Ingenious inventions were pushed to outlandish extremes for the show's use of gadgets. For production designer Gemma Jackson and set decorator Tina Jones, collaborating on Joss Whedon’s supernatural ...

Need to jump from a burning building? A clever 19th-century inventor has just the thing for you: a basket that releases parachutes for an easy descent. The device, along with hundreds of others ...

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