KeyMe allows you to instantly make duplicate copies of your keys by storing a digital copy
of your keys so you never get locked out again.... and it'll open your beer
And the Marshall Dicycle is an electric motorcycle concept that doubles as amplifiers when instruments
are plugged in.
Vsauce! Kevin here - this is Mind Blow.
The cafe latte printer allows customers to drink their own face. Let's Cafe - is a kiosk
in taiwanese convenience stores that is offering customers the opportunity to print any picture
taken from their phone instantly onto the top of their latte. It works by dusting the
image with an edible powder with a computer-controlled print head.
The LiveMap helmet was created by russian inventors to make a motorcycle helmet with
built in navigation. The helmet creates translucent full color images and text in the visor giving
the rider the ability to check speed, time, and get directions without taking their eyes
off the road like traditional navigation. It's only slightly larger than a normal helmet
and adjusts depending on the lighting outside. If the indiegogo amount is achieved they plan
to sell them for around $2000.
Researchers at North Carolina State University have created a device that controls cockroaches
using an Xbox Kinect. They created an interface that sends the roach on a predetermined track
by using a computer to plot its course. Researchers wire sensors to the roach's external sensory
organs causing it to move forward and small charges in the neural tissue tricks the roach
into thinking its antennae are hitting a barrier causing it to turn.
Scientists in Japan cloned this mouse from only a drop of blood of the donors tail!
Tokyoflash created the Kisai watch that lets users know whether or not they are intoxicated
through the use of a built in breathalyzer. By blowing into a hole located in the side
of the watch for five seconds the watch glows green if it detects no alcohol, yellow if
alcohol is detected but you are in the legal limit, and red if you are legally drunk. The
watch also has a built in sobriety test that asks the user to stop a moving line at a certain
point on the screen.
Sensoria are a pair of socks that are able to track the way people walk. Developed by
Heapsylon, by using a bluetooth enabled anklet in conjunction with the socks the sensors
in the socks transmit the data to a computer or smartphone. Sensoria can determine improper
walking or running habits or if the foot is landing at an unsafe angle during particular
activities.
WI-Vi is a prototype handheld device that researchers at MIT have created in order to
see through walls. Users will be able to point the device at walls and see anything moving
on the other side. WiVi works by emitting wifi signals at the wall where some of those
signals bounce off of the moving objects on the other side and back to the device. Wivi
could be used in multiple applications including aiding police and rescue workers or creating
verybetter motion controlled gaming systems.
Archaeologists have recently discovered that flowers have been used at funerals for 13,000
years.
This self-burying robot was presented by the Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute
in May of 2013. The plans to use self burying robots range from mining to military applications.
This robot is able to travel to its location in one mode and then bury itself in another.
Shown in this video digging through various things such as rice, sand, flour, and sugar,
but it's still in the developmental stages and they're trying to make more efficient
versions.
This bike helmet is made from recycled paper pulp. It was created by students from the
Royal College of Art in London by making a pulp out of old newspapers they mixed with
an adhesive, pigment, and organic additive. They claim to be rain proof for up to six
hours and can be recycled again after being used to make more helmets. Though wearing
these may be better than no protection it's still unclear the actual safety of the helmets.
The Termes Project is developing self-organizing simple robots building 3-D structures. Based
upon the building abilities of termites - the robot is able to navigate, lift blocks and
build structures much larger than itself and the researchers at Harvard University are
looking into ways to further develop automated construction.
Finally, Minsu Kim's Living food project is a concept involving food that moves on the
plate and in your mouth by building on developments in synthetic biology.
I'm going to leave you with a barrel of ping pong balls on fire. And as always - thanks
for watching.