Researchers at Vanderbilt University developed an app that analyzes shockwaves from bullets
to determine the location of snipers.
And a belgian designer has created smart, polymer furniture that's self-assembling, and grows
like popcorn.
Vsauce! Kevin here. This is Mind Blow.
SOINN is an artificial brain that can now use the internet to learn new things. Developed
at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, the machine learning algorithm can learn about
objects using image searches. It also has the ability to take aspects of other objects
and combine them to make guesses about things that it doesn't recognize. By storing characteristics
of objects like pens and knives being stick-shaped , it can then further differentiate them and
determine, for instance, what a box cutter is. And it can pick out features from audio
and video data, and its in development for autonomous mental development robots.
Intel and Carnegie Mellon University are creating headlights that make raindrops disappear.
Each headlight is actually a projector instead of a lamp - and it has a camera which picks
up the raindrops - and then a processor predicts their path, darkens those pixels - making
the raindrops invisible. But unfortunately they say this technology probably won't be
commercially available for a decade.
Triangle Tree has created edible spoons. With disposable plastic spoons taking more than
20 years to decompose, this eco-friendly alternative is made from all-organic ingredients and comes
in three flavors. It also has weakened lines on the back so its easer it break off and
eat.
Ultimate Bloody Mary!
Wool&Prince are making wool button down shirts that last six times longer than cotton, are
naturally anti-wrinkly and odor-fighting. Founder Mac Bishop demonstrated the longevity
of the fine grade wool fabric by wearing the same shirt for a hundred days straight without
washing it. For more information find the link below...
This bright green robot mecha suit was built by Japanese robotics company Sakakibara Kikai.
It's called the Kid's Walker Cyclops and comes equipped with one arm for grabbing and the
other has a drill. It's about 6'9" tall and 3'6" wide and weighs 750 lbs. It costs $20,500
to own but is also available to rent.
This robot can tell what a human is so it doesn't crush them. Roboticists from
Georgia Tech and San Francisco based Meka robots built a robot arm with sensitive skin
giving it the ability to reach through cluttered areas carefully, as well as gently touch a
human - shown here lifting a blanket for a disabled man who claims that the arm never
pressed hard against him, and he felt safe using it.
Finally "lightspin" by Eric Pare and Timecode Lab has dancers illuminated combining bullet
time photography, stop motion, and light painting.
I'm gonna leave you with a laser shooting through 100 balloons, and, as always - thanks
for watching.