
Toy
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'MythBusters' sounded like such an incredible opportunity. Where else might I be paid to make robots blow things up?
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Blow
Paid
Robots
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I hope people can envision a future where we as humans have robots that are alongside us, assisting in our daily lives.
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Future
Assisting
Humans
Robots
Alongside
Future Hope People
Daily
Daily Lives
Envision
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Not only will innovative technology create a more connected human race; it will normalize access to our most basic needs.
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Access
Basic Needs
Connected
Human Race
Innovative
Technology Will More
Basic
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First career I had right out of engineering school was at Lucas film, not working in the movies but working in home theater.
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Engineering
Theater
Lucas
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There are plenty of myths out there that are either really expensive to do or incredibly difficult or complicated to execute.
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Expensive
Execute
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I remember when I was a kid and I was interested in robots, there was really nothing out there but Erector Sets and Tinker Toys.
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Remember
Remember When
Robots
Toys
Interested
Sets
Tinker
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Augmented and virtual reality technologies are the future of smart construction and we are just starting to see the possibilities.
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Future
Construction
Reality
Smart
Starting
Virtual Reality
Augmented
Possibilities
See
Technologies
Virtual
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Life in space isn't easy. It's full of challenges that push the limits of technology, and often requires truly innovative solutions.
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Technology
Innovative
Limits
Solutions
Full
Push
Requires
Truly
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I worked at ILM the same time Masi Oka was there. Who would have thought that two Asian-American nerds from ILM would be on hit shows?
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Asian American
Hit
Nerds
Same Time
Worked
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As a former competitor, robot combat is near and dear to my heart. I enjoy the mix of creativity and mayhem that are essential to this sport.
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Combat
Dear
Former
Mayhem
Mix
Robot
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I liked the challenge of designing and building things, figuring out how something works and how to make it better or apply it in a different way.
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Apply
Works
Challenge
Liked
Designing
Different Way
Figuring
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I always wanted to have a technical career that was also creative. I have been extremely lucky in that sense to be able to combine those two things.
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Creative
Lucky
Combine
Extremely
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Walking the streets of Porto and speaking with the top engineers at Veniam, I am struck by the passion that they bring to the world with their designs.
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Engineers
Passion
Streets
Designs
Speaking
Struck
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Worldwide access to electronic parts has truly opened up the opportunity for innovation for engineers of all levels. It's an incredible time to be alive.
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Access
Alive
Engineers
Innovation
Levels
Electronic
Opened
Parts
Worldwide
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Even when I was young, I would build things with Lego or make 'robots' out of cereal boxes - long before I learned metalwork. The desire to build was always there.
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Boxes
Cereal
Desire
Robots
Build
Lego
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As far as animatronics, I started out in college working for Tom Holman. He was the inventor of the THX sound system. Through him, I got an internship at Lucasfilm.
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College
Inventor
Sound
System
Tom
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I only learned what an engineer was from a college guidance counselor. When she described it, a light clicked on in my head, and I said, 'Yes, that's what I want to do.'
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Counselor
Guidance
Clicked
Engineer
Yes
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When I was a kid, I never wanted to be James Bond. I wanted to be Q, because he was the guy who made all the gadgets. I guess you could say that engineering came naturally.
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Engineering
Gadgets
Guy
Wanted
Naturally
Bond
Came
Guess
James
James Bond
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Working on movies and TV is a blast, and ILM has the most talented people in the world. But on 'Mythbusters' I've been able to go places I would never have access to otherwise.
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Access
Blast
Movies World People
Tv
Talented
Working
Otherwise
Places
Talented People
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The people who are changing our world are starting from an idea and bringing it all the way through to finished product with the power of their intellect, training, tools and available products.
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Available
Finished
Intellect
Our World
Products
Starting
Tools
Training
Power World People
Bringing
Idea
Through
Changing
Finished Product
Product
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When I used to work in special effects at the model shop, I couldn't imagine having a better job. We made spaceships and miniature cities and I was working on robots. Then the 'MythBusters' opportunity came along.
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Cities
Effects
Imagine
Robots
Special
Special Effects
Better Job
Work Opportunity Better
Model
Miniature
Shop
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Human communication above and beyond the words that we say is so nuanced. It makes it difficult to not only analyze the vocabulary you use but the intention behind it. That's something even humans have difficulty doing, let alone a robot.
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Alone
Communication
Difficult
Humans
Intention
Vocabulary
Words
Above
Analyze
Behind
Beyond
Robot
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On 'MythBusters,' a lot of what we do does not fall into any category of things we have ever done before. There's a lot of problem solving to figure out how to even approach a given problem. A background in science or engineering helps a lot.
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Science
Approach
Engineering
Fall
Given
Problem
Category
Background
Figure
Helps
Solving
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Drones can be a huge advantage to agencies fighting natural disasters. They can launch immediately, gather vital data about an emergency situation, and help efficiently relay that information to all agencies involved, all without putting further lives at risk.
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Advantage
Data
Drones
Fighting
Huge
Information
Involved
Natural
Risk
Situation
Agencies
Without
Disasters
Efficiently
Emergency
Further
Gather
Help
Immediately
Launch
Natural Disasters
Putting
Relay
Vital
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The general public perception is that fighting robots were popular, and then went away for a long time, but in reality, there have been live robot combat events happening continuously since 1994. And all the while, the robots have been getting better and meaner and tougher.
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Combat
Fighting
General Public
Long Time
Perception
Reality
Robots
Time Reality Long
Since
General
Continuously
Public
Time Long Fighting
Getting Better
Happening
Meaner
Popular
Robot
Tougher
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When you think about exploring deep space, it's very dangerous for humans. To potentially sacrifice human life is a delicate proposition. On the flip side, if you want to send a robot to another planet for an extended period of time and at some point you know it'll cease to function, it's not considered a tragedy.
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Cease
Deep Space
Delicate
Exploring
Flip
Function
Human Life
Sacrifice
Tragedy
Life Time Space
Extended
Life Space Time
Life Is A
Potentially
Proposition
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When I started Battle Bots in 1999, the guy sitting next to me was a high school teacher with no robotics experience at all. There were special effects guys, engineers, software guys who just wrote code - all kinds of people who had a desire to build something. And they would do it in their garages or even their kitchens.
Grant Imahara / Television Personality
Code
Effects
Engineers
Robotics
Software
Special Effects
High School Teacher
School Teacher
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