Potentially clean your house in the future with this robot flies concept.
And if you need a caffeine boost just let it absorb through your skin with Sprayable
Energy.
Vsauce!
Kevin here.
This is Mind Blow.
Two baby rabbits were successfully born glowing fluorescent green.
Researchers at the University of Hawaii injected a naturally glowing jellyfish protein into
embryos in a pregnant rabbit - two of the baby ended up carrying the gene.
The point is to be able to eventually make rabbits that produce medicine in their milk
and the green glow allows researchers to see which animals have gotten the specific gene.
Researchers at the University of Tokyo are working on creating electronic skin.
They've been developing flexible electronic mesh to wrap around robot hands for over a
decade and now they're bringing it to humans.
The e-skin can bend, stretch and twist and is 10 times thinner than kitchen plastic wrap.
Right now it can be used to monitor vital signs but eventually could be used to make
humans hyperaware or communicate simply with our skin.
The University of Washington meanwhile have achieved a breakthrough in direct brain-to-brain
communication.
A professor linked to another used his thoughts to control the other's actions - making
the linked professor involuntarily move his hand and press a space bar to play a computer
game.
And while basic hand movement is simple it opens the door to exploring the possibilities
of sending more advanced brain signals to each other.
Researchers at the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology in Vienna, Austria have grown
a 3D tiny human brain.
The mini three dimensional brain models were grown using stem cells and include parts of
the cortex, hippocampus and retinas.
And right now they're using these to study early fetal brain development but hope to
eventually grow larger brains to provide insights into conditions such as schizophrenia and
autism.
It turns out seahorses have squishable armor to help protect them from being crushed by
predators and researchers at the University of California, San Diego are building a robotic
arm from 3D printed plates mimicking this compressible design.
So yeah.
The Uji is a new shower head that makes you aware of how long you've been in the shower.
So far they've noticed a 12% decrease in shower time and say that the $50 shower head will
pay for itself within 7 months.
It works by turning from green to red after 7 minutes and the hope is that people are
out of the shower by minute 8.
The Sesame Ring looks to simplify paying for public transportation by wearing your pass
on your finger.
The rings are 3D printed and come in a variety of colors and while it's designed to work
in Boston right now they're looking to bring this worldwide.
Yeah, I'll be right there just let me fold up my Korean armadillo car.
Pocket space craft is giving you the ability to send yourself into outer space - in a way.
You can upload a picture and a personalized message to your spacecraft that's smaller
than a CD and as thin as a piece of paper.
- which will then be launched with along with thousands of others into space.
Check out the website for more.
Architect Shigeru Ban made a $6 Million cathedral out of cardboard tubes.
Even though it's made out of cardboard it is more structurally sound than the previous
cathedral that was lost in an earthquake.
The structure is called the Transitional Cathedral and is also apparently fireproof and waterproof.
Bumpy Photo will turn standard 2D photos into 3D sculptures.
The photos can be made as small as 1" or as large as 15" and all you have to do it upload
a picture of your choice to the website, wait for the conversion and production and then
have it sent to your doorstep.
Finally, youtuber Vaecon used the Oculus Rift virtual reality system, a harness to hang
15 feet off the ground and skydiving software to create a virtual skydiving demo.
I'm gonna leave you with robots laying out slot-car track - seriously this is awesome
- and as always - thanks for watching.