Crave - Step into the smart shower of the future, Ep. 192
Crave - Step into the smart shower of the future, Ep. 192
2015-02-12
hey guys my name is Steven B Sherman
here's what's happening this week on
CNET scram blog the top secret messaging
app Wicker has released its own guide to
personal online security in the form of
psychedelic cat gifts the images are
obviously very cute and Spacey but at
the same time they do bring up some
security concerns like making sure you
cover your Smart TVs camera in light of
the recent Samsung TV news reminders to
always assume that if you using public
Wi-Fi getting hacked is a possibility
and a dire warning to turn off your
geo-tagging on Instagram because are you
kidding me right meow
star wars superfan and documentary
filmmaker Jaime Bening revisited the
puppetry in Return of the Jedi in a
short documentary about the making and
operation of one of the most famous
puppets of all time jabba the hutt jabba
the hutt took three puppeteers to
operate and is one of the largest and
most expensive puppets ever built in his
film Jamie interviews puppeteer Toby
Philpott who controlled the left arm and
tongue of Jabba the Hutt he talks about
George Lucas's first impressions of the
puppet and how the idea of a CGI
character was being thrown around even
back in the early 80s well thank the
Sith Lords that the technology just
hadn't caught up to George Lucas's early
vision yet
you can watch the entire documentary at
Jamie's blog film you mentary kick a
droid is currently raising funds on
Kickstarter to take every bartender job
in San Francisco and fulfill the tech
elites plans of a hipster tech utopia
The Keg adroit glides around on a
wheeled platform is controlled via
remote control and comes with a co2 tank
regulator and tap system it can hold a
medium sized keg comfortably and will
cost
early-bird pledgers a whopping $2,100
it's all good I'll just go to the fridge
the shower of the future was developed
by Sweden based company orbital Systems
and what the company describes as an
academic collaboration project with NASA
the shower recycles the water you wash
with cleaning and filtering it again and
again saving the user up to 90% of
regular water use in standard showers
the shower of the future comes in either
a standalone cabinet or floor integrated
version and collects the waste water in
a special drain containing to filter
capsules and micro capsule and a nano
capsule the micro capsule filters large
particles from the water like skin sand
and hair while the Nano capsule
eliminates smaller things like germs
metals and oil the water is then pumped
back up through the showerhead on a
continuous shower loop the shower comes
with an app that lets you know when it's
time to change your filter capsules and
helps to keep track of how much water
you were saving over time a bright LED
will light up notifying you that it's
time to change your filter capsules
after tens of thousands of washes and it
only takes about 30 seconds to easily
switch out and you capsule the shower of
the future is currently available for
pre-order on their website and sells for
between 4,000 and 5,000 dollars
depending on the model read more details
about the shower of the future in the
crave blog post
all right guys thank you very much for
watching as always you can find all
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