Gadgetory

hello and welcome to tomorrow daily the best gift talk show in the known universe i am jeff kannada ashley a skill that is out sick today but i've still got your daily dose of science and tech headlines last week we spent a lot of time talking about the intersection between technology and art well here is another interesting art exhibition happening in japan DM m dot planets is a large-scale art exhibition featuring a piece called wander through the crystal universe a huge immersive maze of light the walk through exhibit has light points reflected off of mirrors that create a look that's almost like a sculpture of light visitors can walk around inside the space and can also pull up the exhibition smartphone app to trigger interactive elements while inside other installations include a soft black hole and a real-time rendered koi pond that changes based on visitor movement the entire exhibition is on display in Odaiba Tokyo from now until August 31st so you have to hurry if you want to catch the show I love it when artists use technology to create these interactive experiences especially this cool use of actually me on my phone being able to interact with the environment very very cool stuff we also talked last week about the advances in cybernetic arm technology this might be one of the coolest uses for that kind of tech ob aims to improve the quality of life for anyone afflicted with injuries or conditions that impede their ability to eat it's a simple two button system one button chooses which bowl and the other tells OB to get a spoonful of food in that bowl and bring it to the users mouth there are a variety of ways for a user to activate the buttons ranging from foot pedals to responsive pillows to mouthpieces so most people can use OB regardless of their disability the bowls and spoons are all dishwasher safe and OB provides about three hours of eating time per charge it's available to buy but it'll set you back at least forty five hundred dollars which is pretty pricey but in the few we hope products like OB will cost as much as any other kitchen appliance this tech will undoubtedly be life-changing for the people who need it but we got to get those costs down that's really the next frontier to make this affordable for all we'd love to hear your comments about these stories I think we'll probably be talking about that interactive art exhibit on Thursday when Ashley's back and we do the long-form show but you can provide your input into our conversation by using the hashtag hey TD on Twitter that's how we know you're talking to us we'd love to incorporate your comments into our discussion all right let's get to phon tog referr of the day today's phone tog refered of the day is Andrew who took this on believe it or not a blackberry Passport Andrew writes hike tomorrow errs here's my entry for phone tog refer of the day I bet you don't get many pictures taken using the blackberry Passport he's right it's actually the perfect Instagram photo due to its one-to-one aspect ratio it's a good tech fact here's my story this is Jack yes Jack Nicholson an inquisitive multi pug he and I have walked pretty much everywhere while chasing Pokemon on this particular day we walked to Hillberry Island a Nature Reserve and bird sanctuary he loves the rock pools and enjoyed a bark off with the seals this scent birds flying and won us disapproving looks from the bird watchers we've not been back since of course you have my permission he used this photograph on the show keep up the great work thanks Andrew oh what a cool photo he looks like he thinks he's bigger than he is barking off with those seals that's fun this this month was all month long our theme is pets and we enjoy seeing those pet photography so if you want to send in your pet it doesn't have to be a conventional pet be any kind of pet think outside the box if you want send them to tomorrow at cnet.com just be sure to give us permission to use the picture on the show tell us how to pronounce any of the names that we might have a problem with in the story tell us a story about why you took that picture and we love hearing what tech you use to take the photo because my goodness I would never a blackberry Passport we're still in use very very cool stuff well that's gonna do it for this episode Ashley and I will be back tomorrow but until then be good humans