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creating citizens of the internet welcome back to tomorrow daily the best geek talk show in the known universe I'm ashley Esqueda and i'm jeff cannata did you miss us we took a week off if you weren't paying attention oh we got you we got you with headlines and advanced prosthetic arm oh man this is so cool check this out this is the luke arm which used to be the dekhe arm but was renamed after luke skywalker it was designed by the creator of segue further developed by DARPA and it's the first of its kind heading to market later this year it translates signals from a patient's muscles into a wide variety of movements more than any arm like it has done before there are modules for different levels of amputation too it's powered shoulder joint can reach overhead the elbow can lift a bag of groceries and its hand can grasp both heavier and more delicate objects with ease over 10,000 hours of testing has gone into developing luke and now manufacturer Mobius bionics is taking submissions from anyone interested in buying one of the first commercial models although it costs about 100 grand so this is not cheap but that is an amazing thing I mean we really at the point now where amputees have the ability to do very fine detail work with their Bionic arms and I think this is going to open up a whole range of activities for people like that yeah we just got to bring the price down over time personal get cheaper it'll be even better uh just in case hamsters weren't enough we put some hamster new hamsters he could hamster why you hamster take a look at this hamster powered hamster drying machine this is from the self dubbed maker of stuff neil mendoza he has a hilarious new project this machine draws hamsters and the machine is actually powered by live hamsters mendoza tends to combine digital and mechanical technology in his art and this machine is no different he made a simulation of the final product in openframeworks and box2d adjusted the design accordingly and then had the final concept CNC milled out of plywood now that it's assembled you can see exactly what it does here as the hamster runs in its wheel the machine draws a selfie of the furry friend and powers down when the hamster gets tired aboard and steps off um producer Logan can we please have Neal Mendoza on the show we should try he lives here in LA yeah I want to go visit the hamster machine it's hamsters all the way down hamsters all the way do you think when that hamsters done it looks at and goes that doesn't look anything like me yeah well maybe I let her run it on this wheel for nothing maybe it lost weight while it was running of the wheel it doesn't look like him at all obviously we have to talk about i mean i love the hamster I love the hamster drawing machine but I feel like we got to talk about Luke we got to talk about Luke yeah I talk about Luke constantly at this particular look we should talk about on thurs we definitely shed and if you guys want to get in on the conversation and honestly even if you want to talk about the hamster machine because it's so great you can hit us up online on twitter at using the hashtag hey TD yeah that's how you know that's how we know that you're talking with us and we'll include your comments in our thursday long episode oh that being said let's check out our phone target for the day oh this phone tog referrers name is Franz who took a picture of this adorable creature with his iphone 6 he says hello Ashley and Jeff thanks so much for all you do my family and I enjoy watching to our daily and I frequently use episode segments as conversation starters in my college entrepreneurship class awesome I'm also recommended your shows a source for keeping up with important technology trends that could serve as the basis of starting a new business or launching a new product I took a photo of my yorkie Robin on an iphone 6 while we played on the patio last fall obviously he really enjoys playing and his laser focused on his tennis ball while doing so thanks for all your hard work in producing a great show France you get Robin so cute hi Robin this is gonna be a fun month with animals pets is our theme yep for the month of July doesn't it be a daughter a cat can be a spider a snake you got a pet robot pet rock I don't know whatever sugar your pet but Robin is a pretty good starter ramens pretty good and I appreciate the fronds to hit all our four points that we need in any kind of photography submission indeed he did and what are those four points Jeff he told this one device he took it on he told us how to pronounce the name he gave us a little story and then he gave us permission to use it on the show for important key point and once you want to do all those things just email them over to tomorrow at cnet com it is that simple you can also find us on social media wear at tomorrow daily online if you'd like to share the show it's tomorrow daily com send it to a friend that is it for today's show we'll be back 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